Fortune (MI) 78rpm / 45rpm Volume 2

Fortune (MI) 78rpm / 45rpm Volume 2

Subsidiary : Rialto (MI) Blue ⭑ Star (MI), Hi-Q (MI), Rendezvous (MI), Strate-8 (MI)

Location :

 (Oct 1946) 11839 Twelth St. Detroit, MI

(Jan 1949) 12005 Twelth Street Detroit, MI

(March 1951) 11629 Linwood Detroit, MI

(August 1957) 3942 Third Ave. Detroit, MI

Owners : Dorothy (Devora) Brown & Jack Brown

100 Series

Track List

Fortune (MI) 78 - 150 : Hubert Friar & His Hillbilly Hicks - Heartaches & Teardrops (1950) missing

Fortune (MI) 78 - 150 : Hubert Friar & His Hillbilly Hicks - Joe's Mandolin Boogie (1950)

Fortune (MI) 78 - 151 : Earl Songer & His Rocky Road Ramblers - West Virginia Waltz (1959)

Fortune (MI) 78 - 151 : Earl Songer & His Rocky Road Ramblers - In A Broken Heart No Love Is Found (1950)

Fortune (MI) 78 - 152 : Farris Wilder & The Blue Grass Troubadours - Waltzing With You (1950) missing

Fortune (MI) 78 - 152 : Farris Wilder & The Blue Grass Troubadours - Not So Long Ago (1950) missing

Fortune (MI) 78 - 153 : Ernest Johnson With The Western Night Riders - Your Love Is Sweet (1950) missing

Fortune (MI) 78 - 153 : Ernest Johnson With The Western Night Riders - She Started Teasing Me (1950)

Fortune (MI) 78 - 154 : Randy Hankins & His Melody Wranglers - Love Bird Of Tennessee (1951) missing

Fortune (MI) 78 - 154 : Randy Hankins & His Melody Wranglers - Wrangler Boy’s Boogie  (1951) missing

Fortune (MI) 78 - 155 : Earl Songer & His Rocky Road Ramblers - I Won't Confess I'm Sorry (1951)

Fortune (MI) 78 - 155 : Earl & Joyce Songer - Blue Mountain Girl (1951)

Fortune (MI) 78 - 156 : Randy Hankins - Little Bronze Shoes (1951) missing

Fortune (MI) 78 - 156 : Randy Hankins - Running From The Blues (1951)

Fortune (MI) 78 - 157 : unknown 

Fortune (MI) 78 - 157 : unknown 

Fortune (MI) 78 - 158 : unknown 

Fortune (MI) 78 - 158 : unknown 

Fortune (MI) 78 - 159 : Freddie Myers & His Trail Riders - I Don't Need Your Love Anymore (Woman) (1951)

Fortune (MI) 78 - 159 : Freddie Myers & His Trail Riders - Fire Water Polka (1951)

Fortune (MI) 78 - 160 : Earl & Joyce Songer - Someone To Call My Own (1951) reissue

Fortune (MI) 78 - 160 : Earl & Joyce Songer - Dissatisfied (1961)

Fortune (MI) 78 - 161 : John Shoupe & His Mellow-Billies - Love Me Just The Same (1951) missing

Fortune (MI) 78 - 161 : John Shoupe & His Mellow-Billies - Mommy, Where Is Daddy Tonight ? (1951) missing

Fortune (MI) 78 - 162 : Jimmy Myers & His Happy Highway Gang - Drunk Man's Wiggle (1951)

Fortune (MI) 78 - 162 : Jimmy Myers & His Happy Highway Gang - I'm Goin' Back To West Virginia (1951)

Fortune (MI) 78 - 163 : Jeff Durham & His Kentucky Boys - I Sent You Roses (1951) reissue

Fortune (MI) 78 - 163 : Jeff Durham & His Kentucky Boys - Tennessee Bounce (1951)

Fortune (MI) 78 - 164 : Floyd Compton & His Western Troubadors - My Heart’s Tonight In Tennessee (1951) missing

Fortune (MI) 78 - 164 : Floyd Compton & His Western Troubadors - Just Suppose (1951) missing

