On these pages I try to give a list of "all" the songs John D Loudermilk has written and who covered them.
I will never succeed completely, I know, but I try my best to give as many as possible.
In this overview I chronologically ordered the songs which (probably) have been recorded, though I haven't found a cover to each song. But you could help me make it more complete, mail me!

To Loudermilk bio & link page

This is part 1, 1956-1960 The Colonial, Columbia, Universal-Cedarwood years

To part 2, 1960-1963 RCA, Hickory, Nashville, teen, hillbilly and novelty
To part 3, 1963-1969 RCA, Hickory, Nashville, country, bizarre and open minded singer-songwriter songs
To part 4, 1970 & later MIM, Europe, years of retirement
To part 5, Loudermilk singing traditionals and covering other songwriters
To part 6, unknown songs/covers - info wanted!
To a few sound samples of unreleased songs.

Part 1: 1956-1960
The Colonial & Columbia years, publishing for Universal-Cedarwood

A Rose and a Baby Ruth

"John Loudermilk" (composer credits on the US original 78), "Johnnie Dee" om some other 1956 releases

Most songs in the early years were originally released with "Dee" as composer; later releases give Loudermilk

Click image to play clip of John D. and George IV performing the song, 50 years after the recording, with original musicians including bass player Henry Holtman!

JDL's first song, and a US top 10 hit!
original on Colonial as "George Hamilton and the Country Gentlemen".

← A Baby Ruth candy bar.

When the record came out, the Curtis Candy company, makers of Baby Ruth candy bars, sent a letter to Colonial record label demanding it be pulled for copyright infringement. By the time Colonial's lawyer replied, Curtis Candy had sent another letter advising the label to disregard the previous one: Sales had gone up 500 percent in the last month, as kids were eating the candy bars more and adults were sending roses and Baby Ruths to their sweethearts all over the country!

Also recorded (overdubbed by George Hamilton!) as "A Rose And A Candy Bar" for radio shows of other sponsors and the UK-market where the candy bar "Baby Ruth" was an unknown item.
Lyrics

Al Kooper, looking back on his 1970 version:
"I grew up with the GHIV version. Really loved the sincerity of it when I was about 13. Referring to a rose and a Baby Ruth, he sings:
I could have sent you an orchid of some kind, But that's all I had in my jeans at the time...
I think I tried to duplicate that teen sincerity in every song I wrote in my teens and early twenties. I worship J.D. Loudermilk.
My version was just a jam in between takes of another song on the album "Easy Does It" from 1970. I was kinda goofing, but put it on the album nonetheless. So, if you hear it, its not ALL together serious."

• George Hamilton IV (1956, Colonial 420)
• Eddie Fontaine (1956, Decca 30108)
• Country Gentlemen (1956, RCA 6673)
• Ralph Flanagan (1956, RCA 6719)
• Artie Malvin (1956, Bell 16, budget label cover)
• Dave Burgess (1956, Tops R297, budget label cover)
• Dick Warren & Herbie Layne's Orch. (1956, Gateway 1197 or Hep 305, another budget cover)
• The Johnston Brothers (1957, Decca F 10828, UK version "A Rose And A Candy Bar")
• The Crests (1960, LP The Crests Sing All Biggies)
• Ray Allen & Upbeats (1962, LP Tribute to 6)
• The Renegades (1962?, LP The Renegades)
• Anita Kerr Singers (1963, LP Tender Words)
• Jim Farmer (1963/64, Le Cam 114)
• Bob Rubino (1965, Bella 1000, a Link Wray label, also 1966 on Calla 115)
• Troy Shondell (1967, TRX 5001)
• Joey Welz (1968, Palmer 5032)
• The Straight A's (1969, LP The Straight A's)
• Al Kooper (1970, LP Easy Does It)
• The Hop (2LP The Hop, R&R retro)
• Jim Croce (1975, LP The Faces I've Been, a posthumous release)
• John Fahey (1992, cd Old Girlfriends & Other Horrible Memories)
• Marylin Manson (1999, bonus disc cd Last Tour On Earth)
• The Echoes (2000, cd The Echoes, a previously unreleased early 1960s recording)

A-plus in love

B-side first JDL record, released as "Johnny Dee featuring Joe Tanner on guitar", lyrics of A-plus

• Johnny Dee (= John D Loudermilk) (1957, Colonial 430)

Sittin' in the Balcony

#38 Billboard pop charts, Feb 1957; Cochran's cover hit the top 20.

←the rare picture cover of the 1956 promo release "at present a student at Campbell college"
In the original lyrics an innocent Bugs Bunny cartoon is being watched, but on the Coral single release, Don Cornell changes this into "We may stop lovin', to watch Kim Novak, but she can't take the place of my honey!"

