Joe Dowell

*23-01-1940 Bloomington, IN

2nd version

Michel Ruppli and Praguefrank with help of http://musicweird.blogspot.cz
SESSIONS
26 May 1961 Bradley Film and Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN - Joe Dowell (+ Merry Melody Singers. Producer: Shelby Singleton)
001 YW-20399/PB-3560 WOODEN HEART SRS-67000
002 YW-20967/PB-4126/PS-613 WOODEN HEART [english version] Smash S-1708 S-1404/BCD 16647
003 YW-20968/PB-4127/PS-614 THE ONE I LEFT FOR YOU unissued/BCD 16647
004 YW-20969/PB-4128/PS-615 LITTLE BO PEEP Smash S-1708/BCD 16647
005 YW-20970/PB-4129/PS-616 OUR SCHOOL DAYS Smash S-1799/BCD 16647
24 July 1961 Bradley Film and Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN - Joe Dowell (unknown musicians.. Producer: Shelby Singleton)
006 YW-21053/PB-3568/PS-795 MOODY RIVER SRS-67000 WC 16328
007 YW-21054/PB-3567/PS-796 DREAM LOVER SRS-67000
008 YW-21055/PB-3571/PS-797 LONESOME TOWN SRS-67000 WC 16328
009 YW-21056/PB-3561/PS-798 CORRINE, CORINA SRS-67000 WC 16328
010 YW-21057/PB-3562/PS-799 EVERYDAY SRS-67000 WC 16328
011 YW-21058/PB-3565/PS-800 A HUNDRED POUNDS OF CLAY SRS-67000 WC 16328
012 YW-21059/PB-3563/PS-801 I FORGOT TO REMEMBER TO FORGET SRS-67000 WC 16328
013 YW-21060/PB-3564/PS-802 A SWINGING SCHOOL SRS-67000
014 YW-21061/PB-3566/PS-803 YOUNG LOVE SRS-67000 WC 16328
015 YW-21062/PB-3570/PS-804 LONELY BOY SRS-67000 WC 16328
016 YW-21086/PB 3569/PS-837 IT’S ONLY MAKE BELIEVE SRS 67000 WC 16328

11 September 1961 Bradley Film and Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN - Joe Dowell (Producer: Shelby Singleton)
017 YW-21911/PS-1782 THE BRIDGE IF LOVE Smash S 1717/BCD 16647
018 YW-21912/PS-1783 JUST LOVE ME Smash S 1717/BCD 16647
019 YW-21913/PS-1784 THE THORN AND THE ROSE Smash S 1730/BCD 16647
5 November 1961 Bradley Film and Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN - Joe Dowell (unknown musicians.Producer: Shelby Singleton)
020 YW-23003/PS-995 I WONDER WHO‘S SPENDING CHRISTMAS WITH Smash S 1728/BCD 16647
021 YW-23004/PS-996 A KISS FOR CHRISTMAS Smash S 1728/BCD 16647
022 YW-23005/PS-997 THE SOUND OF SADNESSS Smash S 1730/BCD 16647
January 1962 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN - Joe Dowell (unknown musicians. Producer: Shelby Singleton)
023 YW-23321/PB-7083/PS-1202 LILY MARLENE (LADY OF THE LAMPLIGHT) Smash SRS-6701/BCD 16647
024 YW-23322/PB-7084/PS-1203 AUF WIEDERSEH‘N SWEETHEART Smash SRS-67011/BCD 16647
025 YW-23323/PB-7085/PS-1204 ONLY ONCE (NUR EINMAL) Smash SRS-67011/BCD 16647
026 YW-23324/PB-7086/PS-1205 MORGEN Smash SRS-67011/BCD 16647
027 YW-23325/PB-7087/PS-1206 O MEIN PAPA Smash SRS-67011/BCD 16647
028 YW-23326/PB-7088/PS-1207 FRAULEIN Smash SRS-67011/BCD 16647
029 YW-23327/PB-7089/PS-1208 UNDERNEATH THE LINDEN TREE Smash SRS-67011/BCD 16647
030 YW-23328/PB-7090/PS-1209 WONDERLAND BY NIGHT Smash SRS-67011/BCD 16647
January 1962 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN - Joe Dowell (unknown musicians. Producer: Shelby Singleton)
031 YW-23483/PB-4590/PS-1336 THE HAPPY WANDERER Smash SRS-67011/BCD 16647
032 YW-23484/PB-4591/PS-1337 LITTLE DOLLY Smash SRS-67011/BCD 16647
033 YW-23485/PB-4592/PS-1338 GIFT OF LOVE Smash SRS-67011/BCD 16647
April 1962 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN - Joe Dowell (unknown musicians. Producer: Jerry Kennedy)
034 YW-24570/PS-1647 DANCING DOLL unissued/BCD 16647
035 YW-24571/PS-1648 THE ONE I LEFT FOR YOU Smash S 1759/BCD 16647
036 YW-24572/PS-1649 LITTLE RED RENTED ROWBOAT Smash 1759 1404/BCD 16647
15 August 1962 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN - Joe Dowell (unknown musicians. Producer: Jerry Kennedy)
037 YW-26331/PS-4134 BRINGA-BRANGA BROUGHT Smash S 1799/BCD 16647
038 YW-26332/PS-4135 NO SECRET Smash S 1786/BCD 16647
039 YW-26333/PS-4136 POOR LITTLE CUPID Smash S 1786/BCD 16647
040 YW-26334/PS-4137 WHEN YOU FALL IN LOVE unissued/BCD 16647
16 February 1963 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue, Nashville, TN - Joe Dowell (unknown musicians. Producer: Jerry Kennedy)
041 YW-27047/PB-9426/PS-4447 BOBBY BLUE LOVES LINDA Smash S-1816/BCD 16647
042 YW-27048/PB-9427/PS-4448 MY DARLING WEARS WHITE TODAY Smash S-1816/BCD 16647
043 YW-27049/PB-9428/PS-4449 ABSENT WITH A BROKEN HEART unissued/BCD 16647
1963 unknown – Joe Dowell

