TOMMY STEELE DISCOGRAPHY

 

 

TOMMY STEELE’S SINGLE RELEASES:

 

Company____Disc #_____Year__Title______________________________________ Chart

 

Decca             F 10795         1956   Rock With the Caveman/ Rock Around the Town             #13

Decca             F 10808         1956   Doomsday Rock/ Elevator Rock

Decca             F 10819         1956   Singing The Blues/ Rebel Rock                                          #  1

Decca             F 10849         1957   Knee Deep in the Blues/ Teenage Party                            #15

Decca             F 10877         1957   Butterfingers/ Cannibal Pot                                                  #  8

Decca             F 10896         1957   Shiralee/ Grandad’s Rock                                                   #11

Decca             F 10923         1957   Water, Water/ A Handful of Songs                                      #  5

Decca             F 10941         1957   Hey You!/ Plant A Kiss                                                         #28

Decca             F 10976         1958   Happy Guitar/ Princess                                                        #20

Decca             F 10991         1958   Nairobi/ Neon Sign                                                               #  3

Decca             F 11041         1958   Only Man on the Island/ I Puts the Lightie On                     #16

All the above were with the Steelemen

 

In 1957 Decca issued the disc F10915 entitled “The Lord Tavener’s All Star Hit Parade No. 2” which included Tommy’s “Butterfly”

 

In April 1957 Weekend Magazine included an exclusive  6” 78 rpm record entitled “The Truth About Me”, narrated by Tommy

 

Decca             F11026          1958   It’s All Happening/ What Do You Do?

Decca             F 11072         1958   Come On, Let’s Go/ Put a Ring on Her Finger                  #10

Decca             F 11089         1958   A Lovely Night/ Marriage Type Love

Decca             F 11117         1959   Hiawatha/ The Trial

Decca             F 11152         1959   Tallahassee Lassie/ Give, Give, Give                                #16

Decca             F 11162         1959   You Were Mine/ Young Ideas

Decca             F 11177         1959   Little White Bull/ Singing Time                                             #  6

All the above 45’s were initially issued with the triangular centers, but later pressings had circular centers.

 

In 1959 a 33 1/3 rpm flexi-disc issued a Marilyn Screen Test starring Tommy Steele.  The listener could read their own part from script strips which folded out in the sleeve and play a love scene with Tommy.  WOW!

 

Decca             F 11245         1960   What A Mouth/ Kookaburra                                                 #  5

All the above were also issued as 78’s – a more popular medium at the time.

 

Decca             F 11275         1960   Happy Go Lucky Blues/ Girl with the Long Black Hair

Decca             F 11299         1960   Must Be Santa/ Boys and Girls                                           #40

Decca             F 11361         1961   My Big Best Shoes/ The Dit Dit Song

Decca             F 11372         1961   Writing on the Wall/ Drunken Guitar                                    #30

Decca             F 11479         1962   Hit Record/ What A Little Darling

All the above singles were also pressed as one-sided demos for promotional purposes.

Some labels were hand-written.  Others had printed labels.  F 11245 had Pat Boone’s “Walking the Floor Over You” on the flip side.

 

Decca             F 11532         1963   Where Have All the Flowers Gone?/ Butter Wouldn’t Melt in Your Mouth

Decca             F11551          1963   He’s Got Love/ Green Eye

Decca             F 11615         1963   Flash Bang Wallop/ She’s Too Far Above Me

Columbia       DB 7070        1963   Egg and Chips/ The Dream Maker

RCA                1654               1965   Half A Sixpence/ If the Rain’s Got to Fall

Vista               DF 457           1967   Fortuosity/ I’m a Brass Band

Pye                 7N45393        1974   King’s New Clothes/ Wonderful Copenhagen

Safari              SAFE62         1984   Half A Sixpence/ If the Rain’s Got to Fall

 

DECCA RED LABEL RE-ISSUES:  LATE 1970’S - EARLY 1980’s

 

Decca             F13813                      Rock With the Caveman/ Elevator Rock

Decca             F13814                      Knee Deep in the Blues/ Singing the Blues

Decca             F13865                      Doomsday Rock/ Give, Give, Give

 

Columbia       DB 7070        1963   The Dream Maker/ Maximum Plus (with Marion Ryan)

This record is very rare.  The flip side was switched before the official release.

