Fess Parker

Fess Elisha Parker, Jr., *16-08-1924 Fort Worth, TX, +18-03-2010 [actor]

2nd version

by Ian Sparrow, Praguefrank,

SESSIONS

ca January 1955 poss. Hollywood, CA – Fess Parker

001 CO 53011 BALLAD OF DAVY CROCKETT 4-40449 J4-242

002 CO 53012 I GAVE MY LOVE (RIDDLE SONG) 4-40449 J4-242

ca February 1955 poss. Hollywood, CA – Fess Parker

003 CO 53118 FAREWELL 4-40450

004 CO 53119 I’M LONELY MY DARLING (GREEN GROW THE LILACS)  4-40450

ca February 1955 poss. Hollywood, CA - Fess Parker And Buddy Ebsen (spoken word)

005A CO 53149 DAVY CROCKETT INDIAN FIGHTER, PART 1 4-40476 C 516/WDA-3602

005B CO 53150 DAVY CROCKETT INDIAN FIGHTER, PART 2 4-40477 C 516 /WDA-3602

005C CO 53151 DAVY CROCKETT INDIAN FIGHTER, PART 3 4-40477 C 516/WDA-3602

005D CO 53152 DAVY CROCKETT INDIAN FIGHTER, PART 4 4-40476 C 516/WDA-3602

006A CO 53153 DAVY CROCKETT GOES TO CONGRESS, PART 1 4-40478 C 517 B 2032/WDA-3602

006B CO 53154 DAVY CROCKETT GOES TO CONGRESS, PART 2 4-40479 B 2032/WDA-3602

006C CO 53155 DAVY CROCKETT GOES TO CONGRESS, PART 3 4-40479 C 517 B 2032/WDA-3602

006D CO 53156 DAVY CROCKETT GOES TO CONGRESS, PART 4 4-40478 C 517 B 2032/WDA-3602

007A CO 53157 DAVY CROCKETT AT THE ALAMO, PART 1 4-40480 C 518 /WDA-3602

007B CO 53158 DAVY CROCKETT AT THE ALAMO, PART 2 4-40481 C 518 /WDA-3602

007C CO 53159 DAVY CROCKETT AT THE ALAMO, PART 3 4-40481 C 518/WDA-3602

007D CO 53160 DAVY CROCKETT AT THE ALAMO, PART 4 4-40480 C 518 /WDA-3602

All tracks above issued on album CL 666

ca May 1955 Hollywood, CA – Fess Parker and Buddy Ebsen (George Burns Orchestra)

008 RHCO 33423 BE SURE YOU'RE RIGHT4-40510

009 RHCO 33424 OLD BETSY (DAVY CROCKETT’S RIFLE) 4-40510

ca September 1955 Hollywood, CA – Fess Parker  (George Burns Orchestra)

010 RHCO 33523 KING OF THE RIVER 4-40568

011 RHCO 33524 YALLER YALLER GOLD 4-40568

1956 Hollywood, CA - Fess Parker, *and Kathleen Crowley (Camarata Music)

012 FB-2139 THE BALLAD OF JOHN COLTER Disneyland F-43 F-45/WDL-4008 WDL-3007 DQ 1336

013 FB-2142? I'M LONELY MY DARLING* WDL-4008 DQ 1336  

014 FB-2143 WRINGLE WRANGLE F-43/WDL-4008 DQ 1336

015 PIONEER'S PRAYER F45/WDL-4008 DQ 1336  

1956/1957? Hollywood, CA - Fess Parker, and The Marksmen [-1] (Camarata Music)

