Bill Owens

 Bill Earl Owens, *28-09-1935 Tennessee, + 07-04-2021
2nd version
By Praguefrank, Russell Rosen, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS
1960 unknown – Bill Owens and Dolly Parton
001 SO LITTLE I WANTED, SO LITTLE  I GOT Circle B CB 102/KMG 301
002 FORBIDDEN LOVE Circle B CB 102/KMG 301
1961 unknown – Bill Owens (+Cassie Parton, Dolly Parton, Stella Parton [bck vcl-1])
003 RB 661A JUST A FRIEND  RB 661
004 RB 661B VAGABOND -1 RB 661/KMG 301
1967 unknown, TN – Billy Earl and The Kinfolks (Bil Owens, Dwight Puckerr, Louis Owens)
005 TOMORROW'S TEARS TODAY Circle B 101  
006 WOULD YOU BELIEVE Circle B 101  
007 THE RIGHT KIND OF GIRL Circle B 101   
008 I'LL INTRODUCE YOU Circle B 101  
009 THANKS TO YOU Circle B 101  
010 BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE Circle B 101
1967 unknown, TN – Billy Earl and Louis  Owens (Producer: Bob Mooney)
011 none GOT TO PULL MYSELF TOGETHER 45-410  
012 none HOME COOKING 45-410
1967 unknown – Bill Owens and The Kinfolk (Bill Owens [gt], Dorothy Joe Owens [banjo], Jake Owens [fiddle])
013 ON TOP OF OLD SMOKEY REM LP 1024
014 GENTLY ARE THE WEEPING WILLOWS REM LP 1024
015 OLD MOUNTAIN DEW REM LP 1024
016 BARBARA ALLEN REM LP 1024
017 TUM A GEE WAH REM LP 1024
018 I LIVE IN GLORY REM LP 1024
019 OH, I WANT TO SEE HIM REM LP 1024
020 MAGGIE REM LP 1024
021 BURY ME BENEATH THE WILLOW REM LP 1024
022 FREE AS A LITTLE BIRD REM LP 1024
023 TOM DOOLEY REM LP 1024
024 CARELESS LOVE REM LP 1024
025 DOWN IN THE VALLEY REM LP 1024
026 AMAZING GRACE MELODIES REM LP 1024
027 NINETY AND NINE REM LP 1024
028 MATTHEW 24 REM LP 1024  
Late 1967 Nashville, TN – Billy Earl, The Earl of Country Music
029 4866 I'LL OILWELLS LOVE YOU Hilltop 3017
030 4867 I HOPE I DON'T FIND HER THE WAY I LEFT HER 3017
Spring 1968 unknown, TN - Bill Owens as Billy Earl
031 ZTSB 132538 LEFT HOLDING THE BAG Circle B 45-106
032 ZTSB 132539 THROUGH THICK AND THIN Circle B 45-106
1969 unknown, TN - Bill Owens, *and Kathy Jones
033 1251A JIM JOHNSON Circle B 45-1251
034 1252B THIS IS A WAY*  Circle B 45-1251
1970 unknown, TM - Bill Owens (Producer: Bill Owens)
035 THOUGHTFULNESS 45-1259 \
Ca late 1970s unknown, TN – Bill Owens and Kathy Owens
036 TAKE THIS JOB AND SHOVE IT
037 HONKY TONK ANGELS
038 HEAVEN'S JUST A SIN AWAY
039 PUT IT OFF UNTIL TOMORROW
040 BLUE KENTUCKY GIRL
041 ROSE COLORED GLASSES
042 SHE THINKS I STILL CARE
043 PITTSBURG STEALERS
044 FOOLED BY A FEELING
045 TAKE THIS JOB AND SHOVE IT (repeated?)
046 WALK THROUGH THIS WORLD WITH ME
047 YOU DECORATED MY LIFE
048 LOOKING FOR A FEELING
049 BLUE BAYOU
Tracks above issued on album Sing Our Favorite Songs
Ca 1980 [live] unknown, TN – Bill and Kathy Owens
04901 SINGING HIS PRAISE
04902 GOD WALKS THESE HILLS WITH ME
04903 HOW GREAT THOU ART
04904 HOUSE OF GOLD
04905 WHERE THE SOUL NEVER DIES
04906 WHERE NO ONE STANDS ALONE
04907 SING SING SING
04908 HOW CAN YOU REFUSE HIM NOW
04909 WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN
Tracks above issued on album The Smokey Mountain Music Barn Live Gospel Show
1988 and sooner poss. Nashville, TN – Bill Owens and Dolly Parton
050 DREAMS DO COME TRUE KMG 301 KLR-0021 Dreams Do Come True
051 FELL OFF THE WAGON LAST NIGHT KLR-0021
052 BRAND NEW MAN KLR-0021
053 HONKY TONK BARS KLR-0021
054 PUT IT OFF UNTIL TOMORROW KLR-0021 Dreams Do Come True
055 WELFARE BLUES KMG 301 KLR-0021
056 DON'T LET IT TROUBLE YOUR MIND KLR-0021
057 CHEAP HOME GROWN COST CUTTER BEER
058 MY MIND'S BEEN CHEATING ON YOU KLR-0021 Dreams Do Come True
1993 and sooner – unknown, TN – Bill Owens
059 IT SEEMS LIKE A LIFETIME KMG 301
060 SAME OLD HEARTACHE KMG 301
061 MONEY TO BURN KMG 301
Unknown info – Bill Owens
062 CANNONBALL RAG KLR 0021  Dreams Do Come True
063 INSTRUMENTAL WITH THE KINFOLKS BAND KLR 0021  
064 IF YOU WANT TO BE MY BABY KLR 0021  
065 LAST THING ON MY MIND KLR 0021  
066 LORD HELP ME KLR 0021  
067 MR. SANDMAN KLR 0021  Dreams Do Come True
068 TOO MUCH FORGETTING TO DO Dreams Do Come True  
069 ANOTHER WITHOUT YOU LONELY NIGHT Dreams Do Come True  
070 CRY CRY AGAIN Dreams Do Come True  
071 DON'T TRY TO KID ME BABY Dreams Do Come True  
072 WILDWOOD FLOWER (INSTRUMENTAL) Dreams Do Come True  
073 YACKETY AX (INSTRUMENTAL) Dreams Do Come True  
074 SOMETIMES AN OLD MEMORY GETS IN MY EYE Dreams Do Come True  