 

All the above singles were issued as mono recordings.

 

RCA Victor    1654               1967   Half a Sixpence/ It the Rain’s Got to Fall

 

Buena Vista   DF 457           1967   Fortuosity/ I’m A Brass Band Today

In 1967 Walt Disney Productions issued a 45 rpm to commemorate the European premiere in London of “The Happiest Millionaire”

One side featured Tommy singing “Fortuosity”.  This item is very rare.  A collector’s gem.

 

PIE                  7N453933      1974   The King’s New Clothes/ Wonderful Copenhagen

 

Safari              SAF 61           1974   Singin’ in the Rain/ You Are My Lucky Star

 

Old Gold         OG 9536        1985   Singing the Blues/ Come On, Let’s Go

 

 

TOMMY STEELE LP’s:

 

Decca 1957     LF1287, 10”, LIVE                                      Decca 1957     LF1288, 10”

“TOMMY STEELE STAGE SHOW”                                  “THE TOMMY STEELE STORY”

Giddy Up a Ding-Dong                                                         Take me Back Baby

Treasure of Love                                                                   Butterfingers

Honky-Tonk Blues                                                                 I Like

Razzle Dazzle                                                                        A Handful of Songs

Kaw-Liga                                                                               You Gotta Go

Teenage Party                                                                       Water, Water

Wedding Bells                                                                       Cannibal Pot

What Is This Thing Called Love?                                         Will It Be You?

On the Move                                                                          Two Eyes

Rock With the Caveman                                                      Build Up

                                                                                                Time to Kill

Decca 1957 LF 1299                                                           Elevator Rock

Stars of the 6-5 Special                                                       Doomsday Rock      

                                                                                                Teenage Party

Decca 1958     LF1308, 10”

“THE DUKE WORE JEANS” – 1958                                Decca 1960   LK4351, LP, Live

It’s All Happening                                                                  GET HAPPY WITH TOMMY STEELE”

What Do You Do?                                                                 Hollerin’ & Screamin’

Family Tree                                                                            Lonesome Traveler

Happy Guitar                                                                         A Handful of Songs

Hair Down Ho-down                                                             Nairobi

Princess                                                                                 Little Darlin’

Photograph                                                                            Old Obadiah

Thanks A Lot                                                                         What A Mouth                                   

                                                                                                Shiralee         

Decca 1959     LK4304-Mono, SKL4050-Stereo             Kookaburra

“CINDERELLA”                                                                     Tommy, the Toreador                                                          

Overture                                                                                 So Long

In My Own Little Corner                                                        Shout

A Very Special Day

Do I Love You Because You’re Beautiful?                         Decca 1963   SKL4521 LP

The Prince Is Giving a Ball                                                   “HALF A SIXPENCE” London Recording

Marriage Type Love                                                             All In the Cause of Economy

Stepsister’s Lament                                                             Half A Sixpence

Your Majesties                                                                       Money to Burn

A List of the Bare Necessities                                             Oak and Ash

When You’re Driving Through the Moonlight                      She’s Too Far Above Me

A Lovely Night                                                                       I’m Not Talking To You!