• Johnny Dee (1957, Colonial 430)
• Eddie Cochran (1957, Liberty 685)
• Don Cornell (1957, Coral 61811)
• Loren Becker (1957, budget release EP on label 18 Top Hits)
• Artie Malvin & Michael Stewart Quartet (1957, Bell 36, budget release)
• Eddie Logan (1957, another budget release EP on Promenade)
• Ray Whitley (an old Hollywood cowboy star, crooning the song; not sure if there is a 1950s release, but it has been released on later compilation cd's)
• Jimmy Jackson Rock 'n' Skiffle (1957, Columbia 3937 (UK))
• Masaaki Hirao (Japanese 1950s Rockabilly, in phonetic English!)
• Darlene Gillespie (Disneyland F-50, on a 45 by former child star from tv-series Mickey Mouse Club)
• Miki Curtis & Pokerface (1977, LP Rock 'n Roll Special Vol. 2, Japanese rocker)
• Vazelina Bilopphøggers (1980, LP 24 Timers Service, as "Balkongen" in Norwegian)
• Rollers (1981, LP Rockabilly Billy, Swedish group)
• Don McLean (1986, cd For The Memories)
• Stuck Herry (1992, EP EKS 0290, pub rock and roll from Groningen, NL)
• Darrel Higham feat. The Jets (1998, cd The Cochran Connection)
• Marco Di Maggio (2000, cd Thank You Eddie, a Cochran tribute)
• The Tawny Owls (cd High Fly, rockabilly from France)

Joe Tanner (pic left: Joe ±1945 as a teenager), guitarist of Colonial houseband The Bluenotes, was an important element in Johnny Dee's early recordings. He arranged "A Rose and a Baby Ruth" and played the distinctive guitar break on "Sitting on the Balcony".
The Bluenotes (pic right, Joe Tanner (gtr), Pat Patterson, Tom Underwood, Ralph Harrington) played on sessions for the Colonial label, and recorded JDL's composition "Page One" (see below).
Joe Tanner later worked for Monument and Roy Orbison. His arrangement of Roy's hit "In Dreams" and playing on "Oh Pretty Woman" are some of his major feats. Joe's custom made Rickenbacker 12 string electric guitar on "Oh Pretty Woman" gave the record its irresistible sound.
Joe was called 'The Absent-minded Guitar Player' around Nashville, as he was constantly forgetting appointments and studio commitments, even forgetting to bring his guitar to a performance. Joe died in the early 1980's of a sudden heart attack. (Based on info supplied by Joe's cousin Jim Callahan, who tells about his cousin on his web pages)
 

My Big Brother's Friend

• Cecelia Batten (1957, Colonial 431)
• Carol Hughes (1957, Mercury 71095)

Cecelia Batten recorded for Colonial and worked with Joe Tanner and Johnny Dee. She had two 45 rpm releases for Colonial. I was lucky to be able to contact her, she wrote me about her career:

I was a college student at the University of North Carolina when we cut that. I remember the duets [see below] with him and I don't know what happened to them. They were fun and I can't imagine why Orville Campbell, the owner of Colonial Records, never released them. I never made any more records. A group of University musicians and I were in a talent show and we mocked Elvis Presley for a laugh. An agent from New York saw it and interviewed me about becoming "a female Elvis Presley" but I wasn't interested in that!
I had won some small time talent shows and won trips to Miami and Cuba where I sang on radio and television and preformed in clubs. (Castro was still in the mountains.) I sang with local dance bands in college and had a TV show with a local disc jockey. Orville took an interest and that is how I got in on making the recordings. Everyone was so nice and we had a lot of fun. I went on tour to promote the record on radio and TV shows where I lip-synched the record. Everybody did that way back then.
Johnny Dee and all the musicians were very talented and very nice. They were a few years older than me and all married to nice ladies. They were very professional and always a pleasure to work with. We had many laughs together. Johnny always had that great big smile on his face.
I remember one time we were entertaining at a Veteran's Hospital outside of Washington, D.C. and were getting ready to go on stage when Joe Tanner, the guitarist, discovered he had lost his only guitar pick in the men's room. All the musicians ran in there to find it. We got on stage just in time. I never did ask them where they found it. I was laughing so hard I could hardly sing. Joe was such a sweet guy.
They were fun times and I loved performing. I moved to New York City after graduating from the University and did a few club gigs and some Off Broadway shows and some singing commercials, but nothing really big. I was just enjoying life. I fell in love, got married, and had two children. I sang a few times after that for fun. Some years later two very talented friends from my small town in North Carolina wrote and produced a musical called "Like Diamond Rings" about a small town's effort to attract industry. I came down from New York City to sing the female lead. Believe it or not, the show got a good review by the New York Times! That was my last public appearance. How's that for going out on a high note, if you pardon the pun.
They were wonderful days and they were all wonderful people.I remember them all fondly. Johnny Dee deserved a lot of recognition. He was an especially talented person and a very good-natured guy who wrote happy songs. And he wrote a lot of them!

Thank you Cecelia for sharing your memories!

It's Gotta Be You

• Johnny Dee (1957, Colonial 433)

Teenage Queen

• Johnny Dee (1957, Colonial 433)

Page One

• Bluenotes (1957, Colonial 434)

1000 Concrete Blocks

• Johnny Dee & Bluenotes (1957, Colonial 435)
• Billy Grammer (1959, LP Travelin' On)
• Hank Hardy (1960?, Colonial 7019)

In My Simple Way

• Johnny Dee & Bluenotes (1957, Colonial 435)

Singing on the Mountain

• The Melody Masters Quartet (1957, Colonial 111)

Goin' Courtin'

A boy/girl duet song about shine my shoes, powder my nose, park our old jalopy and romance

Two songs recorded by Johnny Dee & Cecelia Batten.
This rare Loudermilk duet must have been recorded for Colonial with a single 45 release in mind. But it never was released. It is probably still hidden somewhere in the vaults of Colonial Records...