016 THE BALLAD OF DAVY CROCKETT WDL-3007 DQ 1336 

017 THE GHOSTS OF THE OLD SAN JUAN WDL-3007 DQ 1336  

018 PECOS BILL WDL-3007 DQ 1336  

019 HUNTER'S RETURN WDL-3007 DQ 1336  

020 OLD TIMER  WDL-3007 DQ 1336  

021 A COWBOY NEEDS A HORSE 7EG 8946 WDL-3007 DQ 1336  

022 I GAVE MY LOVE (THE RIDDLE SONG) WDL-3007 DQ 1336 

023 GOODNIGHT LITTLE WRANGLER 7EG8946/WDL-3007 DQ 1336

024 ZTSP-26109 A HOLE IN THE SKY -1  F-46

025 ZTSP-26110 WEDDING BELL CALYPSO  F-46

026 GONNA FIND ME A BLUEBIRD F-53

027 CATCH ME FISH [CATFISH SONG*]   F-53/ WDL-3007*

028 OLD YELLER   DQ 1258

029 FAREWELL WDL-3007

030 THE DEVIL BE DURNED  WDL-3007

031 NOAH’S ARK DQ 1269

1959 poss, Hollywood, CA – Fess Parker

032 STRONG MAN Cascade CA 5910

033 EYES OF AN ANGEL Cascade CA 5910

034 THE JAYHAWKERS CA 5913

035 LONELY CA 5913

Ca early 1960s Hollywood, CA – Fess Parker

036 EARLY MORNING ON THE FARM  Cascade CA 1006  

037 A ROOSTER'S GOTTA CROW  Cascade CA 1006

038 GIRLS, WE'VE DONE IT AGAIN  Cascade CA 1006  

039 SILO SONG  Cascade CA 1006  

040 FANCY FEATHERS  Cascade CA 1006  

041 SHAKE A FEATHER  Cascade CA 1006  

042 MR. WEASEL  Cascade CA 1006  

043 NEVER BEFORE  Cascade CA 1006  

044 TRY TO FALL IN LOVE / FINALE  Cascade CA 1006  

1963 poss, Hollywood, CA – Fess Parker

045 THE BALLAD OF DAVY CROCKETT Buena Vista F-426

046 FAREWELL Buena Vista F-426

Tracks above may have been Disneyland recordings

6/26 August 1964 RCA Victor Studio A, 6363 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA – Fess Parker (Fess Parker [vcl], Al Hendrickson [gt], Ray Pohlman [gt], Neil Levang [gt], Carol Kaye [gt], Earl Palmer/Milt Holland [drums], Frank Flynn [timpani/percussion], Bobby Bruce [violin], Donald Robertson [piano], Tommy Morgan [harmonica], Ronald Langinger [flute], Richard Perissi, William Hinshaw, Vincent DeRosa (French horn); Sara Jane Tallman, William F. "Bill" Reeve, Gene Merlino, Ian Freebairn-Smith, Jackie Ward, Thurl Ravenscroft, Betty Allen, William (Billy) Lee [bck vcl])
047 RPA3-5244 DANIEL BOONE RCA 47-8429/LSP-2793 BCD 16113

048 LITTLE NATHAN LSP-2793 BCD 16113

049 JIM BOWIE LSP-2793 BCD 16113

050 ABRAHAM LINCOLN (THE TALL AMERICAN) LSP-2793 BCD 16113

051 GEORGE WASHINGTON LSP-2793  BCD 16113

052 PATRICK HENRY (THE PATRIOT) LSP-2793 BCD 16113

053 BALLAD OF DAVY CROCKETT 47-8429/LSP-2793 BCD 16113

054 ANDREW JACKSON (OLD HICKORY) LSP-2793 BCD 16113

055 BEN FRANKLIN LSP-2793 BCD 16113

056 LEWIS AND CLARK LSP-2793 BCD 16113

057 JOHNNY CLEM LSP-2793 BCD 16113

058 OLE KIT CARSON LSP-2793 BCD 16113

Poss.1966 unknown – Fess Parker And The Boonsville Boys

059 ON TOP OF OLD SMOKEY Fess Parker 5966

060 BOONSBOROUGH, MY HOME Fess Parker 5966

August 1969 RCA Victor Studio, 800 17th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Fess Parker (Producer: Ronny Light)

061 XWA4-2286 COMIN‘ AFTER JINNY  74-0249 

062 XWA4-2287 SITTIN‘ HERE DRINKIN‘  74-0249

1972 unknown – Fess Parker (Guss Norman Singers)

063 DAVY CROCKETT Gusto 900

064 LONELY Gusto 900

065 901A BIG, BIG MOUNTAIN 901

066 901B MARK TWAIN 901

ALBUMS

Columbia CL 666 Davy Crockett King Of The Wild Frontier: Davy Crockett, Indian Fighter; Davy Crockett Goes To Congress (part 1); Davy Crockett Goes To Congress (part 2); Davy Crockett At The Alamo – 55 w. Buddy Ebsen (MX: XLP 35456/7)