Impossible                                                                             If The Rain’s Got to Fall

No Other Love                                                                       The Old Military Canal

Ten Minutes Ago                                                                   The One That’s Run Away

You and Me                                                                            Long Ago

Tommy is featured in many tracks.                                     Flash, Bang, Wallop

                                                                                                I Know What I Am

The Bay View   RNBW018                                                  I’ll Build A Palace

CINDERELLA Sound Track                                                I Only Want A Little House

                                                            I                                                                                              

Decca 1963   33SX1537-Mono, SCX3486-Stereo        

“IT’S ALL HAPPENING”                                                                                                     

Wind and The Rain                                                               RCA    1967   RB6735-Mono, SB6735-Stereo

Dream Maker                                                                        “HALF A SIXPENCE” 

Meeting You                                                                           All In the Cause of Economy

Casbah                                                                                  Half A Sixpence

Maximum Plus                                                                       Money to Burn

Somebody Else. Not Me                                                      I Don’t believe A Word Of It!

That’s Livin’, That’s Lovin’                                                    I’m Not Talking to You!

Flamenco                                                                               Proper Gentleman                                                                                                   

Eggs and Chips                                                                    She’s Too Far Above Me

Day Without You                                                                    If the Rain’s Got to Fall

                                                                                                Lady Botting’s Boating Regatta Cup Racing Song (The Race is On)

Columbia       1964   33SX1674-Mono,                            Flash, Bang, Wallop

 SCX3536-Stereo                                                                 I Know What I Am

“SO THIS IS BROADWAY”                                                This Is My World

Something’s Coming                                                           

Hey There!                                                                            

It I Were a Bell                                                                       Buena Vista   1967   BV5001-Mono, BV5001-Stereo

Hey, Look Me Over                                                               “THE HAPPIEST MILLIONAIRE”

The Girl That I Marry                                                              Fortuosity

Too Close For Comfort                                                        What’s Wrong With That

Everything’s Coming Up Roses                                          Watch Your Footwork

I Talk to the Trees                                                                  Valentine Candy

I Wish I Were In Love Again                                                 Strengthen The Dwelling

Happy Talk                                                                             I’ll Always Be Irish

They Say It’s Wonderful                                                        Bye-Yum Pum Pum

There Once Was A Man                                                       Are We Dancing?

                                                                                                I Believe in This Country

Deram Records    820589-2                                               Detroit

Half A Six Pence                                                                   When A Man Has a Daughter

                                                                                                There Are Those

                                                                                                Let’s Have a Drink On It

                                                                                               

 

Warner Bros – 1968                                                             Decca 1969   PA24-Mono, SPA24-Stereo

“FINIAN’S RAINBOW”                                                          “HAPPY WORLD OF TOMMY STEELE” 

This Time Of the Year                                                           Nairobi

How Are Things in Glocca Morra?                                      A Handful of Songs

Look to the Rainbow                                                             Little White Bull

If This Isn’t Love                                                                     Flash, Bang, Wallop

Somethin Sorta Grandish                                                    Rock With the Caveman

The Great Come and Get It Day                                          The Only Man on the Island

Old Devil Moon                                                                      What A Mouth

When the Idle Poor Become the Idle Rich                          Singing the Blues

When I’m Not near the Girl I Love                                        Marriage Type Love

Necessity                                                                               Hit Record

Rain Dance Ballet                                                                 Shiralee

The Begat Song                                                                    Sweet Georgia Brown

 

Decca             1971   SPA137-Stereo                                Pye Records  1974   TS101

“WORLD OF TOMMY STEELE, VOL 2”                            “MY LIFE, MY SONG”

Hiawatha                                                                                My Life, My Song

It’s All Happening                                                                  Conceived

Kaw-Liga                                                                               War

Young Love                                                                            Youngest Love

The Writing in the Wall                                                          Work

Happy Guitar                                                                         Adventure

Come On, Let’s Go                                                               Revolution

Green Eye                                                                              Ambition

Wishing Star                                                                          Wilderness

Butterfingers                                                                          Marriage

Young Ideas                                                                           Fatherhood

She’s Too Far Above Me                                                     Hope

 

Arcade Records1974           ADEP14

“40 FAVOURITES”

Side A

Medley 1:  Consider Yourself/ Get Me to the Church on Time/ I’m Henry the Eighth I Am/ Knees Up Mother Brown/ Roll Out the Barrel

