Rite Record Productions - Discography

3930 Spring Grove Avenue, Cincinnati 23, Ohio

This is Rite's matrix/master numbering system for their in-house labels such as:
Alcar, Arc, Big 4 Hits, Kentucky, Gateway EP, Gateway Series, Gateway Top Tune (Parade of Hits, Top Tunes)

Go To RITE House Labels Identification & Dating Guide
~ Go To 1950 Kentucky / Gateway Business Letter To Carl Burkhardt ~

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Gateway Series 1001 Al Garcia Quartet
I Wouldn't Hurt You for The World
Violins
POP
POP
Pop Series

Kentucky 572 (Not Issued)
(Not Issued)
(Not Issued)
NA
NA
1953 Void - Not Issued
6161

6162
Big 4 Hits 57 N.H.U. Military Band
Liberty Bell March
The Thunderer March
Semper Fidelis
El Capitan March
NA
NA
1954 EP - 4 Songs
6163
6164
Big 4 Hits 58 N.H.U. Military Band
Caisson Song (1 & 2)
Stars And Stripes March (1 & 2)
NA
NA
1954 EP - 4 Songs
6165

6166
Big 4 Hits 59 Al Stevens Polka Band
Julida Polka
Beer Barrel Polka
Clarinet Polka
Helen Polka
POL
POL
1954 EP - 4 Songs
6167

6168
Big 4 Hits 60 Al Stevens Polka Band
Television Polka
Radio Polka
New York Polka (1 & 2)
POL
POL
1954 EP - 4 Songs
6169

6170
Big 4 Hits 61 Carl Johnson
Blue Danube Waltz
Tales Of Vienna Woods
The Emperor Waltz
Wine Women And Song
NA
NA
1954 EP - 4 Songs
6172

6173
Big 4 Hits 62 Carl Johnson
Wiener Blut
Artists Life
Roses From The South
Thousand And One Nights
NA
NA
1954 EP - 4 Songs
6174

6175
Big 4 Hits 63 Carl Johnson
Merry Widow Waltz
Il Bacio
You and You
Danube Waves
NA
NA
1954 EP - 4 Songs
6176

6177
Big 4 Hits 64 Ben Douglas
Skaters Waltz
Dolores
Espana
Over The Waves
NA
NA
1954 EP - 4 Songs
7000
7001
Kentucky 2501 Greater Harvest Radio Choir
Walk In The Beautiful Light
The Lord Will Make A Way
NA
NA
1952 Spiritual Series
7004
7005
Kentucky 524 Preston Ward with Billy
Thomas // with Harry Adams
Orange Blossom Special
Click For Photo How Can I Help Lovin' You
NA
NA
1952
7011
7012
Maestro 11 Preston Ward
Click For Photo Since She Put Her Spurs In My Heart
Little Cowboy
C&W
C&W
1952 78 rpm & probably 45 rpm
7015
7016
Kentucky 523 Billy O'Neal
Cry Baby Cry
Kentucky Blues
NA
NA
1952
7017
7023
Kentucky 525 Harry Adams And The Herd
with Billy Thomas
Giving Everything Away
Boil Them Cabbage Down
NA
NA
1952
7018
7024
Kentucky 526 Harry Adams
Wildwood Flower
Foggy Mountain Top
NA
NA
1952
7025
7026
Kentucky 2502 Lady Dot & J. Smith Orch. //
Johnnie Smith Orch.
Not So Fast
Riding With Smitty
R&B
INST
1952 Race Series
7036
7037
Kentucky 527 Jimmie Ballard
She's Got Something
Chicken Plucker
NA
NA
1952
7039
7046
Gateway Series 5006 Leo Cornett Orch.
Let's Get It
Darby Goes Latin
R&B
R&B
1952 Race Series
7041
7043
Gateway Series 5002 Jump Jackson Orch.
Fred Clark - vocal
Red Light Boogie
Can't Afford You No More
R&B
R&B
1952 Race Series
7054
7055
Gateway Series 5005 Chuck Huguley //
Johnny Smith Orch.
Click For Photo Stomping And Rockin
Bouncing With Badgett
R&B
INST
1952 Race Series
7056

7057
Big 4 Hits 10 Preston Ward

Jim Watson
Preston Ward
Wild Side Of Life
Somebody's Stolen My Honey
Busybody
Wondering
NA
NA
1952 EP - 4 Songs
7058

7059
Big 4 Hits 11 Click For Picture Sleeve Delbert Barker
Are You Teasing Me
Half As Much
Almost
It's A Lovely, Lovely World
NA
NA
1952 EP - 4 Songs
7060

