Karen Sue Brooks, *29-04-1954 Dallas, TX
2nd version
By Praguefrank, Mike Masterson, Kurt Rokitta, Lennart Gustavsson
SESSIONS
December 1981 Enactron Truck, Los Angeles, CA – Karen Brooks (Karen Brooks [vcl], Emmylou Harris [ac gt], John McFee [ac gt/el gt], Randy Sharp [ac gt], Tim Goodman [ac gt], Don Kirkpatrick [el gt], Emory Gordy [bass], Keith Knudsen/ Mike Porter [drums], Bill Payne [keyboards], Marv Allin [synthesizer]. Producer: Brian Ahern)
early 1992 Kaweah Recording, Van Nuys, CA – Karen Brooks and Randy Sharp (Karen Brooks [vcl], Randy Sharp [vcl/gt/keyboards/ dulcimer], Don Kirkpatrick [gt], John Davis [bass/bck vcl], Burliegh Drummond [percussion/ drums/bck vcl], Maia Sharp [keyboards/ horns/ bck vcl], + Craig Fall [el gt/ mandolin], Craig Stull [el gt])
033 ALL I NEED Mercury 512 232-2
034 GOOD LOVE IS HARD TO FIND 512 232-2
035 92-3725 BABY I'M THE ONE 866 834-7/512 232-2
036 92-3726 THE SEARCH GOES ON 866 834-7/512 232-2
037 LAST CALL FOR LOVE 512 232-2
038 IF YOU DON'T REALLY LOVE HER 512 232-2
039 YOU CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON ME 512 232-2
040 THAT'S ANOTHER STORY 512 232-2
041 HE LOVES ME 512 232-2
042 PRETENDING 512 232-2
043 I'M ONLY HUMAN 512 232-2
044 IT'S NOT ALL OVER 512 232-2
ALBUMS
Warner Brothers 1-23676 Walk On: Country Girl; New Way Out; Shame On The Moon; Every Beat Of My Heart; Shores Of White Sand; If That's What You're Thinking; Walk On; Anyone Who Had A Heart; Candy Man; Under The Stars – 28-06-82
December 1981 Enactron Truck, Los Angeles, CA – Karen Brooks (Karen Brooks [vcl], Emmylou Harris [ac gt], John McFee [ac gt/el gt], Randy Sharp [ac gt], Tim Goodman [ac gt], Don Kirkpatrick [el gt], Emory Gordy [bass], Keith Knudsen/ Mike Porter [drums], Bill Payne [keyboards], Marv Allin [synthesizer]. Producer: Brian Ahern)
001 SHAME ON THE MOON 1-23676
002 ZCA1497 NEW WAY OUT 7-29958/1-23676
003 ZCA1498 IF THAT’S WHAT YOU’RE THINKING 7-29789/1-23676
004 SHORES OF WHITE SAND 1-23676
005 ANYONE WHO HAD A HEART 1-23676
006 CANDY MAN 1-23676
007 ZCA1502 EVERY BEAT OF MY HEART 7-29789 7-29644/1-23676
008 UNDER THE STARS 1-23676
002 ZCA1497 NEW WAY OUT 7-29958/1-23676
003 ZCA1498 IF THAT’S WHAT YOU’RE THINKING 7-29789/1-23676
004 SHORES OF WHITE SAND 1-23676
005 ANYONE WHO HAD A HEART 1-23676
006 CANDY MAN 1-23676
007 ZCA1502 EVERY BEAT OF MY HEART 7-29789 7-29644/1-23676
008 UNDER THE STARS 1-23676
009 ZCA 1517 COUNTRY GIRL 7-29958/1-23676
Early 1982 Enactron Truck, Los Angeles, CA – Karen Brooks
010 ACA1494 WALK ON WB 7-29644/1-23676
ca. June or July 1982 Tree International Srudios, Nashville, TN – T. G. Sheppard ,*and Karen Brooks (Producer: Buddy Killen)
011 ATN1655 FAKING LOVE* 7-29854/1-23726
ca April 1983 Hollywood, CA – Karen Brooks (Producer: Brian Anhearn)
Early 1982 Enactron Truck, Los Angeles, CA – Karen Brooks
010 ACA1494 WALK ON WB 7-29644/1-23676
ca. June or July 1982 Tree International Srudios, Nashville, TN – T. G. Sheppard ,*and Karen Brooks (Producer: Buddy Killen)
011 ATN1655 FAKING LOVE* 7-29854/1-23726
ca April 1983 Hollywood, CA – Karen Brooks (Producer: Brian Anhearn)
012 BCA2351 GIVE IT UP 7-29225 7-29154/1-25051
013 BCA2352 A SIMPLE I LOVE YOU 7-29154/1-25051
1983 Hollywood, CA – Karen Brooks (Producer: Brian Anhearn)
013 BCA2352 A SIMPLE I LOVE YOU 7-29154/1-25051
