Jim Lowe

*07-05-1927 Springfield, MO

2nd version

by Praguefrank, Michel Ruppli, Bill Daniels, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS

May 1953 Universal Recording Corp., 46 East Walton St., Chicago, IL – Jim Lowe (Dick Marx Quintette)
001 YW-9734 GAMBLER‘S GUITAR 70163-X45 EP1-3222/ MG-20246 LP-1002
002 YW-9735 THE MARTINS AND THE COYS 70163-X45 71019-X45 EP1-3222/ MG-20246 Teenager 612
003 YW-9736 THE GOLDEN GOOSE IS DEAD 71019X45/ MG-20246 Teenager 612
004 YW-9737 LIGHTHOUSE MG-20246
July 1953 Universal Recording Corp., 46 East Walton St., Chicago, IL – Jim Lowe (unknown musicians)
005 YW-9954? GOODBYE MR. RIVER MG-20246
006 YW-9955 PRETTY FICKLE DARLIN‘ 70208-X45/MG-20246
007 YW-9956 GO AND LEAVE ME 70208-X45/MG-20246
008 YW-9957 LOOK IN BOTHD DIRECTIONS MG-20246 Teenager 612
September 1953 Universal Recording Corp., 46 East Walton St., Chicago, IL – Jim Lowe/* Collegians (unknown musicians)
009 YW-10146 I LOVE PARIS unissued
000 YW-10147 TIPICA SERENADA* 70264X45 EP1-3218
000 YW-10148 GO MAN GO POLKA* 70264X45 EP1-3218
010 YW-10149 SANTA CLAUS RIDES A STRAWBERRY ROAN 70265-X45 71016X45

December 1953 Universal Recording Corp., 46 East Walton St., Chicago, IL – Jim Lowe (David Carroll Orchestra + Jack Halloran Singers)
011 YW-10228 PRINCE OF PEACE 71016X45/MG-20246
012 YW-10229 GOODBYE MR. RIVER MG-20246
013 YW-10230 RIVERBOAT 70319-X45 EP1-3222/MG-20246
014 YW-10231 GOODBYE LITTLE SWEETEHART 70319-X45 EP1-3222/MG-20246

April 1955 poss. Universal Recording Corp., 46 East Walton St., Chicago, IL – Jim Lowe
015 MB-8640/F9OW-0227 CLOSE THE DOOR 45-15381/DLP-3051 Teenager 612
016 MB-8641/F9OW-0228 NUEVO LAREDO 45-15381/ Teenager 612
ca. August 1955 Castle Studio, The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North, Nashville 3, TN – Jim Lowe (Chet Atkins [gt], Bob Foster [gt], Rufus Thibodeaux [banjo], Tommy Jackson [fiddle], Otto Bash [bass], Anita Kerr [piano])
019 MB-8936 MAYBELLINE 45-15407/LP-1002 Teenager 612 Regency 129
020 MB-8937 RENE‘ LA RUE 45-15407/DLP-3114 Teenager 612
ca. September 1955 poss. Universal Recording Corp., 46 East Walton St., Chicago, IL – Jim Lowe
021 MB-8997 JOHN JACOB JINGLEHEIMER SMITH 45-15429/ Teenager 612
022 MB-8998 SAINT JAMES AVENUE 45-15429
ca. January 1956 poss. Universal Recording Corp., 46 East Walton St., Chicago, IL – Jim Lowe
023 MB-9109 BLUE SUEDE SHOES 45-15456/ Teenager 612
024 MB-9110 (LOVE IS) THE 64.000 DOLLARS QUESTION 45-15456/ Regency 129
July 1956 poss. Universal Recording Corp., 46 East Walton St., Chicago, IL – Jim Lowe
025 MB-9219 THE GREEN DOOR 45-15486/DLP-3051 LP-1002 Regency 129 Teenager 612 CDCHD 557
026 MB-9220 (THE STORY OF) THE LITTLE MAN IN CHINATOWN 45-15486/ Teenager 612 Regency 129

