MISC NOTES: "Hey Mrs. Jones" appears to have been first issued as a recording via the 1951/'52 release of the song by Jimmy Forrest and Orchestra (United #1107) in 78 rpm and 45 rpm formats. It next surfaced as a 45 in 1961: "Hey Mrs. Jones Pt. 1" / "Hey Mrs. Jones Pt. 2" by The Check Mates (Arvee #A 5030). This Tiny Tony, Merrilee, and the Statics arrangement features Smith carrying on a patter/rap conversation with "Mrs. Jones" (Statics' keyboardist Merrilee Gunst). In 1962 there was a pressing made by a plant other than Monarch in Los Angeles -- then, in 1963, Monarch began pressing the discs.
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FORMAT: disc
SIZE: 7"
SPEED: 45 rpm
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A-SIDE MATRIX: MB - 2448
A-SIDE STAMPER CODE: 45 - MB - 2448 - D1 (etched)
A-SIDE COMPOSER: Smith - Gerber - Erickson
A-SIDE PUBLISHER: Bolmin Publ. Co (BMI)
B-SIDE MATRIX: MB - 2449
B-SIDE STAMPER CODE: MB - 2449 - D1 (etched)
B-SIDE COMPOSER: Regan - Miller
B-SIDE PUBLISHER: Frederick Music (BMI)
"Hey, Mrs. Jones" album reissues:
Side One Track #3 on Bolo Bash....Volume 1 (Seafair-Bolo Records BLP 8002)compilation LP. 1965