Ron Prentice Double Bass/Bass Guitar
Session musician 1958 - 1971

Pamra Membership Name: R.C.Prentice
Membership No. 3771

Discography - All the following are Singles


Date Artist Title Record No. Additional Info Fixer Studio
             
1961 Allisons Are you sure Fontana H294      
1961 Allisons Words Fontana H304      
1962 Allisons Lessons in love Fontana H362      
1961 Avons Rubber Ball Columbia DB4569      
1961 Ricky Barron You’re breaking my heart HMV 2.30-4.30 pm Charley Katz EMI/HMV
1961 Ricky Barron Everybody HMV As above As above As above
1964 Shirley Bassey Goldfinger Columbia 7360      
1964 Cilla Black Anyone who had a heart Parlophone 5101      
1964 Cilla Black You’re my world Parl 5133      
1965 Cilla Black You've lost that loving feeling Parl.5225      
1968 Cilla Black Step inside love Parl. 5674      
1966 Graham Bonney Supergirl Columbia 7843      
1961 Brook Brothers Warpaint Pye 7N 15333      
1960 Tommy Bruce Aint Misbehavin Columbia 4453      
1960 Tommy Bruce Broken Doll Col 4498      
1962 Ronnie Carroll Roses are red Phillips 326532 BF      
1962 Ronnie Carroll If only tomorrow Phillips 326550 BF      
1963 Ronnie Carroll Say wonderful things Phillips 326574 BF      
1960 Roy Castle Little white berry Phillips PB 1087      
1960 Chaquito Never on Sunday Fontana H 265      
1961 Petula Clark Sailor Pye 7N 15324      
1964 Petula Clark Downtown Pye 15722      
1965 Petula Clark I know a place Pye 15772      
1966 Petula Clark I couldnt live without your love Pye 17133      
1960 Jess Conrad Cherry Pie Decca 11236      
1961 Jess Conrad Mystery Girl Decca 11315      
1962 Jess Conrad Pretty Jenny Decca 11511      
1961 Russ Conway Say it with flowers Col DB 4665      
1961 Russ Conway Toy Balloons Col DB 4738      
1960 Lynn Cornell Never on Sunday Decca F 11277      
1958 Terry Dene Stairway of love Decca 11016      
1961 Terry Dene Next stop paradise Oriole CB1594 10.00-1.00 p.m. Charley Katz Levy’s
1964 Val Doonican Walk Tall Decca 11982      
1959 Craig Douglas A teenager in love Top Rank JAR 133      
1959 Craig Douglas Only Sixteen Top Rank 159      
1960 Craig Douglas The heart of a teenage girl Top Rank 340      
1962 Craig Douglas Oh lonesome me Decca 11523      
1962 Craig Douglas when my little girl is smiling. Top Rank 610      
1960 Maureen Evans Paper roses Oriole CB 1550      
1962 Maureen Evans Like I do Oriole CB 1760      
1960 Adam Faith Poor me Parl. R4623      
1964 Marianne Faithfull As tears go by Decca 11923      
1965 Marianne Faithfull This little bird Decca 12162      
1965 Julie FELIX various titles recorded at Decca      
1960 Bob Cort Mule skinner blues Decca 11256      
1960 Bob Cort Ballad of Walter Williams Decca 11256      
1961 Gordon Franks Perfidia/Pepe   2.15 – 4.15 p.m. Gordon Franks Levy’s
1962 Clinton Ford Fanlight Fanny Oriole CB1706      
1960 Billy Fury Wondrous Place Decca 11267      
1960 Billy Fury Alright, goodbye Decca 11267      
1961 Billy Fury Halfway to paradise Decca 11349      
1963 Julie Grant Up on the roof Decca 15483      
1963 Julie Grant Count on me Decca 15508      
1964 Julie Grant Come to me Decca 15684      
1968 Anita Harris Dream a little dream of me CBS 3637      
1960 Max Harris Gurney Slade Fontana H282      
1961 Max Harris Regency Ride Fontana H 296 7.0 – 9.0 p.m. Max Harris Phillips
1961 Max Harris Wheels Fontana H 296 As above As above As above
1962 Tony Hatch Out of this world Pye 7N 15460      
1961 Michael Hill Frog March/Bubble Bath   10.30 – 12.30 a.m. Charlie Katz EMI
1966 Vince Hill Heartaches Col. DB7852      
1967 Vince Hill Edelweiss Col. DB 8127      
1967 Vince Hill Roses of Picardy Col. DB 8268      
1964 Ronnie Hilton Dont let the rain come down HMV 1291      
1965 Ronnie Hilton Windmill in old Amsterdam HMV 1378      
1967 Engelbert Humperdinck Release me Decca 12541      
1970? Leslie Hutchinson          
1962 Frank Ifield I remember you Col. DB 4856      
1962 Frank Ifield Lovesick Blues Col. DB 4913      
1963 Frank Ifield Wayward Wind Col. DB 4960      