ACE CDCHD 557 RADIO GOLD VOL.3  (UK, 1995)

November 1956 poss. Universal Recording Corp., 46 East Walton St., Chicago, IL – Jim Lowe
027 MB-9417 I FEEL THE BEAT 45-15525/LP-1002 Teenager 612 Regency 129
028 MB-9418 BY YOU, BY YOU, BY YOU 45-15525/ Regency 129 Teenager 612
ca. Fall 1956 unknown – Jim Lowe
029 THE HUCKLEBUCK DLP-3051/LP-1002 Regency 129
030 A LITTLE STREET WHERE OLD FRIENDS MEET DLP-3051
031 NEVER TALK TO A TALKING DOG DLP-3051 Regency 129
032 PIANO ROLL PETE DLP-3051 Regency 129
033 A PERSONAL FRIEND OF MINE DLP-3051 Regency 129
034 NOBODY'S SWEETHEART DLP-3051 Regency 129
035 CLOSE THE DOOR DLP-3051
036 (HERE AM I) BROKEN HEARTED DLP-3051 Regency 129
037 THE MAN WITH THE TWO LEFT HANDS DLP-3051/LP-1002 Regency 129
038 BALLIN' THE JACK DLP-3051 Regency 129
039 OH-OH-BABY! DLP-3051/LP 1002 Regency 129
ca. April 1957 poss. Universal Recording Corp., 46 East Walton St., Chicago, IL – Jim Lowe
040 MB-9670 FOUR WALLS 45-15569/ Teenager 612
041 MB-9671 TALKIN' TO THE BLUES 45-15569/ Teenager 612 Regency 129ca. Mid 1957 unknown – Jim Lowe
042 MB-9888 SLOW TRAIN 45-15611/LP-1002 Teenager 612 Regency 129
043 THE CROSSING DEP 1061/ LP-1002 Teenager 612 Regency 129 BCD 17660
044 HONKY TONK ROCK DEP 1061/LP-1002 Teenager 612 Regency 129
045 RAINBOW DEP 1061/ Teenager 612
046 LOVE YA DEP 1061/LP-1002 Teenager 612 Regency 129
BEAR FAMILY BCD 17660 THAT'LL FLAT GIT VOL.41 /  ROCKABILLY AND ROCK AND ROLL FROM THE VAULTS OF DOT AND HAMILTON RECORDS (GER, 2023)

August 1957 poss. Universal Recording Corp., 46 East Walton St., Chicago, IL – Jim Lowe
047 MB-9999 FROM A JACK TO A KING 45-15611/ Teenager 612 Regency 129
September 1957 unknown - Jim Lowe
048 MB-10257 THE BRIGHT LIGHT 45-15665/LP-1002 Teenager 612 Regency 129 LP 318 LP 320

EAGLE LP 318 AT THE ROCKHOUSE VOL.8 (GER, 1983); EAGLE LP 320 AT THE ROCKHOUSE VOL.10 (GER, 1983)

