King Discography, Part 12:Sing Records issued a series of replicas of King/Federal/DeLuxe albums manufactured and
distributed by "The Official Record Company APS" of Copenhagen, Denmark. These were released in
the late 1980s. What connection this company had to Gusto, who owned the rights to the masters at that
time, is unknown.
What is known is that at that time, the copyright protection in Denmark only reached the end of the
calendar year after 25 years had passed (it has since been changed). Since the Sing albums were
issued between 1987 and 1989, that means all the pre-1963 albums released as Sing albums (that is,
all of them) were released under public domain, so it's doubtful that Gusto ever saw a dime from
these reissues. This also explains why the reissues stopped with albums originally issued in 1962, the
year where 25 years was reached.
As a company operating legally under copyright laws and making use of public domain, the Official
Record Company also put out reproductions and reissues of albums from many other labels. European
companies are still using copyright/public domain laws today to release material over 50 years old
royalty free, as most of the European countries today recognize a 50-year copyright protection for music
(US copyright protection is much longer).
Not all King albums were reissued as Sing albums, but selected albums of collectors' interest were
reproduced, and a number of new compilations of songs over 25 years old were issued starting with
number 1155, the next number after King stopped issuing albums. The listing of Sing reissues of
King/Federal/Deluxe albums below is probably not complete.
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Sing 503 - Earl Bostic For You - Earl Bostic [1987] Reissue of King 503. All tracks mono.
Sleep/Moonglow/Velvet Sunset/For You/The Very Thought Of You/Linger Awhile//Cherokee/Smoke Gets
In Your Eyes/Memories/Embraceable You/Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams/Night And Day
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Sing 537 - All-Time Country and Western Hits - Various Artists [1988] Reissue of King
537. All tracks mono. Kentucky Waltz - Cowboy Copas/I'll Sail My Ship Alone - Moon
Mullican/Tennessee Tango - York Brothers/Signed Sealed And Delivered - Cowboy Copas/Tennessee
Wig-Walk - Bonnie Lou/Old Rattler - Grandpa Jones/Tennessee Waltz - Cowboy Copas/Blues Stay
Away From Me - Delmore Brothers/Jole Blon - Moon Mullican/Filipino Baby - Cowboy Copas/I'm The
Talk Of The Town - Reno & Smiley/Why Don't You Haul Off And Love Me? - Wayne Raney
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Sing 541 - Their Greatest Juke Box Hits - Hank Ballard & the Midnighters [1988] Reissue
of King 541 with the 1960 cover. All tracks mono. Work With Me Annie/Moonrise/Sexy Ways/Get
It/Switchie Witchie Titchie/It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day)//Annie Had A Baby/She's The One/Annie's
Aunt Fannie/Crazy Loving (Stay With Me)/Henry's Got Flat Feet/Tore Up Over You
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Sing 555 - Moon Mullican Sings His All-Time Hits - Moon Mullican [1988] Reissue of
King 555. All tracks mono. I'll Sail My Ship Alone/Honolulu Rock-A Roll-A/The Leaves Mustn't Fall/Mona
Lisa/Sugar Beet/New Jole Blon//Sweeter Than The Flowers/Pipeliner's Blues/I Was Sorta
Wonderin'/Cherokee Boogie/You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry/Foggy River
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Sing 559 - Clyde McPhatter with Billy Ward and His Dominoes - Billy Ward & Dominoes
[1988] Reissue of Federal/King 559, with 1960s pink reissue cover. All tracks mono. Sixty Minute
Man/Do Something For Me/That's What You're Doing To Me/Deep Sea Blues/Pedal Pushin' Papa/Don't
Leave Me This Way//Have Mercy Baby/I Am With You/Chicken Blues/Weeping Willow Blues/Love Love
Love/The Bells
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Sing 580 - Dedicated to You - The "5" Royales [1988] A reissue of King 580. All tracks
mono. Think/Someone Made You For Me/Just As I Am/Don't Be Ashamed/Come On And Save Me/I'd
Better Make A Move//Dedicated To The One I Love/Right Around The Corner/Say It/Messin' Up/Tears
Of Joy/Thirty Second Lover
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Sing 581 - Hank Ballard and the Midnighters, Volume Two - Hank Ballard & Midnighters
[1988] Reissue of King 581 with the 1958 cover with "Hank Ballard And" crudely printed at the top of the
cover. All tracks mono. Open Up The Back Door/In The Doorway Crying/Oh So Happy/Let 'Em Roll/E
Bosta Cosi/Stay By My Side//Daddy's Little Baby/Partners For Life/Is Your Love For Real/What Made
You Change Your Mind/Let Me Hold Your Hand/Early One Morning
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Sing 585 - Dance Awhile with Doggett - Bill Doggett [1988] Reissue of King 585. All
tracks mono. Flying Home/Misty Moon/Bone Tones/Tailor Made/Chelsea Bridge/Kid From Franklin
Street//Pied Piper Of Islip/Passion Flower/Song Is Ended/Autumn Dreams/How Could You/Smoochie
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Sing 587 - Hawkshaw Hawkins, Volume 1 - Hawkshaw Hawkins [1988] Reissue of King
587. All tracks mono. Slow Poke/Sunny Side Of The Mountain/I'm Kissing Your Picture Counting Tears/If
I Ever Get Rich Mom/Rattlesnakin' Daddy/I Am Slowly Dying Of A Broken Heart/I Suppose/I Can't Tell
My Broken Heart A Lie//Picking Sweethearts/Barbara Allen/Would You Like To Have A Broken Heart/I
Love The Way You Say Goodnight/Got You On My Mind/Teardrops From My Eyes/Somebody Lied/I
Hope You're Crying Too
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Sing 596 - Talk To Me - Little Willie John [1988] A reissue of King 596. All tracks mono.
