1935-1977:
I’ve Been Away For Awhile Now * Ral Donner A to Z song titles
Codes: A = Australia 45, BL = Bootleg LP, BC = Bootleg CD, C = Canada 45, G = Great Britain 45, GL = Great Britain LP, GC = Great Britain CD, U = USA 45, UL = USA LP, UC = USA CD...[not all bootlegs listed...refer to discographies for release details] ..Songs written by Ral ..Songs co-written by Ral
1935-1977:
I’ve Been Away For Awhile Now *
A Tear In My Eye (Reprise) A6 BC2 C8 GC3 G5 U14
Always The Clown ..unissued - John Tolbart Studio, Chicago (1963)
American Triology (Mid-Eagle/Sessions) ^^ GL2 UL5 UL6
And Then (Gone/Tau) GC1 GC2 GC3 GC4 U3 U17 UL4
Bad Boy (Gone) - unissued tape lost
Beachcomber ..unissued - Demo (1960)
Because We’re Young (Gone) C4 C5 GC1 GC2 GC3 GC4 U6 U9
Bells Of Love (Gone) C6 G4 GL1 GC1 GC2 GC3 GC4 U11 UC1
Beyond
The Heartbreak (Reprise) BC2 GC3
U16
Big Daddy Twist (1962) unissued *****
Billy Jack's Ol' Lady.. unissued - (1970's)
Blue Christmas (Mid-Eagle/Sessions) ^^ GL2 UL5 UL6
Castle In The Sky (Gone) unissued ****
CC Rider (Mid-Eagle/Sessions) ^^ GL2 UL5 UL6
Christmas Day (Reprise) BC2 GC3 U13 U36
Cinderella Twist (1962) ***** GC3
Creampuff (Gone) GC1 GC2 GC3 UL7 UC1
Dancing Shoes .unissued - Hall Studios, Chicago (1966/67)
Deeper
Shade Of Blue John Tolbart Studio, Chicago (1970's )
Don’t Leave Me Now (Starfire) BC2 U37 UL4 UL8
Don't Let It Slip Away (Sunlight) G7 U28 U35
Don’t Put Your Heart In His Hands (Reprise) A7 BC2 GC3 U15
Down By The River unissued - (1977)
Dream Lover..unissued - (1970's)
Fame And Fortune .unissued - Demo (1960)
For Love Nor Money (Gone) GL1 GC1 GC2 GC3 GC4 UL1
Girl Of My Best Friend (Gone) A1 C1 GL1 GC1 GC2 GC3 GC4 U2 U20 U29 U40 UL1 UL7 UC1
Girl
Of My Best Friend .unissued - Demo
(1960)
Godfather Per Mé (Chicago Fire) U31 UL4
Good Lovin’ (Fontana) BC2 U22 U23
Got A Lot Of Livin' To Do (Mid-Eagle/Sessions) ^^ GL2 UL5 UL6
Greatest Moments (see also "Moments") (Starfire) BC2 U39 UL4
Half Heaven, Half Heartache (Gone) GC1 GC2 GC3 UL7 UC1
Hallelujah I Love Her So .unissued - Demo (1960)
Haulin' Steel . unissued - (1970's)
I Didn’t Figure On Him (Gone) C3 G2 GL1 GC1 GC2 GC3 GC4 U5 UL1 UL7 UC1
I Don’t
Need You (Gone) G3 GC1 GC2 GC3
GC4
UL1
I Got Burned (Reprise) A6 BC2 C8 GC3 G5 G6 U14
I Want The Best For You .unissued - (1970's)
I Wish This Night Would Never End (Reprise) A7 BC2 GC3 U15
If I Can Dream (Mid-Eagle/Sessions) ^^ GL2 UL5 UL6
If I Promise .Demo (1968) - precedes the version on 'Rising Sons'
If I Promise (Rising Sons) BC2 U26
If You Love Him unknown - see *** in notes BC2
It All Adds Up To Lonely unissued - see ** in notes
It
Will Only Make Me Love You More (Red Bird) A8
BC2 GC2 U24
It’s Been A Long Long Time (Gone) A1 C1 GC1 GC2 GC3 GC4 U2 U29
Jailhouse Rock (Mid-Eagle/Sessions) ^^ GL2 UL5 UL6
Juarez (see also Quarez) (Gone) GC1 GC2 GC3
Just A Little Sunshine (Rising Sons) BC2 U26
King Creole (Mid-Eagle/Sessions) ^^ GL2 UL5 UL6
Life To Live Over (Mid-Eagle) BC2 U25 UL4
Little Miss Heartbreak (Gone) GC1 GC2 GC3 UC1
Loneliness Of A Star (Tau) GC1 GC2 GC3 U17 UL4
Lonely Star
(version 1) (Gone) GC1 GC2 GC3
GC4
UL1 UC1
Lonely Star (version 2) (Gone) unissued
Lord, You Gave Me A Mountain (Mid-Eagle/Sessions) ^^ GL2 UL5 UL6
Lost (Mid-Eagle) BC2 U25 UL4
Love Isn’t Like That (Red Bird) A8 BC2 GC2 U24
Loveless Life (Gone) GL1 GC1 GC2 GC3 GC4
Loveless Life (Gone) single version ## C6 GC3 G4 U11
Love Me ..Demo (1968) - same as the Elvis song
Lovin’ Place (M.J.) BC2 U27
Mama
Bear unissued
- (1970's)
Mama Liked The Roses (Mid-Eagle/Sessions) ^^ GL2 UL5 UL6
Maria ( see "Maria Forever")
Maria Forever (not West Side Story song) U38
Mary In The Morning ..Demo (1968)
Mess Of Blues .unissued - Demo (1960)
Misery unissued - see ** in notes
Miss Ann Demo (1958) UC2
Mister Misery (see "Misery") unissued + U39
Moments
(see "Greatest Moments") (Starfire)
