The Atlantic sessions
Don Covay And The Goodtimers
unknown (piano, guitar, bass) Bernard Purdie (drums) Don Covay (vocals) NYC, May 13, 1964| 7873 | Can't Stay Away | Rosemart 801; Atlantic LP 8104 |
* Atlantic LP 8104, SD 8104 Don Covay - Mercy!* Rosemart 801 Don Covay - Can't Stay Away / Mercy, Mercy
Don Covay And The Goodtimers
Don Covay (vocals) and others NYC, May 18, 1964| 7878 | Can't Stay Away Too Long | Atlantic unissued |
| 7879 | Mercy, Mercy | Rosemart 801; Atlantic LP 8104, LP 8116, LP 8170, LP 8194; Atco SD 33-281 |
* Atlantic LP 8104, SD 8104 Don Covay - Mercy!
* Atlantic LP 8116, SD 8116 Various Artists - Solid Gold Soul
* Atlantic LP 8170, SD 8170 Various Artists - This Is Soul
* Atlantic LP 8194, SD 8194 Various Artists - History Of Rhythm And Blues, Vol. 6: On Broadway 1963-64
* Atco SD 33-281 Various Artists - The Soul Clan
* Rosemart 801 Don Covay - Can't Stay Away / Mercy, Mercy
Don Covay And The Goodtimers
Bob Bushnell (guitar) Ron Miller (bass?) Bernard Purdie (drums) Don Covay (vocals) NYC, October 1, 1964| 8248 | Take This Hurt Off Me | Rosemart 802; Atlantic LP 8104 |
* Atlantic LP 8104, SD 8104 Don Covay - Mercy!* Rosemart 802 Don Covay - Take This Hurt Off Me / Please Don't Let Me Know
Don Covay And The Goodtimers
Dud Bascomb (trumpet) Buddy Lucas (tenor saxophone) Haywood Henry (baritone saxophone) Horace Ott (piano, organ) Bob Bushnell, Billy Butler (guitar) Ron Miller (bass?) Bernard Purdie (drums) Don Covay (vocals) NYC, October 3, 1964| 8246 | Just Because | Atlantic LP 8104 |
| 8247 | Come On In | - |
Don Covay And The Goodtimers
Horace Ott (piano, organ) Bob Bushnell, Harry Jensen (guitar) Ron Miller (bass?) Bernard Purdie (drums) Don Covay (vocals) NYC, October 4, 1964| 8252 | I'll Be Satisfied | Atlantic LP 8104 |
| 8253 | You Must Believe In Me | - |
| 8254 | Precious You | Atlantic LP 8120 |
* Atlantic LP 8120, SD 8120 Don Covay - See-Saw
Don Covay And The Goodtimers
Horace Ott (piano, organ) Harry Jensen, Wally Richardson (guitar) Bob Bushnell (electric bass) Bernard Purdie (drums) Don Covay (vocals) NYC, October 5, 1964| 8243 | Daddy Loves Baby | Atlantic 2280, LP 8104 |
| 8244 | Please Don't Let Me Know | Rosemart 802; Atlantic LP 8104 |
| 8245 | Can't Fight It Baby | Atlantic LP 8104 |
| 8249 | You're Good For Me | - |
| 8250 | Dedicated To The One I Love | unissued |
| 8251 | Come See About Me | Atlantic LP 8104 |
* Atlantic LP 8104, SD 8104 Don Covay - Mercy!
