Discography of Johnnie Mae Matthews

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BRAX (The Five Dapps)                    Do Whop A Do / You’re So Unfaithful                                              1958

NORTHERN 3727                              Dreamer / Indian Joe                                                                    c.1959

NORTHERN 3729                              Mr Fine / Someday                                                                       c.1959

NORTHERN 3736                              Ooh Wee / Give Me True Love                                                      c.1960

NORTHERN 3742                              So Lonely / Help Me                                                                    10/1960

REEL 3743                                        Oh, Baby / You Worry Me                                                                   ?

GLODIS 1004                                    Oh, Baby / You Worrie Me                                                                  ?       

REEL 3745                                         No One Can Love Me / No More Tears                                                ?  

REEL 112                                          The Headshrinker / My Little Angel                                              10/1961

SUE 755                                           The Headshrinker / My Little Angel                                                1/1962

REEL 119                                          Oh Mother / Come Home                                                             8/1962

REEL 120 (With Timmy Shaw)           I Don’t Want Your Loving (Parts 1 & 2)                                         3/1963

REEL 122                                          Lonely Road / I Won’t Cry Any More                                           9/1963

NORTHERN 4736                              No Body Business (What I Do) / My Destination (It True Love)      6/1963

SPOKANE 4008                                 Worried About You / Itty Bitty Heart                                            2/1964

BLUE ROCK 4001                              Baby What’s Wrong / Here Comes My Baby                                10/1964

BLUE ROCK 4011                              My Man / Can’t Live Without You                                                  c.1965

BIG D 855                                         Don’t Talk About My Man / He Really Loves Me                                    ?

AUDREY 100                                     Luck Walked Through My Door / Love Hides All Faults                        ?

AUDREY 112 (With Joe L. Carter)       My Life Story / Don’t Cry Baby                                                           ?       

JAM 103                                            Lonely You’ll Be / That’s What My Man is For                               6/1967

ART 002 (& The Wonderetts)             Cut Me Loose / Lonely You'll Be (playing on this page)                   1967

ATCO 6528 (& The Wondettes)          Cut Me Loose / Lonely You'll Be (playing on this page)                   1967

ART 003                                            Got to be on (Your Case) / You’re the One                                   c.1967

BIG HIT 104                                      Two-sided Thing / You Make Me Feel Good                                         ?

BIG HIT 105                                      I Have No Choice / That’s When it Hurts                                              ?

BIG HIT 108                                      My Momma Didn’t Lie / You’re The One                                               ?

BIG HIT 111                                      Don’t be Discouraged / Don’t be Discouraged                                      ?

NORTHERN 10039                             It’s Good / Come on Back                                                               1979

COTILLION 45010                             It’s Good / Come on Back                                                               1979

NORTHERN 10040                             I Can Fell It / Crazy About You                                                    5/1980

Music "Lonely You'll be" by Johnnie Mae Matthews (Art 002b)

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-Text and discography courtesy © Graham Finch

- Photographs courtesy Graham Finch excluding Frantic Ernie (Marilyn Bond)      and final image (David Meikle)

- Label scans courtesy Graham Finch

- Music courtesy Graham Finch 

Graham would like to thank the following for their great help and contributions; Robert Bateman, James "Pete" Crawford, Don Davis, Melvin Davis, Emry Franklin, Edward Hamilton, Joe Hunter, Willie Jones, Bettye Lavette, Artwell "Chuck" Matthews Jr., Audrey "Kaiya" Matthews, Cynthia Gurdy, Ron Murphy, Rick Pack, Joseph "Kingfish" Stribling, Richard "Popcorn" Wylie, and of course - the late Johnnie Mae Matthews.

The Michigan Chronicle newspaper clippings and the photographs are from the collection of Graham Finch. Additional label scans of rare 45 rpm records were kindly supplied by collectors; Carl Pellegrino at motorcitymusic, Eric Silvenis, Lars Nilsson and Nikki Gustafson.

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