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Bassiste et chanteur US né James Albert Bowen le 30
Novembre
1937 à Santa Rita (New
Mexico), mais installé à l'age de 8 ans à Dumas (Texas). En 1955, Jimmy Bowen tient la basse dans les "Rhythm Orchids" de
Buddy Knox. En Octobre 56, ils enregistrent ensemble un premier disque pour Bluemoon avant d'être racheté par Roulette Records. Les sessions se passaient à Clovis (New Mexico) dans les studios de Norman Petty, et
Buddy Holly aurait participé à plusieurs de celles-ci. Jimmy Bowen est devenu producteur après avoir enregistré sans succès pour
Roulette (57-60), Capehart (61), Crest (61), Reprise (64) , AMS et Skila Records.
Since the
1970s, Jimmy Bowen has been a powerful executive in the record industry; he's
worked for several labels, but has stayed with MCA since 1986, and is
acknowledged as one of the most influential figures in Nashville. He entered the
business a long time before that, though, as a teenage rockabilly singer,
landing a Top 20 hit in 1957 with "I'm Stickin' With You." The song was basic in
the extreme, built around a thwacking bass riff, a singsong melody, and Bowen's
own nervous, boyish Vocals, suggesting that it may have been intended as nothing
more than a demo. That indeed may have been close to the truth, as it was first
released as a B-side to a song that made number one,
Buddy Knox's "Party Doll."
Bowen and Knox's careers were bound
together in an unusually close fashion that makes thumbnail sketches of their
recording activities rather cumbersome and tangled.
Knox (guitar, Vocals) and Bowen (bass, Vocals) met in the '50s and became
the frontmen of a rockabilly combo, the Orchids. They were directed to Norman
Petty's studio in Clovis, NM, by Roy
Orbison. There the Orchids cut "Party Doll" (with
Knox on Vocals) and "I'm Stickin' With You" (with Bowen on bass). The tracks,
both co-written by Knox/Bowen, were issued on the small Triple D label, the top side billed to
Buddy Knox & the Orchids, the other to Jimmy Bowen & the Orchids. When the
single was leased to Roulette for nationwide distribution, the company shrewdly
divided the product into two separate singles. When both became hits, it found
itself with two separate new stars, although nominally they were still part of
the same group (now renamed, to further confuse matters, the Rhythm Orchids).
Bowen and
Knox embarked on simultaneous solo careers for Roulette, although each
continued to use the Rhythm Orchids as his backup band for quite a while. That
accounts for the similar mild rockabilly-pop sound of each artist, but
Knox was a far better singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist than Bowen;
for that matter, he was far more successful, landing a string of smaller follow-up
hits to "Party Doll." Bowen never entered the Top 20 again, although he did
quite a bit of recording for Roulette in the late '50s. He found it hard to
recapture the unforced bounce of "I'm Stickin' With You," and indeed his
Roulette sides rate as some of the tamest rockabilly of the '50s. Bowen was
probably unsuited to be a frontman to begin with, despite his teen-idol looks;
his range was narrow (sometimes he sounds like a gawky
Johnny Cash), and his delivery was stiff
and unsure of itself. His material was fairly slight as well, and at the end of
his stay with Roulette, he'd abandoned rock for misguided and soggy attempts at
orchestrated pop.
Bowen would make some more records, but it was really more the beginning than
the end when he moved into production. In the mid-'60s he worked with Frank
Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr., and Dean Martin at Reprise; since then he's had high
posts at Capitol, MGM, Elektra/Asylum, and MCA, concentrating mostly on country
music in recent times.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Bowen
Talents : Vocals, Songwriter, Double Bass, Bass, Industry Executive, Record Producer
Style musical : Rockabilly, Rock 'n' Roll
I'M
STICKIN' WITH YOU
(1957)
BLUE
MOON (1958)
IT'S AGAINST
THE LAW
(1961)
SOMEBODY TO LOVE (1961)
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Years in activity :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
DISCOGRAPHY
Singles & EP
| 1956 | SP TRIPLE D 798 (US) | . | I'm Sticking With You / Party Doll (Buddy KNOX) |
| 02/1957 | SP ROULETTE R-4001 (US) | . | Jimmy BOWEN with The RHYTHM ORCHIDS -
I'm Stickin' With You
/
Ever Lovin' Fingers
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| 04/1957 | SP ROULETTE R-4010 (US) | . | Jimmy BOWEN with The RHYTHM ORCHIDS -
Warm Up To Me Baby
/
I Trusted You
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| 08/1957 | SP ROULETTE R-4017 (US) | . | Jimmy BOWEN & The RHYTHM ORCHIDS -
Don't Tell Me Your Troubles
/
Ever Since That
Night
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| 09/1957 | SP ROULETTE R-4023 (US) | . | Jimmy BOWEN with The RHYTHM ORCHIDS -
It's Shameful
/
Cross Over
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| 1957 | EP ROULETTE EPR-1-1302 (US) |
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Jimmy BOWEN with The RHYTHM ORCHIDS -
I'm Stickin' With You
/
Warm Up To Me Baby
/
Raggedy Anne /
Ever Since That
Night
