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THE BILLY HALL BAND

BILLY HALL BAND 64 WESTMINSTER

The Billy Hall Band Play Westminster High School Dance 1964

JOYCE HALL AND THE DOWNBEATS (COLORADO SPRINGS)

CO SPS HALL JOYCE AND DOWNBEATS 62 12

Joyce Hall & Downbeats Dec 1962

Kenny Hall

Played the Denver Folklore Center – August 1978

THE DICK AND LIBBY HALLEMAN QUARTET (COLORADO SPRINGS)

CO SPS HALLEMAN QUARTET 76-08 TT

Dick and Libby Halleman Aug 1976

THE STEVE HALPHIN QUARTET

STEVE HALPHIN QUARTET 72 CATHEDRAL

The Steve Halphin Quartet play Cathedral High School dance 1972

MARIE HAMILTON

Marie Hamilton was an early member of the Colorado Country Music Festival founded in the 1960’s

THE HAMILTONS (COLORADO SPRINGS)

CO SPS HAMILTONS 68-01

Jan 1968

EDDIE HAMOND

PATRICK HAMMOND

Competed in the 1965 Denver Show Wagon competition

BARBARA HAMMONDS & THE JUBILEE THREE (COLORADO SPRINGS)

CO SPS HAMMONDS BARBARA & JUBILEE THREE 69-08

EDIE HAMMONS

PAUL HAMPTON

Backup musicians on Hampton’s long play below include:

Kenny Buttrey, Tommy Cogbill, Johnny Christopher, Ron Cornelius, Mac Gayden, Hargus Robbins, Sherlie Matthews, Myrne Matthews, Patti Henderson, Alex Hamilton

45 – Crested Butte 1207 – Promo Issue – Mercy, Mercy – 1974

LP – Crested Butte 792 – “Rest Home For Children” – 1973

RANDY HANDLEY

See the Biscuit City Records Page

SUSAN HANEY

AT TAYLOR’S SUPPER CLUB – 1976

HANNIGAN’S GREENHOUSE

HAPPY WORLD

LP – Regressive – RR003 – Happy World – 1984

LP – Rabid Cat RAB-HW-011 – Flowing Field – 1987

LP – Rabid Cat RAB-HW-013 – Chinatown – 1988

45 EP – Regressive – Where Am I Going?/Tax Money And Dreams b/w Cold River – 1984

45 EP – Regressive NLR 4004 – Guilty Saviour/Carefree….It’s Not Easy b/w Dome/Speaker Head – 1986

THE JOHNNY HAAS ORCHESTRA

JOHNNY HAAS ORCH 65 GREELEY CENTRAL PROM

The Johnny Haas Orchestra play for Greeley Central High prom in 1965

The Haden Simpson Dixieland Trio

HAL AND CHERYL

Hal & Cheryl – August 1983 – Grand Junction

DENNY HALE & HELL RAISERS

LP – Sage LPS 2744 – “Meet Denny Hale” – 1973

GYPSY HALE (GRAND JUNCTION)

Images and story line by Colorado Blogger Lisa Wheeler who speculates that “Gypsy Hale” could be Grand Junction singer “Carol Rose” or could be the name of a group.

45 – Misty 784 – “Black Mountain Boogie” – 1978

TERRY LEE HALE BAND

THE HALF DOESN’T (DENVER)

HALF MOON

THE BILLY HALL BAND

BILLY HALL BAND 64 WESTMINSTER

The Billy Hall Band Play Westminster High School Dance 1964

JOYCE HALL AND THE DOWNBEATS (COLORADO SPRINGS)

CO SPS HALL JOYCE AND DOWNBEATS 62 12

Joyce Hall & Downbeats Dec 1962

VICKI HALE (COLORADO SPRINGS)

CO SPS SULLIVAN ART - SMITH JOHN - HALE VICKI 69-01

Vicki Hall Jan 1969

CO SPS HALE VICKY 71-12 ZZ

Vicky Hale Dec 1971

THE DICK AND LIBBY HALLEMAN QUARTET (COLORADO SPRINGS)

CO SPS HALLEMAN QUARTET 76-08 TT

Dick and Libby Halleman Aug 1976

The Bethe Halligan Band (Colorado Springs)

THE STEVE HALPHIN QUARTET

STEVE HALPHIN QUARTET 72 CATHEDRAL

The Steve Halphin Quartet play Cathedral High School dance 1972

MARIE HAMILTON

Marie Hamilton was an early member of the Colorado Country Music Festival founded in the 1960’s

Morrie Hamilton & the Seasoneers

THE HAMILTONS (COLORADO SPRINGS)

CO SPS HAMILTONS 68-01

Jan 1968

The Hammer Band (Denver)

Played the Denver Folklore Center

Hammerhead (Fort Collins)

Al “Mr.” Hammond Moore Review

PATRICK HAMMOND

Competed in the 1965 Denver Show Wagon competition

BARBARA HAMMONDS & THE JUBILEE THREE (COLORADO SPRINGS)

EDIE HAMMONS

EDDIE HAMOND

PAT HAND

At Chaplin’s – 1980

RANDY HANDLEY

See the Biscuit City Records Page

SUSAN HANEY

AT TAYLOR’S SUPPER CLUB – 1976

HANNIGAN’S GREENHOUSE

BOB HANSEN

Appeared at the Chez Paree in downtown Denver

The Clyde Hankins Trio

Played the Denver Folklore Center

LP 8798 – Swing Fever 1956

Jan & Toad Hanna

Played the Denver Folklore Center – and Denver Free University

Lester Harding

HARDLY SMALL (DENVER)

HARDROCK GUNTER

Hardrock (Sidney Louie Gunter) was born in the South and recorded for many different labels and was a widely appreciate rock-a-billy pioneer. He is credited by some as composing the very first rock and roll record (and the second) with “Birmingham Bounce” in 1950 and then “Gonna Dance All Night” the following year. He passed away in 2013. His tie-in to Colorado comes in the mid 1960’s when he moved to Denver to sell insurance. He found his way onto the Golden, Colorado label Essgee to cut four sides in the early 1970’s. He maintained a home/studio up on Lookout Mountain perched above Golden.