October 1957 unknown - Jim Lowe
049 MB-10304 ROCK-A-CHICKA 45-15665/LP-1002 Teenager 612 Regency 129
ca. January 1958 unknown - Jim Lowe
050 MB-10516/10794 THE LADY FROM JOHANNESBURG 45-15693/ Teenager 612 Regency 129
051 MB-10517/10795 KEWPIE DOLL 45-15693/ Teenager 612 Regency 129
ca. early 1958 unknown – Jim Lowe
052 LADY IS A TRAMP DLP-3114 Regency 129
053 MISS OTIS REGRETS DLP-3114
054 HARD HEARTED HANNAH DLP-3114 Regency 129
055 LOVE OF BARB'RY ALLEN DLP-3114
056 PUT THE BLAME ON MAME DLP-3114
057 WITCH ON THE MOUNTAIN DLP-3114
058 NAUGHTY LADY OF SHADY LANE DLP-3114
059 LIZZIE BORDEN DLP-3114
060 JEZEBEL DLP-3114
061 TO KEEP MY LOVE ALIVE DLP-3114
062 PISTOL PACKIN' MAMA DLP-3114 LP-1002 Regency 129
ca. April 1958 unknown – Jim Lowe
063 MB-10863 TAKE US TO YOUR PRESIDENT 45-15753/ Teenager 612
064 MB-10864 LATER ON TONIGHT 45-15753/LP-1002 Teenager 612 Regency 129
August 1958 poss. Hollywood, CA - Jim Lowe
065 MB-11622 CHAPEL BELLS ON THE CHAPEL HILL 45-15832/ Teenager 612
066 MB-11623 JA JA JA (THE DEUTSCHE ROCK AND ROLL) 45-15832/ Teenager 612 Regency 129
ca. October 1958 unknown – Jim Lowe
067 MB-12108 PLAY NUMBER ELEVEN 45-15869/ Teenager 612
068 MB-12109 COME AWAY FROM HIS ARMS 45-15869/ Teenager 612
ca. March 1959 unknown – Jim Lowe
069 MB-12747 WITHOUT YOU 45-15954/ Teenager 612
070 MB-12748 I’M MOVIN’ ON 45-15954/ Teenager 612 Regency 129
ca. December 1959 poss. Hollywood, CA – Jim Lowe
071 MB-14201 HE'LL HAVE TO GO 45-16046/LP-1002 Teenager 612
072 MB-14202 DRESS REHEARSAL 45-16046/LP-1002 Regency 129
ca. March 1960 unknown – Jim Lowe
073 MB-14456 THE MIDNIGHT RIDE OF PAUL REVERE 45-16074/ Teenager 612
074 MB-14457 TOMORROW THAT NEVER COMES 45-16074
ca 1960 unknown – Jim Lowe
075 YESTERDAY Sundown 117
076 YOU SET MY SOUL ON FIRE Sundown 117
August 1960 unknown – Jim Lowe
077 109514 SOMEONE ELSE‘S ARMS Decca 9-31153
078 109515 MAN OF THE CLOTH 9-31153
ca December 1960 unknown – Jim Lowe
079 THAT DO MAKE IT NICE 31198/ Regency 129
080 TWO SIDES TO EVERY STORY 31198

1963 unknown – Jim Lowe (Producer: Charles Gren)

081 ZTSP-89274 HOOTENANNY GRANNY 20th Century Fox 426 /LP 1002

082 ZTSP-89275 THESE BONES GONNA RISE AGAIN  20th Century Fox 426

ca April 1964 Hollywood, CA – Jim Lowe

083 MB-19036 ADDIS ABABA     Dot 45-16636

084 MB-19037 HAVE YOU EVER BEEN LONELY? Dot 45-16636
ca April 1965 unknown – Jim Lowe

085 MISTER MOSES  UA-874

086 MAKE YOUR BACK STRING  UA-874

ca late 1966 unknown – Jim Lowe

087 BLOTSON BOTTOM UA-50124

088 GAMBLER'S GUITAR  UA-50124
Spring 1968 New York City – Jim Lowe (arr. and cond. by Charles Grean. Producer: Don Christopher, Eric Colodne)

089 BUD 5087 MICHAEL J. POLLARD FOR PESIDENT Buddah BDA 44

090 BUD 5088 OL' RACETRACK  Buddah BDA 44
late 1973 London, UK – Jim Lowe and Oily Rags (Producer: Teresa Brewer, Biob Thiele)

091 64467 GREEN DOOR  Signature 75001

092 64468 SAN FRANCISCO BAY Signature 75001

Summer 1978 Gusto Recording Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN  – Jim Lowe

093 G-8567 GREEN DOOR Gusto GT4-2062

Summer 1978 Gusto Recording Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN  – Jim Lowe