My Color Is Blue THIS IS NOT RAL! (see # in notes below) BL7
My Heart Sings (M.J.) BC2 U27
Nine Times Out Of Ten (Gone) GL1 GC1 GC2 GC3 GC4 UL1 UL7 UC1
Nite Owl (version 1) (Gone) GL1 GC1 GC2 GC3 UC1
Nite Owl (version 2) (Gone) unissued
Oh Boy! .unissued - Demo (1958)
Pittsburgh unissued - see ** in notes
Please Don’t Go (Gone) C3 G2 GL1 GC1 GC2 GC3 GC4 U5 UL1 UL7 UC1
Please
Don’t Tease (Gone) GC1 GC2 GC3
UL7
Poison Ivy League (Fontana) BC2 U21
Pray For Me (Gone) GL1 GC1 GC2 GC3 GC4 UL1
Puddle Of Tears(Gone) GL1 GC1 GC2 GC3
Quarez (see Juarez) (Gone)
Reconsider Baby .unissued - Demo (1960)
Rip It Up (Starfire) BC2 U37 UL4 UL8
Rock On Me (Thunder) U34
Run Little Linda (Reprise) BC2 GC3 G6 U16
Sad Heart (Reprise) unissued
School Of Heartbreakers (version 1) (Gone) GL1
GC1 GC2 GC3
GC4
U6 UL1 UC1
School Of Heartbreakers (version 2) (Gone) unissued
Second Miracle (Reprise) BC2 GC3 U13 U36
Separate Ways (Mid-Eagle/Sessions) ^^ GL2 UL5 UL6
She’s Coming Back unissued - see ** in notes
She’s Everything (Gone) A3 C4 C5 C9 G3 GL1 GC1 GC2 GC3 GC4 U7 U8 U9 U18 U19 U32 U41 UL7 UC1
She’s My Baby (Gone) GL1 GC1 GC2 GC3 GC4 UL1 UL7
Silver And Gold (Gone) GC1 GC2 GC3
Sing Me A Song (To Cry By).. unissued - (1970's)
So Close To Heaven (Gone) A2 C2 G1 GL1 GC1 GC2 GC3 GC4 U4 U30 UL7 UC1
So Much Lovin’ (Mid-Eagle) BC2 U33 UL4
Standing Here (Gone) GL1 GC1 GC2 GC3
Suspicious Minds (Mid-Eagle/Sessions) ^^ GL2 UL5 UL6
Sweetheart (Gone) A5 C7 GC1 GC2 GC3 GC4 U12
Take Me Back THIS IS NOT RAL! (see # in notes below) BL7 BC1 BC2
Tears Of Misery (Gone) GC1 GC2 GC3
Tell Me Why (Scottie) GC1 GC2 GC3 GC4 U1 UL2
Tender Years (Gone) - unissued tape lost
That’s All Right With Me (Scottie) GC1 GC2 GC3 GC4 U1 UL2
That's When Your Heartaches Begin Demo (1968) - same as the Elvis song
The Day The Beat Stopped (Thunder) G6 U34 UL3
The Girl For Me (Gone) unissued ****
The Next Time .unissued - Hall Studios, Chicago (1966/67)
The Other Side Of You (Fontana) BC2 U22 U23
The Wedding Song (Chicago Fire/Mid-Eagle) BC2 U31 U33 UL4
This Angry World ..unissued - .John Tolbart Studio, Chicago (1963)
To Love (Gone) A5 C7 GL1 GC1 GC2 GC3 GC4 U3 U12
To Love Someone (Gone) A4 GL1 GC1 GC2 GC3 GC4 U7 U10 U20 U40 UL7 UC1
Turn Back The Clock (version 1) (Gone) unissued
Turn Back The Clock (version 2) (Gone) GC1 GC2 GC3 GC4 UL1 UL7 UC1
Wait A Minute Now (Sunlight) G7 U28 U35
What'D I Say .unissued - Demo (1960)
Will You Love Me In Heaven (Gone) A3 A4 GL1 GC1 GC2 GC3 GC4 U8 U10 UL7 UC1
With You Now (Gone) GC1 GC2 GC3 GC4 UL1
You Don’t Know What You’ve Got (Gone) A2 C2 C9 G1 GL1 GC1 GC2 GC3 GC4 U4 U18 U19 U30 U32 U41 UL1 UL7 UC1
You Finally Said Something Good (Fontana) BC2 U21
You Haven’t Lived Until You’ve Loved (Gone) GC1 GC2 GC3
Your Skies Of Blue (Gone) GL1 GC1 GC2 GC3 GC4 UL1
Notes:
Only the songs from one bootleg CD listed here: Rip It Up - 27 Rockin’ Hits BC2
# This is actually UK singer NICKY JAMES who was a founder member of The Move and The Moody Blues ("Take Me Back" & "My Colour Is Blue" on UK "Brum Beat" CD issued by Sequel Records in 1993, both sides originally issued in the UK on 45rpm PYE 7N.15560 in the early 1970s).
## Best version - different to all later legal re-issues on LP & CD (except for GC3). Ral's vocal is more aggresive on the single version starting at 1:10 approx with I WANT YOU BABY..........!!
* .....Album title - album contains snippets of 50 Elvis songs (except for 11 songs ^^ above which are sung in their entirety - or almost, and without narration interruption)
** .. .Recorded at Universal Recording Studios, Chicago in 1971
*** . song issued on bootleg record - from unknown origin
**** These songs may be only backing tracks (no vocal)
***** Featured in the 15 minute documentary film "Dance Craze" (produced by Jack Lieb at Fred Niles Studio, Chicago in 1962)