Talk To Me Talk To Me/I've Been Around/Drive Me Home/I'll Carry Your Love Wherever I Go/No More In
Life/Uh Uh Baby//Person To Person/Until You Do/Tell It Like It Is/Don't Be Ashamed To Call My Name/If
I Thought You Needed Me/There Is Someone In This World For Me
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Sing 603 - Mister Little Willie John - Little Willie John [1987] A reissue of King 603. All
tracks mono. You're A Sweetheart/Let's Rock While The Rockin's Good/Look What You've Done To
Me/Home At Last/Are You Ever Coming Back/Don't Leave Me Dear//All My Love Belongs To
You/Spasms/Will the Sun Shine Tomorrow/You Got To Get Up Early In The Morning/A Little Bit Of
Lovin'/Why Don't You Haul Off And Love Me
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Sing 605 - Ivory Joe Hunter Sings Sixteen of his Greatest Hits - Ivory Joe Hunter
Reissue of King 605. Jealous Heart/I Quit My Pretty Mama/Waiting In Vain/No Money No Luck
Blues/Too Late/I Have No Reason To Complain/I Like It/Lying Woman/Guess Who/In Time/The Code
Song/Don't Fall In Love With Me/It's You Just You/Please Don't Cry Anymore/False Friend
Blues/Changing Blues
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Sing 607 - Battle of the Blues - Roy Brown/Wynonie Harris [1987] Reissue of King 606.
All tracks mono. Boogie At Midnight - Roy Brown/Big Town - Roy Brown/Bar Room Blues - Roy
Brown/Love Don't Love Nobody - Roy Brown/Miss Fanny Brown - Roy Brown/Lolly Pop Mama - Roy
Brown/I've Got The Last Laugh Now - Roy Brown//Bloodshot Eyes - Wynonie Harris/Good Rockin'
Tonight - Wynonie Harris/Loving Machine - Wynonie Harris/Shake That Thing - Wynonie Harris/I Feel
That Old Age Coming On - Wynonie Harris/All She Wants to Do Is Rock - Wynonie Harris/Good Morning
Judge - Wynonie Harris
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Sing 610 - Please, Please, Please - James Brown & His Famous Flames [1988] Please
Please Please (version 1)(2:41)/Chonnie-On-Chon (2:10)/Hold My Baby's Hand (2:10)/I Feel That Old
Feeling Coming On (2:29)/Just Won't Do Right (I Stay In The Chapel Every Night)(version 1)(2:31)/Baby
Cries Over The Ocean (2:20)/I Don't Know (2:43)/Tell Me What I Did Wrong (2:18)//Try Me (version 1)
(2:28)/That Dood It (2:26)/Begging Begging (2:50)/I Walked Alone (2:39)/No No No No (2:12)/That's
When I Lost My Heart (2:46)/Let's Make It (2:22)/Love Or A Game (2:14)
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Sing 613 - Dance Music from the Bostic Workshop - Earl Bostic [1988] Reissue of King
613. Third Man Theme/The Key/Does Your Heart Beat For Me/El Choclo Cha Cha/Gondola/Sweet
Pea//Ducky/Sentimental Journey/Barcarolle/Who Cares/Rose Marie/Up There In Orbit
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Sing 616 - The "5" Royales Sing For You - The "5" Royales [1987] A reissue of King
616. All tracks mono. Your Only Love/The Real Thing/Don't Let It Be In Vain/Do the Cha Cha
Cherry/Double Or Nothing/Mohawk Squaw/How I Wonder/I Need Your Lovin' Baby//The Feeling Is
Real/Tell The Truth/My Wants For Love/The Slummer The Slum/Do Unto You/I Ain't Gettin'
Caught/When I Get Like This/Monkey Hips And Rice
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Sing 634 - Battle of the Blues, Volume 3 - Jimmy Witherspoon/Eddie Vinson [1988]
Reissue of King 634. All tracks mono. Person to Person - Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson/I'm Weak But
Willing - Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson/Somebody Done Stole My Cherry Red - Eddie "Cleanhead"
Vinson/Queen Bee - Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson/Feathered Mama - Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson/I Trusted
You Baby - Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson/No Good Woman - Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson/Ashes On My