1963 Frank Ifield Nobodys darlin but mine Col. DB 7007      
1963 Frank Ifield Confessin Col. DB 7062      
1964 Frank Ifield Dont blame me Col. DB 7184      
1965 Tom Jones Its not unusual Decca 12062      
1965 Tom Jones Whats new pussycat Decca 12203      
1960 Dick Jordan Hallelujah I love her so Oriole 1534      
1961 Eden Kane Well I ask you Decca 11353      
1961 Eden Kane Get lost Decca 11381      
1962 Eden Kane Forget me not Decca 11418      
1962 Eden Kane I dont know why Decca 11460      
1964 Eden Kane Boys Cry Fontana TF 438      
1960 Kaye Sisters Paper Roses Phillips PB1024      
1962 Johnny Keating Theme from Z Cars Piccadilly 35032      
1965 Jonathan King Everyones gone to the moon Decca 12187      
1963 Kathy Kirby Dance on Decca 11682      
1963 Kathy Kirby Secret Love Decca 11759      
1964 Kathy Kirby Let me go lover Decca 11832      
1964 Kathy Kirby Youre the one Decca 11892      
1965 Kathy Kirby I belong Decca 12087      
1960 Don Lang Sink the Bismark HMV POP 714      
1961 John Leyton Johnny remember me Top Rank 577      
1961 John Leyton Wild Wind Top Rank 585      
1958 Laurie London Whole world in his hands Parl.4359      
1961 Laurie London Darlin’ Sue and others Parl.4359 7.0 – 9 p.m. Jack Peach EMI/HMV
1960 Jerry Lordan Who could be bluer Parl. R4627      
1961 Joe Loss Orch Wheels Cha Cha HMV POP 880      
1960 Kenny Lynch Mountain of love HMV POP 751      
1962 Kenny Lynch Up on the roof HMV POP 1090      
1963 Kenny Lynch You can never stop me loving you HMV POP 1165      
1962 Patti Lynn Johnny Angel Fontana H391      
1959 David Macbeth Mr. Blue Pye 7N 15231      
1961 David Macbeth It only took a minute Pye ? 7.30 – 9.30 Harry Benson Olympic
1962 Susan Maughan Bobby's Girl Phillips 326544      
1963 Susan Maughan Hand a hanky to Helen Phillips 326562      
1963 Susan Maughan She's new to you Phillips 326586      
1962 Miki and Griff Little bitty tear Pye 7N 15412      
1961 Gary Miller There goes that song again Pye 15404      
1964 Millie My boy lollipop Fontana 449      
1964 Millie Sweet William Fontana 479      
1961 Dennis Newey Gunsmoke/”Title Unknown”   Ex NDO guitarist Harry Benson Phillips
1960 Anthony Newley Strawberry Fair Decca 11295      
1961 Anthony Newley Pop goes the weasel Decca 11362      
1961 Anthony Newley What kind of fool am I Decca 11376      
1967 Des O'Connor Careless Hands Columbia 8275      
1961 Tony Osborne Man from Madrid HMV POP 827      
1960 Norrie Paramour Theme Summer place Col. 4419      
1968 Donald Peers Please don't go Col. 8502      
1964 Peter & Gordon World without love Col.7225      
1965 Peter & Gordon To know you is to love you Col.7617      
1965(?) Pinky & Perky Alyn Ainsworth HMV ? (Columbia EMI SEG 8458)?      
1959 Dickie Pride Primrose Lane Col. 4340      
1961 Danny Rivers Can't you hear my heart Decca 11294      
1964 Julie Rogers The Wedding Mercury MF 820      
1964 Julie Rogers Like a child Mercury MF 838      
1965 Julie Rogers Hawaiian Wedding Song Mercury MF 849      
1958 Marion Ryan Love me for ever Pye 15121      
1966 Paul & Barry Ryan I love her Decca 12391      
1966 Mike Sammes Singers Somewhere my love HMV POP 1546      
1963 Chris Sandford Not too little not too much Decca11778      
1962 Mike Sarne Come outside Parl. 4902      
1959 Al Saxon Only sixteen Fontana 205      
1960 Al Saxon Blue eyed boy Fontana 278      
1961 Al Saxon There Ive said it again Piccadilly 35011      
1961 Helen Shapiro Don’t treat me like a child Col. 4589      
1961 Helen Shapiro You dont know Col. 4670      
1961 Helen Shapiro Walking back to happiness Col. 4715      
1962 Helen Shapiro Little Miss Lonely Col. 4869      
1964 Sandy Shaw Always something there to remind me Pye 15704      
1965 Sandy Shaw Long live love Pye 15841      
1967 Sandy Shaw Puppet on a string Pye 17272      
1963 Doug Sheldon I saw Linda yesterday Decca 11564      
1962 Victor Silvester Wheels HMV 2.30 – 5.30   HMV
1967 Nancy Sinatra You only live twice Reprise 20595      
1961 Johnny Spence Orch Wheels   22.30 – 4.30 Charlie Katz HMV
