Session Details
| Date | Location | Matrix | Title | Original Issue |
| Jan 3, 1958 | U.R.S?, Chicago | Oh Boy! (demo by The Rockin' Five) | unissued | |
| Jan 3, 1958 | U.R.S?, Chicago | Miss Ann (demo by The Rockin' Five) | Norton CD CED-312 | |
| Jan 1959 | Orlando, Florida | 4 song demo session (details unavailable) | unissued | |
| Feb 1959 | Pepper Studios, Memphis | KO8W-0830 | That's All Right With Me | Scottie 1310 |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | KO8W-0831 | Tell Me Why | Scottie 1310 |
| Spring 1960 | MSS Recording Studio, Chicago | Girl Of My Best Friend (demo) (2) | unissued | |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | Beachcomber (demo) | unissued | |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | Fame And Fortune (demo) (2) | unissued | |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | Mess Of Blues (demo) (2) | unissued | |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | What'D I Say (demo) | unissued | |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | Hallelujah I Love Her So (demo) | unissued | |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | Reconsider Baby (demo) (2) | unissued | |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | Bad Sound From Chi Town (Instrumental) | unissued | |
| Oct 10 1960 | Talent Studios, Orlando | 747 | Girl Of My Best Friend | Gone 5102 |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | 748 | It's Been A Long Long Time | Gone 5102 |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | 780 | And Then | Gone 5108 |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | 6305143 | And Then (overdubbed version****) | Tau 105 |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | 6305144 | Loneliness Of A Star | Tau 105 |
| Jan 2, 1961 | Bell Sound, New York City | 810 | I Didn't Figure On Him | Gone 5114 |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | Standing Here | Pye LP 28269 | |
| May 12 1961 | Bell Sound, New York City | 779 | To Love | Gone 5108 |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | To Love *** (overdubbed version) | Gone 5133 | |
| May 24 1961 | Criteria Studios, Miami | 834 | School Of Heartbreakers (version 1) | Gone LP 5012 |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | Nine Times Out Of ten | Gone LP 5012 | |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | Please Don't Tease | Murray Hill LP | |
| May 25 1961 | Criteria Studios, Miami | 793 | You Don't Know What You've Got | Gone 5108 |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | 794 | So Close To Heaven | Gone 5108 |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | Lonely Star (version 1) | Gone LP 5012 | |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | She's My Baby | Gone LP 5012 | |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | Nite Owl (version 1) | Pye LP 28269 | |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | Creampuff | Murray Hill LP | |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | You Haven't Lived Until You've Loved | Sequel CD NED190 | |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | Little Miss Heartbreak | Sequel CD NED190 | |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | Tears Of Misery | Sequel CD NED190 | |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | Turn Back The Clock (version 1) | unissued | |
| July 26 1961 | Criteria Studios, Miami | Turn Back The Clock (version 2) | Gone LP 5012 | |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | With You Now | Gone LP 5012 | |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | School Of Heartbreakers (version 2) | unissued | |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | Nite Owl (version 2) | unissued | |
| July 28 1961 | Criteria Studios, Miami | 809 | Please Don't Go | Gone 5114 |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | Pray For Me | Gone LP 5012 | |
| Aug 3 1961 | Criteria Studios, Miami | Lonely Star (version 2) | unissued | |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | The Girl For Me ** (unfinished) | unissued | |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | I Don't Need You | Gone LP 5012 | |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | 862 | Bells Of Love | Gone 5129 |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | Puddle Of Tears | Pye LP 28269 | |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | Bad Boy (tape lost) | unissued | |
| Aug 4 1961 | Criteria Studios, Miami | For Love Nor Money | Gone LP 5012 | |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | Your Skies Of Blue | Gone LP 5012 | |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | 833 | Because We're Young | Gone 5119 |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | 886 | Sweetheart | Gone 5133 |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | Juarez (Quarez) | Sequel CD NED190 | |
| Nov 14 1961 | Bell Sound, New York City | 839 & 852 | To Love Someone | Gone 5121 |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | 861 | Loveless Life | Gone 5129 |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | Silver And Gold | Sequel CD NED190 | |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | Half Heaven, Half Heartache | Murray Hill LP | |
| Nov 16 1961 | Bell Sound, New York City | 840 | She's Everything | Gone 5121 |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | 844 | Will You Love Me In Heaven | Gone 5121 |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | Tender Years (tape lost) | unissued | |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | Castle In The Sky ** (unfinished) | unissued | |
| 1962 | Fred Niles Studio, Chicago | Cinderella Twist ***** | unissued | |