Freckles

Asiatic Flu

• Ebe Sneezer & His Epidemics (= John D Loudermilk) (1957, Colonial 436)

That's All I've Got
(to remember you by)

• Ebe Sneezer & His Epidemics (1957, Colonial 436)

Somebody Sweet

• Johnny Dee & Blue Notes (1957, Colonial 722, Dot 15699)
• Lane Brothers (1958, RCA 7220)

They Were Right

• Johnny Dee & Blue Notes (1957, Colonial 722, Dot 15699)

Yearbook

• John D Loudermilk (1958, Columbia 41165)

Yo-Yo

• John D Loudermilk (1958, Columbia 41209)

Lover's lane

• John D Loudermilk (1958, Columbia 41209)

Goin' Away To School

• John D Loudermilk (1958, Columbia 41247)
• Warner Mack (1958, Decca 30714)

Walkin' Down The Road

• Jimmy Newman (1959, MGM 12830)

Honey-Bunch

Love Is King

Mindy O My Mindy

We Should Be Together

• Mary Klick (1958, Columbia 41289)
• Chordettes (1959, Cadence 1361)
• Lolita (1959, Polydor 24052, German hit-cover "Treu will ich dir bleiben")
• The Browns (1960, LP Sweet Sounds)
• The Fauns (1961, Leedon LK57, obscure 45 from Sydney, Australia)
• Adam C Burke (2004, cd You Can't Judge A Man By His Covers)

This Time I Would Know

• The Browns (1958, RCA 7427)
• Miki and Griff (1960, LP Lonnie Donegan presents: Miki and Griff)
• Willie Sutherland and Frank Coutts (LP Thinking of You, Scottish country)

You Take The Table
(And I'll Take The Chairs)

• Bob Gallion (1959, MGM 12777)
• June Webb (1959, Hickory 1096)
• Miki and Griff (1960, LP Lonnie Donegan presents: Miki and Griff)
• Claude Gray (1962, Mercury 71936)

Am I Still In Your Heart

Father Time and Mother Love

• Hank Snow (1959, RCA 7448)

When The Band Plays The Blues

• Hank Locklin (1959, RCA 7472)
• Pamela Law (1960, Boyd 1985)
• D.J. Hopson (1991, cd A Day In THe Life)
• Lost Country (2003, cd Turn Your Radio Around, Jim Colegrove's Texas band)

Arnie Derksen, a Canadian rockabilly artist, recorded 3 Loudermilk songs, of which only 1 was released in 1959 and the 2 others 30 years later on a Bear Family compilation album. See covers below.

Left: 1989 compilation LP on the Bear Family label
right: a 1990s promotional picture.

Arnie (born 1932 in Saskatchewan, Canada) played dance halls with his band until he saw Bill Haley play in Vancouver and was converted to rock. In a recent interview, he says: I couldn't believe what they were doing on stage. He was the one that broke the ice. Arnie started doing Presley songs, and soon was advertised as Canada's Elvis Presley. When he could join a weekly C&W music show from the CBC Winnipeg for radio and TV, it opened up a lot of work. He toured with Jerry Lee Lewis. In 1958 he was signed by Decca and moved to Nashville to record. His 4 singles did not give him the break and he returned to working clubs. In Las Vegas, Derksen remembers: Charles Heston was in the audience, he stood up and shouted Bravo!, and Sammy Davis Jr walked in with an entourage of 27 people.
In the 1970s Derksen worked in clubs in Seattle, in the 1980s he started performing at senior centers at the weekends and in 2005, age 73, he still is doing a few hundreds of shows a year.

I'd Like To Be Alone

• Arnie Derksen (1959, Decca 30867)

K4WO

• Arnie Derksen (1989, LP My Dancing Shoes)

The Party Was Over

• Arnie Derksen (1989, LP My Dancing Shoes)

Midnight Bus

Some later releases incorrectly mention Marijohn Wilkin as co-author to the song

Betty McQuade made the song big Down Under (cover of her 1980s EP re-release)

• Billy Graves (1959, Monument 404)
• Audrey Arno (1959, Polydor 24080, German translation "Der letzte Bus")
• John D Loudermilk (1960, Columbia 41562)
• Betty McQuade (1961, Astor 7014, also 1964 Go!! 5013, hit all over Australia)
• The Swordsmen (1966, LP The Swordsmen)
• Johnny Chester (1972, Fable FB 140, tasteless C&W-cover but a hit down under)
• Bobby and Laurie (1987, LP The Very Best Of, an album of new 1987 recorded songs of the duo's 1960s repertoire)
• The McQuades (1992, cd mini album Time Flies, great garage version)
• Glass, Hamilton & Young (1995, cd Songs the Radio taught us)
• X (2003, 2cd Evil Rumours, live 25th anniversary cd of Australian punk band)

• John D Loudermilk (1995, cd Sittin' on the balcony)

• John D Loudermilk (1995, cd Sittin' on the balcony)

• John D Loudermilk (1995, cd Sittin' on the balcony)

N-U-T-H-I-N-G

• Stan Robinson (1959, Monument405)

The Steady Game

• George Hamilton IV (1959, ABC 10009)
• Michael Holliday (1959, Columbia 4378, UK version)
• Johnny O'Keefe (1959, Leedon LS568, hit in Australia)

Half Breed

• Marvin Rainwater (1959, MGM 12803)
• Ricky Nelson (1959, LP Songs by Ricky, Imperial 163 EP)
• The Cardigans (Spann 431, a harmony group from Chattanooga, TN)
• Das Tom Dooley-Trio (1959, Polydor 24140, German version: "Halbblut", lyrics Arno Gillo)
• Canadian Sweethearts (1963, Quality 1591 (Can), A&M 727 (US, 1964); the 'Sweethearts' were Bob Regan & Lucille Starr)
• Bobby Wayne (1964, WB 5427)
• The Browns (1964, LP This Young Land)