1962 Johnny Spence Orch. Dr. Kildare Parl.4872      
1963 Dusty Springfield Only want to be with you Philips 1292      
1964 Dusty Springfield Stay awhile Philips 1313      
1964 Dusty Springfield Just dont know what to do with myself Philips 1348      
1964 Dusty Springfield Losing you Philips 1369      
1966 Dusty Springfield You dont have to say you love me Philips 1482      
1961 The Springfields Breakaway Philips 1168 3.0 – 5.0 p.m.   Levy’s
1961 The Springfields Bambino Philips 1178 As above   As above
1962 The Springfields Island of dreams Philips 326557      
1963 The Springfields Say I wont be there Philips 326577      
1961 Dorothy Squires Say it with flowers Col.4665      
1961 Cyril Stapleton Pepito Decca 11373      
1961 Cyril Stapleton Polynesian Melody Decca 11373      
1960 Tommy Steel Little white bull Decca 11177      
1960 Tommy Steel What a mouth Decca 11245      
1962 Danny Storm Honest I do Piccadilly 35025      
1965 Jackie Trent Where are you now Pye 15776      
1965 Jackie Trent When the summertime is over Pye 15865      
1964 Twinkle Terry Decca 12013      
1960 Ricky Valance Tell Laura I love her Col 4493      
1958 Frankie Vaughan Green Door Phillips 640      
1958 Frankie Vaughan Garden of Eden Phillips 660      
1959 Frankie Vaughan The heart of a man Phillips 930      
1960 Frankie Vaughan Milord Phillips 1066      
1964 Frankie Vaughan Hallo Dolly Phillips 1339      
1962 Vernons Girls Lover Please Decca 11450      
1962 Vernons Girls Loco-motion Decca 11495      
1963 Vernons Girls Do the bird Decca 11629      
1960 Viscounts Short'nin' Bread Pye 15287      
1961 Viscounts Who put the bomp Pye 15379      
1959 Bert Weedon Guitar Boogie Shuffle Top Rank 117      
1959 Bert Weedon Nashville Boogie TR 221      
1960 Bert Weedon Big Beat Boogie TR 300      
1960 Bert Weedon Twelth St Rag TR 360      
1960 Bert Weedon Apache TR 415      
1960 Bert Weedon Sorry Robbie TR 517      
1961 Bert Weedon Ginchy TR 537      
1961 Bert Weedon Mr. Guitar TR 559 Elect.bass/bass guitar Bert Weedon EMI 2.30-5.30
1961 Bert Weedon Eclipse TR 559 Elect.bass/bass guitar Bert Weedon EMI 2.30-5.30
1965 Dodie West Going out of my head Decca 12046      
1969 Rog Whittaker Durham Town Col.8613      
1970 Rog Whittaker I don’t believe in if anymore Col.8664      
? Rog Whittaker Mexican Whistler ?      
1959 Marty Wilde Donna Phillips 902      
1959 Marty Wilde A teenager in love Phillips 926      
1959 Marty Wilde Bad Boy Phillips 972      
1961 Marty Wilde Rubber Ball Phillips 1101      
1962 Marty Wilde Jezebel Phillips 1240      
1961 Danny Williams The miracle of you HMV POP 885      
1961 Danny Williams Moon River HMV POP 932      
1962 Danny Williams Tears HMV POP 1035      
1961 Eric Winstone Orchestra     7.30 – 9.30 E.Winstone Orch Ltd Olympic
1959 Norman Wisdom The Bath Song ?      
1960 Mark Wynter Image of a girl Decca 11263 10.01.61 2.30-5.30 Johnny Douglas Decca
1961 Mark Wynter Dream Girl Decca 11323 10.01.61 2.30-5.30 Johnny Douglas Decca
1962 Mark Wynter Venus in blue jeans Pye 15466      
1962 Mark Wynter Go away little girl Pye 15492      
1963 Mark Wynter Its almost tomorrow Pye 155      
1962 John Barry Orch James Bond Theme Pye 4898      
1960 Bobby Stevens Heart of a teenage girl Embassy 397      
1960 Bobby Stevens Cradle of love Embassy 397      
1960 Don Duke Please don’t tease Embassy 402      
1960 Don Duke Made you Embassy 402      
1960 Lana Sisters Tintarella di luna Fontana 252      
1960 Lana Sisters Someone loves you, Joe Fontana 252      
1960 Johnny Shanly I wonder Col. 4526      
1960 Johnny Shanly It happens that way Col. 4526      
1960 David Ede The Blue Bird Pye 15280      
1960 David Ede Easy Go Pye 15280      
1960 Lorna Henderson Lollipops to lipstick Oriole 1549      
1960 Lorna Henderson Steady Eddy Oriole 1549      
1960 Neville Taylor Free Passes Oriole 1546      
1960 Neville Taylor Dance with a dolly Oriole 1546      
1961 Victor Silvester Orch Wheels ChaCha ?      
? David Ede / Rabin Band Bootnik 7N1580      
? David Ede / Rabin Band Obsession Pye 7N 15329      