ALBUMS
REM LP 1024 Songs Of The Smokie Mountains:  On Top Of Old Smokey; Gently Are The Weeping Willows; Old Mountain Dew; Barbara Allen; Tum A Gee Wah; I Live In Glory; Oh, I Want To See Him; Maggie; Bury Me Beneath The Willow; Free As A Little Bird; Tom Dooley; Careless Love; Down In The Valley; Amazing Grace Melodies; Ninety And Nine; Matthew 24 – 67
Bill Owens no # Bill And Kathy Owens Sing Our Favorite Songs: Take This Job And Shove It; Honky Tonk Angels; Heaven's Just A Sin Away; Put It Off Until Tomorrow; Blue Kentucky Girl; Rose Colored Glasses; She Thinks I Still Care; Pittsburg Stealers; Fooled By A Feeling; Take This Job And Shove It; Walk Through This World With Me; You Decorated My Life; Looking For A Feeling; Blue Bayou – ca 80 w. Kathy Owens (8-tracks cartridge)
Bill Owens no # The Smokey Mountain Music Barn Live Gospel Show: Singing His Praise; God Walks These Hills With Me; How Great Thou Art; House Of Gold; Where The Soul Never Dies; Where No One Stands Alone; Sing Sing Sing; How Can You Refuse Him Now; Will the Circle Be Unbroken – ca 80
Bill Owens no # Dreams Do Come True: Dreams Do Come True; Fell Off The Wagon Last Night; Brand New Man; Honky Tonk Bars; Put It Off Until Tomorrow; Welfare Blues; Don't Let It Trouble Your Mind; Cheap Home Grown Cost Cutter Beer; My Mind's Been Cheating On You; Medley  - 88  w. Dolly Parton (cassette)
Kinfolks Music Group KMG 301 Uncle Bill Owens - Dolly Parton: Special Message From Uncle Bill [1]; Puppy Love [2]; Girl Left Alone [2]; Little I Wanted So Little I Got [1,2]; Forbidden Love [1,2]; Vagabond [1]; It Seems Like A Lifetime [1]; Welfare Blues [1]; Dreams Do Come True [1,2]; Same Old Heartache [1]; Money To Burn [1]; Adam's Rib [1] – 93 (cassette) Bill Owens [1], Dolly Parton [2]
KlearTone KLR 0021 Bill Owens: Cannonball Rag; Instrumental with the Kinfolks Band; If You Want To Be My Baby; Last Thing On My Mind; Put It Off Until Tomorrow; Dreams Do Come True; Fell Off The Wagon; Don't Let It Trouble Your Mind; Welfare Blues; Brand New Man; My Minds Been Cheating On You; Honk Tonk Bars; Lord Help Me; Mr. Sandman - 04
Owepar ? Dreams Do Come True:  Too Much Forgetting To Do;  Another Without You Lonely Night;  Cannonball Rag (Instrumental);  Cry Cry Again;  Put It Off Until Tomorrow;  Don't Try To Kid Me Baby;  Wildwood Flower (Instrumental);  Dreams Do Come True;  My Mind's Been Cheating;  Yackety Ax (instrumental);  Sometimes An Old Memory Gets In My Eye;  Mr. Sandman (Instrumental) – 16-05-25

EPs
Circle-B 101 Dolly Parton Presents Billy Earl and the Kinfolks: Tomorrow's Tears Today; Would You Believe; The Right Kind of Girl / I'll Introduce You; Thanks To You; Before It's Too Late – ca 07-67 Billy Earl and The Kinfolks

SINGLES
Circle B
CB 102 So Little I Wanted, So Little  I Got / Forbidden Love – 60 w. Dolly Parton
Triple O
RB 661 Just A Friend / Vagabond – 61
REM
45-410 Got To Pull Myself Together / Home Cooking – 67 w. Louis Owens
Hilltop
3017 I'll Oilwells Love You / I Hope I Don't Find Her The Way I Left Her – 01-68 Billy Earl
Circle B
45-106 Left Holding The Bag / Through Thick And Thin (w. Kathy Jones) - 06-68 as Billy Earl
45-1251 Jim Johnson / This Is A Way (w. Kathy Jones)  - 07-69
45-1259 Thoughtfulness / Thoughtfulness – 70 w. Kathy Jones (promo)