* Atlantic 2280 Don Covay - Daddy Loves Baby / The Boomerang
* Rosemart 802 Don Covay - Take This Hurt Off Me / Please Don't Let Me Know
Solomon Burke, Don Covay, Wilson Pickett At The Apollo Theater
Wilson Pickett (vocals -2/4,10,11) Don Covay (vocals -5,6,9,11) Solomon Burke (vocals -7/11) unidentified house band "Apollo Theater", NYC, October 21, 1964| 1. 8285 | Opener | unissued |
| 2. 8286 | It's All Right | - |
| 3. 8287 | It's Too Late To Cry | - |
| 4. 8288 | Cry Baby | - |
| 5. 8289 | Don't Do It | - |
| 6. 8290 | Mercy, Mercy | Atlantic LP 8120 |
| 7. 8291 | Everybody | unissued |
| 8. 8292 | The Price | - |
| 9. 8293 | You're Good For Me | - |
| 10. 8294 | If You Need Me | - |
| 11. 8295 | Goodbye Baby (Finale) | - |
Don Covay And The Goodtimers
Dud Bascomb, Harold "Money" Johnson (trumpet) Dickie Harris (trombone) Babe Clarke (tenor saxophone) Horace Ott (piano) Bob Bushnell, Billy Butler (guitar) Alan Fontaine (bass?) Bernard Purdie (drums) Don Covay (vocals) George Clane, Ace Hall, Harry Tiffin (backing vocals) NYC, January 27, 1965| 8634 | The Boomerang | Atlantic 2280, LP 8120 |
| 8635 | A Woman's Love | Atlantic 2286, LP 8120 |
| 8636 | The Usual Place | Atlantic 2407, LP 8120 |
| 8637 | Please Do Something | Atlantic 2286, LP 8120 |
| 8638 | Everything Gonna Be Everything | unissued |
* Atlantic LP 8120, SD 8120 Don Covay - See-Saw
* Atlantic 2280 Don Covay - Daddy Loves Baby / The Boomerang
* Atlantic 2286 Don Covay - A Woman's Love / Please Do Something
* Atlantic 2407 Don Covay - The Usual Place / 40 Days, 40 Nights
Don Covay And The Goodtimers
Wayne Jackson (trumpet) Andrew Love (tenor saxophone) Floyd Newman (baritone saxophone) Booker T. Jones (piano, organ) Steve Cropper (guitar) Donald "Duck" Dunn (electric bass) Al Jackson (drums) Don Covay (vocals) Memphis, TN, June 30, 1965
| 9073 | See-Saw | Atlantic 2301, LP 8116, LP 8120, SD 8208; Atco SD 33-281 |
| 9074 | Iron Out The Rough Spots | unissued |
| 9075 | Sookie Sookie (alt. take) | - |
| 9076 | Sookie Sookie | Atlantic 2742, LP 8120 |
| 9077 | I Never Get Enough Of Your Love | Atlantic 2301, LP 8120 |
| 9897 | Sookie Sookie (edited version) | Atlantic 2323 |
* Atlantic LP 8116, SD 8116 Various Artists - Solid Gold Soul
* Atlantic LP 8120, SD 8120 Don Covay - See-Saw
* Atlantic SD 8208 Various Artists - History Of Rhythm And Blues, Vol. 7: The Sound Of Soul 1965-66
* Atco SD 33-281 Various Artists - The Soul Clan
* Atlantic 2301 Don Covay - See-Saw / Never Get Enough Of Your Love
* Atlantic 2742 Don Covay - Sookie Sookie / Soul Stripper
* Atlantic 2323 Don Covay - Sookie Sookie / Watching The Late Late Show
Don Covay And The Goodtimers
Horace Hall (trombone?) Seldon Powell, Harold Vick (tenor saxophone) Paul Griffin (organ) Billy Butler (guitar) Alan Fontaine (bass?, guitar?) Albert Winston (electric bass) Bernard Purdie (drums) Don Covay (vocals) NYC, November 29, 1965| 9633 | Fat Man | Atlantic LP 8120 |
| 9634 | Jack The Ripper | unissued |
Don Covay And The Goodtimers
Ludwig "Joe" Jordan (trumpet) Ben Smith (tenor saxophone) George Braithwaiter (baritone saxophone) Paul Griffin (piano) Charlie Brown, Ron Miller (guitar) Jimmy Tyrell (bass) Bernard Purdie (drums) Willie Bobo (percussion) Don Covay (vocals) The Goodtimers (vocal group) NYC, January 4, 1966| 9789 | Watching The Late Late Show | Atlantic 2323 |
* Atlantic 2323 Don Covay - Sookie Sookie / Watching The Late Late Show
Don Covay And The Goodtimers
Gene "Bowlegs" Miller (trumpet) Charlie Chalmers, Albert Lowe (tenor saxophone) Floyd Newman (baritone saxophone) Dewey "Spooner" Oldham (organ) Jimmy Johnson, Lincoln "Chips" Moman (guitar) Tommy Cogbill (electric bass) Roger Hawkins (drums) Don Covay (vocals) The Goodtimers (vocal group) Fame Studios, Muscle Shoals, AL, May 3, 1966| 10238 | You Put Something On Me | Atlantic 2340 |