1983 Hollywood, CA – Karen Brooks (Producer: Brian Anhearn)
014 BCA2546 A LITTLE COMMON KINDNESS 7-29302/1-25051
ca. April 1983/January 1984 Hollywood, CA/Nashville TN – Karen Brooks (Producer: Jim Ed Norman)
015 SHOWDOWN 1-25051
016 BULL RIDER 1-25051
017 HEARTS ON FIRE 1-25051
018 THE WAY WE MAKE A BROKEN HEART 1-25051
019 ON THE BOULEVARD 1-25051
ca. February 1984 Nashville TN – Karen Brooks (Producer: Jim Ed Norman)
020 CTN2098 TONIGHT I’M WITH SOMEONE ELSE 7-29225/1-25051
021 CTN2099 BORN TO LOVE YOU 7-29302/1-25051
February 1985 Nashville TN – Karen Brooks and Johnny Cash
022 DTN2401 I WILL DANCE WITH YOU 7-28979/1-25277
February 1985 Nashville TN – Karen Brooks (Producer: Barry Beckett)
023 NOBODY'S ANGEL 1-25277
024 THE HARD WAY 1-25277
025 HAVE A HEART 1-25277
026 THE LAST TIME 1-25277
027 DTN2406 TOO BAD FOR LOVE 7-28979/1-25277
028 I DO BLUES 1-25277
029 THE LAST ONE TO KNOW 1-25277
030 THE OTHER NIGHT 1-25277
031 BEYOND THE GREAT DIVIDE 1-25277
ca. April 1983/January 1984 Hollywood, CA/Nashville TN – Karen Brooks (Producer: Jim Ed Norman)
015 SHOWDOWN 1-25051
016 BULL RIDER 1-25051
017 HEARTS ON FIRE 1-25051
018 THE WAY WE MAKE A BROKEN HEART 1-25051
019 ON THE BOULEVARD 1-25051
ca. February 1984 Nashville TN – Karen Brooks (Producer: Jim Ed Norman)
020 CTN2098 TONIGHT I’M WITH SOMEONE ELSE 7-29225/1-25051
021 CTN2099 BORN TO LOVE YOU 7-29302/1-25051
February 1985 Nashville TN – Karen Brooks and Johnny Cash
022 DTN2401 I WILL DANCE WITH YOU 7-28979/1-25277
February 1985 Nashville TN – Karen Brooks (Producer: Barry Beckett)
023 NOBODY'S ANGEL 1-25277
024 THE HARD WAY 1-25277
025 HAVE A HEART 1-25277
026 THE LAST TIME 1-25277
027 DTN2406 TOO BAD FOR LOVE 7-28979/1-25277
028 I DO BLUES 1-25277
029 THE LAST ONE TO KNOW 1-25277
030 THE OTHER NIGHT 1-25277
031 BEYOND THE GREAT DIVIDE 1-25277
1985 [sessions for Dallas – The Music Story] unknown – Karen
Brooks
032 I WANNA REACH OUT AND TOUCH YOU 1-25325early 1992 Kaweah Recording, Van Nuys, CA – Karen Brooks and Randy Sharp (Karen Brooks [vcl], Randy Sharp [vcl/gt/keyboards/ dulcimer], Don Kirkpatrick [gt], John Davis [bass/bck vcl], Burliegh Drummond [percussion/ drums/bck vcl], Maia Sharp [keyboards/ horns/ bck vcl], + Craig Fall [el gt/ mandolin], Craig Stull [el gt])
033 ALL I NEED Mercury 512 232-2
034 GOOD LOVE IS HARD TO FIND 512 232-2
035 92-3725 BABY I'M THE ONE 866 834-7/512 232-2
036 92-3726 THE SEARCH GOES ON 866 834-7/512 232-2
037 LAST CALL FOR LOVE 512 232-2
038 IF YOU DON'T REALLY LOVE HER 512 232-2
039 YOU CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON ME 512 232-2
040 THAT'S ANOTHER STORY 512 232-2
041 HE LOVES ME 512 232-2
042 PRETENDING 512 232-2
043 I'M ONLY HUMAN 512 232-2
044 IT'S NOT ALL OVER 512 232-2
ALBUMS
Warner Brothers 1-23676 Walk On: Country Girl; New Way Out; Shame On The Moon; Every Beat Of My Heart; Shores Of White Sand; If That's What You're Thinking; Walk On; Anyone Who Had A Heart; Candy Man; Under The Stars – 28-06-82
Warner Brothers 1-25051 Hearts On Fire:
Showdown; Tonight I'm Here With Someone Else; Born To Love You; Little Common
Kindness; Bull Rider; Hearts On Fire; Give It Up; Way We Make A Broken Heart;
On The Boulevard; Simple I Love You – 18-06-84