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| 03/1958 | SP ROULETTE R-4057 (US) | . | Jimmy BOWEN with The RHYTHM ORCHIDS -
I'm Keeping You
/
Can She Kiss
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| 07/1958 | SP ROULETTE R-4083 (US) | . | Jimmy BOWEN with The RHYTHM ORCHIDS -
The Two Step
/
By The Light Of The Silvery
Moon
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| 09/1958 | SP ROULETTE R-4102 (US) | . | Jimmy BOWEN with The RHYTHM ORCHIDS -
My Kind Of Woman
/
Blue Moon
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| 12/1958 | SP ROULETTE R-4122 (US) | . | Jimmy BOWEN with The RHYTHM ORCHIDS -
Wish I Were Tied To You
/
Always Faithful
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| 08/1958 | SP ROULETTE R-4175 (US) | . | Jimmy BOWEN with The RHYTHM ORCHIDS -
You're Just Wasting Your Time
/
Walkin' On Air
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| 01/1960 | SP ROULETTE R-4224 (US) | . | Jimmy BOWEN with The RHYTHM ORCHIDS -
Oh Yeah ! Oh Yeah ! Mm Mm
/
(I
Need) Your Loving Arms
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| 03/1961 | SP CAPEHART 5005 (US) |
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It's Against The Law
/ Teenage Dreamworld |
| 08/1961 | SP CREST 45-1085 (US) | . |
Somebody To Love
/
Don't Drop It
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| 1962 ? | SP SKYLA 1120 (US) | . | Blue Saturday / Cascades |
| 03/1964 | SP REPRISE 0264 (US) | . | The Big Bus / The Biggest Lover In Town |
| 1965 | SP REPRISE 0358 (US) | . | The Golden Eagle / Spanish Cricket |
| 1966 | SP REPRISE 0450 (US) | . | Wonder Mother / Captain Gorgeous |
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Unissued Tracks
| 19?? | Unissued track |
Dusk To
Dawn
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| 19?? | Unissued track |
Eeenie Meenie Minnie Moe
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| 19?? | Unissued track |
Just
Lookin'
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| 19?? | Unissued track |
Yellow Rose Of Texas
(instr.) |
Need Info
| 19?? | Need info |
Last Night
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Albums
| 1957 | LP 12" ROULETTE R 25004 (US) |
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JIMMY BOWEN - I'm Stickin' With You / It's Shameful / Stop Wasting My Time / Aching Hearts / Money Honey / Warm Up To Me / Raggedy Anne / Ever Since That Night / Way Back Home / Ever Lovin' Fingers / Last Night / I Trusted You |
| 1959 | LP 12" ROULETTE R 25048 (US) |
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BUDDY KNOX & JIMMY BOWEN- By The Light Of Silvery Moon / My Kind Of Woman / Blue Moon / Whenever I'm Lonely / Two Step / + Buddy KNOX |
| 1966 | LP 12" REPRISE R 6210 (mono) / RS 6210 (stereo) (US) |
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SUNDAY MORNING WITH THE COMICS - JIMMY BOWEN ORCHESTRA & CHORUS - FBI In Peace And War / Jack Armstrong / Batman Theme / When The Bloom Is On The Sage (Tom Mix) / Wonder Mother / Superman March / The Green Hairnet (Flight Of The Bumblebee) / Little Orphan Annie / Captain Gorgeous / Time For Horror-The Whistler / William Tell Overture |
| 11/1991 | CD COLLECTABLES 5406 (US) |
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BEST OF JIMMY BOWEN - I'm Stickin' With You / It's Shameful / Stop Wasting My Time / Aching Hearts / Money Honey / Warm Up to Me Baby / Raggedy Anne / Ever Since That Night / Way Back Home / Ever Lovin' Fingers / Last Night / I Trusted You |
| 05/1996 | 2 CD SEQUEL 278 (UK) |
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BUDDY KNOX, JIMMY BOWEN AND THE RHYTHM ORCHIDS - THE COMPLETE ROULETTE RECORDINGS : |
| 06/1999 | CD COLLECTABLES 6212 (US) |
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BUDDY KNOX / BUDDY KNOX & JIMMY BOWEN - Party Doll / Don't Make Me Cry / Rock House / Rock-A-Billy Walk [instr.] / Devil Woman / Rock Your Little Baby To Sleep / Hula Love / Mary Lou / Maybelline / I'm In Love With You / Rock Around The Clock / That's Why I Cry / Teasable, Pleasable You / Somebody Touched Me / All For You / C'mon Baby / Girl With The Golden Hair / By The Light Of The Silvery Moon / My Kind Of Woman / Blue Moon / Stick With Me / Whenever I'm Lonely / Two Step |
| 10/2005 | CD COLLECTABLES 9934 (US) |
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I'M STICKIN' WITH YOU - I'm Stickin' With You / Ever Lovin' Fingers / Warm Up To Me Baby / Blue Moon / By The Light Of The Silvery Moon / Raggedy Ann / Stick With Me / I Trusted You / My Kind Of Woman / Money Honey |
| 11/2007 | CD BEAR FAMILY BCD 16872 (GER) |
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ROCK - BUDDY KNOX & JIMMY BOWEN WITH THE RHYTHM ORCHIDS - Party Doll / Maybelline / Mary Lou / I'm Stickin' With You / Cause I'm Love With You / Rock Your Little Baby To Sleep / Devil Woman / My Baby's Gone / Rockabilly Walk (instr.) / Rockhouse / Rock Around The Clock / Warm Up To Me Baby / Hula Love / Whenever I'm Lonely / Swingin' Daddy / Money Honey / C'mon Baby / That's Why I Cry / Somebody Touched Me / Can She Kiss / I Think I'm Gonna Kill Myself / All For You / Long Lonely Nights / Stick With You / Storm Clauds / The Girl With The Golden Hair / Lovey Dovey / I Got You / Ling Ting Tong / She's Gone / Good Lovin' |
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