Disneyland WDL-4008 Westward Ho The Wagons: Main Title; The Ballad of John Colter*; Pioneer’s Prayer; The Peace Pipe; I’m Lonely My Darlin‘*; Wringle Wrangle*; Death’s Door; Pinoneer’s Prayer Answered; Wringle Wrangle*; Westward Ho The Wagons; Pionerr’s Prayer*; Westward Hoe Down; Wringle Wrangle – 56 (soundtrack, *Fess Parker)

Disneyland ? Cowboy And Indians Songs: The Ballad of Davy Crockett; The Ghosts of the Old San Juan;  Pecos Bill;  Hunter's Return;  Old Timer;  Pioneer's Prayer;  Wringle Wrangle; The Ballad of John Colter;  I'm Lonely My Darling;  A Cowboy Needs a Horse;  I Gave My Love (The Riddle Song); Goodnight Little Wrangler – 57 (reissued on DQ 1336)

Disneyland WDL-3007 Yarns And Songs: A Cowboy Needs a Horse; The Ghosts of the Old San Juan;  Pecos Bill;  Catfish Song; The Ballad of John Colter; Farewell; The Ballad of Davy Crockett; Hunter's Return; Old Timer; The Devil Be Durned; I Gave My Love (The Riddle Song); Goodnight Little Wrangler – 03-57 (reissued on WDL 1007 as Yarns And Songs Of The West in 1959)

Disneyland 1024 Walt Disney’s Old Yeller: Old Yeller (narreted by Fess Parker); Ballad of lobo (narrated by Rex Allen) – 57 (soundtrack, reissued as DQ 1258)

DQ-1269 Pecos Bill and other stories in Song including "Noah's Ark" (Starring Fess Parker): [LP 1 narration] The Littlest Outlaw; [LP 2 – Fess Parker:] Songs from Noah's Ark (animated episdode); Ballad of Davey Crockett ; The Ghosts of Old San Juan ; Pecos Bill (Story); The Riddle Song; Catfish Song; The Hunters Return (an Indian story)

Disneyland WDA-3602 Three Adventures Of Davy Crockett: Davy Crockett The Indian Fighter; Davy Crockett Goes To The Congress part 1; song: Ballad of Davy Crockett; ; Davy Crockett Goes To The Congress part 2 – 58 (soundtrack, reissued as ST-1926 in 1963 and DQ 1315 in 1968)

Cascade CA 1006 Fess Parker In Fancy Feathers: Early Morning On The Farm; A Rooster's Gotta Crow; Girls, We've Done It Again; Silo Song; Fancy Feathers; Shake A Feather; Mr. Weasel; Never Before; Try To Fall In Love / Finale – 6-? (w. Jimmy Dodd, Gloria Wood, Paul Frees, Mel Henke)

RCA Victor LPM/LSP-2793 Fess Parker, Star Of The TV Series Daniel Boone, Sings About Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett, Abe Lincoln (And Other Great American Heroes): Daniel Boone;  Little Nathan; Jim Bowie; Abraham Lincoln (The Tall American); George Washington; Patrick Henry (The Patriot); Ballad Of Davy Crockett; Andrew Jackson (Old Hickory); Ben Franklin; Lewis And Clark; Johnny Clem; Ole Kit Carson  - 64 (reissued in 1996 on Bear Family BCD 16113 Great American Heroes)

EPs

Disneyland [UK] 7EG 8946 [Fess Parker:] A Cowboy Needs A Horse;  [Rex Allen:] Who Shot The Hole In My Sombrero / [Stan Jones: ] Ole Kit Carson; [Fess Parker:] Goodnight Little Wrangler – 66 (UK issue)

SINGLES

Columbia (1955)

4-40449/J4-242 Ballad Of Davy Crockett / I Gave My Love (Riddle Song) – 07-02-55

4-40450 Farewell / I’m Lonely My Darling (Green Grow The Lilacs)  - 14-02-55

4-40476/4-40477 [C 516] Davy Crockett Indian Fighter, Part 1,2,3,4 – 55 w. Buddy Ebsen

4-40478/4-40479 [C 517] Davy Crockett Goes To Congress, Part 1,2,3,4 – 55 w. Buddy Ebsen (also as EP B 2032)

4-40480/4-40481 [C 518] Davy Crockett At The Alamo, Part 1,2,3,4 – 55 w. Buddy Ebsen

4-40510/J4-254  Be Sure You're Right /  Old Betsy (Davy Crockett’s Rifle) – 09-05-55 w. Buddy Ebsen