45 – ESSGEE 871 – GUITAR ON THE MOUNTAIN B/W PUSSYFOOTIN’ – 1971

45 – ESSGEE 37 2- BEFORE MY TIME B/W STEEL GUITAR RAG – 1972

HARDTIMES (DENVER)

JACK HARDY

Born John Studebaker Hardy in 1947 in Greenwich Village, New York

LP – GREAT DIVIDE 1759 – “JACK HARDY” – 1971

HARDWATER

Group Members:

Tony Murillo
Peter M. Wyant (The Astronauts – Spinning Wheel – GNP)
Richard Fifield (The Astronauts – Sunshine Ward)
Robert McLerian (The Astronauts – Sunshine Ward)ecordings: 45’s:

Capitol 2230 – Not So Hard/City Sidewalks – 1968

Capitol 2373 – Plate Of My Fare/Good Old Friends – 1969

Recordings – LP’s:

Capitol 2964 – Hardwater – 1968

HARDY AND STALLINGS

HARLAQUE

HARMONY REVIEW (GRAND JUNCTION)

George Harlan (Denver)

HOGIE HARPER (GREELEY)

JOHNNY HARRA (COLORADO SPRINGS)

GENE HARRELL
COLORADO COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE

See the CLW Records Label Page

45 – Cowtown 45-605 – “I Won’t Be Back No More” b/w “Mumbles” – 1957

PAT HARRINGTON (DENVER)

Denver trumpet player with Phil Spitalny and music teacher

The Harringtons (Denver)

COREY HARRIS (LITTLETON)

Corey grew up in Denver attending and graduating from Arapahoe High School in Littleton, Colorado in 1987. He cut his teeth as a minstrel on the streets of downtown Denver and moved on to a successful blues career.

DONNA HARRIS

(Photos courtesy of Jerry Street)

Visit the Donna Harris Page

See the CLW Records Label Page

EDDY HARRIS/ED HARRIS

Appeared at the Wig Wam on West Colfax in 1959 also the Quiniela Bar in 1959

EMMYLOU HARRIS

She joined up with former Byrd Gram Parsons touring the U.S. which began with a brief gig in Boulder, Colorado at a venue called The Edison Electric Company. Next it was up into the mountains at nearby Nederland at a mountain bar. She composed “Boulder to Birmingham” after the death of Parsons.

RICK HARRIS, CANDY AND MR. D (COLORADO SPRINGS)

SHAUN AND DANNY HARRIS (COLORADO SPRINGS)

STU HARRIS & LINDA GALE

Stu Harris & Linda Gayle – December 1973

Stu Harris and Linda Gale – October 1974

Woody Harris (Steamboat Springs)

Played the Denver Folklore Center

HARRISON ANVIL

JOHN HARRISON

At the Coffee House

LOUISE HARRISON (CALDWELL)

Yes – the sister of Beatle George rambled into Denver in 1965 and sat down with KIMN DJ’s to answer questions about her famous brother and his co-horts. Here is an account of an earlier effort to promote an up-til-then unknown Fab Four in the U.S. “Not long after settling in southern Illinois in 1963, an ocean from her native England, Louise Harrison Caldwell trudged from one radio station to the next lobbying for air time for her brother’s quartet. Revered in Britain, the group was virtually unknown in America — and her promotion fizzled.” Read the entire story at the Las Vegas Review Journal article from early 2014 – Louise is now in her 80’s!

The KIMN survey below is from November 11th, 1964 when Louise was interviewed by the KIMN Boss Jocks and answered calls from fans live on the air. The survey that week ironically was dominated by British Invasion groups with the Zombies sitting in the top spot – but with the surprising absence of a single Beatle track – something I would not have thought possible in any week in 1964!

MICHAEL HARRISON

Musicians:

Ron Bland (guitars)
Michael Harrison (guitar)
Jim Rhodes (piano)
Miles Mangram (drums
Steve Watts (sax)
Kathy Kemp (vocals)

LP – Dark Star 543801 – Easy Money – 1981

RALPH HARRISON

Ralph was chosen to record many commercial tributes related to Colorado during a bi-centennial year

LP – Gramm 1000 – Free Spirit Movin’

45 – Great American GRAM-001 – California Bloodlines/

45 – Great American 1002 – Rodeo Superstar/National Finals Rodeo

45 – Great American – Colorado Sage b/w The Old Man’s Last Ride – 1975

45 -Great American 58 – “Colorado Sage” b/w Voice Over”

Great American 1743-75 – The Great American Farmer – 1975

GREAT AMERICAN 1743 - HARRISON RALPH - 1975 A

GREAT AMERICAN 1743 - HARRISON RALPH - 1975 B

Great American 100 – Dry Clean When You Can/In America – 1976

Great American 108 – A Song For Colorado b/w Building Dreams – 1976

45 – Great American 109 – “Friendships” b/w “A Song For Colorado” – 1976 – (with picture sleeve)

45 – Great American 115 – The President b/w Voter Responsibility – 1976

45 – Great American 118 – The Story of Free Enterprise b/w Movin’ On to a Better America – 1976

45 -Great American 129 – Prairie Gold Part 1 b/w Prairie Gold Part 2 – 1978

45 – Great American – “Big Wyoming Land of the Cowboy” b/w “Professional Rodeo Star)

