James O'Gwynn

Chanteur US né James Aucoin le 26 Janvier1928 à Winchester (Mississippi). James O'Gwynn a débuté en 1956 et enregistre pour Starday et D Records. En 1960, James passe à l'Opry de Nashville (Tennessee) et grave chez Mercury plusieurs singles. Surnommé l'Irlandais souriant (The Smiling Irishman), il obtient son premier hit en 1962. Par la suite, James signera chez Hickory, United Artists et Plantation, sans jamais retrouver la notoriété obtenue chez Mercury. Pourtant, James O'Gwynn, vocaliste inspiré, a continué à chanter dans la meilleure tradition du Honky Tonk.
Il est mort le 19 Janvier 2011 à Hattisburg (Mississippi).

"The Smilin' Irishman of Country Music," James O'Gwynn was briefly popular between the late '50s and the early '60s. He was born a Mississippi farmboy January 26, 1928 and raised near Hattiesburg, the son of a mechanic and a talented musician. He learned the guitar as a child from his mother, and his earliest influences were Jimmie Rodgers and Hank Williams. He dropped out of grade school to help out at his father's business and later served as a U.S. Marine for four years. During his tour of duty, he decided to become a country singer. He made his debut appearance during a campaign rally for a gubernatorial candidate while on leave. The candidate suggested O'Gwynn contact Houston deejay Hal Harris, who in turn introduced the young soldier to Biff Collie, the producer and host of Houston Jamboree. O'Gwynn joined the show in 1954, as did George Jones. Eventually he hooked up with renowned producer Pappy Dailey and in 1956 recorded "Losing Game." O'Gwynn joined the Louisiana Hayride and released two more singles the following year. In 1958, he signed with Dailey's D label, where he finally found chart success with such songs as the Top Ten "Talk to Me Lonesome Heart" and "Blue Memories," which peaked in the Top 30. In 1959, O'Gwynn released two more hit singles, and, with the help of Jim Reeves, debuted on the Grand Ole Opry. He moved to Nashville in 1961 and appeared on the Opry for the next two years. During this time, he scored two more minor hits, including "My Name is Mud," his last chart appearance. During the 1960s, O'Gwynn worked with different major and independent labels, but to no avail; by the end of the decade, he had moved to Arkansas and gone into semi-retirement. In 1971, O'Gwynn tried a comeback, with no success.
He died January 19, 2011 in Hattisburg (Mississippi).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_O%27Gwynn

Talents : Vocals, Guitar

Style musical : Traditional Country, Honky Tonk

Bottle Talk (1955)

Ready For Freddy (1956)

EASY MONEY (1959)

HOUSE OF BLUE LOVERS (1960)

MY NAME IS MUD (1962)

Years in activity :