094 G-8630 TALKIN' TO THE BLUES  Gusto GT4-2062

unknown info – Jim Lowe

095 SUGAR IN THE MORNING

096 HOLD ME, THRILL ME

097 IMAGINE

098 STONED SOUL PICNIC

099 HOW MUCH I FEEL

100 GRAZING IN THE GRASS

101 IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND

102 HIDEAWAY

103 HARLEM NOCTURNE

104 SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY

tracks above issued on album Daydreams (I am not sure of this is not different artist)

ALBUMS
Mercury MG-20246 The Door Of Fame: Gambler's Guitar;Goodbye Little Sweetheart; The Martins And The Coys; River Boat; The Golden Goose Is Dead; Look In Both Directions; Lighthouse; Go And Leave Me; Pretty Fickle Darlin'; Goodbye Mr. River; Prince Of Peace - 57
Dot DLP-3051 Songs They Sing Behind The Green Door: The Hucklebuck; A Little Street Where Old Friends Meet; Never Talk to a Talking Dog; Piano Roll Pete; A Personal friend of Mine; Green Door;  Nobody's Sweetheart; Close the Door; (Here Am I) Broken Hearted; The Man With the Two Left Hands; Ballin' the Jack; Oh-Oh-Baby! – 01-57  (MX M 9118/9)
Dot DLP-3114 Wicked Women: Lady is a Tramp; Miss Otis Regrets; Hard Hearted Hannah; Love of Barb'ry Allen; Put the Blame on Mame; Rene La Rue; Witch on the Mountain; Naughty Lady of Shady Lane; Lizzie Borden; Jezebel; To Keep My Love Alive; Pistol Packin' Mama – 58
Domino [GER] DLP 1002 Rock-A-Chicka: The Bright Light; I Feel The Beat; Green Door; Love Ya; The Crossing; Hootenany Granny; Oh-Oh-Baby!; The Hucklebuck; The Man With The Two Left Hands; Rock-A-Chica; Maybellene; Gambler's Guitar; Later On Tonight; He'll Have To Go; Honky Tonk Rock; Pistol Packin' Mama; Slow Train; Dress Rehearsal – 87

Teenager [NED] 612 35 Greatest Hits: The Green Door;  Close The Door;  He’ll Have To Go;  Blue Suede Shoes;  Rainbow;  By You, By You, By You;  From A Jack To A King;  I Feel The Beat;  Kewpie Doll;  Maybelline;  Rock A Chicka;  I’m Movin’ On;  Golden Goose Is Dead;  Take Us To Your President;  Honky Tonk Rock;  Love Ya;  The Lady From Johannesburg;  Chapel Bells On Chapel Hill;  Ja Ja Ja ;  Four Walls;  Later On Tonight;  The Bright Light;  Play Number Eleven;  Without You;  Look In Both Directions;  The Martins And The Coys;  Nuevo Laredo;  Come Away From His Arms;  Talkin’ To The Blues;  Slow Train;  Midnight Ride Of Paul Revere;  Little Man In Chinatown;  Rene La Rue;  The Crossing;  John Jacob Jingleheimer Smith – 9-

Regency Music RRR 129 Rockin' Behind the Green Door: The Green Door; The Bright Light; Rock - A-Chicka; Honky Tonk Rock; Dress Rehearsal; Later On Tonight; Talkin' To The Blues; Hard Headed Woman; The Hucklebuck; Little Man In Chinatown; I Feel The Beat; Maybelline; From A Jack To A King; Slow Train; I'm Moving On;My Lady From Johannesburg; The Crossing; Love Ya; Ja Ja Ja (Deutcher Rock And Roll); The Lady Is A Tramp; Never Talk To A Talking Dog; That Do Make It Nice; Pistol Packin' Mama; The Man With The Two Left Hands; Ballin' The Jack; By You, By You, By You; Nobody's Sweetheart; Here I Am; Piano Roll Pete; A Personal Friend Of Mine; Kewpie Doll; Oh Oh Baby;The Sixty-Four Thousand Dollar Question – 95