45 – FU 1130762 – Standin’ Proud b/w In America – 1976

RALPH HARRISON & C. ELLISOR

45 – IFI 100 – Dry Clean When You Care b/w In America – 1976

RALPH HARRISON & CHRIS LE DOUX

45 – GRAM 1002 – “Rodeo Superstar” b/w “The National Finals Rodeo” – (with picture sleeve)

JACK HARRY WITH THE SAMMY COLON TRIO (COLORADO SPRINGS)

Musicians:

Sammy Colon – piano
Tommy Thompson – drums
Jerry Teski – bass

LP – Fame 1 – Just Jack

ESTHER HART

Appeared at the Alibi Inn on South Federal 1958

GLADYS HART
COLORADO COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE

KAYE HART (COLORADO SPRINGS)

Kaye Hart July 1970

JOHN HARTFORD

John Hartford was a national music figure born in New York City in December of 1937 and died on June 4th, 2001 in Nashville, Tennessee at the age of 63.

LP – Flying Fish 028 – “Nobody Knows That You Do” – 1976

This LP on Flying Fish Records only has a passing connection to Colorado (as several Flying Fish records do) via “Stone Canyon” a company which was located in Denver on Glenarm Street.

LP – Flying Fish 044 – “All in the Name of Love” – 1977

KAYE HART (COLORADO SPRINGS)

Kaye Hart July 1970

JOHN HARTMAN

John Hartman grew up in west Denver and attended Lincoln High School. The photos below are from the Lincoln annuals for ’62, 63 & 64. John is shown in the school choir – back row far right.

He now resides in California. I played on John’s little league Old Timers team in the late 1950’s – John is shown second row 2nd from left.

This from Facebook from John (August, 2020) “I made the All Star team that year, and in 1970, I got a show on KHOW with Hal and Charlie, live from the Cabaret, the club in Cherry Creek where I owned a partnership interest.”

AT THE COLLEGE INN EARLY 1970’S

John Hartman and Sherill Gelwick performed together weekend evenings at the Rathskeller located on Colorado Blvd and Evans (from Julie Connor Crona). Julie’s husband and Hartman were good friends during growing up years.

John Hartman – March 1972 – Billboard Magazine

HARTMANN (GRAND JUNCTION)

DAL HARTSELL & CLAIR SATLER (COLORADO SPRINGS)

CO SPS HARTSELL DAL & SATLER CLAIR 69-05

WILLIE HARTZELL, JERRY BAKKE, PATSY HARTZELL AND FREDDY BERGIN

45 – Beacon BE-1 – “Braggin’ Man” bw/ Casey Jones

HARVEST ROAD

LP – 31092 – “Harvest Road”

MARIA HARVEY

Appeared at the Club Killarney in 1962

Harvey Foxwater’s Bed Band (Denver)

January 14th, 21st, 28th, February 4th & February 11th, 1972 – Battle of the Bands -Rec-Rap – Denver

STEVE HAUN

LP – SNH SH-024 – Reflections – 1987

HAVE A NICE CHANGE

Musicians:

Bill Lovator (guitar)
Lonnie Sailas (drums)
Fred Lovato (bass)
Carol Mayberry (piano)

LP – Audicom 3201 – Have a Nice Change – 1978

The Havenstock River Band (Colorado Springs)

Played the Merry-Go-Round – October 1971

DON HAWKINS & KBPI JOCKS/OTHERS

45 – Demo Studios – Surf the Arkansas b/w Stuck in the 50’s

45 – Whamco 0184U/T42N24T (Men Without Hats/Don Hawkins & The Moron Chubby Rumpled Choir) – “Reggaenomics” b/w “Prayer for a Fan” – 1983

EDDIE HAWKINS & THE FRONTIERSMEN

45 – Signet 45-002 – “One More Memory” b/w “Golden River”

KITTY HAWKINS

A member of the Colorado Country Music Festival in the 1960’s – Kitty was born Neva Jean Nenze Wise in 1928 in Dakota, Illinois – Kitty won the Country Music Festival Award in 1968.

Visit the Kitty Hawkins Page

MEL HAWKINS

45 – 322 – When the Lights Go Dim Downtown b/w The Urge – 1975

VIC HAWKENS

DEAN HAYDEN

Visit the Wormtone Records Label Page Here

HAYNES AND SOUTHERN

Haynes & Southern – July 1989 – Grand Junction

The Haystack Mountain Boys

EUGENE HAYWOOD

LP – Hammer N Nails HNS 1948 – “Weekends and Holidays”

SPENCER HAYWOOD

Spencer has the distinction of being the first college basketball player to come out of college early – prior to graduation to sign a professional contract. Haywood attended Trinidad Jr. College for a year in southern Colorado. He then became the high scorer for the U.S. Olympic Team in 1968 before transferring to The University of Detroit.

He entered the professional draft, but NBA rules prevented him from being drafted early. And so he entered the ABA in 1969 as a member of the Denver Rockets. Haywood lead the ABA in scoring and rebounding and was named Rookie of the Year after leading the Rockets to a Western Division Title. The Rockets advanced to the second round of the playoffs before falling to the L.A. Stars.

Spencer was also selected as MVP in the 1970 ABA All-Star Game. He jumped to the NBA in 1970 joining the Seattle Super Sonics. A legal battle ensued landing in the Supreme Court – and finally being settled in his favor. Haywood went on to appear in several NBA All Star Games. Sadly, his career was cut short by drug addiction.

However, Haywood’s journey opened the door for all future players to sign professional contracts before or during college.

Ironically, Haywood’s high school teammate in Detroit, Ralph Simpson, also broke out of college early also joining the Denver Rockets and becoming the second player to do so coming out of Michigan State college after two years. He remained with the Rockets until they merged with the NBA at which time he joined his home town Detroit Pistons.

