Night-Riders, Night Riders, Nite Riders & Knight Riders

Night-Riders (Los Angeles Label) – Big Game Hunter/ Doin’ The Cha Cha In Havana, ’61 (Doré 613)

  • Scans found.

 

Note:  Night Riders and Nite Riders are connected through various group members:  Doc Starks, Melvin Smith, Harry Van Walls, Harry Crafton, Joe Sewell & Jimmy Johnson.

 

Night Riders (Vocal Mel Smith) – Pretty Plaid Skirt (And Long Black Sox)/ I’ll Never Change, ’59 (Sue 713)

  • Scans also found crediting ‘Mel Smith & The Night Riders.’

 

as Nightriders (Doc Starks & The) – The Vacation Train {I}/ Night Ridin’ {I}, ’56 (Sound 119)

  • ‘The Vacation Train’ is {I} with sound effects.

 

as Nightriders

– Never/ Tell The Truth, ’56 (Sound 128)

  • B-side scan found.

– Lookin’ For My Baby/ St. Loo, ’59 (Sue 719)

  • Book lists as St. Lou.  All scans found say St. Loo.

 

Night Riders (ft Piano Van) – Talk To Me Baby/ Night Ridin’ {I}, ’60 (Sue 731)

  • A Van ‘Piano Man’ Walls discography says (later reissued as by The Nite Riders featuring Piano Van).

 

as Nite Riders Present Melvin Smith – Ugly George/ Nobody’s Fault, ’62 (Chime 101)

 

Nite Riders

– Women & Cadillacs/ Say Hey (A Tribute To Willie Mays), ’54 (Apollo 460)

  • Book listed as Doc Starkes & The Night Riders.

– Rags/ Doctor Velvet, ’54 (Apollo 466)

– I Know You’re In There/ Starlight And You, ’55 (Teen 116) {I}

  • A-side scan found.

– Got Me A Six Button Benny/ Don’t Hang Up The Phone, ’55 (Teen 118)

– Waiting In The Schoolroom/ When A Man Cries, ’55 (Teen 120)

  • A-side scan found.

 

Nite Riders (Doc Starkes & His) – Apple Cider/ Way In The Middle Of A Dream, ’55 (Teen 114)

 

Nite Riders (Doc Starkes & His) – Apple Cider, ’57 (Swan 4003 & Itzy 9, ’66)

  • There is also a scan as Nite-Riders on ‘Apple Cider.’

as The Nite Riders – Six Button Benny, ’57 (Swan 4003 & Itzy 9, 66)

 

Nite Riders (Doc Starkes & The) – Love Me Like Crazy/ Rockin’ To School, ’58 (Modern Sound 6908)

 

as Doc Starkes & The Niteriders – Love Me Like Crazy/ Rockin’ To School, ’58 (Linda 109)

 

Nite Riders (Doc Starkes & The) – Keep It A Secret (Recorded 1954), ’89 (Relic LP 5078 2-4)

 

Nite Riders (New Orleans Area) (Johnny Fairchild & The) – I Was A Fool/ Please, Please, Please, ’59 (Ace 565)

  • Book listed as Night Riders.

 

Knight Riders (New York Label) (gm Billy Vera) – Annie’s Place/ Unchained Melody, ’61 (United Artists 366)