Waterloo

• Stonewall Jackson (1959, Columbia 41393, Philips 941 UK)
• Homer & Jethro (1959, RCA 7585, a parody)
• Bob Cort (1959, Decca 11145, cover by UK skiffle comedian)
• Mudlarks (1959, Columbia DB 4331, UK)
• Jan & Kjeld (1959, Triola TD45-46, Danish brothers with banjo's)
• Birthe Wilke (1959, Philips 355187PF, Denmark)
• Blue Boys (1959, Sonet T-8042, Denmark)
• Liz og Eric (1959, Tono 4100, Denmark)
• Ib Hansen with Henry Hagemann's Choir and Orch. (Polyphon XM 61928, Danish opera singer)
• The Q Brothers (1959, EP Personality, Swedish skiffle duo Bosse & Hasse Quiding)
• Webb Pierce (1962, LP Cross Country)
• Johnnie & Jack (1962, Bear cd box-set)
• The Four Jacks (1962, Odeon 1496, Danish version)
• Roy Drusky (1964, LP Songs of the Cities)
• Carl Smith (1965, LP I Want To Live And Love)
• Boots Randolph (1965, LP Boots Randolph Plays More Yakety Sax)
• Faron Young (cd The Radio Shows Vol 3)
• 'Mother' Maybelle Carter (1973, 2LP Mother Maybelle Carter, instrumental version)
• Lester 'Roadhog' Moran & Cadillac Cowboys (=comic incarnation of Statler Brothers), (1974, LP Alive At The Johnny Mack Brown High School, in a medley with Keep On The Sunny Side)
• Boxcar Willie (2LP Pure Coutry Magic)
• Greenhorns (1971, cd Greenhorns '71, Czech translation by popular C&W band)
• James Rasmussen (1996, cd En hyldest til Four Jacks, Denmark)
• Garth Brooks, Larry Gatlin & Joe Diffie (2004, cd Stonewall Jackson & Friends: A Tribute)

Last Night You Fell In Love

• George Hamilton IV (Bear box cd, prev. unreleased)

I'll Never Tell

• Tompall & Glaser Brothers (1959, Decca 31011)
• Roy Orbison (1987, cd Roy Orbison/ Sonny James: The RCA Sessions, a previously unreleased 1958 recording)

Travelin' Man

• Red Foley (1959, 45rpm, C&W hit #29, Foley's last top 40 hit)

Grin And Bear It

• Jimmy Newman (1959, MGM 12812)
• Jim & Jesse (2003, cd 'Tis Sweet to Be Remembered)

Heaven Fell Last Night

• The Browns (1959, RCA 7555)
• The Moonstones (1965, Parlophone R5331, UK folky family trio, of 2 brothers and 1 sister, Bill, Bob and Ruth Hussey)

Leaving Woman Blues

• Harvie June Van (1959, RCA 7548)
• Sarah Northcutt (RKO 1840)

Don't Quit

• Sarah Northcutt (RKO 1840)

(The Ballad Of) Baby Doe

• Jimmy Newman (1959, MGM 12812)

Boo Boo Stick Beat

• Chet Atkins (1959, RCA 7589, Cashbox #45 pophit)
• The Atlantics (1964, CBS 221125, Australian surf band)

Blackjack

• Chet Atkins (1963, LP Guitar Genius)

The Writin' On The Wall

• Moon Mullican (1959, Coral 30231)

Angels Cryin'

• Jimmy Newman (1959, MGM 12830)

Amigo's Guitar

• Kitty Wells (1959, Decca 30987, C&W top 10)
• Dodie Stevens (1960, Dot 16067)
• The Blue Banners (1961, LP The Blue Banners, a Midwest Polka band)
• Die Grobler Broers (version in Afrikaans "Amigo se ghitaar" by South African brothers duo)
• Billy Walker (1965, LP The Gun The Gold And The Girl)
• Norma Jean (1966, LP Tribute To Kitty Wells)
• June Davey & The Hackamores (LP Patsy Cline and Kitty Wells sung by June Davey, Canada)
• Al Dean and his Allstars, feat. Maxine Dean (1969, LP Kicker Country, Texas C&W)
• Virginia Lee (1967, RCA 45-988, SuidAfrikaanse singing diva)
• Doug Watters (1968±, LP Homecoming, Canadian country singer)
• Jenny Reeves (1969±, LP Jenny, by Canadian country lady)
• Shirley Thoms (1970, LP Australia's Yodelling Sweetheart)
• Suzanne Prentice (1973, LP Country Girl, New Zealand)
• Philomena Begley & Her Ramblin' Men (1974, Top Spin Records 51, Ireland's 'Queen of Country')
• Ellie LaVelle & Images (1986, Sundown Rec 0189, Australia)
• A.G. and Kate (1991, cassette Songs We Dug Up... For You, Holland country)
• Mary Mensch (1999, cd Treasures Old & New)
• Cerrito (2001, cd Cerrito, version by a 'latin cowboy')
• The Saddle Tramps (cd Movin West)
• Mary Rowan (2002, cd A Tribute to Kitty Wells)
• Ginny McIlmoyle (cd Country classics with Ginny, Canada)

Lonely Is A Word

• Kitty Wells (1960, Decca 30987)

Blue Bells Ring

• The Browns (1959, RCA 7614)

