(1956) Sun ''Everybody's Trying To Kiss My Baby'' Gene Ross

Описание: STUDIO SESSION FOR GENE ROSS
AT THE MEMPHIS RECORDING SERVICE FOR SUN RECORDS PROBABLY 1956

SUN RECORDING STUDIO
706 UNION AVENUE, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE
SUN SESSION: PROBABLY 1956
SESSION HOURS: UNKNOWN
PRODUCER AND RECORDING ENGINEER - SAM C. PHILLIPS
AND/OR JACK CLEMENT

Before leaving Sun Records, Tommy Blake may have bequeathed Sam Phillips with Gulf Coast songwriter Jonas Ross, otherwise known as Gene or Jerry Ross. Ross supposedly recorded two titles for the yellow label during 1958 or 1959 and appears to have partnered with Tommy Blake as a song writer around the time of the latters second Sun session. This speculative claim is based on the fact that Ross co-inked "I Dig You Baby" with Blake, while both names also appear on "Sweetie Pie", a song that was originally written by Dale Hawkins and Carl Adams (Hawkins' originally unissued version of the tune was recorded in Chicago for Chess Records late in 1957 and featured Carl Adams on guitar).

However, the two tunes that Gene Ross cut for Phillips, "Everybody's Trying To Kiss My Baby" and "Little One" as by Gene Ross, offer sparse evidence as to the relation between Blake and Ross, due to the lack of writer credits on "Everybody's Trying To Kiss My Baby", which is the only title from Ross' session that has surfaced to date. The sole clue that solidifies the affirmation of a partnership between Ross and Blake is a seven-inch record that Ross cut for the Shreveport based Murco label in 1959. The top deck of the Murco single, "Everybody's Tryin'" (Murco 1016) as by Jerry Ross, is identical in every aspect to the earlier Sun version and credits Thomas Givens and Jonah Ross as the writers. Givens was Blake's given surname and provides ample proof that Blake and Ross did work together as songwriters. The flip of Ross' Murco disc, "Small Little Girl", may be a reworking of his still missing Sun demo "Little One".

Blake and Ross may have worked together on a handful of other tunes as well, indicated by the entry of "Alright" in BMI's online database, along with the curious "You And I", which was credited to the trio of Betty Givens (Blake's wife), 'Ross' Givens and Jerry Ross. 'Ross' Givens was, most likely, an input error on BMI's part and is actually Tommy Blake. Little else is known of Ross, aside from a few other records that appeared under the name of Gene Ross on Herald (the Al Silver owned label?), Indie, Spry (a re-issue of the Indie release) and Time. Furthermore, Ross' association with Blake seems to have ended some time in 1959 when Blake struck a second songwriting partnership, this time with Carl Belew.

"EVERYBODY'S TRYING TO KISS MY BABY"
Composer: - Gene Ross
Publisher: - B.M.I. - Copyright Control
Matrix number: - None - Not Originally Issued (2:12)
Recorded: - Unknown Date Probably 1956
Released: - 1995
First appearance: - Charlie Records (LP) 33rpm CPCD 8137-17 mono
UNISSUED SUN MASTERS
Reissued: - 1999 Bear Family Records (CD) 500/200rpm BCD 16311-15 mono
THAT'LL FLAT GIT IT! - VOLUME 16

"Everybody's Trying To Kiss My Baby" is a spirited performance that tries to integrate the vocal group sound with good old three-chord rockabilly.

''LITTLE ONE''
Composer: - Gene Ross
Publisher: - Copyright Control
Matrix number: - None - Sun Unissued
Recorded: - Unknown Date Probably 1956

Name (Or. No. Of Instruments)
Gene Ross - Vocal
Unknown Musicians

Liner notes taken from: © Blackcat Rockabilly

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