Chanteur Rockabilly US né en 1925 à Quapaw (Oklahoma), Wayne Walker fit ses débuts en 1955 en duo avec Jimmy Lee Fautheree, enregistrant un single pour Chess Records. Il poursuit ensuite une carrière solo chez ABC (56), Columbia (57-58), Coral (58), Brunswick (59), etc... Excellent compositeur, Wayne Walker a écrit pour Webb Pierce, Carl Perkins et Johnny Burnette.
Talents : Singer
Style musical : Rockabilly, Rock 'n' Roll

ALL I CAN DO IS CRY
BO BO SKA DIDDLE DADDLE
LITTLE OLE YOU
LOVE ME (with Jimmy LEE)

1955	SP CHESS 4860 (US)	.	Now Is The Time For Love / You Got The Best Of Me
1955	SP CHESS 4863 (US)	.	Jimmy LEE & Wayne WALKER - Lips That Kiss So Sweetly / Love Me
10/1956	SP ABC-PARAMOUNT 45-9735 (US)	.	All I Can Do Is Cry / It's My Way
05/1957	SP COLUMBIA 4-40905-c (US)		A Teenage Love Affair (Can Cause The Blues) / Whatever You Desire
08/1957	SP COLUMBIA 4-40979-c (US)	.	Just A'Walkin' Around / Sands Of Gold
11/1957	SP COLUMBIA 4-41042 (US)	.	Bo-Bo Ska Diddle Daddle / Come Away From His Arms
03/1958	SP COLUMBIA 4-41130 (US)	.	I'm Finally Free / It's Written In The Stars
1958	SP CORAL 62026 (US)	.	After The Boy Gets The Girl / Just Before Dawn
06/1959	SP BRUNSWICK 9-55133 (US)	.	You've Got Me (Where I Wanna Be) / What Kind Of "God" Do You Think You Are
06/1959	SP BRUNSWICK 9-55133 (US)	.	You've Got Me (Where I Wanna Be) / Little Ole You
1960	SP EVEREST 19380 (US)	.	Love Love Love / Soft Chains Of Love
1963	SP CORAL 62328 (US)	.	Battle Of The Bulge / Reaching For The Impossible
196?	SP RIK S-155 (US)	.	Wine And The River / Nobody Knows But Me
196?	SP RIK S-171 (US)	.	When Passion Calls / The Message
196?	SP RIK S-180 (US)	.	Ever So Often / I Was Sorta Wondering
1970	SP STARDAY 45-920 (US)	.	When Passion Calls / Nobody Knows But Me

E-Mail : rocky-52@orange.fr

Walker, Wayne



Born 1925 in Quapaw, Okla. Died in 1979.
Original Releases



Discography is not intended to be complete

Date & Source	Label & Number	V	Titles {& References to LP/CD List}	As By	Matrix Numbers
1956/Oct. 6 Bb c&w rev.	ABC-Paramount 45-9735		All I Can Do Is Cry {b,g,k,l,m,o,s} It's My Way	1 1	AMP 45-1026 AMP 45-1025
1957/May 13 Bb pop rev.	Columbia 4-40905-c		A Teenage Love Affair (Can Cause The Blues) Whatever You Desire	1 1	JZSP 41256 JZSP 41255
1957/Aug. 12 Bb c&w rev.	Columbia 4-40979-c		Just A'Walkin' Around Sands Of Gold	1 1	JZSP 41859 JZSP 41860
1957/Nov. 11 Bb c&w rev.	Columbia 4-41042		Bo-Bo Ska Diddle Daddle {a,c,e,h,j} Come Away From His Arms	1 1	JZSP 42460 JZSP 41861
1958/Mar. 10 Bb c&w rev.	Columbia 4-41130		I'm Finally Free It's Written In The Stars	1 1	JZSP 42458 JZSP 42459
1958/Aug. 25 Bb c&w rev.	Coral 9-62026		After The Boy Gets The Girl {n} Just Before Dawn	1 1	105,508+ 105,507
1959/June 1 Bb pop rev.	Brunswick 9-55133		You've Got Me (Where I Wanna Be) {d,g,p,q,r,t} What Kind Of "God" Do You Think You Are	1 1	107,273+ 107,271
1959/June 1 (Bb est.)	Brunswick 9-55133		You've Got Me (Where I Wanna Be) Little Ole You {f,i}		107,273 107,272