Fortune (MI) 78 - 165 : Jeff Durham & His Kentucky Boys - I'm Looking For Sunshine (But Only Find Rain) (1952)

Fortune (MI) 78 - 165 : Skeet's McDonald & Benny Walker - Birthday Cake Boogie (1952)

Fortune (MI) 78 - 166 : Jimmy Myers & His Happy Highway Gang - True Love Is Always That Way (1952) missing

Fortune (MI) 78 - 166 : Jimmy Myers & His Happy Highway Gang - Ding Dong Mama From Tennessee (1952)

Fortune (MI) 78 - 167 : Lester Thomas & His Southern Pals - Looking For Someone New (1952)

Fortune (MI) 78 - 167 : Lester Thomas & His Southern Pals - Song Of Songs (1952)

Fortune 45rpm pressings  have been found of all 100 series numbers after this point.

Fortune (MI) 78 - 168 : Sonny Sexton & His Musical Westernairs - It's A Long Road (That Never Turns) (1952)

Fortune (MI) 78 - 168 : Sonny Sexton & His Musical Westernairs - Westernair Stomp (1952) missing

Fortune (MI) 78 - 169 : Rhythm Ramblers - Prison Cell No.13 (1952) missing

Fortune (MI) 78 - 169 : Rhythm Ramblers - St. Joe Boogie (1952)

Fortune (MI) 78 - 170 : Davis Sisters With Roy Hall & His Cohutta Mountain Boys - Jealous Love (1953)

Fortune (MI) 78 - 170 : Roy Hall & His Cohutta Mountain Boys - Going Down The Road Feeling Bad (1953)

Fortune (MI) 78 - 171 : Sonny Sexton & His Musical Westernairs - Too Many Tears Will Fall (1953) missing

Fortune (MI) 78 - 171 : Sonny Sexton & His Musical Westernairs - Don’t You Tell A Soul (I Love You) (1953) missing

Fortune (MI) 78 - 172 : Pete Pyle - Are You Making A Fool Of Me (1953)

Fortune (MI) 78 - 172 : Forest Rye - Wild Cat Boogie (1953)

Fortune (MI) 78 - 173 : May Hawks - Jealous Love (1953)

Fortune (MI) 78 - 173 : May Hawks - Year After Year (1953)

Fortune (MI) 78 - 174 : Davis Sisters - Sorrow & Pain (1) (1953)

Fortune (MI) 78 - 174 : Davis Sisters - Kaw-Liga (1953)

Fortune (MI) 78 - 175 : Davis Sisters - Heartbreak Ahead (1953)

Fortune (MI) 78 - 175 : Chuck Hatfield & The Treble-Aires - Steel Wool (1953)

Fortune (MI) 78 - 176 : Boots Gilbert & Bob Sykes - Take It Or Leave It (1954)

Fortune (MI) 78 - 176 : Boots Gilbert With Chuck Hatfield & The Treble-Aires - Man! Turn Me Loose (1954)

Fortune (MI) 78 - 177 : Gene Roe “Mr. Hillbilly Muisic” & His “Mountain Williams” - Loony Honeymoon (1954) missing

Fortune (MI) 78 - 177 : Gene Roe “Mr. Hillbilly Muisic” & His “Mountain Williams” - A Memory From The Past (1954) missing

Fortune (MI) 78 - 178/179 : May Hawks With Chuck Hatfield & The Treble-Aires - Wasted Years (1954)

Fortune (MI) 78 - 178/179 : May Hawks With Chuck Hatfield & The Treble-Aires - Meet Me Down In Nashville (1954)

Fortune (MI) 78 - 180 : York Bros. - Going Home (1954)

Fortune (MI) 78 - 180 : York Bros. - Detroit Hula Girl (1954)

Fortune (MI) 78 - 181 : Boots Gilbert & Bob Sykes - Fickle Heart (1954)

Fortune (MI) 78 - 181 : Bob Sykes & Boots Gilbert - Please, Mister Bartender (1954) missing

Fortune (MI) 78 - 182 : May Hawks & Lester Thomas - Straighten Up & Fly Right (1955)

Fortune (MI) 78 - 182 : May Hawks - Baby, You’re A Bygone Now (1955)