044 JAMAICA FAREWELL DMR 5063 

045 TIMES ARE GETTIN' HARD DMR 5063 

046 LEATHERWING BAT DMR 5063 

047 GREEN LEAVES OF SUMMER DMR 5063 

048 TELL OL' BILL DMR 5063 

049 PETER GRAY DMR 5063 

050 SHANGHAIED DMR 5063 

051 HEY THERE, HONEY DMR 5063

052 TRY TO REMEMBER DMR 5063 

053 LEMON TREE DMR 5063 

054 THE COCKLE BOX DMR 5063 

055 CUTE LITTLE WINDOW DMR 5063 

056 DONNA, DONNA DMR 5063

057 FREIGHT TRAIN DMR 5063

June 1966 Nashville, TN – Joe Dowell (arr. Bill Justis, + *The Nashville Sing Out Chorus. Producer: Bill Justis)

058 E6W-867 IF I COULD FIND OUT WHAT IS WRONG* Monument 45-952

059 E6W-868 INDIAN SUMMER DAYS 45-952

Joe Dowell recorded after 1966  info in albums and singles list

ALBUMS
Smash MGS 27000/SRS 67000 Wooden Heart: Wooden Heart; Corrine Corrina; Everyday; I Forgot To Remember To Forget; A Swingin' School; 100 Pounds Of Clay; Young Love; Dream Lover; Moody River; It's Only Make Believe; Lonely Boy; Lonesome Town - 61
Smash MGS 27011/SRS 67011 Joe Dowell Sings the German American Hits: Lilli Marlene (Lady Of The Lamplight); Auf Wiederseh'n, Sweetheart; Underneath A Linden Tree; Only Once (Nur Einmal); Morgen; Wooden Heart; The Happy Wanderer (Val-Dera); Wonderland By Night; Oh! My Papa (O Mein Papa); Gift Of Love; Little Dolly; Fraulein - 62
DMR 5063 Joe Dowell Sings Folk Songs: Jamaica Farewell; Times Are Gettin' Hard; Leatherwing Bat; Green Leaves of Summer; Tell Ol' Bill; Peter Gray; Shanghaied; Hey There, Honey; Try to Remember; Lemon Tree; The Cockle Box; Cute Little Window; Donna, Donna; Freight Train – 64 (MX: RR4M 5063/4)