Pillow - Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson/Last Mill - Jimmy Witherspoon/24 Sad Hours - Jimmy
Witherspoon/Blues In Trouble - Jimmy Witherspoon/Sad Life - Jimmy Witherspoon/Foolish Prayer -
Jimmy Witherspoon/Highway To Happiness - Jimmy Witherspoon/I Done Told You - Jimmy Witherspoon
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Sing 653 - Tribute to the Late Tiny Bradshaw: The Great Composer - Tiny Bradshaw
[1987] A reissue of King 653. All tracks mono. Soft/Off and On/Heavy Juice/Well Oh Well/Free For
All/Choice/Bushes/Stack Of Dollars//Later/Powder Puff/South Of The Orient/The Train Kept A-
Rollin'/Light/Ping Pong/Come On/Cat Fruit
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Sing 657 - The Band Swings, Lorez Sings - Lorez Alexandria With Orchestra
[1988] Reissue of King 657. You're My Thrill/Don't Blame Me/Ain't Misbehavin'/What is This
Thing Called Love/Dancing On the Ceiling/Love Is Just Around the Corner/I'm Gonna Sit Right Down &
Write Myself a Letter/Just You, Just Me/All the Things You Are/Thrill Is Gone/My Baby Just Cares For
Me
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Sing 668 - Battle of the Blues, Volume 4 - Roy Brown/Wynonie Harris/Eddie Vinson
[1987] Reissue of King 668. All tracks mono. Big Mouth Gal - Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson/Bring It Back -
Wynonie Harris/If You Don't Think I'm Sinking - Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson/Trouble At Midnight - Roy
Brown/Peas And Rice - Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson/Rock Mr. Blues - Wynonie Harris //Lonesome Train -
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson/Old Age Boogie - Roy Brown/Bald Headed Blues - Eddie "Cleanhead"
Vinson/Grandma Plays The Numbers - Wynonie Harris/Good Bread Alley - Eddie "Cleanhead"
Vinson/Queen of Diamonds - Roy Brown
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Sing 676 - Standards with a Slight Touch of Jazz - Lorez Alexandria [1988] Reissue of
King 676. Just One of Those Things/Then I'll Be Tired of You/Lush Lips/Sometime's I'm Happy/Long Ago
and Far Away/But Beautiful/I'm beginning to See the Light/I Can't Believe That You're in Love With
Me/Spring is Here/Angel Eyes/Better Luck Next Time/I Didn't Know What Time It Was
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Sing 678 - The Five Royales - "5" Royales [1988] A reissue of King 678. All tracks
mono. I Know It's Hard But It's Fair/Miracle Of Love/My Sugar Sugar/When You Walked Through The
Door/School Girl/Get Something Out Of It//Tell Me You Care/Wonder Where Your Love Has Gone/It
Hurts Inside/Mine Forevermore/One Mistake/Women About To Make Me Go Crazy
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Sing 721 - T. Texas Tyler - T. Texas Tyler [1988] Reissue of King 721. All tracks
mono. Remember Me/In My Little Red Book/Filipino Baby/Who's To Blame/You Turned A Good Man
Down/Careless Love/Oklahoma Hills/It's Been So Long Darlin'/T. Texas Blues/You Nearly Lose Your
Mind/I Hung My Head And Cried/Gals Don't Mean A Thing
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Sing 733 - Billy Ward and his Dominoes Featuring Clyde McPhatter and Jackie Wilson - Billy
Ward & Dominoes [1988] A reissue of King 733. All tracks mono. Tenderly/Over The
Rainbow/Learnin' The Blues/When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano/Harbor Lights/These
Foolish Things//Three Coins In The Fountain/Little Things Mean A Lot/Rags To Riches/May I Never
Love Again/Lonesome Road/Until The Real Thing Comes Along
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Sing 1155 - It Hurts to Be in Love - Annie Laurie [1988] Actually, this compilation is not
exactly new. This is a reissue of Audio Lab AL-1510 with a new cover and one additional track added to