1910

2000

DISCOGRAPHY

Singles & EP

02/1955	SP NUCRAFT 2020 (US)	.	James O'Gwynn & His CryBabies - Love In An Old Fashioned Way / Bottle Talk
06/1955	SP NUCRAFT 2023 (US)	.	James O'Gwynn & His CryBabies - I Wish You Wuz My Darling But You Ain't / Love Made Me Slave
01/1956	SP AZALEA 45-106 (US)	.	James O'Gwynn & His Cry Babies - Ready For Freddy / Your Love Is Strong
10/1956	SP STARDAY 45-266 (US)	.	Losing Game / If I Never Get To Heaven
02/1957	SP MERCURY 71066x45 (US)	.	Mule Skinner Blues / Who'll Be The Next One
05/1957	SP MERCURY 71127x45 (US)	.	I Cry / Do You Miss Me
11/1957	SP MERCURY 71234x45 (US)	.	Two Little Hearts / You're Always Won
06/1958	SP D 45-1006 (US)	.	Changeable / Talk To Me, Lonesome Heart
11/1958	SP D 45-1022 (US)	.	Blue Memories / You Don't Want To Hold Me
1958	EP DIXIE 45-536 (US)		Tupelo County Jail / Invitation To The Blues / + other artists
03/1959	SP MERCURY 71419x45 (US)	.	Were You Ever A Stranger / How Can I Think Of Tomorrow
07/1959	SP MERCURY 71452x45 (US)	.	Trying To Forget You / Take The Last Look
10/1959	SP MERCURY 71513x45 (US)	.	Easy Money / Tears Of Tomorrow
1959	SP AZALEA 2023 (US)	.	Love Made Me Slave / I Wish You Wuz My Darling But You Ain't
01/1960	SP MERCURY 71584x45 (US)	.	Someone Sweet To Love / That's All I Got From You
06/1960	SP MERCURY 71640x45 (US)	.	I Won't Love You Anymore / You're Too Easy To Remember
1960	SP Murcery 101 (US)	.	El Tropical (Johnny Gonzales & Los Nortenoes) / Bottle Talk (James O'Gwynn)
12/1960	SP MERCURY 71731 (US)	.	House Of Blue Lovers / Another Falling Tear
1960	EP MERCURY ZEP 10080 (UK)		Country And Western Trail Blazers Number 3 - James O'Gwynn : Trying To Forget You / Take The Last Look / Connie Hall : The Bottle Or Me / After Date Rendezvous
04/1961	SP MERCURY 71807 (US)	.	Down On The Corner Of Love / I'm Getting Nowhere Fast
08/1961	SP MERCURY 71864 (US)	.	Your Heart / Too Much Of You
03/1962	SP MERCURY 71935 (US)	.	My Name Is Mud / You're Getting All Over Me
07/1962	SP MERCURY 72008 (US)	.	Does He Mean That Much To You / What Do You Want From Me
11/1962	SP MERCURY 72053 (US)	.	That's How It Is (When You're Lonesome) / Don't We All Have The Right (To Be Wrong)
06/1963	SP UNITED ARTISTS UA-628 (US)	.	No One Here But Me / There's A Heartache Following Me
01/1964	SP UNITED ARTISTS UA-690 (US)	.	Cupid's High Powered Rifle / Power Of A Life
07/1964	SP UNITED ARTISTS UA-755 (US)	.	Genevieve / Heart Storm
01/1965	SP UNITED ARTISTS UA-802 (US)	.	A Different Story / I'd Meet Me Leaving
11/1965	SP HICKORY 45-1350 (US)	.	Back In My Baby's Arms / Red Light On My Heart
04/1966	SP HICKORY 45-1386 (US)	.	Bubbling Over / One Drink Is Too Many
08/1966	SP HICKORY 45-1409 (US)	.	Eleven Years Ago / Running For Your Love
11/1966	SP HICKORY 45-1429 (US)	.	I Won't Love Her Anymore / What Can Any Man Do
1967	SP SSS INT. SSS-712 (US)	.	It's Not The Best Way To Live / Queen Of Every Honky Tonk
06/1969	SP STOP ST-288 (US)	.	I'll Warm By The Flame / I Know You Don't Lie
11/1969	SP STOP ST-355 (US)	.	One Bar Stool At A Time / Scene Of My Latest Sin
11/1971	SP PLANTATION PL-83 (US)	.	House Of Blue Lovers / Tomorrow Ends Like Today
02/1972	SP PLANTATION PL-94 (US)	.	Country Song / I'm The Mail She's Waiting For
1973	SP PLANTATION PL-98 (US)	.	Shade Tree, Fix It Man / Country Song
1973	SP PLANTATION PL-109 (US)	.	Gotebo / Queen Of Every Honky Tonk
1974	SP PLANTATION PL-115 (US)	.	Singing In The Jungle / If I Could Sing A Country Song
1975	SP PLANTATION PL-122 (US)	.	We Love Her (with Rusty Adams) / ?
10/1975	SP PLANTATION PL-130 (US)	.	Talk To Me, Oh Lonesome Heart / Tender Years
03/1976	SP PLANTATION PL-138 (US)	.	One Night Gone / Loving With A Memory
12/1976	SP PLANTATION PL-147 (US)	.	James O'Gwynn & Rita Remington - Rings On The Bar / Honky Tonk Angels And Sweet Lovin' Lies
1977	SP PLANTATION PL-161 (US)	.	Sock It To Her Song / ?
10/1977	SP PLANTATION PL-164 (US)	.	If I Could Get One More Hit / Sock It To Her Song
1978	SP PLANTATION PL-181 (US)	.	Color Of The Blues / Swinging Doors
1980	SP Stardust SR-309 (US)	.	Love Power / You Slipped Away

Albums

1962

LP 12" MERCURY MG-20727 (mono) / SR-60727 (stereo) (US)

The Best Of James O' Gwynn - My Name Is Mud / I Won't Love You Anymore / Losing Game / You're Too Easy To Remember / The Way That You're Living / Down On The Corner Of Love / House Of The Blue Lovers / If I Never Get To Heaven / Two Little Hearts / I Fell And Broke My Heart / Too Much Time To Cry / Slowly

01/1965

LP 12" Wing MGW-12290-W (mono) / SRW-16290 (stereo) (US)

Heartaches And Memories - Two Little Hearts / You're Getting All Over Me / You're Too Easy To Remember / I'm Tired / I Cry / Don't We All Have The Right (To Be Wrong) / Slowly / Muleskinner Blues (Blues Yodel No.8) / Trying To Forget You / If I Never Get To Heaven

08/1976

LP 12" Plantation PLP-21 (US)