7061
Big 4 Hits 12 Delbert Barker

Buffalo Johnson
Don't Stay Away
Don't Just Stand There
Lady's Man
Gold Rush Is Over
NA
NA
1952 EP - 4 Songs
7062

7063
Big 4 Hits 13 Delbert Barker

Clem McCoy
Harry Adams
Easy On The Eyes
Talk To Your Heart
Waiting In The Lobby Of Your Heart
Wildwood Flower
NA
NA
1952 EP - 4 Songs
7071

7074
Big 4 Hits 14 Jim Fair

Preston Ward
Full Time Job
Be Sure You Know
Fortune In Memories
Married By The Bible Divorced By The Law
C&W
C&W
1952 EP - 4 Songs
7072

7073
Big 4 Hits 15 Lucy Trailer

Delbert Barker
It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels // Foggy Mountain Top
Jambalaya
Window Shopping
C&W
C&W
1952 EP - 4 Songs
7073

8337
Gateway Series 9019 Click For Picture Sleeve Delbert Barker
and His Country All-Stars
Click For Photo Jambalaya
Window Shopping
Click For Photo Baby We're Really In Love
I Can't Help It
C&W
C&W
1956 Country And Western Series
EP - 4 Songs
7075
7076
Cumberland 510 Estel And Red //
Estel Whitson
Click For Photo Raindrops On My Window
Click For Photo Why Do You Stay Away
C&W
C&W
1952 Gateway BMI
7077

7078
Big 4 Hits 16 Delbert Barker

Preston Ward
That Heart Belongs To Me
Two Faced Clock
How Cold Hearted Can You Get
A Mightly Pretty Waltz
C&W
C&W
1952 EP - 4 Songs
7079

7080
Big 4 Hits 17 Delbert Barker

Jimmie Fair
Blackberry Boogie
I Went To Your Wedding
Click For Photo Indian Love Call
Waitress Waitress
C&W
C&W
1952 EP - 4 Songs
7081
7082
Kentucky 528 Jim Stacey // Jerry Helt, Billy
Thomas & Echo Valley Boys
Instructions - Basic Right And Left Through
Soldier's Joy
NA
NA
1952
7083
7084
Kentucky 529 Jim Stacey // Billy Thomas
Echo Valley Boys
Basic Star
Tennessee Wagoneer
NA
NA
1952
7085
7086
Kentucky 530 Jim Stacey // Jerry Holt
Basic Allemande Left
Ragtime Annie
NA
NA
1952
7087
7089
Gateway Series 3001 Guy Blakeman
Blakeman's Breakdown
Flying Rosin
NA
NA
1952 Hillbilly Series
7088
7090
Gateway Series 3002 Guy Blakeman
Cumberland Mountain
Triple Fiddling
NA
NA
1952 Hillbilly Series
7090
7091
Kentucky 531 Billy Thomas // Harry Adams
& The Echo Valley Boys
Black Mountain Rag
Vine Street Stomp
NA
NA
1952
7092
7093
Kentucky 532 Jim Fair
I'll Walk Alone
Click For Photo Somebody's Been Beatin' My Time
NA
NA
1952
7094
7095
Kentucky 533 Jim Fair
I'll Hold You In My Heart
Just A Little Lovin'
NA
NA
1952
7096
7097
Kentucky 538 Jim Fair
Anytime
It's A Sin
NA
NA
1952
7099
8037
Alcar 549 Jimmie Fair //
Jimmie Ballard
Shake Hands With Mother Again
How Beautiful Heaven Must Be
SAC
SAC
1952 Also on Kentucky 549
8000
8001
Kentucky 559 Jim Fair
Molly Darling
It Makes No Difference Now
NA
NA
1952
8002
8003
Kentucky 534 Delbert Barker
Click For Photo I Overlooked An Orchid
Lovesick Blues
C&W
C&W
1952
8004
8005
Kentucky 535 Delbert Barker
I'll Sail My Ship Alone
Someday
NA
NA
1952
8006
8007
Kentucky 539 Delbert Barker
Cold Cold Heart
Rye Whiskey
NA
NA
1952
8008
8009
Kentucky 560 Delbert Barker
Wedding Bells
Tenessee Border
NA
NA
1952
8010
8011
Kentucky 544 Delbert Barker
I Saw The Light
The Old Rugged Cross
NA
NA
1952
8012
8013
Kentucky 536 Preston Ward
Letters Have No Arms
Missing In Action
NA
NA
1952
8014
8016
Kentucky 540 Preston Ward
I Love You Because
Filipino Baby
NA
NA
1952
8015
8017
Kentucky 541 Preston Ward
It's Been So Long Darling
Click For Photo Tennessee Saturday Night
NA
NA
1952
8018
8019
Kentucky 545 Preston Ward
Farther Along
Stand By Me
NA
NA
1952
8020
8021
Kentucky 561 Echo Valley Boys
Cool Water
Detour
C&W
C&W
1952
8022
8023
Kentucky 537 Al Runyon
Click For Photo I'm Moving On
Click For Photo Just A Faded Petal From A Beautiful Bouquet
BOP
C&W
1952
8024
8025
Kentucky 542 Al Runyon
Rhumba Boogie
Wreck Of The Old '97
NA
NA
1952
8026
8027
Kentucky 543 Al Runyon
Great Speckled Bird
Sweeter Than The Flowers
NA
NA
1952
8028
8029
Kentucky 562 Al Runyon
Wabash Cannon Ball
Death Of Kathy Fiscus
NA
NA
1952
8030
8031
Kentucky 546 Al Runyon
Lord I'm Coming Home
There's A Light Guiding Me
NA
NA
1952
8033
8034
Alcar 547 Jim And Jesse McReynolds
I Like The Old Time Way
I'll Be Listening
BGR
BGR
1952 Also on Kentucky 547
8033
8034
Kentucky 547 Virginia Trio
I Like The Old Time Way
I'll Be Listening
BGR
BGR
1952 Also on Alcar 547
8035
8036
Kentucky 548 The Circuit Rider
Abide With Me
Mansion Over The Hilltop
SAC
SAC
1952
8037
7099
Kentucky 549 Jimmie Ballard //
Jimmie Fair
How Beautiful Heaven Must Be
Shake Hands With Mother Again
SAC
SAC
1952
8038
8039
Kentucky 550 The Bell Tone Trio
Fred Holt, Narrator
Joy To The World
Oh Little Town Of Bethlehem
XMAS
XMAS
1952
8040
8041
Kentucky 551 The Bell Tone Trio
Fred Holt, Narrator
Silent Night
O Come All Ye Faithful
XMAS
XMAS
1952
8042
8043
Kentucky 552 The Bell Tone Trio
Fred Holt, Narrator
The First Noel
Hark The Herald Angels Sing
XMAS
XMAS
1952
8046