God Will

• Johnny Cash (1959, LP Hymns by Johnny Cash)
• Webb Pierce (1963, LP Bow Thy Head, entitled "He Will")
• Nat Stuckey & Connie Smith (1970, LP Sunday Morning with Nat Stuckey & Connie Smith)
• Deacon Mal C. Collins (1998, cd Gospel from the Heart)

Hula Star

• Johnny Bailes (1959, Decca 30999)

Lost In A Small Café

• Billy Grammer (1959, LP Travelin' On)

Weep No More, My Baby

• Brenda Lee (1959, Decca 30967)
• Johnny Kidd & Pirates (1960, LP Saturday Club)
• Hungária (1980, LP Rock 'n Roll Party)
• Annette Klingenberg (1997, cd Weep No More, hit in Denmark)

Ward Of Broken Hearts

• Stonewall Jackson (1959, LP Waterloo)

Hey Ma (Hide The Daughter)

• Little Jimmy Dickens (1959, Columbia 41529)

Half-Way To Heaven

• The Browns (1960, LP Town & Country)

It's Just The Idea

• Osborne Brothers (1960, LP Bluegrass Music)
• George Hamilton IV (1960, ABC 45-10167)
• Johnnie & Jack (1992, Bear cd box, prev. unreleased 1959 recording)
• Miki and Griff (1962, PYE 7N.15449)

Only The Lonely

• The Browns (1960, LP Sweet Sounds)

Angela Jones

• Johnny Ferguson (1959/60, MGM 12855, MGM 1059 UK)
• Michael Cox (1960, Triumph 1011, UK)
• Bobby Stevens (1960, Embassy 404, cheap UK bargain cover)
• José Francis (1960, EP RCA 76441, French cover "Dou-Dou-Dou-Doux")
• Owen Griffiths and the Rockettes (1961, Zodiac 1046, New Zealand)
• John D Loudermilk (1962, RCA 8101, UK RCA7515)
• Robert Cogoi (1963, Philips 319829 hit in Belgium, as "Dou, Dou, Dou, Doux")
• Jay 'n' Jay (1964, LP Introducing..., Australia)
• Chris Parry & The Mockers (1965, Monte-Vista 3-12-65-4, garage surf)
• Jamie Mahar (1966, RCA 101628, Australia)
• Sam Riddle (1966, Capitol 72372)
• Milk (=Johnny Cymbal, Nashville songwriter) (1969, Buddah 80, a bubble gum version!)
• Nick Oliver (1974, CBS 2744, Austria, bubbling under Top 20 (Austria did not go further than a monthly top 20 by then!)
• Dave Travis (1975, Spark SRL 1130, UK neo rocker)
• Jade Hurley (1981, LP More Golden Oldens Festival, by Australia's King of Country-Rock 'n' Roll)
• The Bartlebees (1994, LP(!) What Is It All About?, Germany lo-fi trio)

Blue Serge And White Lace

• Johnny Ferguson (1959/60, MGM 12855, MGM 1059 UK)

