Decca matrix NA 9870. I'm leaving now (Long gone Daddy) / Bobby Helms
| Title | Source |
|---|---|
| I'm leaving now (Long gone Daddy) (Primary title) | Ruppli Decca |
| Personnel | Notes |
| Bobby Helms (vocalist) | |
| Harold Ray Bradley (instrumentalist : guitar) | |
| The Anita Kerr Singers (Vocal group) | |
| Owen Bradley (instrumentalist : piano) | |
| Walter "Hank" "Sugarfoot" Garland (instrumentalist : guitar) | |
| Buddy Harman (instrumentalist : drums) | |
| Thomas "Grady" Martin (instrumentalist : guitar) | |
| Bob L. Moore (instrumentalist : string bass) | |
| Ray Edenton (instrumentalist : guitar) |
| Notes |
|---|
| Master renumbered by Decca as 102927. |
| Ruppli session personnel note: Bobby Helms (vocals), with Owen Bradley (piano), Thomas "Grady" Martin, Hank "Sugarfoot" Garland (guitar), Ray Edenton or Harold Ray Bradley (rhythm guitar), Bob Moore (bass), Murray M. "Buddy" Harman Jr. (drums), The Anita Kerr Singers (mixed vocal group). |
| Ruppli session note: All titles, except NA 9868, also issued on CD Bear Family (Germany) BCD 15594/1. |
| Documentation of Decca Records derives from Michel Ruppli's "The Decca labels: a discography" (Greenwood Press, 1996). Data has not been systematically reviewed or edited by ADP staff, except as indicated. |
| Take Date and Place | Take | Status | Label Name/Number | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7/10/1957 Nashville, Tennessee. Owen Bradley Studio | [A] | Master | MCA MCA-1557 | |
| 7/10/1957 Nashville, Tennessee. Owen Bradley Studio | [A] | Master | Bear Family (Germany) BCD 15594/1 |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Decca matrix NA 9870. I'm leaving now (Long gone Daddy) / Bobby Helms," accessed January 1, 2026, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000347956/NA_9870-Im_leaving_now_Long_gone_Daddy.
Decca matrix NA 9870. I'm leaving now (Long gone Daddy) / Bobby Helms. (2026). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved January 1, 2026, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000347956/NA_9870-Im_leaving_now_Long_gone_Daddy.
"Decca matrix NA 9870. I'm leaving now (Long gone Daddy) / Bobby Helms." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2026. Web. 1 January 2026.
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