8047
Big 4 Hits 18 Bell Tone Trio

Woody Woodell
Preston Ward
Jingle Bells
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Elfie The Elf
Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer
XMAS
XMAS
1952 EP - 4 Songs
8050
8051
Alcar 563 Sonny Osborn
Letter From My Darling
I'll Stay Around
BGR
BGR
1952 Also on Kentucky 563
8050
8051
Kentucky 563 Sonny Osborn
Letter From My Darling
I'll Stay Around
BGR
BGR
1952 Also on Alcar 563
8052
8053
Alcar 564 Sonny Osborn
The Old Home Town
Down The Road
BGR
BGR
1952 Also on Kentucky 564
8052
8053
Kentucky 564 Sonny Osborn
The Old Home Town
Down The Road
BGR
BGR
1952 Also on Alcar 564
8054
8055
Kentucky 606 Sonny Osborne
Vocal: Enos Johnson & Trio
We'll Meet Again Sweetheart
Uncle Pen
NA
NA
1952
8056
8057
Kentucky 607 Sonny Osborne
Vocal: Enos Johnson & Trio
Rose Of Old Kentucky
I Cried Again
NA
NA
1952
8058
8059
Alcar 565 Sonny Osborn
Get In Line Brother
The Old Cross Road
BGR
BGR
1952 Also on Kentucky 565
8058
8059
Kentucky 565 Sonny Osborn
Get In Line Brother
The Old Cross Road
BGR
BGR
1952 Also on Alcar 565
8060

8062
Big 4 Hits 24 Sonny Osborn
(Banjo Instrumentals)
Raw Hide
Cumberland Gap
Train - 45
White House Blues
IN-BGR
IN-BGR
1953 EP - 4 Songs
8060

8062
Gateway Series 3012 Sonny Osborne
& His Sunny Mountain Boys
Click For Photo Raw Hide
Cumberland Gap
Click For Photo Train Forty Five
Whitehouse Blues
IN-BGR
IN-BGR
1956 Hillbilly Series
EP - 4 Songs
8064

8065
Big 4 Hits 19 Delbert Barker
Setting The Woods On Fire
Our Honeymoon
Click For Photo The Death Of Hank Williams
I'm An Old Old Man
C&W
C&W
1952 EP - 4 Songs
8066

