Johnny Hammond Smith Discography

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Johnny Hammond Smith
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Johnny Hammond Smith Discography
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Year	Title	Original Label	Cat #	Album #
1959	Imagination	Warwick	2002	1
1959	All Soul	New Jazz	8221	2
1959	That Good Feelin'	New Jazz	8229	3
1960	Gettin' the Message	Prestige	7217	4
1960	Talk That Talk	New Jazz	8241	5
1961	Stimulation	Prestige	7203	6
1961	Opus De Funk	Prestige	7420	7
1962	Johnny Hammond Cooks with Gator Tail	Prestige	7239	8
1962	Look Out!	New Jazz	8288	9
1963	Black Coffee	Riverside	9442	10
1963	Mr. Wonderful	Riverside	9466	11
1963	Open House	Riverside	9482	12
1963	A Little Taste	Riverside	9496	13
1965	The Stinger	Prestige	7408	14
1966	The Stinger Meets the Golden Thrush	Prestige	7464	15
1966	Love Potion #9	Prestige	7482	16
1967	Ebb Tide	Prestige		17
1967	Gettin' Up	Prestige	7494	18
1967	Soul Flowers	Prestige	7549	19
1968	Dirty Grape	Prestige	7564	20
1968	Nasty	Prestige	7588	21
1969	Black Feeling!	Prestige	7736	22
1969	Soul Talk	Prestige	7681	23
1970	Here It Is	Prestige	10002	24
	The Best of Johnny Hammond Smith	Prestige	7705	25
	The Best of Johnny Hammond Smith for Lovers	Prestige	7777	26
	Stimulation (Reissue)	Prestige	7786	27
1971	Breakout	Kudu		28
1971	I'll Be There	Prestige		29
1971	What's Goin' On?	Prestige		30
1971	Wild Horses Rock Steady	Kudu	KU-04	31
1973	The Prophet	Kudu	KU-10	32
1974	Higher Ground	KUDU	KU-16	33
1974	Gambler's Life	Salvation	SAL-702	34
1975	Gears	Milestone		35
1976	Forever Taurus	Milestone		36
1976	Don't Let the System Get to You	Milestone		37
1977	Storm Warning	Milestone	9076	38
??	Good 'Nuff	Prestige	7846
1996	That Good Feelin' (Reissue)	Prestige	24164	39
1996	Legends of Acid Jazz	Fantasy/Prestige	24177-2	40
1997	Black Coffee/Mr. Wonderful (Reissue)	Milestone	47072-2	41
1999	Legends of Acid Jazz, Vol. 2	Fantasy/Prestige		42
2000	The Soulful Blues	Prestige	24244	43
2002	Breakout (Reissue w/bonus track)	Sony	86146	44

Here's a list of Johnny's credits as a supporting player.

Year	Main Artist	Title	Label	Cat #	On CD?
1960	Ammons, Gene	Velvet Soul	Prestige	7320
1960	Ammons, Gene	Angel Eyes	Prestige	7369	Y
1960	Ammons, Gene	Gene Ammons Story: Organ Combos			Y
1960	Nelson, Oliver	Takin' Care of Business	OJC		Y
1960	Winchester, Lem	Another Opus	New Jazz	8224	Y
1961	Ammons, Gene	Greatest Hits, Vol. 1: The 60s			?
1961	Moore, Bill	Bottom Groove
1965	Lusty Moods	Lusty Moods
1966	Green, Byrdie	Golden Thrush Strikes	Prestige	7503
1967	Green, Byrdie	I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)	Prestige	7509
1967	Syms, Sylvia	For Once In My Life	OJC		Y
1968	Green, Byrdie	Sister Byrdie!	Prestige	7574
1971	Butler, Billy	Night Life	Prestige	7854
1972	Various Artists	CTI Summer Jazz of the Hollywood Bowl "Live Three"	CTI	7078
1978	Leftenant, Joyce	It's Too Late
1991	Crawford, Hank	Portrait	Milestone		Y
1994	Papaila, Dan	Positively!	Timeless	CDSJP-403
1997	Earland, Charles	Organ Summit	Cannonball		Y
1998	Billy Butler	Legends of Acid Jazz	Prestige	24197	Y
2000	Gene Ammons	Gentle Jug, Vol. 3	Prestige	24249	Y
2001	Grover Washington, Jr.	Discovery: The First Recordings	Prestige	11020	Y

Here are a few collections with Johnny on them - this is still in the works!

Year	Title	Label	Cat #	On CD?	Johnny's Track
1998	Legends of Acid Jazz: Hammond Heroes	Prestige		Y
1987	Fire Into Music, Vol. 1	CBS
	Birth of the Groove: CTI Records
	Classic Jazz Funk 1-7
	Hammond Heroes	Prestige		Y
1998	Kickin' the 3: The Best of Organ Trio Jazz	Shanachi	5034	Y	Lid Flippin'
1998	Mission Accomplished Too (TV Themes)	Hip-O-Records	40121	Y	NYPD
1998	Various Artists	Blaxploitation: The Payback, Volume 3	Global	76	Y
1996	Funky Guitar Beats	Prestige	24162	Y

Here's a list of rap artists that have sampled Johnny...

Breakout: (Kudu 1971) "Never Can Say Goodbye"
BUMS "Take a Look Around" (from Lyfe 'n' Tyme, 1995)

Wild Horses Rock Steady: (KUDU 1971) "Wild Horses"
Aceyalone "I Think" (from All Balls Don't Bounce, 1995)

Higher Ground: (Kudu 1974) "Big Sur Suite"
Beastie Boys "Pass the Mic"
Black Sheep "The Choice is Yours" (from Wolf in Sheep's Clothing, 1994)
Casual's "Me-O-Mi-O" (from Fear Itself, 1994)
Dr Dre's "A Nigga Witta Gun" (from Chronic, 1992)
Gang Starr's "24-7/365" (from Daily Operation, 1997)

Gears: (Fantasy 1975) "Fantasy"
JBrothers' "Sunshine" (from Done By The Forces of Nature, 1989)

Gears: (Fantasy 1975) "Shifting Gears"
JBrothers' "Sunshine" (from Done By The Forces of Nature, 1989)
Stetsasonic's "In Full Gear"

What's Going On: (Prestige 1971) "I'll Be There"
Notorius BIG "Party & Bullshit" (from Who's The Man Soundtrack, 1993)