Golden Girl

Tobacco Road

• John D Loudermilk (1960, Columbia 41562)
• Frank Ifield (1960/61, Columbia 4658 UK)
• Johnny Duncan (1961, PYE 7N-15358, the English/Australian Johnny Duncan & Blue Grass Boys, not the US C&W Johnny Duncan)
• Buck Floyd (1962, Derby 100)
• John D Loudermilk (1962, LP 12 sides of John D Loudermilk, RCA version)
• The Blue Grass Gentlemen (1962, LP The Blue Grass Gentlemen)
• Bobby Brinkley (1962/63, Monument 803)
• Lou Rawls (1963, Capitol 5049, studio version; 1966, Capitol 6069, live version)
• Bayside Singers (1963/64, MGM 13223, a folky 45)
• Nashville Teens (1964, London 9689, #14 US hit and UK top 10, Mickie Most product with good rockin' piano)
• The Roamers (1964, Hit Records 151, Nashville budget label cover)
• Dick Rivers (1964, LP Dick, French lyrics)
• Mike St Shaw Trio (1964, LP The Mike St Shaw Trio, folk group credits John B Loudermilk)
• The Browns (1964, LP Rockin' Rollin' Browns)
• Johnny Kongos & G-Men (1964, RCA 41.754 (RSA))
• The Typhoons (1964, Embassy 646, budget beat)
• Luis 'Vivi' Hérnandez (1964, Mexico, Spanish version "Tabaco Road")
• Richard 'Groove' Holmes (cd Book of the Blues, ±1964 unissued recording, instrumental by jazzy soul organist)
• I Nobili (1965, 45 on MRC, Italian lyrics by Georgio Calabrese)
• Ronnie March (1965, Janmar 45-101)
• Billy Lee Riley (1965, LP Whiskey A GoGo Presents, live bluesy version)
• Serendipity Singers (1965, LP We Belong Together, folk)
• Bill Ramsey & Paul Kuhn (1965, LP Songs From Home)
• The Gamblers (1965, Polydor 421011, Deutsche Beat with Mathew Fisher, later Procul Harum, on organ)
• The Shanes (1965, LP Shanegang, popular Swedish beat group)
• The Shadows (1965±, LP Hit Parade, Canadian, not the Hank Marvin group)
• Jefferson Airplane (1966, LP Takes Off)
• Blues Magoos (1966, Mercury 72590)
• Ramsey Lewis (1966, LP Wade In The Water, jazzy instrumental)
• Brother Jack McDuff (1966, Atlantic 45-5075, LP Tobacco Road, instrumental version)
• Swamprats (1966, unreleased demo, cd 2003 Disco Still Sucks)
• The New Scorpions (1966, CNR 9858(NL), UK beat group popular in Holland)
• The Deejays (1966, LP The Deejays, UK group active in Germany & Sweden, good organ psych version)
• The Leaves (1966 LP Hey Joe, Garage-rock)
• Tommy Cash (1967, UA 50185)
• (Eric Burdon &) The Animals (1967, bootleg LP From London to Frisco)
• Yesterday's Children (1967, Mon-Art MM 991, wild freakin' New Orleans garage band)
• Jimmy Bryant (1967, LP Wingin' it with Norvel and Ivy)
• The Underground (1967, Mercury 16337, LP Psychedelic Visions)
• Beethoven's Dream Group (1967, In 67102, NY underground)
• Los Walkers (1967, LP Los Walkers, Argentines doing phonetic English)
• The Electric Piano Playground (1967, LP Psychedelic Seeds, produced by Shelby Singleton)
• The Nova Local (1967, LP Nova 1, psych freakin' hard rock)
• Davy Jones & Pocomania (1967, LP Live at the Lucky Star, Canadian soul brother Davy Jones live in a Amsterdam club, backed by Dutch 'pop-art' group Het)
• Peabody Company (1967/68 acetate, cd A Fistful of Fuzz)
• Love Society (1968, Scepter 12236)
• Thackeray Rocke (1968, Castalia 268)
• Love Affair (1968, LP The Everlasting Love Affair)
• Junior Wells (1968, LP Coming At You)
• Bobby Gentry (1968, LP Delta Sweete, I would nominate this cover for having the most wrong, weird & wrecked arrangement)
• Spooky Tooth (1968, LP It's All About)
• The Jackson Five (1968, unissued audition recording for Motown)
• The Aliens (1968?, Tela-Star 1401)
• The Jaguars (1968±, popular Japanese rock band)
• Outlaw Blues Band (1968, LP The Outlaw Blues Band, unusual funky version)
• Glen Garrison (1968, LP If I Lived Here)
• The Lords (1968, Emi-Columbia 22848, remake in 1989, Germany)
• The Greatest Soul Band (1968, LP In The World, a J J Jackson project)
• David Clayton Thomas (1969, LP David Clayton-Thomas)
• Aum (1969, LP Blues Vibes)
• Rare Earth (1969, LP Get Ready)
• The Web (1969, LP Theraphosa Blondi)
• Almeta Latimer (De-Vel 6754, soul)
• Bo Haynes Blues (PA 1057, early 45 of jazz/bluesman Bobby Haynes)
• Roberta Wolfson (LP Girls in the Garage)
• The Jou (Copper State 1081, obscure Tucson garage psych)
• Mystic Siva (cd Under The Influence, prev unrlsd 1969/70 tracks)
• Don Fardon (±1969 recording, released on compilation LP The Love Story of Don Fardon)
• Mind Garage (1970, RCA 9812)
• The Fifth (1970, Franklin 635, a Canadian Black Sabbath epigone)
• The Rogues (1970, Boss City 160)
• Jamul (1970, Lizard 21001, Billboard #93)
• Edgar Winter (1970, Epic 10618; also released in South America as "Camino Del Tabaco", Epic 501001)
• Johnny Winter (1970, 2-cd Second Winter, live 1970 bonus cd, Edgar's brother doing a boring freaking version)
• Eric Burdon & War (1970, LP Eric Burdon Declares War)
• Shocking Blue (1970, LP Venus, and in 1973 Polydor 1881 a 45rpm release in Japan)
• Dew (1970, cd Lost Blues Days, a heavy garage jam by Japanese blues band with Fumio Nunoya)
• Blues Creation (1971, cd Live '71, another cover by Japanese Fumio Nunoya, over 11 minutes of annoying guitar freaking)
• Paul Revere & Raiders (2cd Legend of Paul Revere)
• David Allan Coe (±1970, SSS 825)
• Jimi Hendrix (live recording, his last session)
• John D Loudermilk (1971, LP Elloree, WB-version)
• Network (1971, Decca 13123, UK)
• Greenwich Park (1971, Splendid 4009, Switzerland)
• Orange Peel (1971, LP Orange Peel, German band trying hard to imitate Deep Purple)
• Jack Grunsky (1971, top 20 hit single in Austria)
• Zakons (1973, LP The Sounds Of Zakons '73)
• Barrelhouse Jazzband (1974, LP Rebecca, Rebecca, Take Your Fat Legs Offa Me)
• Brenda Kristian (1974, LP Brenda Kristian, part of a medley)
• Albatross (1975, GULL GULS-16, UK band)
• George Perkins (LP Crying In The Streets, 1970s soul on ACE)
• Mud (1975, LP Mud Rock II)
• Hot Jam (1975, SunDyl 101, psych garage)
• Creation (1975, LP Creation, Japanese band, formerly 'Blues Creation')
• Steve Young (1976 LP Renegade Picker, 1991, cd Solo/Live)
• Little Bob Story (1977, LP Little Bob Story, good punk-pub rock)
• Benny & The Jets (1978, ATA K-6638, Neo Rock&Roll from Newcastle, Australia, B-side of JOK, a Johnny O'Keefe tribute)
• Louise Williams & NY Community Choir (1977, LP Don't Blame The Children)
• Richie Lecea (1978?, UA 1243)
• Jimmy Johnson (1978, LP Tobacco Road, blues version)
• Bob-A-Relli (1978, Channel 104 7"single, good funkin' disco)
• Bob-A-Rela (1979, Channel 106 12"single)
• Miguel Flores (1979, LP At The New Morning Blues Festival, live in Geneva)
• Hobo Blues Band (1979, Hungarian hitversion: "Dohány út")
• G Wayne Thomas (1979, Polydor 2079152, Kiwi-born Aussie)
• Dogs (1980, LP Radiator, Finland)
• Rick Derringer & Edgar Winter (1981, Bootleg-LP Party at the Palladium)