References in "As By" Column:

1. as by Wayne Walker
   

Other Notes:

• SEE ALSO: Jimmy Lee & Wayne Walker
  

Collector-Oriented Compilation LPs and CDs Containing Tracks

a.	Ace CDCHD 786 (cd)	Columbia Rockabilly, Vol. 2
b.	Bear Family BCD 15972 (cd)	That'll Flat Git It, Vol. 13
c.	Bear Family BCD 16725 (cd)	That'll Flat Git It, Vol. 25 (Columbia)
d.	Big Tone BT 5707 (cd)	MCA Rockabillies, Vol. 3
e.	Big Tone BT 5710 (cd)	CBS Rockabilly Classics, Vol. 1
f.	Big Tone BT 5716 (cd)	MCA Rockabillies, Vol. 4
g.	Bop BOP- 001 (cd)	Saturday Night On Bop Street, Vol. 1
h.	CBS 82401 (lp)	CBS Rockabilly Classics
i.	Charly CR 30253 (lp)	Let's Flat Get It
j.	Columbia/Epic/Legacy CK 62173 (cd)	Whistle Bait!: 25 Rockabilly Rave-Ups
k.	Flame CD 005 (cd)	Desperate Rock 'N' Roll, Vol. 5
l.	Flame 007 (lp)	Desperate Rock 'N' Roll, Vol. 7
m.	Flesh Den 6901 (cd)	Rock 'N' Roll Orgy, Vol. 1
n.	Juke Box Saturday Night JBSN 1002 (lp)	Rock 'N' Roll Fever, Vol. 2
o.	Lucky CDLR 812 (cd)	Rockabilly Gold, Vol. 12
p.	MCA 1758 (lp)	Decca Rare Rockabilly, Vol. 4
q.	MCA (England) MCF 3035 (lp)	Rare Rockabilly, Vol.4
r.	True Blue Rockabilly TBR 002 (cd)	True Blue Rockabilly, Vol. 2
s.	Vladimir Twist VTR 6911 (lp)	Like Nothing Your Ears Have Ever Heard, Vol. 11
t.	Wendi LP 00007 (lp)	Run 'em Off

Je ne connaissai pas et pas mal du tout

Wayne Walker will forever be known as a highly-successful songwriter in the country and pop fields during the 1950s and 1960s. Since his death in the late 1970s, however, he became something of a rockabilly hero in Europe with such obscure recordings as “All I Can Do Is Cry”, “Love Me”, “Bo-Bo Ska Diddle Daddle”, “You’ve Got Me” and “Little Ole You” which have kept the dance floors of the many rock ‘n’ roll clubs filled. Strangely, those thirty-odd years that have since elapsed have never seen a complete Wayne Walker reissue…until now! This is Wayne Walker – The singer and his songs.



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J'ai découvert Wayne Walker grâce à son fabuleux " All I can do is cry " .
La partie de guitare de Grady Martin me taraude parfois le crane tant elle me subjugue...
Elle me fait d'ailleurs songer, curieusement, à Django Reinhardt ( le phrasé peut être ...)
Wayne Walker a également composé " Heaven's plan " ( Lefty FRIZZEL l'interprète ) au début des années 60

Je rebondis sur ce " Heaven plan " : l intro guitare est caractéristique de ce début 60, les choeurs n y sont pas trop mis en avant, le vocal de Lefty fait des merveilles.
Certains passages de ce morceau peuvent évoquer le " Wonderful world " du grand Sam Cooke ( pas celui de Satchmo ).
Bref, dans l'ensemble agréable à écouter, pas transcendant, certe, comme " All I can do is cry" (ou encore le " Guitar rock " de Bill Flagg)