Medley 2:  Singing In the Rain/ Rambling Rose/ Tiptoe Through the Tulips/ When the Red Red Robin/ On An Slow Boat to China

Medley 3:  Carolina In The Morning/ My Mammy/ April Showers/ Is It True What They Say About Dixie?/ Baby Face

Medley 4:  Que Sera, Sera/ Cruising Down the River/ Wonderful Copenhagen/ Tulips From Amsterdam

Side B

Medley 1:  You Made Me Love You/ On Mother Kelly’s Doorstep/ I’ll Be with You Inb Apple Blossom Time/ In A Shanty in Old Shanty Town/

                    Underneath the Arches

Medley 2:  I Wonder Who’s Kissing Her Now/ Hey, Good Looking/ Sunny Side of the Street/ Zip A Doo Dah/ When You’re Smiling

Medley 3:  For Me and My Gal/ You Are My Lucky Star/ You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby/ Oh, You Beautiful Doll

Medley 4:  Boiled Beef and Carrots/ Any Old Iron/ Wotcher/ My Old Man’s a Dustman/ Don’t Dilly Dally On The Way/

                   I’ve Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts

 

 

“HANS ANDERSEN” – 1974                                                          “HANS ANDERSEN” London Palladium Production - 1978

This Town                                                                                           Dare to Take a Chance

Thumbelina                                                                                        Thumbelina

Truly Loved                                                                                        Truly Loved

For Hans Tonight                                                                              Happy Days

Jenny Kissed Me                                                                              Jenny Kissed Me

Inchworm                                                                                            Inchworm

Ecclesiasticus (I Can Spell)                                                             Ecclesiasticus (I Can Spell)

Wonderful Copenhagen                                                                   Wonderful Copenhagen

Anywhere I Wander                                                                           Anywhere I Wander

I’m Hans Christian Andersen                                                           I’m Hans Christian Andersen

The Ugly Duckling                                                                             The Ugly Duckling

No Two People                                                                                 No Two People

The King’s New Clothes                                                                   The King’s New Clothes

                                                                                                            Have I Stayed Away Too Long?

 

Recorded in London on December 8, 1974, and on December 11, 1977.  Tracks differ slightly.

 

Decca   1977   2 LP Set.  FOS21/2 Stereo Enhanced                 Ronco Records    1979   RTD2041

“FOCUS ON TOMMY STEELE”                                                     “FAMILY ALBUM”

A Handful of Songs                                                                           Handful of Songs

Rock With the Caveman                                                                  Matchstick Men and Matchstick Cats and Dogs

Elevator Rock                                                                                    Flash, Bang, Wallop

Nairobi                                                                                               Sometimes When We Touch

Happy Guitar                                                                                     High Hopes

Shiralee                                                                                              The Runaway Train

Young Love                                                                                        Bridge Over Troubled Waters

Signing The Blues                                                                             Singing In the Rain

Water, Water                                                                                     Bright Eyes

Razzle Dazzle                                                                                    Wonderful Copenhagen

The Only Man On the Island                                                             Windmills of Old Amsterdam

Sweet Georgia Brown                                                                      Half A Sixpence

Marriage Type Love                                                                         What A Mouth

Kaw-Liga                                                                                           Sweet Caroline

Little White Bull                                                                                  King of the Road

Butterfingers                                                                                      Little White Bull

Rebel Rock                                                                                        Singing the Blues

Georgia On My Mind                                                                        Puff, the Magic Dragon

Cannibal Pot                                                                                      When I’m 64

Kookaburra                                                                                        Superbird

Knee Deep In  the Blues

Flash, Bang, Wallop                                                                         All new recordings

Where Have All the Flowers Gone?

