By Praguefrank, Thieu Van De Vorst, with help of
Hillbillycountryblogspot.com
SESSIONS
Ca early 1958 unknown - Kenny Owen
001 P-119 HIGH SCHOOL SWEATER Poplar 45-106
002 P-120 I GOT THE BUG Poplar 45-106/Chief 1156512 PRLP 001
LP 8012 LP 2011 BB-CD-55187
CHIEF 1156512 ULTRA RARE ROCKABILLY’S VOL.12 (NED, 1995); CLUB
PRLP-001 PURE ROCKABILLY VOL.1 (UK,
1994); OUT OF TIME 8012 ROCKIN’ THE BOP VOL.2 (BEL, 1980); ESOLDUN 2011 HOT
BOPPIN’ CATS (FRA, 1987); BUFFALO BOP BB-CD 55187 CHICK CHICK (GER, 2007);
Ca 1958 unknown - Kenny Owens
003 441 COME BACK BABY Ruth 441/2/WLP 8818 CLCD 4483
BB-CD-55169
004 442 FROG MAN HOP Ruth 441/2/CLCD 4423 WLP 8818
BB-CD-55149
COLLECTOR CLCD 4483 ROCK ROCK ROCKING TONIGHT (NED, 2004); BUFFALO BOP BB-CD 55169 STRUTTIN’
(GER, 2004); COLLECTOR WLP 8818 ROCK FROM ARKANSAS (NED, 1980); COLLECTOR CLCD 4423 WILD ROCKIN’ (NED,
1994); BUFFALO BOP BB-CD 55149 RIMBLE ROCK (GER, 2011)
1964 poss.Variety Recording Studio, 213 East Monroe St.,
Jonesboro, AR - Kenny Owens
005 13317/RK 300 WRONG LINE Reka 401/BB-CD-55169 BB 2025
006 13318/RK 301 COME BACK BABY Reka 401
BUFFALO BOP 2025 THE BOP THAT NEVER STOPPED VOL.21 (GER,
1979)
ca. 1965 unknown – Kenny Owens (Kenny Owens [vcl], Lemand
James [ld gt],, Ken Burge [hmny vcl-1] + unknown musicians)
007 CRAZY FOR YOUR LOVE
Cotton Town Jubilee LP 99 LP 103
008 I'M CHEATIN' AGAIN -1 Cotton Town Jubilee LP 99
COTTON TOWN JUBILEE LP 99 STARS OF THE GENE WILLIAMS COUNTRY
JUNCTION SHOW; COWBOY CARL LP 103 MEMPHIS COUNTRY (1980)
ca 1965 unknown – Kenny Owens
009 CHRISTMAS POEM Cotton Town Jubilee No.#
1966 Variety Recording Studio, 213 East Monroe St.,
Jonesboro, AR - Kenny Owens
010 T4KM-5101 TRAVELING ON HER MIND Alley 1028
011 T4KM-5402 OH, HOW I MISS YOU Alley 1028
Late 1960s Nashville, TN – Kenny Owens
012 JOHN BUILT A CITY
Ca 1969 Variety Recording Studio, 213 East Monroe St.,
Jonesboro, AR - Kenny Owens (Kenny Owens
[vcl/gt], poss. Eddie Slusser [ld gt], Dub Phelps [bass], Ronnie Harris [drums].
Prodeucer: Wayne Raney)
013 none BALLAD OF THE TEENAGE QUEEN Ork OS 35
014 none HEY PORTER Ork OS 35/BB-CD-55194
015 PRP 9241 HONKY TONK MAN
Ork OS 35
016 PRP 9241 MAMA LAYED THE LAW DOWN Ork OS 35
017 PRP 13081 LONG LOST JOHN Ork OS 35/CDCD 813 WLP 8859
018 PRP 13082 THAT BIG OLE' MOON Ork OS 35
BUFFALO BOP BB-CD 55194 ROCK CHOO CHOO ROLL (GER, 2009); LUCKY
CDCD 813 ROCKABILLY GOLD VOL.13 (UK, 1996); COLLECTOR WLP 8859 MR.ROCK AND ROLL
(NED, 1983)
Ca 1969 [demo session] Variety Recording Studio, 213 East
Monroe St., Jonesboro, AR - The
Travelers
000 YOU‘VE GOT NO REASON Shork no #
000 FIRST DATE Shork no #
early 1970 Rimrock Recording Studio, Concord, AR – Kenny
Owens and The Travelers (Kenny Owens [vcl-1/gt], Eddie Slusser [ld gt], Dub Phelps [bass],
Ronnie Harris [vcl-3/drums], Larry Donn [vcl-2/piano/organ])
019 A BOY NAMED SUE -1
Ork LP 1003
020 BIG BOSS MAN -1 Ork LP 1003
021 TOGETHER AGAIN -1 Ork LP 1003
022 OAKIE FROM MUSKOGEE
-1 Ork LP 1003
023 HOT ROD RACE -1 Ork LP 1003
000 BLACK IS BLACK -2
Ork LP 1003
000 GREAT BALLS OF FIRE -2
Ork LP 1003
000 GREEN-GREEN GRASS-2
Ork LP 1003
000 MIDNIGHT HOUR -2
Ork LP 1003
000 SETTIN' IN THE BATHROOM -2 Ork LP 1003
000 NA-NA NA-NA GOOD-BYE -3
Ork LP 1003
ALBUMS
Ork LP 1003 Kenny Owens and the Travelers with Mid-American
Music: A Boy Named Sue; Big Boss Man; Together Again; Oakie from Muskogee; Hot
Rod Race; Black is Black; Great Balls of Fire; Green-Green Grass; Midnight
Hour; Settin' in the Bathroom; Na-Na Na-Na Good-Bye - 70
SINGLES
Poplar (1958)
45-106 High School Sweater / I Got the Bug – 02-58 (rev.
Feb. 24)
Ruth (ca 1958)
441/442 Come Back Baby / Frog Man Hop – ca 58
Reka (1964)
401 Wrong Line / Come Back Baby - 64
Cotton Town Jubilee
No.# [Kenny Owens:] Christmas Poem / [Gene Williams:] My Son
in Service – 6-
Alley (1966)
1028 Traveling on Her Mind / Oh, How I Miss You - 66
Ork
OS 35(a) Ballad of the Teenage Queen / Hey Porter – ca 69
OS-35(b) Honky Tonk Man / Mama Layed the Law Down - 69
OS-35(c) Long Lost John / That Big Ole' Moon - 69