Simpson would return to Denver as a Nugget a few years later but his production fell off dramatically. He played for a short time with the Philadelphia 76ers and finally the New Jersey Nets before retiring in 1980.

I met Ralph Simpson in the 1990’s at a nearby neighborhood basketball gym in Aurora, Colorado. He was raising a family and had settled down in the Denver area. I asked him if he would care to play on my men’s basketball team and he agreed to do so – giving me his phone number – but shortly after he was offered a high-school coaching position and so my team’s chance to have a Denver Nugget top ten all time scorer vanished.

33 1/3 Single – NBA – “Play It Pro” – “Defensive Rebounding” and “Offensive Rebounding” – 1976

THE HAYWOODS

Head Start

Porter Heaps (Denver)

The Hear and Now (Colorado Springs)

HEART BREAK MOUNTAIN

HEARTLAND

Lorraine and Mike McCullough

THE HEARTLAND RHYTHM SECTION

JASON HEART’S IMPALA 4

At the Impala Lounge

HEATHER

45 – Fraternity 33788 – Colorado Suite b/w Baby Blue

HEATY BEAT

45 – Snappy Little Numbers SLN-153 – Smoot High Or Die (Flip Side by Charlie Continental) – April, 2019

HEAVEN & EARTH (FORT COLLINS)

Block image — January 1973 – Fort Collins

Heaven & Earth – May 1973 – Fort Collins

45 – Aspen 901 – “Chance” b/w “Jackpot”

HEAVY ASH (DENVER)

Heavy Load (Fort Collins)

THE HECTICS

45 EP – Twist 361 – “Merry Go Round/Dance With Me” b/w Everything I Need/Mother Fucker

ELSBETH HEIM (COLORADO SPRINGS)

DANNY HEINES

LP – Silver Wave 504 – Aqua Touch – 1986

The Kenny Heinlee Orchestra (Fort Collins)

Phil Hellman and the Country Devils (Greeley)

Helliman & Country Devils – January 1979

Hell’s Anus

THE HENCHMEN (PUEBLO)

The Horace Henderson Combo (Greeley)

THE HENDERSONS (DENVER)

HENRY AND THE MONTEREYS (PUEBLO)

THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE

Jimi Hendrix and England’s Soft Machine appeared at the Regis College Field House in the late 1960s

ALFRED HENRY (COLORADO SPRINGS)

45 – Cascade KCMS 1073 – “Kiss Me My Darling” – Blank B side

Don Henry (Grand Junction)

RON HENRY & PRIDE (DENVER)

Vocalist Lannie Garrett was a member.

GENE HENSLEE

Gene Henslee was a country and western artist. He and a fictitious character called Don Coors released singles on this Coors imitation label – I contacted Coors and they have no knowledge of this spoof project. Gene also recorded on the Josie, Imperial, Brownfield, Starday and several other labels.
Coors 4 – Laying in Bed With Me Tonite b/w I Threw The Best Part Away

JACK HERBST (GREELEY)

Photo Courtesy of Dr. Carl Meyer – North Carolina – Jack Herbst 3rd from left

Jack Herbst was from Greeley, Colorado and fronted a band called “The Night Caps” with Carl Meyer Jr., Larry Roth and Walt Wiley. The group was not credited on the single.

Herbst cut two tracks at the Clovis, New Mexico studio with The Night Caps in August of 1962. He returned in the Spring of 1963 cutting three additional tracks with a band called “Larry Bell and the Continentals” none of which were released.

45 – DEL FI 4228 – “JIMMY’S PARTY” B/W “I DIDN’T REALIZE”

Unreleased tracks “Pebbles Brook”, “Lovers Keepers Losers Weepers” and “Hurt Yourself” with Larry Bell and the Continentals.

JOHNNY HERMAN (GREELEY)

Stu Herman (Arvada)

Played the Denver Folklore Center – The Global Village

THE HEROES (COLORADO SPRINGS)

LP – Startsong – Springs Music

LINDA HERRE (COLORADO SPRINGS)

JESSIE HERRERA – WINDSOR

LP – AA 1901 – All Alone He Had To Die

Patty Hess and Dennis Fischer

Played the Denver Folklore Center

COREY HESSER

45 – Vistara – City in The Sky b/w On Some Distant Shore – 1987

THE HI BLUES (PUEBLO)

HICKORY WIND (DENVER)

Group Members:

Bob Shank – banjo
Sam Morgan – guitar
Pete Tenney – mandolin
Mark Walbridge – vocals
Glen McCarthy – bass

LP – Flying Fish 018 – Fresh Produce – 1976

Olyn P. Hicks

Played the Denver Folklore Center

THE HI-CHORDS (COLORADO SPRINGS)

LP – SPEBSQSA D-12474 – “1963 Central States District Medalist Quartets” – 1963

THE HI CITY BAND

Appeared on Buster Jenkins Rocky Mountain Jubilee show

HI JOHN

HICKORY WIND

High Country with Ray Cobb

THE HIGH HOPES

Lloyd and Ann Hope
LP – RMR 16611 – The High Hopes

HIGH JOHN (BOULDER)

THE HIGH & MONTY (PUEBLO)

Visit the Rock-A-Billy Records Label Page Here

HIGH MOON

HIGH NOON

Ron Fredericks (later with Duncan Chase)

HIGH PLAINS DRIFTERS

Members included Steven Bauer, Bob Jueneman, John Fike, Robert Patterson, Beth Tyron

LP – Lame 6021 – “The Last of the High Plains Drifters” – 1980

THE HIGH ROLLERS (DURANGO)

Members:

Andy Janowsky (earlier with Highway Robbery)
Clay Lowder (drums)
Jeff Johnson (fiddle)
Dareen Stroud (lead guitar)
Ryan McCurry (keyboards)

THE HIGH SEAS

THE HIGH TRAIL RIDERS

At the Olympic Dance Hall and Saloon – 1980

THE HIGHER ELEVATION/T.H.E. (GREELEY)

THE HIGHLANDERS (FORT COLLINS)

Appeared at Colorado State University in 1963.

