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The Original Fireballs in 1958

from left to right:
George Tomsco - lead guitar, vocals, writer
Stan Lark - vocals, electric & acoustic bass
Eric Budd - drums
Chuck Tharp (Charly Lee Tharp) - lead vocal, writer [3.2.1941 - 17.3.2006]
Dan Trammell - rhythm guitar

The Fireballs (further line up see below)
They took the name Fireballs from their favourite song of the time 'Great balls of fire'

The Original Norman Petty Masters (in alphabetical order)

Titel / title (p) Label Remarks
500 Miles     Folkbeat
Ahhh Soul 1966 Dot DLP 25709
ACE CD CHD 452
Campusology
A Girl As Perfect As You   ACE CD CHD 677  
Ain't gonna tell anybody   ACE CD  
Ain't That Rain   ACE CD CHD 677  
Almost eighteen 1963 Dot DLP 25545
ACE CD CHD 646
Sugar Shack - Jimmy Gilmer
Alone 1963 Dot DLP 25512
ACE CD CHD 452
Torquay
Baby, Listen To Me   ACE CD CHD 677  
Barbara White   ACE CD CHD 677  
Bessie Barnes     Folkbeat
Blackland Farmer     Folkbeat
Blacksmith Blues 1963 Hamilton 50036
ACE CD CHD 418
 
Blind Date   Sundazed SC 6088  
Blowing in the wind     Folkbeat
Boom Boom   suprerama 190-330.058 Lucky Eleven
Bottle of wine 1968 ACE CD CHD 677  
Bulldog 1959 Top Rank 2026  
Call in the sheriff   ACE CD  
Campusology 1966 Dot DLP 25709
ACE CD CHD 452
Campusology
Can't help but wonder where I'm bound     Folkbeat
Candy wrappers   suprerama 190-330.058 Lucky Eleven
Carioca 1962 Stateside SS 151
ACE CD CHD 418
 
Chicken Little   ACE CD CHD 677  
Chief Whoopin' Koff 1960 Top Rank 2054
ACE CD CHD 452
ACE CD CHD 418
 
Cielito Lindo   COL 6125  
Clink clink classic   Sunday CD  
Cod'ine   ACE CD CHD 677  
Come on back     Folkbeat
Come on in     Folkbeat
Come On, React! 1969 ACE CD CHD 677  
Cry Baby 1964 Top Rank 2008
ACE CD CHD 418
 
Daisy Petal Pickin'   Sundazed SC 6154 Jimmy Gilmer
Daytona Drag 1964 Dot 16591
ACE CD CHD 452
ACE CD CHD 418
 
Dixie fried   suprerama 190-330.058 Lucky Eleven
Do you think   Ace CD  
Don't lie to me   Sundazed SC 6090  
Don't stop   ACE CD  
Dumbo 1964 Dot 16661
Dot DLP 25512
ACE CD CHD 452
ACE CD CHD 418
Torquay (1963)
El Ringo 1963 Dot DLP 25512
ACE CD CHD 452
ACE CD CHD 418
Torquay
Evermore 1966 Dot DLP 25709
ACE CD CHD 452
Campusology
Everyday 1965 Dot DLP 25577
ACE CD CHD 646
Buddy's Buddy - Jimmy Gilmer
Fiero 1995 ACE CD CHD 695  
Find me a golden street 1962 Stateside SS 151
ACE CD CHD 452
ACE CD CHD 418
 
Fireball 1958 Kapp 248
ACE CD CHD 418
 
Foot Patter 1960 Top Rank 2038
ACE CD CHD 418
 
Gently, Gently 1966 Dot DLP 25709
ACE CD CHD 452
Campusology
Get Out Of My Life, Woman   ACE CD CHD 677  
Goin' Away   ACE CD CHD 677
ACE CD CHD 695
 