| 10239 | Here Where I Make My Exit | unissued |
| 10240 | I Can't Stop | - |
Don Covay And The Goodtimers
Wayne Jackson (trumpet) Andrew Love (tenor saxophone) Floyd Newman (baritone saxophone) Isaac Hayes (piano) Steve Cropper (guitar) Donald "Duck" Dunn (electric bass) Al Jackson (drums) Don Covay (vocals) The Goodtimers (vocal group) unidentified female choir Memphis, TN?, May 26, 1966| 10329 | Iron Out The Rough Spots | Atlantic 2340, LP 8120 |
* Atlantic 2340 Don Covay - Iron Out The Rough Spots / You Put Something On Me
Don Covay And The Goodtimers
Dud Bascomb (trumpet) King Curtis, Seldon Powell (tenor saxophone) Haywood Henry (baritone saxophone) Paul Griffin (piano) Robert Banks (organ) Bob Bushnell, Carl Lynch (guitar) Ron Miller (electric bass?) Bernard Purdie (drums) Warren Smith (bongos) Don Covay (vocals) A-I Studios, NYC, August 10, 1966| 10668 | Lawdy Miss Clawdy | unissued |
| 10669 | Somebody's Got To Love You | Atlantic 2357 |
Don Covay And The Goodtimers
Melvin Lastie (trumpet) King Curtis (tenor saxophone) Haywood Henry (baritone saxophone) Paul Griffin (piano) Robert Banks (organ) Bob Bushnell, Carl Lynch (guitar) Ron Miller (electric bass?) Bernard Purdie (drums) Warren Smith (bongos) Don Covay (vocals) NYC, August 17, 1966| 10671 | Take It All | unissued |
| 10672 | Temptation Was Too Strong | Atlantic 2357 |
Don Covay With Eric Gale's Orchestra
Dave Burns (trumpet) George Jeffers, Alan Ralph (trombone) Eddie Williams (tenor saxophone) Bill Bivens, Art Kaplan, Harold Keinz, Melvin Tax (saxophones) Stan Free (piano) Robert Banks (organ) Napoleon Allen, Billy Butler, Ron Miller (guitar) Jimmy Tyrell (bass) Jimmy Johnson, Bernard Purdie (drums) Don Covay (vocals) Louis Huber, Louis Stone (backing vocals) Bob Gallo (Eric Gale) (arranger, director) Talent Masters, NYC, November 29, 1966| 11245 | Shingaling '67 | Atlantic 2375 |
| 11246 | 40 Days, 40 Nights | Atlantic 2407 |
* Atlantic 2407 Don Covay - The Usual Place / 40 Days, 40 Nights
Don Covay With Eric Gale's Orchestra
unknown (organ, guitar, electric bass, drums) Don Covay (vocals) unidentified female choir, Bob Gallo (Eric Gale) (arranger, director) A&R Recording Studio, NYC, December 13, 1966| 11285 | I Was There | Atlantic 2375 |
Don Covay And The Goodtimers
Melvin Lastie, Joe Newman (trumpet -1) unknown (trumpet, tenor, baritone saxophone, piano, organ, guitar, electric bass, drums) King Curtis, David Newman (tenor saxophone -1) Haywood Henry (baritone saxophone -1) Don Covay (vocals)
Memphis, TN, August 24, 1967
| 1. 12950 | Don't Let Go | Atlantic 2494 |
| 2. 12951 | It's In The Wind | - |
| 3. 12952 | Never Had No Love | Atlantic 2440 |
| 4. 12953 | You've Got Me On The Critical List | - |
| 5. 12954 | Have Pity | unissued |
* Atlantic 2440 Don Covay - Never Had No Love / You've Got Me On The Critical List
Don Covay
Don Covay (vocals) and others August 25, 1967| 12963 | Take What He's Got | Atlantic unissued |
| 12964 | What Is This |
The Soul Clan
unknown (trumpet, saxophones, organ, guitar, electric bass, drums, tambourine) Solomon Burke, Arthur Conley, Don Covay, Ben E. King, Joe Tex (vocals) Nashville, TN, February 6, 1968?| 13857 | Soul Meeting | Atlantic 2530; Atco SD 33-281 |
| 13858 | That's How It Feels | - |
* Atco SD 33-281 Various Artists - The Soul Clan
* Atlantic 2530 The Soul Clan - Soul Meeting / That's How It Feels
Don Covay
Don Covay (vocals) and others Groove Sound Studios, NYC, March 18, 1968| 28476 | That's How I Feel | Atlantic unissued |
| 28477 | Soul Meeting | - |
Don Covay
Don Covay (vocals) and others Fame Studios, Muscle Shoals, AL, May 15, 1968?| 14547 | Gonna Send You Back To Your Mama | Atlantic unissued |
| 14548 | Sweet Pea (Don't Love Nobody But Herself) | - |
| 14549 | Pretty Girls | - |