The Highlights (Colorado Springs)

Played the Palmer House – March 1972

LOUIS HIGUERA

Appeared at the Dark Side in 1962 – Folk Venue at the Green Spider

HIGHWAY ROBBERY (DURANGO)

Members:

Robertson Stokes (earlier in Kentucky with Live Bait)
Roland Stone
Andy Janowsky (bass) later with The High Rollers
Jimmy Candelaria (rhythm guitar) – deceased
Jeff Boyden (drums)

LP – WILD STALLION “KEEP ON RIDIN’” – 1984

THE HI-HATTERS

45 – Hi Hat 997 – Colorado – 1981

THE HI-LIGHTS

THE HI-LITES (COLORADO SPRINGS)

ED HILL (COLORADO SPRINGS)

EDWARD HILL

This tribute record was recorded in 1981 at the Faith Tape Ministries studio in Lakewood, Colorado and released on the Victories Unlimited label in Denver.

Musicians included Rex Forte (hamonica), Al Harris (keyboards), Don Gorder, Gerry Barnett, David Abosch and Kathy White (brass musicians), Kerry Conner (guitar), Rich Nanista (bass), George Banks, Sue Hampson, and Irene Abosoh (strings), and Larry Wilkins (lead guitar)
45 – VU 1004 – Atlanta Storm b/w Tryin’ to Find Love – 1981

Jerry Hill Group (Colorado Springs)

Played Mr. G’s – March 1971

The Hilladelphia Philbillies

Played the Denver Folklore Center – Played Boccherini’s

LONNIE HILL

LP – Urban Sound US 777 – “You Got Me Running” – 1984

CHRIS HILLMAN

Hillman came to live in Colorado in 1972 to join Steven Stills’ group Manassas. He would also record his first solo LP while in Colorado “Slippin’ Away”.

Hilly Billy Horns

FRANKIE HILTON (COLORADO SPRINGS)

Played the Ramada Inn – February 1971

THE HILLTOPPERS (DENVER)

Members were” Dennis Bell – Alan Davis – Paul Melmed – Larry Washburn and Chuck Watts (thanks Richard Van Wagemen)

Played at Arvada High dance 1965 in Arvada

East High Seniors 1957 Hilltoppers – Chuck Watts; Larry Washburn and Dennis Bell

Hilltoppers Play East High Dance – 1960

THE BOB HILTBRAND BAND (Colorado Springs)

Played at Palmer High dance in 1960

Hilton and Conrad (Grand Junction)

FRANKIE HILTON (COLORADO SPRINGS)

THE DICK/Richard HINDMAN TRIO (COLORADO SPRINGS)

Dick Hindman Duo with Paul Warburton – July 1971

Al Hiner

Sue Hinkins and Her Rhythmeers

Hippo-Griff (Denver)

THE HI-REVVING TONGUES

45 – Aspen Colorado – 1970 – New Zealand

The History of Rock and Roll (Colorado Springs)

History of Rock and Roll at the Bridge – September 1971

HIT CITY

BOB “THE BEAR” HITE (CANNED HEAT)

Hite was raised in Denver for a time before his family relocated to California. Canned Heat performed at Denver’s Family Dog in the late 1960’s and were the victim of a drug sting by the Denver Police. From that experience – no doubt – influenced the single “Sic ‘Em Pigs” shown below.

Hite is the vocalist behind the Canned Heat hits “Goin’ Up the Country” and “On the Road Again”. He died of a drug overdose in 1981.

45 – Liberty 56038 – On the Road Again b/w Boogie Music – Charted August, 1968 – #16

45 – Liberty 56077 – Going Up the Country b/w One Kind Favor – Charted December, 1968 – #11

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canned-heat-going-up-the-country-1968-19

canned-heat-going-up-the-country-1968-10

45 – Liberty 56127 – Poor Moon b/w Sic ‘Em Pigs – 1969

BEATTY HOBBS TRIO

Appeared at the Rossonian in 1960

At the Chez Paree – September, 1970

HOBBY & ED

HOD & MARC

45 – Bell 45,337 – In Colorado – 1973

THE HO-DADS

ALAN HODGES & THE NITE OWLS

They recorded on the same label as the Fantabulous Jags – in New York

Sunco 1001 – We Belong Together b/w Nite Owl

‘Sunco 1002 – Away From My Love – b/w Angels in the Sky

SUNCO 1002 - HODGES & NIGHT OWLS NEW (1)

SUNCO 1002 - HODGES & NIGHT OWLS NEW (2)

KEITH HOERIG (DENVER)

Keith was a member of “Five Iron Frenzy”, “Brave Saint Saturn” and “Roper”

CD – “Upbeats and Beatdowns”

ROBERT HOERY
COLORADO COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE

DANIEL P. HOFFMAN & THE HOBBIT BAND – ASPEN

Members: Daniel P. Hoffman, Michael Kotik, Leslie Kotik, Mike Buck, Rick Rodgers, John Williams, Mary Beth Sloane

LP – Windsong – “Empty House” – 1980

HOLA PISTOLA

Members:

Dick O’Dent – Donner Vixxen – Zaps Rodence (guitar) – Fuzzy Ideologi (bass) – Castro Pollux (drums)

CD – Laetrile Records 0001 – “Hit Him With My First Shot”

45 – Laetrile LRS 0001 – “Hit Him With My First Shot”

JOE HOLENBEK
COLORADO COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME

Joe Holenbek was a member of the Dave and the Saints who recorded on Band

THE HOLES

Tom Gregor and Richard Mousar

LP – PMA Records – MCF 5019 – Colorado Composers Classic Allstars – with “I Don’t Want To Hurt Anymore” by The Holes – 1985

DANNY HOLIEN

Visit the Tumbleweed Records Discography Page

CREIGHTON ‘NICK’ HOLLEY

About a month ago I received an email from a British record collector inquiring about a 45 I had posted on the 45 Cat (Catalog).