Warner Brothers 1-25277 I Will Dance With You: Nobody's Angel; I Will Dance With You; The Hard Way; Have A Heart; The Last Time; I Do Blues; The Last One To Know; The Other Night; Too Bad For Love; Beyond The Great Divide – 24-06-85
Mercury 314 512 232-2 That's Another Story: All I Need; Good Love Is Hard To Find; The Search Goes On; Last Call For Love; If You Don't Really Love Her; Baby, I'm The One; You Can Always Count On Me; That's Another Story; He Loves Me; Pretending; I'm Only Human; It's Not All Over – 28-07-92 w. Randy Sharp
SINGLES
Warner Brothers (1982-85)
7-29958 New Way Out / Country Girl - 06-82
7-29854 Faking Love / [T.G. Sheppard:] Reno And Me - 10-82 w. T.G.Sheppard
7-29789 If That's What You're Thinking / Every Beat Of My Heart - 01-83
7-29644 Walk On / Every Beat Of My Heart - 05-83
7-29302 Born To Love You / Little Common Kindness – 30-03-84
7-29225 Tonight I'm Here With Someone Else / Give It Up - 07-84
7-29154 A Simple I Love You / Give It Up - 11-84
7-28979 I Will Dance With You (w. Johnny Cash) / Too Bad For Love – 07-06-85
Mercury (1992)
866 834-7 Search Goes On / Baby I'm The One - 26-05-92
Warner Brothers 1-25277 I Will Dance With You: Nobody's Angel; I Will Dance With You; The Hard Way; Have A Heart; The Last Time; I Do Blues; The Last One To Know; The Other Night; Too Bad For Love; Beyond The Great Divide – 24-06-85
Mercury 314 512 232-2 That's Another Story: All I Need; Good Love Is Hard To Find; The Search Goes On; Last Call For Love; If You Don't Really Love Her; Baby, I'm The One; You Can Always Count On Me; That's Another Story; He Loves Me; Pretending; I'm Only Human; It's Not All Over – 28-07-92 w. Randy Sharp
SINGLES
Warner Brothers (1982-85)
7-29958 New Way Out / Country Girl - 06-82
7-29854 Faking Love / [T.G. Sheppard:] Reno And Me - 10-82 w. T.G.Sheppard
7-29789 If That's What You're Thinking / Every Beat Of My Heart - 01-83
7-29644 Walk On / Every Beat Of My Heart - 05-83
7-29302 Born To Love You / Little Common Kindness – 30-03-84
7-29225 Tonight I'm Here With Someone Else / Give It Up - 07-84
7-29154 A Simple I Love You / Give It Up - 11-84
7-28979 I Will Dance With You (w. Johnny Cash) / Too Bad For Love – 07-06-85
Mercury (1992)
866 834-7 Search Goes On / Baby I'm The One - 26-05-92
RADIO TRANSCRIPTIONS
DIR Broadcasting Corp./ABC Radio Networks – The Silver Eagle (Cross Country Music Show) [The New Faces Show - The Opryland Hotel Ballroom, Nashville:] Where’d You Stayed Last Night [Tommy St John]; Diamond In The Rough [Karen Taylor-Good]; Tenderness Place [Karen Taylor-Good]; Keep On Playing That Country Music [ Keith Steagall]; Medley; Hurricane / Lonely Nights / Sexy Eyes / You’re Playing Hard To Forget [Keith Steagall]; Love Is What We Make It Music [Keith Steagall]; Nothing But The Radio On [Younger Brothers]; Somewhere Down The Line [Younger Brothers]; Livin’ On Memories [Gary Wolf]; If That’s What You’re Thinking [Karen Brooks]; Walk On [Karen Brooks]; [Knoxville Civic Arena, Knoxville, TN – Terry Gibbs:] I’m Almost Ready; Mis’ry River; Ashes To Ashes; Georgia On My Mind; It’s All Over Now; Baby I’m Gone; Somebody’s Knockin’; What’d I Say – 03-83 (airdate March 19; 3 discs)
U.S. Air Force - Country Music Time # 839: Walk On; New Way Out; Shame On The Moon - ca 05-83 (studio recordings)
U.S. Air Force - Country Music Time # 839: Walk On; New Way Out; Shame On The Moon - ca 05-83 (studio recordings)