James O' Gwynn's Greatest Hits - I Won't Love You Anymore (Than You Love Me) / Talk To Me Lonesome Heart / Easy Money / Down On The Corner Of Love / Tender Years / Gotebo / House Of Blue Lovers / Singing In The Jungle / My Name Is Mud / You're Too Easy To Remember

1978

LP 12" Plantation PLP-525 (US)

Country Dance Time - Release Me / Faded Love / I'm So Afraid Of Losing You Again / Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down / Color Of The Blue / Swinging Doors / Crazy Arms / She Thinks I Still Care / The Last Letter / Together Again / Your Cheating Heart / Don't Be Angry

1982

LP 12" Cattle LP 29 (GER)

Star Of The Louisiana Hayride - Vol. 1 - I Cry / Do You Miss Me / Losing Game / If I Never Get To Heaven / Take The Last Look / Tears Of Tomorrow / There's No Tomorrow / Trying To Forget You / Blue Memories / How Can I Think Of Tomorrow / You Don't Want To Hold Me / Talk To Me Lonesome Heart

1982

LP 12" Cattle LP 30 (GER)

Star Of The Louisiana Hayride - Vol. 2 - What Do You Know About Heartaches / Mule Skinner Blues / Two Little Hearts / Tupelo County Jail / Who'll Be The Next One / I'm Tired / Someone Sweet To Love / That's All I Got From You / Easy Money / Changeable / Were You Ever A Stranger / Same Old Heartache

1985

LP 12" Binge LP-1002 (GER)

The Louisiana Hayride Presents James O'Gwynn, The Smiling Irishman Of Country Music - Genevieve / Cupid’s High Powered Rifle / Power Of A Lie / A Different Story / I’d Meet Me Leaving / No One Here But Me / Heart Storm / There’s A Heartache Following Me (live) / Invitation To The Blues (live) / Changeable (live) / Oh Lonesome Me (with Johnny Horton) (live) / Talk To Me Lonesome Heart (live)

1997

CD A & M 0001 (US)

Still Singing Country - I Don't Care About Anything But You / You Slipped Away / Don't Put Grandma In The Rest Home / Love Power / Ain't It Funny When You're Lonely / Half Of Mind / Old Old House / Different Kind Of Flower / Cheating Traces / Buckaroo Cowboy

2001

CD Cowboy Capital CD-426001.11 (US)

Real Country - If You Don't Believe I Love You / I Can't Hold A Light To Your Old Flame / Big Night At My House / One More Hit / I'm Tired Of Waiting Around / Out Of Marriage Sale / I'm The Male She's Waiting For / He Died Last Night / It's Not The Best Way To Live / As Soon As I Reach Calvary

2006

CD Cowboy Capital ? (US)

Pride Of The Louisiana Hayride! Greatest Hits - House Of Blue Lovers / Talk To Me Lonesome Heart / I Won't Love You Anymore Than You Love Me / One Bar Stool At A Time / You're Too Easy to Remember / My Name Is Mud / Rings On The Bar / Down On The Corner Of Love / Easy Money / You're Getting All Over Me / Your Heart / It's Not The Best Way To Live / Heart Storm

2010

CD BACM CD D 318 (US)

Muleskinner Blues - Changeable / Talk To Me Lonesome Heart / Blue Memories / You Don't Want To Hold Me / Muleskinner Blues / Who Will Be The Next One / I Cry / Do You Miss Me / Two Little Hearts / You've Always Won / How Can I Think Of Tomorrow / Were You Ever A Stranger / Trying To Forget You / Take The Last Look / Easy Money / Tears Of Tomorrow / Someone Sweet To Love / That's All I Got From You / I Won't Love You Anymore / You're Too Easy To Remember / Bottle Talk / Love In The Old Fashioned Way / Your Love Is Strong But Your Heart Is Weak / Ready For Freddy / I Wish You Wuz My Darling But You Ain't / Love Made Me Slave / Another Falling Tear / House Of Blue Lovers

20??

5 CD James O‘ Gwynn Fan Club ? (US)

The Pride Of The Hayride :

CD 1 : Bottle Talk (Nucraft) / Love In An Old Fashioned Way (Nucraft) / Love Made Me Slave (Nucraft) / I Wish You Wuz My Darling But You Ain’t (Nucraft) / Ready For Freddy (Azalea) / Your Love Is Strong, But Your Heart Is Weak (Azalea) / Losing Game (Starday) / If I Never Get To Heaven (Starday) / Muleskinner Blues (Mercury-Starday) / Who’ll Be The Next One (Mercury-Starday) / I’m Tired (Mercury-Wing) / Do You Miss Me (Mercury-Starday) / I Cry (Mercury-Starday) / Two Little Hearts (Mercury-Starday) / You’ve Always Won (Mercury-Starday) / Tupelo County Jail (Mercury-Starday) / Talk To Me Lonesome Heart (D) / Changeable (D) / Blue Memories (D) / You Don’t Want To Hold Me (D) / Invitation To The Blues - Changeable (recorded live: La. Hayride Broadcast, 1958) / Oh Lonesome Me - Talk To Me Lonesome Heart (live, La. Hayride) / How Can I Think Of Tomorrow (Mercury) / Were You Ever A Stranger (Mercury) / Take The Last Look (Mercury)