The record in question was released on a Denver label – most likely a one-off since the label catalog number was a very elementary “001”. I could not recall posting this single and so I referred the Brit to a few of the Colorado record collecting ‘all-stars’ up and down the front range.

Turns out that I had obtained the images quite a while back from one of the all-stars during a trading/scanning session. In many ways I am a rather fickle collector, often being content with the discovery of a Colorado based artist or label or composer – and not necessarily compelled to locate the actual record. And now comes the most damaging confession of all…. I quite often purchase a record AND NEVER PLAY IT!!!

Okay, that little admission is now out of the way so back to the M.B.C. recording by “Boulevard”.

No one I have spoken with, including the Colorado owner of the record shown above knows a single thing about the label, the group or American Recording. My Boulevard-owning record buddy did a little research after being contacted and made the decision to place his copy on EBay via Denver’s premier and historic vinyl store, “Wax Trax”.

I learned about this when meeting up with him at the Denver Record Expo late last month (April). “How did the bidding go?” I inquired. Without so much as even looking up from a stack of 45’s he replied. “I sold it.” Plain and simple answer. “How much?” was a natural follow-up. “A little over $1,100” was his reply.

In reality the record brought a figure closer to $1,200 with 11 bids. Nearly every bid came out of Great Britain as did the winning one.

This song is very big with some Brits. Since that sale I have heard from another U.K. collector who has the same or higher interest level in not only owning the recording, but knowing more about “Boulevard”.

Denver magazine “Westword” reporter Dave Herrera reported in early January of 2012 the news that Denver jazz musician Creighton “Nick” Holley had passed away at the age of 65 from cancer.

We learn from that obituary that Holley had fronted his own group the “Creighton Holley Band” Dan Treanor performing often at a Denver spot “Herb’s Hideout”.

Herrera further reported that Holley had – for a time – played with “The Rhythm Kings” in Chicago, a group show casing Gene Barge, a Virginia-born sax player who founded the instrumental group “The Church Street Five” famously backing Gary ‘U.S.’ Bonds on his many Legrand records releases. Barge picked up the moniker “Daddy G” from a co-composition of his “A Night With Daddy G”. A Denver Post obit speaks of Holley being in Chicago in the early 1990’s taking over lead vocals for the late blues singer – Larry Nolan who fronted “Big Twist and the Mellow Fellows”.

The Post reported that Holley missed the Denver scene, and elected to return where he teamed up with drummer Mark Emmons and vocalist Laura Newman in the band “AOA”.

Eventually Barge would migrate to Chicago recording often as a studio musician especially for Chess Records, and eventually finding his way into the “Rhythm Kings” where Holley would make his acquaintance and for a short time become the lead singer for the group. I haven’t been able to determine whether this stint in the Windy City was earlier on before his “Big Twist” venture.

CHRIS HOLLOWAY

LP – CW – Sing Me A Story – 1985

LP – Playback 12336 – Americana – 1986

45 – Raindawn – Western Colorado b/w They’re Going to Tear My Mountain Down – 1980

45 – Raindawn 004 – Man From Galilee b/w Where Does Love Go? – 1983 (with picture sleeve)

45 – Raindawn 003 – Come to Canon City b/w Where Does Love Go? – 1984

Box Records and filled in for a time with Freddie & the Hitch-Hikers another Band Box recording group.

CHRIS HOLLOWAY & PATTY MOSCO

45 – Raindawn 96-72 – “Share Yourself Today” b/w “Listen to the Children Sing” – 1979 (with picture sleeve)

Doyle Holly and the Vanishing Breed (Colorado Springs)

Doyle Holly & Vanishing Breed – December 1973

Doyle Holly & His Great Band – November 1973

THE HOLLYWOOD ARGYLES

See the Finer Arts discography Page

THE HOLLYWOOD RODEO BAND (LEADVILLE)

Musicians:

Clarke Wright – fiddle
Matthew Clayton – bass
G. Frederick Swanson – guitar
Hagan Day – drums
E.P. Davis – steel guitar
Kim Propst – piano

This group apparently cut a handful of long plays limited run LP’s probably for Colorado live performance audiences

LP – HRB 01514 – “I HAVEN’T LEARNED A THING” – 1983

45 – USR – “MEXICO” B/W “TOGARY MOUNTAIN”

Produced by E. P. Davis – Engineered by C. Donaldson

MICHAEL HOLM

45 – Ariola 316 – Colorado Deperado – 1977 – Germany

AL HOLMAN (GREELEY)

CAROLE HOLMAN (COLORADO SPRINGS)

FRED HOLMES
COLORADO COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE

THE GEORGE HOLMES BLUE MELODY ORCHESTRA (DENVER)

This orchestra played regularly at the Five Point neighborhood Palm Night Club – Holmes son was a one-time member of one version of The Ink Spots which recorded locally in Denver on Band Box Records.