• The White Animals (1981, EP Nashville Babylon, medley with "Somebody To Love" by Nashville garage punk band)
• LSDAP/AO (1982, LP Die Kirche der Ununterschiedlichkeit, an extreme messy, arty interpretation of the song)
• Chris Stamey (1982, LP It' a Wonderful Life, retitled "Get A Job", lyrics over a nearly all-drums background)
• Task Force (1982, LP Forbidden Fruit, heavy metal from Canada)
• Dick Smith (1983, WB 2037, soul)
• Pugh Rogefeldt (1983, LP Face, Swedish rock)
• Peter Lipa and Miluška Voborníková (1984, LP Blues Z Lipového Dreva, Czech translation as "Můj Rodnej Dům")
• Dan Seals (1985, LP Won't Be Blue Anymore)
• Boogie Boy (1986, LP Live!, Boogie Boy is an alias for Belgian Paul Ambach)
• David Lee Roth (1986, WB 2547, DLR also recorded it as: "La Calle Del Tabaco" in Spanish)
• The Blues Band (1986, cd These Kind Of Blues, band with UK sixties veterans like Paul Jones and Tom McGuinness)
• Roy Clark (1986, SilverDollar 770001, tiny C&W hit)
• Bobby and Laurie (1987, LP The Very Best Of, an album of new 1987 recorded songs of the duo's 1960s repertoire)
• The Believers (1987, Cleopatra 221, Aussie vinyl 45)
• Restless (1987, Daft 701, UK neo rockabilly)
• The Marsupials (1986, LP The Four Of Us Are Dying)
• Backsliders (1987, LP Nobody Rides For Free, Finland)
• The Purple Helmets (1988, LP Ride Again, group formed out of ruins of UK punk groups The Vibrators and The Stranglers, with J.J Burnel)
• Masters Apprentices (1988, LP Do What You Wanna Do, part of a live medley by Australian rock veterans)
• Monty Sunshine Jazzband (1988, LP Midnight Special, UK)
• Tinsley Waterhouse Band (1988, LP I've Been Dreaming, Australian blues)
• The Purple Toads (1988, 2LP Love Songs For The Hard of Hearing, Canadian punk rock)
• Toto (1988, bootleg Seventh Odeon, live in London)
• Ian Cussick (1989, cd Treasure Island, bonus live track)
• Robin Henkel (1989, cd Blues 90)
• '68 Comeback (1990, Sympathy For The Record 292, parts 1 & 2, garage punk rock)
• Mofungo (1990/91, unreleased, unfinished last album of NY cult band, made up their own lyrics)
• Dukes (1990, Mystery Scene 008, German garage R&B)
• Michael Finthammer & the Groove (1991, cd Roundabout Jazz)
• Bruce Springsteen (1991 live, cd Bruce's Club-Hopping Summer)
• Foolhouse Blues Band (1991, LP 5 Years of Cottonpickin', Live in Wurzburg)
• Zona B (1991, LP Bestseller, Yougo rock and blues band)
• John C Marshall, 1991 cd Same Old Story, London born blues session veteran)
• Broderick Smith (1992, cd Suitcase and cd single, an Australian folkie)
• Le Grand Blues Band (1992, cd Le Grand Blues Band, features Jean Jacques Milteau on harmonica)
• Smak (1992, MC odLIVEno, Serbian (Belgrado), 12 minutes boring live rock)
• Mark O'Connor (1993, cd Heroes)
• Every Mother's Nightmare (1993, cd Wake Up)
• Black Crowes (1993, live bootleg Big Toe at the Hollywood Troubadour)
• Aunt Mary (1993, cd Blue Prints, Norway)
• Nightcrowd Bluesband (1993, cd I Have My Fun)
• Mad Dogs (1993, cd Live at Big Mama, Italy)
• Jack o'Fire (Mike Carroll & Tim Kerr) (1994, EP Pumpkin, Estrus ES755, punk)
• Roy Loney & Longshots (1994, cd Full Grown Head, guitars like chain saws)
• Magyar Atom (1994, cd Jimi Hendrix Emlékkoncert, a Hungarian JH tribute)
• Eric Burdon & Brian Auger Band (1995, 2cd Access All Areas, a boring 12 minutes live version)
• Tav Falco (1995, cd Shadow Angels & Disapearing Dancers)
• Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown (1995, cd Long Way Home, JDL joins in on vocals)
• Hank Williams Jr. (1995, cd Hog Wild)
• The Agents (with Jorma Kääriäinen) (1995, cd Forever, Finnish: "Mies Yksin On")
• Jean Jacques Goldman / Fredericks Goldman Jones (1995, cd Du New Morning au Zénith, a platina live 2cd)
• The Yardbird Experience (1996, cd British Thunder, ex Nashville Teens' Ray Phillips doing the song once more now in a group with former members of The Yardbirds and Jimi Hendrix Experience)
• The Lonesome Strangers (1997, cd Land Of Opportunity)
• Cicadas (1997, cd Cicadas, a Rodney Crowell project)
• Sons of Champlin (1998, cd The Sons of Champlin live, a reunion album)
• Bill Wyman & Rhythm Kings (1998, cd Struttin' Our Stuff, vocal: Paul Carrack)
• Disciplin A Kitschme (1998, cd Heavy Bass Blues)
• Don Johnson (1998, cd Donald Ray, not the Miami Vice star)
• Big Brian & Blues Busters (1998, cd Size Does Matter)
• DaBlueth (1999, cd Custom Ride, German blues)
• Texas Boogie Connection (cd Texas Boogie Connection #2, German blues rock)
• Richie Kotzen (2000, cd Bi-Polar Blues)
• Dead Prez (2000, intro to their rap Psychology using sample of Lou Rawls' version, cd Let's Get Free)
• The Ventures (2000, cd Acoustic Rock, Japan)
• Sinelefante (2000, cd Buscas Problemas, Spain)
• Poduene Blues Band (cd Kucheto Na Kraina Kravtal, Bulgaria)
• Suie Paparude (2000, cd Urban, Romanian techno band doing an instrumental 'War remix')
• The Agents (2001, cd Agents in Rock! English version by neo-rock band who did the cover in Finnish in 1995)
• Buddy Miles (2002, cd Blues Berries)
• Ides of March (2002, cd Beware! The Ides Of March Live)
• Corey Craven (2002, cd The Lords of Karma- Tribute to Vai Satriani)
• Caneza (Mexican version: La Calle Del Tabaco)
• Aldis & Blue Cats (2002, cd Mosquito Water)
• Ash Grunwald (2002, cd Introducing Ash Grunwald, Aussie blues)
• Doug Williams (2002, cd Check It - Live at The Basement)
• Bottle Up & Go! (2002, cd Storyteller, Austrian blues)
• Cherry Valence (2002, 12" EP Revival)
• Pera Joe (with Smak) (2002, cd Sessionman, Serbian blues band)
• Slaptones (2003, cd Simplify, Swedish rockabilly)
• The Blue Monday Band (2003, cd Twelve Bar Blues, Canada)
• Status Quo (2003, cd Riffs, a good, fast version!)
• Chuck Owston (2004, cd Down Highway 61)
• Speedo 'Harmonica' Jones (2004, cd Blues From The Archives, 1982-84 recordings)
• Stiff (2004, 2cd Live at Fat Jak's, US hard rock, a 1987 live recording some month before their split)
• Overdrive Blues Band (cd Live in Yarburg, Russian band)
• Siggi Schwarz & The Electric Guitar Legends (2005, cd Woodstock, German hard rock)
• Tony Joe White (2006, 4-cd Swamp Music: The Complete Monument Recordings, previous unreleased 1969 recording in a medley coupled with Dead End Street)
• Kevin Covais, Bucky Covington, Chris Daughtry, Taylor Hicks, Elliot Yamin (2006, Ace Young, in a medley for American Idols)
• Phil Stacey (2007, performance for American Idols)
• Southern Culture on the Skids (2007, cd Countrypolitan Favorites, great greasy rock à la Creedence)
• The Wild Cherries (2007, cd That's Life, previously unreleased 1965-66 recording by Australian sixties band)
• The Light (2007, cd Turn On The Light, previously unreleased 1967 live by California garage band)
• Syesha Mercado (2008, once again featured on American Idols)