Fortune (MI) 78 - 183 : Big Chief Redbird & His Cherokee Braves - Big Chief Yodel (1955)

Fortune (MI) 78 - 183 : Big Chief Redbird & His Cherokee Braves - No Need To Cry (1955)

Fortune (MI) 78 - 184 : Boots Gilbert - Sadie & The Cop (1955)

Fortune (MI) 78 - 184 : Bob Sykes - When Señorita Comes To Hear Señor Play (1955) missing

Fortune (MI) 78 - 185 : Cal Davis & His Tennessee Kings - Third Set Of Tears (1956) missing

Fortune (MI) 78 - 185 : Cal Davis & His Tennessee Kings - Partnership Love Affair (1956)

Fortune (MI) 78 - 186 : Eddie Jackson & His Swingsters - You Are The One (1956) missing

Fortune (MI) 78 - 186 : Eddie Jackson & His Swingsters - Rock & Roll Baby (1956)

Fortune (MI) 78 - 187 : Buster Turner & His Pinnacle Mountain Boys - That Old Heartbreak Express (1956)

Fortune (MI) 78 - 187 : Buster Turner & His Pinnacle Mountain Boys - True Love In My Heart (1956) missing

Fortune (MI) 78 - 188 : Bill Hicks & The Southerneers - Blue Flame (1956)

Fortune (MI) 78 - 188 : Bill Hicks & The Southerneers - She's Done Gone (1956)

Fortune (MI) 78 - 189 : unknown 

Fortune (MI) 78 - 189 : unknown 

Fortune (MI) 78 - 190 : Roy Rector & Slim Bradford - I Didn't Know I Loved You (1956)

Fortune (MI) 78 - 190 : Roy Rector & Slim Bradford - Life Of Sorrow (1956) missing

Fortune (MI) 78 - 191 : Jimmy Lee - Sad & Lonely (1956)

Fortune (MI) 78 - 191 : Jimmy Lee - You Ain't No Good For Me (1956) 

Fortune (MI) 78 - 192 : Will Hayes Trio - I Could Never Walk Alone (1956) missing

Fortune (MI) 78 - 192 : Will Hayes Trio - Honeymoon In The Mountains (1956)

Fortune (MI) 78 - 193 : Pete De Bree & The Wanderers - My Bucket's Got A Hole In It (1956)

Fortune (MI) 78 - 193 : Pete De Bree & The Wanderers - Wanderer's Blues (1956)

Fortune (MI) 78 - 194 : unknown 

Fortune (MI) 78 - 194 : unknown 

Fortune (MI) 78 - 195 : Matt Huston & His Arkansas Playboys - Sentimental Man (1957)

Fortune (MI) 78 - 195 : Matt Huston & His Arkansas Playboys - Sometimes (1957)

Fortune (MI) 78 - 196 : Roy Rector - Heard The Back Door Slam (1957)

Fortune (MI) 78 - 196 : Roy Rector - You're The Girl I'm Gonna Marry (1957)

Fortune (MI) 78 - 197 : Curly Dan & The Danville Mountain Trio - Sleep, Darling (1957) missing

Fortune (MI) 78 - 197 : Curly Dan & The Danville Mountain Trio - My Little Rose (1957) missing

Fortune (MI) 78 - 198 : Billy Martin & His Rockin’ Wranglers - I Dreamed Of You (1957)

Fortune (MI) 78 - 198 : Billy Martin & His Rockin’ Wranglers - I’m Home Again (1957)

Fortune (MI) 78 - 199 : Johnny Powers & His Rockets - Honey, Let’s Go (To A Rock & Roll Show) (1957)

Fortune (MI) 78 - 199 : Johnny Powers & His Rockets - Your Love (1957)

Note : Fortune started pressing 45rpm as well as 78rpm copies in 1951. With the York Bros. on 120 being the first known issue on both 45 & 78.  Some issues between 120 & issue 168 are known. on 45rpm (numbers 145 165 166) but  Fortune did not fully commit to 45rpm and some issues are still 78rpm only. From issue 168 (1952) 45rpm copies are known to exist on all numbers. The last known 78rpm issue was March 1959 issue 525.

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Thanks go to Kent The Armadillo Killer Summer Souvenir for the help

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