HOMEBODY

45 – EuthCoast EC 003 – “Vestigal Organ” – 2015 (B side by Heaven for Real)

BRYN PRUD HOMME (COLORADO SPRINGS)

THE HONG KONG WHITE SOX

45 – Trans-World 6906 – “Cholley-Oop b/w “He’d Better Go” by Brumley Punk – 1960

The Colorado Connection here is the Trans-World Label which started off in Hollywood and was acquired by Denver’s Morey Bernstein – who would also acquire the Finer Arts label. I suspect that Gary Paxton has something to do with this release as he was often involved with Bernstein’s early releases in California – including releasing a single on Finer Arts by The Hollywood Argyles.

HOOPER

45 – Snappy Little Numbers SLN-104 – The Shallows/100 Acre Slingshot – December 16th, 2012

HOP’D UP

ERNIE HOPPE

Came from Kansas to Denver and worked the bar circuit

LP – CHARTWHEEL RECORDS – ANOTHER SONG TO SING – 1979

45 – CAMARO 3379 – CRASH ON THE FREEWAY B/W PRETTY BOTTLE – 1968

45 – CAMARO 3406 – GOOD MORNING CRAZY WORLD B/W IF WISHES WERE HORSES – 1969

45 – CAMARO 3411 – I’M A LOSER B/W WHIRLWIND – 1970

45 – STOP 1689 – TRUCK DRIVER’S BLUES B/W PRIDE GOES BEFORE THE FALL – 1972

45 – CHARTWHEEL 121 – WHATCHA’ GONNA DO LEROY B/W WHAT WILL I TELL MY HEART – 1979

45 – SAFARI 1036 – SHE’S THE ROSE IN ALL MY DREAMS B/W MIDNIGHT IN MEMPHIS

MITCHEL HOPPES

45 – Hornet HR 003 – “That’s What The Cover Is For” b/w “My Baby and I”

BOBBY HORAK TRIO

Bobby Horak Trio at the Silver Dollar Saloon

Horizon

This band was formerly known as “Magic Music”

HORSE SENSE

Horse Sense if John Nielson and Justin Bishop

LP – LPH – “Songs Of The Western Soil” – 1982

LP – Kicking Mule KM 338 – “Fences, Barbed Wire & Walls” – 1985

HORSE THIEF CANYON

Horseshoe (For Collins)

EMMETT HORST & THE RHYTHM KINGS

At the Shangri-La – September, 1970

HAROLD HORTON (GREELEY)

HOT LUNCH

7-inch 33 1/3 – “Victim Of Love” b/w “Crazy” – 1987

CD – Come and Get It

HOT PURSUIT

HOT RIZE

Played the Denver Folklore Center April 14th, 1978 – Based in Colorado

From Westword 2014: “Longtime members Pete Wernick, Nick Forster, Tim O’Brien and Charles Sawtelle met at the Denver Folklore Center in the late 1970s. They worked there in various capacities — as music instructors, instrument repairmen or at the store. Wernick and Sawtelle had a band called the Rambling Drifters that played the Folklore Center’s venue every Tuesday, and Forster and O’Brien often joined them as sidemen. The collaborations gradually got more formal; Wernick, O’Brien and Sawtelle contributed to each other’s solo records, and the three decided to form a band called Hot Rize.”

LP – FLYING FISH 206 – “HOT RIZE” – 1979

LP – FLYING FISH 231 – “RADIO BOOGIE” – 1981

LP – FLYING FISH 279 – HOT RIZE PRESENTS RED KNUCKLES AND THE TRAILBLAZERS – 1982

LP – FLYING FISH 315 – “EXTRA ADDED ATTRACTION RED KNUCKLES & THE TRAILBLAZERS” – 1985

LP – SUGAR HILL 3748 – “TRADITIONAL TIES” – 1985

LP – SUGAR HILL 3756 – “UNTOLD STORIES” – 1987

LP – SUGAR HILL 3767 – HOT RIZE PRESENTS RED KNUCKLES – SHADES OF THE PAST – 1988

LP – SUGAR HILL 3784 – “TAKE IT HOME” – 1990

Hot Snow (Colorado Springs)

Played the Merry-Go-Round – November 1970

HOTSPURZ

THE HOUND DOGS

THE HOUSE OF JOY CHILDREN’S CHOIR

45 – Faith Tape 1 – The Rowboat Song b/w Sunshine In My Soul – 1981

DEE HOUSTON (DENVER)

Regular country musician on the KLAK Rocky Mountain Jamboree radio program

ANN HOWARD

Appeared at Sammy’s Entertainment Lounge on East Colfax in 1959

ARLAN HOWARD

DUANE HOWARD (COLORADO SPRINGS)

PETE HOWARD AND SCREEVER/PETE HOWARD BAND (COLORADO SPRINGS)

Members: Randy Block (bass), Pete Howard (sax, piano), Rudolph (guitar), Doug Vanbette (drums) with Jeff Caeth (sax), Doug Hockett (piano), Alan Joseph (lead guitar), Randy Bower (organ), Toby Anderson (vocals), Becky Davich (vocals), Rob Perks (synthesizer), Johnny O’Brian (piano), and Tim McMuldren (piano)

LP – Startstrong – “I Remember You” – 1982

LP – Startsong – Springs Music

The Will Howard Band (Greeley)

HOWARD & OVID

LP – Rag-A-Jazz 1 – Howard & Ovid

THE HOWARD PLAYERS

Appeared at The Patio on South Santa Fe in 1959

JAY HOYLE AND SUE WILSON WITH THE JERRY KNIGHT TRIO (COLORADO SPRINGS)

JANICE HUCKINS (FORT COLLINS)

PEANUTS HUCKO

Peanuts is joined on this Stylist LP by Jete Jolly (piano), Larry Mhuoberac (piano), Barney Kessel (guitar), Arnold Fishkind (bass) and the famous drummer Earl Palmer. They are also accompanied by the George Roumanis Singers and Orchestra.