The following are E.P.s or L.P.s:
1968 Michael Sedgwick Singing Farmer Pilgrim xpr 3063
(Everywhere I go/God bless the hills/Thank you/Such lovely things)
1968 Cardale Trio Follow on Pilgrim xpr 3059
(Hide thou me/He was lonely/Follow on/His blood signed my name)
1956 Ivor & Basil Kirchin Band Parl.GEP 8569
(Rock a beating boogie/Stone Age Mambo/Down Under/Trumpet Blues)

 

L.P.s:

1961

David Ede Razzamatazz and all that Jazz Pye NPL 18069
(Five foot two,eyes of blue/Row,Row, Row/Yes Sir thats my
baby/Black Bottom/Well I ask you/I wanna be loved by you/
Quarter to three/Thats my weakness now/Get out and get
under/Shiek of Araby/Ain't she sweet/Gotta see mama
every night) Double Bass/Sousaphone

 

 Recorded 27/9/61 Olympic Sudios
2.30/5.30 & 7.30/10.30
30/9/61 Olympic Studios
2.30/5.30
1964

Judd Solo Italiano Quartetto Columbia 1668
(Marina/Never on Sunday/La Chanson d'orphee/Carlos Theme/
Et Maintenant/Sophia/Quando,Quando/Eso as el amor/Vieni
vieni/Tequila/Carolina/Non ho l'eta per amarti/
mustapha)

 
1970

The Romantic Guitar of Bert Weedon Contour 6870-559
(By the time I get to Phoenix/High Noon/Maria Elena/Hava
Nagila/Song without words/Woburn Abbey/Man & a woman/
Greensleeves/Callan Theme/Baubles,Bangles & Beads/Belly
Dancer/Tenderly)

 
1969?

Bert Weedon -Rocking at the Roundhouse Fontana 6438031
(Rocking at Roundhouse/Guitar Boogie Shuffle/Shakin all
over/Caravan/Berts Boogie/Shazam/Fine & Dandy/Hit & Miss/Appache/
40 miles of bad road/Walk dont run/Heartbreak Hotel)

 
1968

Betty Lou Mills - Great Day.       Pilgrim JLP 146
(Great day/Dont run away/Turn around/So the saviour
satisfies/Get down on my knees/Witness/What a lot of love/
Then I found the lord/Is it enough/I wont turn back/Where
in the world/Sunday, Monday/You can be sure/Saints go
marching in)

 
1968

Gerry McClelland - South wind and spices       Pilgrim JLP 158
(It was Jesus/The answer to the why/I saw a million people/
Running away/The way was dark/Yesterdays living/Consider
Jesus/South wind & spices/Daisies/The story of the candle/
Come listen to me/Spring, Zing/I saw a man/Your fancy clothes)

 

 
1970?

Duncan Lamont - Summer Sounds       Recorded Morgan Music

 
1965

Judd Solo - Mediterranean in Perspective EMI
(Pepito/Il Silenzio/April in Portugal/Summertime in Venice /
Poor people of Paris/Maria Elena/Topkapi/Milord/Zorba/No
regrets/White rose of Athens/History of Love/Il Mondo/
In old Lisbon/Guaglione)

 
1965?

Don Sanford's Hawaiian Sound. South Sea Magic. JLS 1001

 
1970? Roger Whittaker. This is Roger Whittaker SCX 6341 EMI

 

There were many other recordings which I cannot trace after all
these years. I can recall doing several LP's with Dusty
Springfield , but I can't recall the names of the albums.
I also remember doing an album with Bob Miller and the
Millermen and several with pianist Roger Webb.