Good good lovin'   ACE CD  
Good Lovin's So Hard To Find   ACE CD CHD 677  
Groovy Motions   ACE CD CHD 677  
Guess What   Sundazed SC 6088  
Gunshot 1961 Warwick 644
ACE CD CHD 418
remake as Moonshot by the Spotnicks
Gunshot   Sundazed SC 6090 alternate version
Hi-heel sneakers   suprerama 190-330.058 Lucky Eleven
Honey 1963 Dot DLP 25512
ACE CD CHD 452
Torquay
Hurry, Hurry   ACE CD CHD 677  
I'm gonna love you too 1965 Dot DLP 25577
ACE CD CHD 646
Buddy's Buddy - Jimmy Gilmer
I don't have the right   ACE CD CHD 677  
I don't know 1958 Kapp 248
ACE CD CHD 695
Chuck Tharp - vocal
I doubt it   Sundazed SC 6090  
I wonder why 1963 Dot DLP 25545
ACE CD CHD 646
Sugar Shack - Jimmy Gilmer
If you ever   suprerama 190-330.058 Lucky Eleven
In A Little Spanish Town   COL 6125  
In the mood 1966 Dot DLP 25709
ACE CD CHD 452
Campusology
It's Easy For Me   ACE CD CHD 677  
It's so easy 1965 Dot DLP 25577
ACE CD CHD 646
Buddy's Buddy - Jimmy Gilmer
Joey's Song 1963 Dot DLP 25512
ACE CD CHD 452
Torquay
Joshi   Sundazed SC 6090  
Kissin' 1960 Top Rank 2038
ACE CD CHD 418
 
La Raspa   COL 6125  
Last Date 1963 Dot DLP 25512
ACE CD CHD 452
Torquay
Let me follow you down     Folkbeat
Let the good times roll 1963 Dot DLP 25545
ACE CD CHD 646
Sugar Shack - Jimmy Gilmer
Let there be love   Sundazed SC 6088  
Let's take the long way home 1998 ACE CD CHD 695 Chuck Tharp - vocal / prev.unrel.
Let's talk 1963 Dot DLP 25545
ACE CD CHD 646
Sugar Shack - Jimmy Gilmer
Light In The Window   ACE CD CHD 677  
Linda Lu 1963 Dot DLP 25545
ACE CD CHD 646
Sugar Shack - Jimmy Gilmer
Listen to me 1965 Dot DLP 25577
ACE CD CHD 646
Buddy's Buddy - Jimmy Gilmer
Little Baby 1963 Dot DLP 25545
ACE CD CHD 646
Sugar Shack - Jimmy Gilmer
Litty Bitty Bucket   ACE CD CHD 677  
Lonely Too Long   ACE CD CHD 677  
Lonesome tears 1963 Dot DLP 25545
ACE CD CHD 646
Sugar Shack - Jimmy Gilmer
Long Green 1969    
Long Long Ponytail 1959 Jaro 77029
ACE CD CHD 418
Chuck Tharp - vocal
Look at me 1965 Dot DLP 25577
ACE CD CHD 646
Buddy's Buddy - Jimmy Gilmer
Louie, Go Home   ACE CD CHD 677  
Lucille   suprerama 190-330.058 Lucky Eleven
Mason Street   ACE CD CHD 677  
Maybe Baby 1965 Dot DLP 25577
ACE CD CHD 646
Buddy's Buddy - Jimmy Gilmer
Mr Mean 1966 Dot DLP 25709
ACE CD CHD 452
Campusology
Mr Reed 1966 Dot DLP 25709
ACE CD CHD 452
Campusology
Mr Reeves   ACE CD CHD 677  
Mrs Mean 1966 Dot DLP 25709
ACE CD CHD 452
Campusology
My daddy walked in darkness   suprerama 190-330.058 Lucky Eleven
Nearly Sunrise 1959 Top Rank 2026
ACE CD CHD 418
 
Note upon my door   suprerama 190-330.058 Lucky Eleven
Oh Boy! 1965 Dot DLP 25577
ACE CD CHD 646
Buddy's Buddy - Jimmy Gilmer
Panic Button 1960 Top Rank RM 324Warwick W 2042
ACE CD CHD 418
 
Peg Leg 1963 Dot 16493
ACE CD CHD 452
ACE CD CHD 418
 
Power packed   Sunday CD  
Pretend 1963 Dot DLP 25545
ACE CD CHD 646
Sugar Shack - Jimmy Gilmer
Quite a Party 1961 Warwick 644
ACE CD CHD 452
ACE CD CHD 418
 