AT THE CONTINENTAL DENVER – 1974

LP – World Jazz 15 – Peanuts Hucko with the Pied Piper Quintet

THE RAY HUDSON QUARTET

HUGHIE DEWEY AND LOUIE (GRAND JUNCTION)

Huey, Dewey & Louie – May 1985 – Grand Junction

HUGO, CAESAR AND WAYNE (COLORADO SPRINGS)

Hugo, Caesar & Wayne Oct 1977

DAKOTA DAVE HULL & SEAN BLACKBURN

LP – Biscuit City 1324 – “North By Southwest”

DICK HULL (LOUISVILLE)

LP – Adelic 101 – Dick Hull at the Mighty Wurlitzer Theater Organ – 1967

LP – Monaco 592 – Dick Hull Plays the Hammond Organ

DIRK HULL

Appeared at Andy’s Smorgasbord in 1961 on South Colorado Blvd.

HUMAN HEAD TRANSPLANT

Group Members:

Sheri Van Decar – vocals
Robert Beaudin – bass/drums
Kelly Cowan – keyboards
Robert Ferbrache – guitar

LP – Back to Back – 1988 Colorado Songwriter’s Awards – 1988 (various artists)

Human Toys (Steamboat Springs)

HUMBLE ARY

45 EP – Ash From Sweat Records #9 – “Help in Fiction” and “Dashiki” (Flip Side by Bailer) – 2004

45 EP – Ash From Sweat Records #13 – “Seneca Falls? This is Twin Falls” – 2005

The Lee Hume Trio

THE HUMMINGBIRDS WITH ED WHATLEY

BONNIE HUMPHREY & DAVID FINN (DENVER)

Bonnie and David were both regular country performers on the KLAK Rocky Mountain Jamboree

45 – Big Sandy 280 – “If You Had Looked Me In the Eye” b/w “I’m Hangin’ On”

EVERETTE HUMPHREY (FORT COLLINS)

RUSSELL HUNTER

At Le Profil – September, 1970

Joyce Huntress

Played the Denver Folklore Center May 1970

MIKE HURLEY (COLORADO SPRINGS)

HARRY HURST AND THE BOYS (COLORADO SPRINGS)

HUSTLER

THE HUSTLERS

See the Finer Arts discography Page

Billy Hutchison (Fort Collins)

Chuck Hyatt

Played the Denver Folklore Center

JIM HYATT
COLORADO COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE

Fronted the Jim Hyatt Band

Don and Patti Hylton (Greeley)

HYPOCRASY

LP – RT Records 12777 – “Hypocrasy” – 1986

JIMMY IBBOTSON

Ibbotson was a one-time member of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

LP – FIRST AMERICAN – NITTY GRITTY IBBOTSON – 1977

JOE ICE (BAYFIELD)

LP – PYRAMID – BREAKING THE ICE IN NASHVILLE – 1977

ICHABOD CRANE

THE ILLUSION (COLORADO SPRINGS)

THE ILLUSIONS

At Saturday’s Nite Club – September, 1970

Impact (from New York)

Played the Sixth Nighter in Colorado Springs – September 1971

IMAGES

This group recorded in Castle Pines, Colorado at Echo Entertainment.
Group members included Joe Anderies (horns) David Small (drums), Lee Bartley (piano), Richard Sallee (bass) – with Ernesto Pediangco (percussion)
LP – Echo 8301 – Images – 1983

LP – Redstone 8801- Finesse – 1988

LP – Redstone 8601 – “Viewpoint” – 1986

EP – Universal Master Works – Relative Work – 1989

THE IMAGINATIONS (DENVER)

THE IMPALA FOUR

Appeared at the Impala Lounge on Broadway in 1963

THE IMPERIALS IV

Visit the Infal Discography page here

Impetuous Rich (Fort Collins)

THE IMPRESSIONS (WELD COUNTY)

IN COLOR (DENVER)

In Color Plays for a Denver South High School dance in 1970

John Ims

Played the Denver Folklore Center December 14th, 1978 – Also appeared at the West Fest 1992

INCOGNITOS

Performing here at Wallabies at 22nd and Broadway in 1981

INDEYA

LP – Holle ADA 5 – “Summertime”

INFAL RECORDS (COMMERCE CITY)

Infal – short for “Infallible” – was a very prolific label operating for most of it’s existence out of Denver’s adjacent northern neighbor – Commerce City. A rival to Band Box in sheer volume of releases this little independent label provided the vibrant Mexican community with a rich array of cultural releases.

RED INGLE AND THE TUNE TWISTERS

Appeared at Club 6000 on East Colfax in 1958

TONI INGRAHAM (GRAND JUNCTION)

THE INK SPOTS

Band Box Ink Spot Line-Up

THE INNER SOUNDS (LITTLETON)

THE INNOVATIONS (FRANKIE RINO’S GROUP)

The Innovations formed in the late 1960’s and backed Frankie Rino in local venue appearances as well as on one long play shown below.

Members were

Les (or Less) James – piano (formerly with many jazz combos including the Al Rose Trio)
Denny Dale – drums
Tony Streno (bass and trumpet)

AT VERNE BYER’S ROBIN’S NEST – EARLY 1970’S

AT THE CONTINENTAL DENVER 1976

LP – FAP 3002 – Frankie Rino with the Innovations – 1969

THE INNOVATIONS

Group Members:

Roger Carr (piano, vocals)
Tony Streno (trumpet)
Chico Apodaca (drums)

LP – Viking 1025 – “Sing It To You” – 1975

THE IONE CLIX (FORT COLLINS)

THE INTENSIVE SOUL (DENVER)

THE INTERNATIONAL IV (COLORADO SPRINGS)

THE INTRIGUES

THE INTRUDERS (DENVER)

THE INVADERS

THE INSPIRATORS