the end of each side. It Hurts To Be In Love/Hand In Hand/Nobody's Gonna Hurt You/We Found
Love/You're The Only One For Me/It's Gonna Come Out In The Wash Someday//Out Of My Mind/Please
Money Don't Go/I'm A Slave To You/Not Wanted/Love Is A Funny Thing/If You're Lonely
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Sing 1156 - I Paid My Dues - Little Esther [1988] Better Beware/Hold Me/Somebody
New/Bring My Lovin' Back To Me/I Paid My Dues/Sweet Lips/Love On Love/I'll Be There (At Your Beck
And Call)//Street Lights/Heart To Heart/Tell Him That I Need Him So/Summertime/The Crying
Blues/Other Lips, Other Arms/Don't Make A Fool Out Of Me/Cryin' And Singin' The Blues
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Sing 1157 - I'm Gone, Yes I'm Gone - Lula Reed [1988] Sick And Tired/Jealous
Love/Watch Dog/Your Key Don't Fit It No More/Going Back To Mexico/Bump On A Log/Three
Men/Sample Man//Troubles On Your Mind/The Wild Stage Of Life/Ain't It A Shame/Without Love (Ain't It
A Shame)/I'm Gone, Yes I'm Gone/Why Don't You Come On Home/I'll Upset You Baby/Caught Me
When My Love Was Down
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Sing 1158 - My Ding-A-Ling - Dave Bartholomew [1988] In The Alley/Sweet Home
Blues/Bad Habit/Twins/The Golden Rule/High Flying Woman//I'll Never Be The Same/Mother Knows
Best/Stormy Weather/Lawdy Lawdy Lord (Part 1)/Lawdy Lawdy Lord (Part 2)/My Ding-A-Ling
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Sing 1159 - Rare Blues Girls from King - Various Artists [1988] He's Gone - Dorothy
Ellis/Grandpa Can Boogie Too - Lil Greenwood/Portrait Of A Faded Love - Helen Young with Earl Bostic
& His Orchestra/Please Be Good To Me - Aletra Hampton with Duke Hampton & His Orchestra/Climb
The Wall - Fluffy Hunter/You're Gonna Suffer Baby - Mickey Champion with Roy Milton & His Orchestra/I
Need You Now - Sarah McLawler/I Dreamed The Blues - Valerie Carr with Gene Redd & His
Orchestra//No More In Life - Mildred Anderson with Bill Doggett Trio/Undecided - Marion Abernathy/I'm
On The Outside Looking In - Flo Garvin/Let Me Keep You Warm - Flo Garvin/You Can't Have Me Now -
Lorraine Lester/It's A Sad, Sad Feeling - Cathy Ryan with Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra/Slowly Going
Out Of My Mind - Dorothy Ellis/Please Be True - Sugar Pie
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Sing 1160 - Seventeen - Boyd Bennett [1988] Seventeen/Click Clack/Banjo Rock And
Roll/Little Ole You-All/Tennessee Rock And Roll/Hit That Jive, Jack/Cool Disc Jockey//My Boy Flat
Top/Move/Rabbit-Eye Pink And Charcoal Black/Right Around The Corner/Blue Suede Shoes/Boogie At
Midnight/High School Hop
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Sing 1161 - Aw! Shucks Baby: Her Complete Federal Recordings 1957-1959 - Tiny
Topsy [1988] Aw! Shucks Baby/A Woman's Intuition (previously unreleased)/Miss You So/Come
On, Come On, Come On/Ring Around My Finger/You Shocked Me//Just A Little Bit/Everybody Needs
Some Loving/Waterproof Eyes/Western Rock 'n Roll/Cha Cha Sue
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Sing 1162 - The Federal Sessions - Jimmy Witherspoon [1989] Lucille/Two Little
Girls/One Fine Gal/Corn Whiskey/The Day Is Dawning/Jay's Blues (Part 1)/Jay's Blues (Part 2)/Miss
Miss Mistreater//Back Home/It/Back Door Blues/Fast Woman-Slow Gin/Just For You/Move Me
Baby/'Cause I Love You/Oh Boy
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Sing 1163 - Ram-Bunk-Shush - Lucky Millinder [1989] Ram-Bunk-Shush/Oh
Babe!/Please Open Your Heart/Silent George/I'm Waiting Just For You/No One Else Could Be/It's Been
A Long Long Time/Please Be Careful//Loaded With Love/When I Gave You My Love/Heavy Sugar/Old
Spice/I'm Here Love/It's A Sad, Sad Feeling/Ow!/Goody Good Love
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