Giddy-Up A Ding Dong

Hiawatha

Come On, Let’s go

She’s Too Far Above Me

What A Mouth

 

TOMMY STEELE STAGE SHOW:  RE-RELEASED BY DECCA LFT1287 – 1981

 

TOMMY STEELE STORY:  RE-RELESED BY DECCA  LFT1288 – 1981

 

CINDERELLA:  RE-RELEASED BY ENTERTAINMENT RECORDS – 1984

 

Safari Records          1984   RAIn1

“SINGING IN THE RAIN”

Fit As A Fiddle

Temptation

I Can’t Give You Anything But Love

Be A Clown

Too Marvelous for Words

You Are My Lucky Star

Moses Supposes

Good Morning

Singing in the Rain

Would You?

Fascinating Rhythm

Recorded February 20-21, 1984, EMI Studios in London

 

Oak Records   1987 OAK1001

“LIVE AT THE FESTIVAL”

Tommy Baby

I’m A Song

A Handful of Songs

Flash, Bang Wallo

Bridge Over Troubled Waters

Little White Bull

Rock On

Johnny B. Goode

Sweet Carolone

Rock With the Caveman

Nairobi

Water, Water

Happy Guitar

Butterfingers

Singing the Blues

Hey Jude

Maybe It’s Because I’m a Londoner

 

THE ROCK AND ROLL YEARS – REMASTERED – 1988

 

THE DECCA YEARS – REMASTERED – 1988

 

SOME LIKE IT HOT – MUSICAL SOUNDTRACK – 1992

 

THE EP COLLECTION – REMASTERED HITS - 1992                                                      

 

 

TOMMY STEELE EP’s:

 

Decca             DFE 6388      1957   “Young Love” - Young Love/ Doomsday Rock/ Wedding Bells/ Rock With the Cavemen

Decca             DFE6389       1957   “ Singing the Blues” - Singing the Blues/ Rebel Rock/ Knee Deep in the Blues/ Elevator Rock

Decca             DFE6398       1957   “The Tommy Steele Story No. 1” – Take Me Back Baby/ Water, Water/ Will It Be You?/ Build Up

Decca             DFE6424       1957   “The Tommy Steele Story No. 2” - A Handful of Songs/ Cannibal Pot/ Time to Kill/ You Gotta Go

Decca             DFE6472       1958   “Duke Wore Jeans”  – Photograph/ Hair-Down Hoe Down/ Princess/ Happy Guitar

Decca             DFE6551       1958   “Tommy Steele” – Come On, Let’s Go/ Put a Ring on Her Finger/ The only Man on the Island/

                                                             Number Twenty-Two Across the Way

Decca             DFE6592       1959   “Tommy” – I’m A Little Blackbird/ Georgia On My Mind/ Sweet Georgia Brown/ Mandy, Make Up Your Mind

The above 45’s were initially issued with triangular centers, but some later pressings had circular centers.

 

Decca             DFE6607       1960   “Tommy, the Toreador” – Tommy the Toreador/ Where’s the Birdie?/ Little White Bull/ Amanda/

                                                             Take A Ride/ Singing Time  Appeared on the EP charts!

Decca             DFE6660 -     1960   “ What A Mouth” – What a Mouth/ Kookaburra/ Little Darlin’/ Hollerin’ & Screamin’

All these 45’s were issued with circular centers.

 

TOMMY STEELE CD’s

 

RCA Victor  SB 6735           -           Half A Sixpence -  Film Soundtrack

 

RCA Victor  NK                     -           Half A Sixpence – Broadway Production

 

Deram Records 820589-2              Half A Sixpence – London Production

 

Masters Records OCR CD6028     Some Like It Hot – Cast Recording

 

Success Records CMA Cd119      Hans Andersen –

 

First Night Records CD6013           Singing In the Rain –

 

Bay View Records                -           Cinderella (not released in the UK)

 

See For Miles Records CD203      The Rock N’ Roll Years

 

See For Miles Records CD347      The EP Collection

 

Decca 466-409-2                             The Decca Years 1856-1963

 

JAL Productions JAL010105          Memories of Scrooge, the Musical

 

Spectrum 9824798  2005                Rock with the Caveman – 43 tracks

 

All these CD’s are currently available for purchase

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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