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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| RITE# | LABEL | ARTIST WITH GROUP |
SONG TITLE A SIDE / SONG TITLE B SIDE |
MUSIC TYPE | YEAR | NOTES |
| 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 How Can I Help Lovin' You |
NA NA |
1952 |
| 7011 7012 |
Maestro 11 | Preston Ward |
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. |
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  |
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 |
Delbert Barker and His Country All-Stars |
Jambalaya Window Shopping Baby We're Really In LoveI 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 |
Raindrops On My Window 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 Indian Love CallWaitress 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 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 |
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 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 |
I'm Moving On 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 |
Raw Hide Cumberland Gap Train Forty FiveWhitehouse 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 The Death Of Hank WilliamsI'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 |
Sunny Mountain Chimes A Brother In Korea |
BGR BGR |
1952 | Hillbilly Series |
| 8076 8077 |
Gateway Series 3007 | Sonny Osborne |
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 |
A Purple Robe Wil I Play My Guitar In Heaven Oh I Want To See HimThe 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 |
Crying Holy Unto The Lord When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder |
BOP SAC |
1952 |
| 8091 8092 |
Kentucky 553 | Delbert Barker |
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 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 |
When The Saints Go Marching In 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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