4-40568/J4-260  Yaller Yaller Gold / King Of The River – 19-09-55

Disneyland

F-43 The Ballad Of John Colter / Wringle Wrangle – 12-56 (adv. Nov. 24; rev. Jan. 5)

F-45 Pioneer’s Prayer / The Ballad Of John Colter – 12-56  (adv. Nov. 24)

F-49 A Hole In The Sky (w. The Marksmen) / Wedding Bell Calypso – 57

F-53 Gonna Find Me a Bluebird / Catch Me Fish (Cat Fish Song)  – 06-57

Cascade (1959)

CA 5910 Strong Man / Eyes Of An Angel – 06-59

CA 5913 The Jayhawkers / Lonely – 11-59 (rev. Nov. 16)

Buena Vista

F-426 The Ballad Of Davy Crockett / Farewell – 08-63

RCA Victor

47-8429  Daniel Boone / The Ballad Of Davy Crockett – 20-09-64

Fess Parker

5966 On Top Of Old Smokey / Boonsborough, My Home – ca 66 With The Boonsville Boys

RCA Victor

74-0249  Comin' After Jinny / Sittin' Here Drinkin' – 09-69

Gusto (1972)

900 Davy Crockett / Lonely – 72

901 Big, Big Mountain / Mark Twain - 72

Some casts (by Ian Sparrow):

The Great Locomotive Chase 1956

1. Dixie (Daniel Decatur Emmett)

2. Tenting On The Old Camp Ground (Walter Kittredge)

3.  Pappy Was A Railroad Man

4.  Roll Jordan Roll

5. A Rebel I Will I Be Until I Died

Dixie

Written by Daniel Decatur Emmett

Performed by Fess Parker and cast

Tenting On The Old Camp Ground

Written by Walter Kittredge

Performed by Fess Parker and cast

Pappy Was A Railroad Man

Performed by Fess Parker and cast

Roll Jordan Roll

Performed by Fess Parker and cast

A Rebel I Will I Be Until I Died

Performed by Fess Parker and cast

 1955 Dateline: Disneyland (TV Special documentary) (performer: "Bang! Went Old

Daniel Boone (TV Series) (performer - 5 episodes)

- Perilous Passage (1970) ... (performer: "Sing Song Kitty" - uncredited)

- A Place of 1000 Spirits (1965) ... (performer: "The Paw-Paw Patch" - uncredited)

- The Family Fluellen (1964) ... (performer: "The Cuckoo Waltz" - uncredited)

- Tekawitha McLeod (1964) ... (performer: "Sing Song Kitty", "I Bought Me a Cat")

- Ken-Tuck-E (1964) ... (performer: "Fare Thee Well" - uncredited)

 1965 The Danny Kaye Show (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- Episode #3.4 (1965) ... (performer: "Doodlin'")

 1956 Westward Ho, the Wagons! (lyrics: "I'm Lonely My Darlin'") / (performer: "The Ballad of John Colter", "Wringle Wrangle")

Filmography (according to Wikipedia)

Harvey (1950)

No Room for the Groom (1952)

Untamed Frontier (1952)

Springfield Rifle (1952)

Take Me to Town (1953)

The Kid from Left Field (1953)

Island in the Sky (1953)

Thunder Over the Plains (1953)

Dragonfly Squadron (1954)

Them! (1954)

The Bounty Hunter (1954)

Battle Cry (1955)

Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier (1955)

The Great Locomotive Chase (1956)

Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (1956)

Westward Ho, The Wagons! (1956)

Old Yeller (1957)

The Light in the Forest (1958)

The Hangman (1959)

Alias Jesse James (1959)

The Jayhawkers! (1959)

Hell Is for Heroes (1962)

Smoky (1966)

Daniel Boone: Frontier Trail Rider (1966)

Television  (according to Wikipedia)

Davy Crockett (miniseries 1954-1955)

City Detective (1 episode, 1955)

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1962–1963)

Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV Series) "Nothing Ever Happens in Linvale," plays Sheriff Ben Wister

Daniel Boone (lead cast member from 1964–1970, with Ed Ames, Patricia Blair, Darby Hinton, and Veronica Cartwright)

Climb an Angry Mountain (1972)

The Fess Parker Show (1974) (unsold pilot)

Oz and James's Big Wine Adventure (2007) (as himself, discussing wine making)