Jim Lowe 10520 Daydreams: Sugar in the Morning; Hold Me, Thrill Me; Imagine; Stoned Soul Picnic; How Much I Feel; Grazing in the Grass; If You Could Read My Mind; Hideaway; Harlem Nocturne; Sentimental Journey – 08 (possibly different artist)

EPs

Mercury

EP1-3222 Gambler’s Guitar The Martins and The Coys / Riverboat / Goodbye Little Swetheart – 56

Dot

DEP 1061 Rainbow: The Crossing; Honky Tonk Rock / Rainbow;Love Ya – ca 13-08-57 (MX: EPM 1126/7)

SINGLES
Mercury (1953)
70163-X45 Gambler's Guitar / The Martins And The McCoys – 06-53 (new rec. June 20, rev. June 27)
70265-X45 Look In Both Directions / Santa Claus Rides A Strawberry Roan – 11-53
70319-X45 River Boat / Goodbye, Little Sweetheart –  02-54 (rev. Feb 13)
71016x45 Prince Of Peace / Santa Claus Rides A Strawberry Roan - 11-56
71019x45 The Martins And The Coys / The Golden Goose Is Dead - 12-56
Dot (1955-59)
45-15381 Close The Door / Nuevo Laredo – 06-55
45-15407 Maybellene / Rene' La Rue – 22-07-55
45-15429 John Jacob Jingleheimer Smith / Saint James Avenue – 21-10-55
45-15456 Blue Suede Shoes / (Love Is) The $64,000 Question – 29-02-56
45-15486 The Green Door / (The Story Of) The Little Man In Chinatown – 24-07-56
45-15525 By You, By You, By You / I Feel The Beat – 15-11-56
45-15569 Four Walls / Talkin' To The Blues – 12-04-57
45-15611 Slow Train / From A Jack To A King – 26-07-57
45-15665 The Bright Light / Rock-A-Chicka – 23-10-57
45-15693 The Lady From Johannesberg / Kewpie Doll – 08-01-58
45-15753 Later On Tonight / Take Us To Your President – 04-58
45-15832 Chapel Bells On Chapel Hill / Ja, Ja, Ja (The Deutsche Rock And Roll) – 09-58
45-15869 Play Number Eleven / Come Away From His Arms – 11-58
45-15954 Without You / I'm Movin' On – 05-59
45-16046 He'll Have To Go / (This Life Is Just A) Dress Rehearsal – 01-60
45-16074 Midnight Ride Of Paul Revere / Tomorrow That Never Comes – 04-60 (rev. Apr. 18)

45-132 The Green Door / Four Walls – 04-65 (reissue, reissued on Goldies 45 P 2697)
Sundown (1960?)
117 Yesterday / You Set My Soul On Fire – ca 60
Decca (1960)
9-31153 Man Of The Cloth / Someone Else's Arms – 09-60
31198 That Do Make It Nice / Two Sides To Every Story – 01-61
20th Century Fox (1963)
426 Hootenanny Granny / These Bones Gonna Rise Again – 12-63
Dot (1964)
45-16636 Addis Ababa / Have You Ever Been Lonely (Have You Ever Been Blue)? – 06-64
United Artists (1965-67)
UA-874 Mister Moses / make Your Back String – 05-65
UA-50124 Blotson Bottom / Gambler's Guitar – 01-67
Buddah (1968)
BDA 44 Michael J. Pollard For Pesident / Ol' Racetrack – 05-68 (rev. May 18)
Signature (1973)
S-75001 San Francisco Bay / Green Door - 73 w. Oily Rags (rev. Dec. 22)

Gusto (1979)

GT4-2062 Green Door / Talkin' To the Blues - 79