Does My Heartache Show?

• Jimmy Byron (1960, Everest 19336)
• Jimmy Crawford (1961, Columbia 4633 UK)
• Jan Burnette (1962, Oriole 1742 UK)

Eighth Wonder Of The World

• Whitstein Brothers (1984, LP Rose of My Heart)

Tremble

• George Hamilton IV (1960, ABC 10090)

In 1959 three young Norwegian actor-sailor-singers who worked for the motion picure "Windjammer" formed The Windjammers, and recorded an album for RCA. On the album two unique Loudermilk covers can be found, see below. How did the group came to record these songs?

Sven Libaek, one of the Windjammers, wrote me:
John Loudermilk and Chet Atkins were instrumental in signing The Windjammers to the RCA label at the time, and John and Chet produced the album. Jack Clement was credited as "producer" on the album, however the whole album would never have happened without John and Chet and in real terms they were the producers.
"March of the Vikings" was written specially for us. "Beatnik Bill", from memory, I think was a song that John had previously written, and he felt it suited us.
The Norwegian lyrics in "March" are based on an old Norwegian folk song. It is actually a pretty funny story. The line: "Kjerringa klipte lurvetufsa si" actually means: "The old woman clipped her goat" - however, with a bit of imagination, the word "lurvetufsa", which in the song refers to her "goat", could also refer to a very private part of her body, and of course Norwegians have a lot of imagination. We had a lot of fun singing it live in English speaking countries, as we would always find out if there were any Norwegians in the audience when the burst of laughter would reverberate throughout the venue. All the English lyrics were of course Loudermilk's.
It was a great thrill to work with those two legends. Chet Atkins actually played on several tracks on the album and the rest of the extra musicians just improvised around the already existing Windjammer arrangements without any music being written out. They told us to sing the songs to them once, and off they went. We were very impressed with it all at the time.
Sven Libaek was to become an important composer, arranger, producer, orchestral leader in Australia. He recorded over 30 albums.

March of the Vikings

• The Windjammers (1959, LP The Windjammers)

Beatnik Bill

• The Windjammers (1959, LP The Windjammers)