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
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)