8067
Big 4 Hits 20 Jim Fair
Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes
Older And Bolder
Keep It A Secret
Tennessee Tango
C&W
C&W
1952 EP - 4 Songs
8068

8069
Big 4 Hits 21 Preston Ward

Delbert Barker
Somebody Loves You
Back Street Affair
I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive
I Could Never Be Ashamed Of You
C&W
C&W
1952 EP - 4 Songs
8070

8071
Big 4 Hits 22 Larry Roberts

Al Runyon
Deep Blue
Midnight
The Gal Who Invented Kissing
Steel Guitar Rag
C&W
C&W
1952 EP - 4 Songs
8071
8108
Kentucky 571 Delbert Barker
Steel Guitar Rag
From Now On
NA
NA
1953
8074
8075
Gateway Series 3005 Sonny Osborn
Click For Photo Sunny Mountain Chimes
Click For Photo A Brother In Korea
BGR
BGR
1952 Hillbilly Series
8076
8077
Gateway Series 3007 Sonny Osborne
Click For Photo I'm Gonna Leave You
Mend This Heart Of Mine
BGR
BGR
1953 Hillbilly Series
8078
8079
Kentucky 608 Sonny Osborne
Vocal: Enos Johnson & Trio
Cabin Home On The Hill
Pain In My Heart
NA
NA
1952
8081

8142
Alcar 28 Enos Johnson

Al Runyon
I'm Using My Bible For A Roadmap
Lonely Tombs
Hold To God's Unchanging Hand
Unclouded Day
BGR
SAC
1953 EP - 4 Songs, Also on Big 4 Hits 28
8081

8142
Big 4 Hits 28 Enos Johnson

Delbert Barker
I'm Using My Bible For A Roadmap
Lonely Tombs
Hold To God's Unchanging Hand
Unclouded Day
BGR
SAC
1953 EP - 4 Songs
8084

8085
Alcar 30 Brother Claude Eldridge
Click For Photo A Purple Robe
Wil I Play My Guitar In Heaven
Click For Photo Oh I Want To See Him
The Old Country Church
SAC
SAC
1953 EP - 4 Songs, Also on Big 4 Hits 30
8084

8085
Big 4 Hits 30 Claude Eldridge
A Purple Robe
Will I Play My Guitar In Heaven
Oh I Want To See Him
The Old Country Church
SAC
SAC
1953 EP - 4 Songs
8086
8087
Kentucky 566 Claude Eldridge
Matthew Twenty-Four
Blood That Stained The Old Rugged Cross
NA
NA
1952
8088
8089
Kentucky 567 Claude Eldridge
Click For Photo Crying Holy Unto The Lord
Click For Photo When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder
BOP
SAC
1952
8091
8092
Kentucky 553 Delbert Barker
Click For Photo I Just Don't Like This Kind Of Living
Long Gone Lonesome Blues
C&W
BOP
1952
8093
8094
Kentucky 554 Delbert Barker
Lost Highway
There'll Be No Tear Drops Tonight
C&W
C&W
1952
8095
8096
Kentucky 555 Delbert Barker
Why Don't You Love Me
I Can't Get You Off My Mind
C&W
C&W
1952
8097
8100
Kentucky 574 Joe "Cannonball" Lewis
Cold And Lonely Heart
You've Been Honkey Tonkin'
C&W
BOP
1953
8102
8103
Kentucky 556 Delbert Barker
You're Gonna Change
Mansion On The Hill
C&W
C&W
1953
8104
8105
Kentucky 557 Delbert Barker
I Don't Care
My Son Calls Another Man Daddy
NA
NA
1953
8106
8107
Kentucky 558 Delbert Barker
The Blues Come Around
Nobody's Lonesome For Me
NA
NA
1953
8112
8150
Kentucky 573 Ray Anderson
(I Finally Found) The Girl Of My Dreams
Click For Photo Stalin Kicked The Bucket
NA
NA
1953 Stalin died 3/5/1953
8114

8123
Big 4 Hits 31 Ray Anderson

Jim Fair
Death Is Only A Dream
Building On The Sand
Take My Hand Precious Lord
He Knows
SAC
SAC
1953 EP - 4 Songs
8115
8116
Alcar 568 Ray Anderson
Click For Photo When The Saints Go Marching In
Click For Photo What Would The Profit Be
SAC
SAC
1953 Also on Kentucky 568
8115
8116
Kentucky 568 Ray Anderson
When The Saints Go Marching In
What Would The Profit Be
SAC
SAC
1953
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