| 1962 | ----------as above--------- | Big Daddy Twist ***** | unissued | |
| Oct 1962 | U.R.S., Chicago | 1548 | Second Miracle | Reprise 20135 |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | 1549 | Christmas Day | Reprise 20135 |
| Jan 1963 | U.R.S., Chicago | 1644 | I Got Burned | Reprise 20141 |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | 1645 | A Tear In My Eye | Reprise 20141 |
| April 1963 | United Recording Studios, L.A. | 1921 | I Wish This Night Would Never End | Reprise 20176 |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | 1923 | Don't Put Your Heart In His Hands | Reprise 20176 |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | unknown | Sad Heart | unissued |
| June 1963 | U.R.S., Chicago | 2118 | Run Little Linda | Reprise 20192 |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | 2119 | Beyond The Heartbreak | Reprise 20192 |
| Fall 1963 | John Tolbart Studio, Chicago | LS 1184 | Love Isn't Like That | Red Bird RB10-057 |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | RSD 6801 | Lost | Mid-Eagle ME 101 |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | This Angry World | unissued | |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | Always The Clown | unissued | |
| 1964 | Foster Studio, Nashville | YWI-34774 | Good Lovin' | Fontana F1515 |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | YWI-34792 | Poison Ivy League | Fontana F1502 |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | YWI-34793 | The Other Side Of You | Fontana F1515 |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | YWI-34794 | You Finally Said Something Good | Fontana F1502 |
| 1965 | Sound Studios, Chicago | LS 1185 | It Will Only Make You Love Me More | Red Bird RB10-057 |
| 1966/67 | Hall Studios, Chicago | The Next Time | unissued | |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | Dancing Shoes | unissued | |
| 1968 | John Tolbart Studio, Chicago | RSD 6803 | Life To Live Over | Mid-Eagle ME 101 |
| 1968 | unknown studio, Chicago | Love Me # (2) | unissued | |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | That's When Your Heartaches Begin # (2) | unissued | |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | Mary In The Morning # | unissued | |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | If I Promise # | unissued | |
| 1968 | Bradley Studio, Nashville | RS11-142 | If I Promise | Rising Sons RS714 |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | RS11-143 | Just A Little Sunshine | Rising Sons RS714 |
| 1968 or 1971 | unknown | If You Love Him (1) | Canadian 241(CD) | |
| 1970's | John Tolbart Studio, Chicago | Deeper Shade Of Blue | unissued | |
| 1970's | unknown studio, Chicago | Dream Lover | unissued | |
| 1971 | Crystal Sound, L.A. | R3526 | My Heart Sings | M.J. MJP222 |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | R3527 | Lovin' Place | M.J. MJP222 |
| Late 1971 | U.R.S., Chicago | SUR-6007-A | Don't Let It Slip Away | Sunlight 1006 |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | SUR-6007-B | Wait A Minute Now | Sunlight 1006 |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | Greatest Moments (a.k.a. Moments) | Starfire LP 1004 | |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | Maria Forever (a.k.a. Maria) | Chi-Town 4 | |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | It All Adds Up To Lonely | unissued | |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | She's Coming Back | unissued | |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | Pittsburgh | unissued | |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | Misery (a.k.a. Mister Misery) | unissued | |
| Early 1974 | U.R.S., Chicago | The Wedding Song | Chicago Fire 7402 | |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | Godfather, Per Mé | Chicago Fire 7402 | |
| 1976 | United Technique, Chicago | So Much Lovin’ | Mid-Eagle 275 | |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | Haulin' Steel | unissued | |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | I Want The Best For You | unissued | |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | Mama Bear | unissued | |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | Sing Me A Song (To Cry By) | unissued | |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | Billy Jack's Ol' Lady | unissued | |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | unknown title ## | unissued | |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | unknown title ## | unissued | |
| Late 1977 | PS Recording Studios, Chicago | The Day The Beat Stopped | Thunder 7801 | |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | Rock On Me | Thunder 7801 | |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | Down By The River | unissued | |
| 1979 | Starbeat Productions, Dearfield* | Rip It Up | Starfire 114 | |
| --as above-- | ----------as above--------- | Don't Leave Me Now | Starfire 114 | |
| 1979 | Young'un Sound Inc., Nashville | I've Been Away For Awhile Now (50 songs) | Mid-Eagle ME2M7902 | |
* Ral added his vocal at Starbeat Productions to a backing track pre-recorded in Nashville
** these songs are unfinished and have no vocal
*** overdubbed January 25, 1962
**** overdubbing done in 1963
***** Featured in the 15 minute 1962 documentary film "Dance Craze"
# recorded at unknown studio in Chicago (Ral Donner vocal with Jack Burke on guitar)
## seven country songs recorded at same demo session - two song titles are unknown
(1) possibly recorded at the Rising Sons session (1968) or M.J. session (1971)
(2) the same songs recorded earlier by Elvis
U.R.S. = Universal Recording Studios