CROP 29056/AV 683 Joe Dowell Sings for C.R.O.P.:  Singing for Their Supper; PSA 1; PSA 2; PSA 3; PSA 4; PSA 5; PSA 6; PSA 7; When I Was Hungry – ca 65 (This album for the Church World Service Hunger Appeal in Elkhart, Indiana, contains a 13-minute radio show, seven PSAs that include excerpts of Joe Dowell singing "Wooden Heart," "Big River," and "After the Rainfall," and the full recording of Dowell's "When I Was Hungry")

Wing WC 16328 Wooden Heart: Wooden Heart; Corrine Corrina; Everyday; I Forgot To Remember To Forget; 100 Pounds Of Clay; Young Love; Moody River; It's Only Make Believe; Lonely Boy; Lonesome Town  – 66 (sampler)

unknown label Joe Dowell sings Big River. . . for the National Wildlife Federation 'NC.: (tracks unknown) - ca 09-66 (radio transcriptions)

Journey RDS-1/NR 18504 Of Earth And Heaven: Song of Questions; Stay Where You Are; Jesus in the Midst of My Day; Symphony of Dawn; New Nails; Comin' Back to Life; Only in Thee; His Sunrise Prayer; The Vision; Tonight You Brought Me Home – 8-

Bloomington Grove Academy no # Joe Dowell and Friends BGA Benefit Concert: Fly Me to the Moon; Wooden Heart; The Summer Wind; I've Got the Sun in the Morning and the Moon at Night; Don't Think Twice; It's More than a Tattered Flag; My Cup Runneth Over; Old Man River; Nice and Easy; Try to Remember; Moszkowski No. 11 in Ab Major; Sleepwalk; Steel Guitar Rag; Jamaica Farewell; Symphony of Dawn; The Last Thing on My Mind; Unchained Melody; Young at Heart - 02

Bear Family [GER] BCD 16647 Wooden Heart: Wooden Heart (English Version);  One I Left For You; Little Bo Beep; Our School Days; The Bridge of Love; Just Love Me; Thorn and the Rose; Sound of Sadness; Bobby Blue Loves a Linda Lou; My Darling Wears White Today; Absent With a Broken Heart; Bringa-Branga Brought; No Secret; Poor Little Cupid; When You Fall in Love; Dancing Doll; One I Left For You; Little Red Rented Rowboat; Lilli Marlene (Lady of the Lamplight); Sweetheart Auf Wiederseh'n; Underneath a Linden Tree; Nur Einmal (Only Once) – Morgen; Wooden Heart (German Version); Happy Wanderer; Wonderland by Night; Oh! My Papa (O Mein Papa); Gift of Love; Little Dolly – Fraulein; Kiss For Christmas (O Tannenbaum); (I Wonder) Who's Spending Christmas With You; Too Have No Wooden Heart (Bonus Track) I; You Don't Have a Wooden Heart (Bonus Track) – 04

SINGLES
Smash (1961-62)
S-1708 Wooden Heart / Little Bo Peep – 06-61
S-1717 The Bridge Of Love / Just Love Me - 10-61
S-1728 (I Wonder) Who's Spending Christmas With You / A Kiss For Christmas - 11-61
S-1730 Sound Of Sadness / Thorn on the Rose - 01-62
S-1759 Little Red Rented Rowboat / The One I Left For You - 05-62
S-1786 Poor Little Cupid / No Secrets - 10-62
S-1799 Our School Days / Bringa-Branga-Brought - 01-63
S-1816 Bobby Blue Loves Linda Lou / My Darling Wears White Today - 06-63
S-1404 Wooden Heart / Little Rented Rowboat – 02-65 (reissue)

Monument (1966)

45-952 If I Could Find Out What Is Wrong / Indian Summer Days – 07-66

Second Federal (1960s)

No # Joe Dowell Sings For Second Federal: Wooden Heart;  Shenandoah;  Riddle Song /  Streets Of Laredo;  Green Grow The Lilacs;  Leatherwing Bat – (promo EP)

Journey [NSD] (1973)

JD 413 Those Darn Inflation Blues / Jesus In The Midst Of My Day – 73 (Producer: John Darnall)

JD 414 Two Hearts / ? – 74 (Producer: Terry Jamison, Tom Byler)

No # Christmas In Ann Arbor / Patapan – 7-

1238 Homeward On The Wind / ? - 85 (U 14261; Producer: John Pell)

W.D. Boyce Council (1976)

NR 7609 The Spirit of 76: The Spirit of 76 Camporee Theme Song; Peace-Pipes / On My Honor; Shenandoah - 76