Rambler's Blues     Folkbeat
Rawhide 1963 Dot DLP 25512
ACE CD CHD 452
Torquay
Really Big Time 1963 Quality 1508
ACE CD CHD 418
 
Red Cadillac And A Black Moustache 1963 Dot DLP 25545
ACE CD CHD 646
Sugar Shack - Jimmy Gilmer
Rik-A-Tik 1961 Top Rank 3003 / Warwick 630
ACE CD CHD 418
 
Rik-A-Tik   Sundazed SC 6090 alternate version
Rip it up 1998 ACE CD CHD 695 Demo - prev.unrel.
Say I am (what I am) 1966 Dot 16834
ACE CD CHD 695
 
Shame, shame, shame   suprerama 190-330.058 Lucky Eleven
She belongs to me     Folkbeat
Sheezburger 1966 Dot DLP 25709
ACE CD CHD 452
Campusology
Sneakers   Sundazed SC 6090  
Spotnick   Sunday CD  
Sugar Shack 1963 Dot DLP 25545
ACE CD CHD 646
ACE CD CHD 695
Sugar Shack - Jimmy Gilmer
Suzie Q 1963 Dot DLP 25545
ACE CD CHD 646
Sugar Shack - Jimmy Gilmer
Sweet talk   Sundazed SC 6090  
Teekee   Sundazed SC 6088  
Tequila   COL 6125  
That's my song     Folkbeat
The Fool   suprerama 190-330.058 Lucky Eleven
The Spur   COL 6125  
Think it over 1965 Dot DLP 25577
ACE CD CHD 646
Buddy's Buddy - Jimmy Gilmer
Three Minutes Time   ACE CD CHD 677  
Torquay 1959 Top Rank 2008
ACE CD CHD 452
ACE CD CHD 418
 
Torquay Two 1959 Dot 16493 / Dot 16918
ACE CD CHD 418
 
True love ways   ACE CD  
Tuff-A-Nuff 1963 Hamilton 50036
ACE CD CHD 452
ACE CD CHD 418
 
Vaquero 1960 Top Rank 2054
ACE CD CHD 418
 
Walkin' 1995 ACE CD CHD 695  
What kinda love   ACE CD  
Wheels 1963 Dot DLP 25512
ACE CD CHD 452
Torquay
When my tears have dried   ACE CD  
Where Can Tomorrow Be Found?   ACE CD CHD 677  
Wicked   Sundazed SC 6088  
Wishing 1965 Dot DLP 25577
ACE CD CHD 646
Buddy's Buddy - Jimmy Gilmer
Woman Help Me   ACE CD CHD 677  
Won't be long 1963 Dot DLP 25545
ACE CD CHD 646
Sugar Shack - Jimmy Gilmer
Words of love 1965 Dot DLP 25577
ACE CD CHD 646
Buddy's Buddy - Jimmy Gilmer
Yacky Doo 1961 Top Rank 3003 / Warwick 630
ACE CD CHD 418
 
Your turn to cry   suprerama 190-330.058 Lucky Eleven

Year Line Up
1957 Eric Budd - drums;
Stan Lark - bass guitar;
Chuck Tharp - vocal;
Danny Trammell - rhythm guitar;
George Tomsco - rhythm guitar / vocal
1958 Eric Budd - drums;
Stan Lark - bass guitar;
Chuck Tharp - lead singer;
Danny Trammell - rhythm guitar;
George Tomsco - lead guitar
1959 Eric Budd - drums;
Stan Lark - bass guitar;
Chuck Tharp - lead singer;
George Tomsco - lead guitar
1960 Eric Budd - drums;
Stan Lark - bass guitar;
Jimmy Gilmer - lead singer;
George Tomsco - lead guitar
1962 Doug Roberts - drums (not a group's member);
Stan Lark - bass guitar;
Jimmy Gilmer - lead singer;
George Tomsco - lead guitar

See also The Fireballs Discography

See also The Fireballs - The Original Fireballs

    SUNDAZED CDs
  • SC 6154 - Sugar Shack - Jimmy Gilmer & the Fireballs
  • SC 6088 - The Fireballs
  • SC 6089 - Torquay - The Fireballs
  • SC 6090 - Gunshot! - The Fireballs

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