Johnny Dakota

Jon E. Severson

By Michel Ruppli, Mario Manciotti, Praguefrank

SESSIONS

June 1954 Decca Recording Studio, 5505 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Johnny Dakota

001 L 7750 I'D LOVE TO LOVE YOU Coral 9-64181

002 L 7752 YOUR SACRED VOW Coral 9-64181

L 7749/7751 by Don Owens

13 October 1954 Decca Recording Studio, 5505 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Johnny Dakota

003 L 7950 JUST A BOY AND GIRL IN LOVE 9-61298

004 L 7951 TEARS AND MOONLIGHT 9-61298

1 June 1955 Decca Recording Studio, 5505 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Johnny Dakota

005 L 8459 I'M TAKIN' OFF (LIKE A SCALDED DOG) 9-61473

1 June 1955 Decca Recording Studio, 5505 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Johnny Dakota

006 L 8462 I GAMBLED ON YOUR LOVE 9-61600

007 L 8463 THERE’S A LITTLE BIT OF SUNSHINE  9-61600

008 L 8464 THERE WAS A TIME  9-61473

009 L 8465 I’M LEARNIN’FAST  unissued

Ca Mid 1961 unknown – Johnny Dakota

010 THE NIGHT WIND Rodeo 761

011 SEE WHAT I MEAN Rodeo 761

Ca late 1960s Bradley’s Barn, 722 Bender’s Ferry Road, Mount Juliet, TN – Johnny Dakota (Johnny Dakota [vcl], Jimmy Covard/ Pete Wade [ld gt],  Walter Haynes [rh gt], Jerry Byrd [steel],  Floyd Chance/ Junior Huskey [bass], Willie Ackerman/ Buddy Harman [drums], David Briggs [piano]. Producer: Red Myrick)

012 FOR THE GOOD TIMES Rodeo LPS 1001

013 BLUE SPANISH EYES Rodeo LPS 1001

014 TODAY I STARTED LOVING YOU AGAIN Rodeo LPS 1001

015 MY WOMAN, MY WOMAN, MY WIFE Rodeo LPS 1001

016 SUNDAY MORNING COMING DOWN Rodeo LPS 1001

017 THE NIGHT WIND Rodeo LPS 1001

018 IT AIN’T NO BIG THING Rodeo LPS 1001

019 MAKE THE WORLD GO AWAY Rodeo LPS 1001

020 ONE MINUTE PAST ETERNITY Rodeo LPS 1001

021 ALMOST PERSUADED Rodeo LPS 1001  

ALBUMS

Rodeo LPS 1001 Johnny Dakota In Nashville: For The Good Times; Blue Spanish Eyes; Today I Started Loving You Again; My Woman, My Woman, My Wife; Sunday Morning Coming Down; The Night Wind; It Ain’t No Big Thing; Make The World Go Away; One Minute Past Eternity; Almost Persuaded – 6-?

SINGLES

Coral (1954-1956)

9-64181 I'd Love To Love You / Your Sacred Vow - 08-54

9-61298 Just A Boy And Girl In Love / Tears And Moonlight - 11-54 (rev, Nov. 27)

9-61473 I'm Takin' Off (Like A Scalded Dog) / There Was A Time – 07-55

9-61600 I Gambled On Your Love / There’s A Little Bit – 02-56     

Rodeo (1961)

761 The Night Wind / See What I Mean – 08-61 (rev. Aug. 21)