CD 2 : Trying To Forget You (Mercury) / Easy Money (Mercury) / Tears Of Tomorrow (Mercury) / There’s No Tomorrow (Mercury) / That Same Old Heartache (Mercury) / Someone Sweet To Love (Mercury) / That’s All I Got From You (Mercury) / You’re Too Easy To Remember / I Won’t Love You Anymore (Mercury) / House Of Blue Lovers (Mercury) / Another Falling Tear (Mercury) / Down On The Corner Of Love (Mercury) / I’m Getting Nowhere Fast (Mercury) / Your Heart (Mercury) / Too Much Of You (Mercury) / My Name Is Mud (Mercury) / You’re Getting All Over Me (Mercury) / Does He Mean That Much To You (Mercury) / What Do You Want From Me (Mercury) / Don’t We All Have The Right (Mercury) / That’s How It Is (When You’re Lonesome) (Mercury) / The Way That You’re Living (Mercury) / I Fell And Broke My Heart (Mercury) / Too Much Time To Cry (Mercury) / Slowly (Mercury)

CD 3 : If I Were You / There’s A Heartache Following Me (United Artists) / No One Here But Me (United Artists) / Cupid’s High Powered Rifle / Power Of A Lie / Heart Storm (United Artists) / Genevieve (United Artists) / A Different Story (United Artists) / I’d Meet Me Leaving (United Artists) / Red Light On My Heart (Hickory) / Back In My Baby’s Arms (Hickory) / Bubbling Over (Hickory) / One Drink Is Too Many (Hickory) / Eleven Years Ago (Hickory) / Running For Your Love (Hickory) / I Won’t Live Here Anymore (Hickory) / What Can Any Man Do (Hickory) / It’s Not The Best Way To Live (SSS International) / Queen Of Every Honky Tonk (SSS International) / I’ll Warm By The Flame (Stop) / I Know You Don’t Lie (Stop) / One Barstool At A Time (Stop) / Scene Of My Latest Sin (Stop) / House Of Blue Lovers (Plantation) / If Tomorrow Ends Like Today (Plantation)

CD 4 : Shade Tree Fix-It Man (Plantation) / Country Song (Plantation) / Gotebo (Plantation) / Singing In The Jungle (Plantation) / If I Could Sing A Country Song (Plantation) / We Love Her (with Rusty Adams) (Plantation) / Tender Years (Plantation) / Talk To Me Lonesome Heart (Plantation) / One Night Gone (Plantation) / Living With A Memory (Plantation) / I Won’t Love You Any More (Plantation) / Easy Money (Plantation) / My Name Is Mud (Plantation) / You’re Too Easy To Remember (Plantation) / Rings On The Bar (with Rita Remington) (Plantation) / Honky Tonk Angels (With Rita Remington) (Plantation) / If I Could Get Just One More Hit (Plantation) / If I Could Get Just One More Hit (slow version) (Plantation) / The Sock It To Her Song (Plantation) / Half Of Mind (Cowboy Capital) / Old Old House (Cowboy Capital) / Different Kind Of Flower (Cowboy Capital) / Cheating Traces (Cowboy Capital) / Buckaroo Cowboy (Cowboy Capital) / Ain’t It Funny When You’re Lonely (Cowboy Capital)

CD 5 : If You Don’t Believe I Love You (Cowboy Capital) / It’s Not The Best Way To Live (Cowboy Capital) / I’m The Male She’s Waiting For (Cowboy Capital) / Release Me (Plantation) / Faded Love (Plantation) / I’m So Afraid Of Losing You (Plantation) / Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down (Plantation) / Color Of The Blue (Plantation) / Swinging Doors (Plantation) / Crazy Arms (Plantation) / She Thinks I Still Care (Plantation) / The Last Letter (Plantation) / Together Again (Plantation) / Your Cheating Heart / Don’t Be Angry (Plantation) / I Don’t Care About Anything But You (Cowboy Capital) / Love Power (Cowboy Capital) / You Slipped Away (Cowboy Capital) / Don’t Put Grandma In The Rest Home (Cowboy Capital) / I Can’t Hold A Candle To Your Old Flame (Cowboy Capital) / Big Night At My House (Cowboy Capital) / I’m Tired Of Waiting Around (Cowboy Capital) / Out Of Marriage Sale (Cowboy Capital) / He Died Last Night (Cowboy Capital) / As Soon As I Reach Calvary (Cowboy Capital)