| 14550 | House On The Corner | - |
Don Covay
Don Covay (vocals) and others Fame Studios, Muscle Shoals, AL, May 24, 1968?| 14580 | Gonna Send You Back To Your Mama | Atlantic 2521 |
| 14581 | Sweet Pea (Don't Love Nobody But Herself) | Atlantic 2609 |
| 14582 | Pretty Girls | unissued |
| 14583 | House On The Corner | Atlantic 2521 |
* Atlantic 2521 Don Covay - Gonna Send You Back To Your Mama / House On The Corner
* Atlantic 2609 Don Covay - Sweet Pea (Don't Love Nobody But Herself) / C.C. Rider Blues
Don Covay
Don Covay (vocals) and others Muscle Shoals, AL, September, 1968| 15318 | I Got A New Love | unissued |
| 15319 | Do Wrong Women | - |
| 15320 | I Stole Some Love | Atlantic 2565 |
| 15321 | Snake In The Grass | - |
| 15322 | Soul Stripper | Atlantic 2742 |
* Atlantic 2742 Don Covay - Sookie Sookie / Soul Stripper
Don Covay
Don Covay (vocals) and others October 8, 1968| 15387 | Never Had Enough Of Nothing | Atlantic unissued |
| 15388 | What'd You Say | - |
| 15389 | Four Corners | - |
Don Covay
Don Covay (vocals) and others circa 1968 or 1969???| 29987 | Brand New River In Town | Atlantic unissued |
Don Covay
Don Covay (vocals) and others Groove Sound Studios, NYC, February 4, 1969| 16286 | C.C. Rider Blues | Atlantic 2609 |
* Atlantic 2609 Don Covay - Sweet Pea (Don't Love Nobody But Herself) / C.C. Rider Blues
Don Covay And The Jefferson Lemon Blues Band
Joe Richardson (lead guitar) Margaret Williams (guitar) Butch Valentine (bass) Jerry Jemmott (electric bass -1,3) Danny Jones (drums) Don Covay (vocals, guitar) NYC, March 5, 1969| 1. 16711 | Mad Dog Blues | Atlantic SD 8237 |
| 2. 16712 | Key To The Highway | Atlantic 2725, SD 8237 |
| 3. 16713 | The House Of Blue Lights, Part 1 | Atlantic SD 8237 |
| 4. 16714 | Four Women | - |
| 5. 16715 | The Blues Don't Knock | - |
| 6. 16716 | Blues Ain't Nothin' But A Good Woman On Your Mind | - |
* Atlantic SD 8237 Don Covay And The Jefferson Lemon Blues Band - The House Of Blue Lights
* Atlantic 2725 Don Covay - Key To The Highway / Everything I Do Goin' Be Funky
Don Covay And The Jefferson Lemon Blues Band
Joe Richardson (lead guitar) Margaret Williams (guitar) Butch Valentine (bass) Danny Jones (drums) Don Covay (vocals, guitar) NYC, March 8, 1969| 16717 | She May Be Your Woman | unissued |
| 16718 | Shut Your Mouth | Atlantic SD 8237 |
| 16719 | Please Send Me Someone To Love | unissued |
Don Covay And The Jefferson Lemon Blues Band
Joe Richardson (lead guitar) Margaret Williams (guitar) Butch Valentine (bass) Danny Jones (drums) Don Covay (vocals, guitar) NYC, April 8, 1969| 16720 | Homemade Love | Atlantic SD 8237 |
| 16721 | Steady Roller | - |
| 16722 | Sugar Child Boogie | unissued |
| 16723 | Midnight Sufferin' Blues | - |
| 16724 | But I Forgive You Blues | Atlantic SD 8237 |
| 17511 | Homemade Love (edited version) | unissued |
* Atlantic SD 8237 Don Covay And The Jefferson Lemon Blues Band - The House Of Blue Lights
Don Covay And The Jefferson Lemon Blues Band
Don Covay (vocals) and others NYC?, May 6, 1969| 16963 | The House Of Blue Lights, Part 2 | Atlantic SD 8237 |
* Atlantic SD 8237 Don Covay And The Jefferson Lemon Blues Band - The House Of Blue Lights
Don Covay And The Jefferson Lemon Blues Band
unknown (trumpet, tenor, baritone saxophone, organ, guitar, electric bass, drums) Don Covay (vocals) unidentified 3 male vocals Fame Studios, Muscle Shoals, AL, September 9, 1969| 17710 | Everything I Do Goin' Be Funky | Atlantic 2725 |
| 17711 | One Way Ticket Home | unissued |
| 17712 | Ice Cream Man | Atlantic 2666 |
| 17713 | Your Love Won't Let Me Go | unissued |
| 17714 | Black Woman | Atlantic 2666 |
| 17715 | You Forgot To Put Your Ring Back On | unissued |
* Atlantic 2725 Don Covay - Key To The Highway / Everything I Do Goin' Be Funky
* Atlantic 2666 Don Covay - Ice Cream Man / Black Woman