Downing, Big Al

Born 1940 in Lenapah, Okla. Brother of Don Downing. Died in 2005.

References:
   Article and discography in issue 11 (1976) of New Kommotion.
   Article in issue 45 (1986) of Now Dig This.
   Article in issue 46 (1987) of Now Dig This.
   Article in issue 232 (2002) of Now Dig This.

Original Releases

Discography is intended to be complete through 1964

Date & Source	Label & Number	V	Titles {& References to LP/CD List}	As By	Matrix Numbers
1958/Mar. 24 Bb r&b rev.	White Rock 1111		Down On The Farm {b,i,m,p,z} Oh! Babe {b,i,m,p,x}	2 2	2 20727 1 20726
1958/Apr. (Bb est.)	Challenge 59006		Down On The Farm {c,g,h,j,k,l,r,u,v,y} Oh! Babe {c,h,j,l,y}	2 2	190 191
1958/Aug. mx series	White Rock 1113		Miss Lucy {b,i,m,p, A} Just Around The Corner {b,i,m,p}	1 1	24527 24528
1958/Nov. 3 Bb pop rev.	Carlton 489		Miss Lucy {a,s,y} Just Around The Corner {y}	1 1	CRC-345 25170 CRC-346 25171
1959/Apr. 20 Bb pop rev.	Carlton 507		When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again {i,m,p,y} It Must Be Love {b,i,m,p,y}	1 1	CRC 631 27952 CRC 630 27951
1960-61 (Bb est.)	V-Tone 215		Yes I'm Loving You {d,i,m,p,t} Please Come Home {i,m,p}	1 1	A 36391 B 36391-x
1961 (Bb est.)	V-Tone 220		Words Of Love {m,p} If I Had Our Love To Live Over {i,m}		B A
1961/Dec. 4 Bb pop rev.	V-Tone 230		So Many Memories {m} There'll Come A Time {m}
1962/Feb. 10 Bb pop rev.	Kansoma 01		The Story Of My Life {i,m,p} I'd Love To Be Loved	1 1	A B
1962/Mar. (Bb est.)	Chess 1817		The Story Of My Life {y} I'd Love To Be Loved	1 1	U-11520 U-11521
1962 or later (Bb est.)	Kansoma 0004		The Saints {i,p} Heartbreak Hill {i,m,p}	1 1	A B
1962/Sept. 1 Bb pop rev.	Pop-Line BG 0209		No One Else {m} Land Of Make Believe {m}	3 3	MT-503 MT-502
1963/Mar. 23 Bb pop rev.	Lenox NX-5565		You Never Miss Your Water (Till The Well Runs Dry) {f} If You Want It (I've Got It)	4 4	L-5033 L-5035
1963/July 20 Bb pop rev.	Lenox NX-5572		If I Had Our Love To Live Over {p} Mr. Hurt Walked In	1 1	L-5051 L-5020
1964/Apr. 25 Bb hot rev.	Columbia 4-43028		All I Want Is You {m} I'm Just Nobody {m}	1	JSZP 77266
1964/Dec. 19 Bb hot rev.	Columbia 4-43185		Georgia Slop {b,e,i,m,n,o,p,w,y,z} I Feel Good {m}	1 1	JZSP 79190 JZSP 79189
Additional Tracks on Comps
	[need info]		Bonie Maronie {q} Break Up {q} Don't Ever Leave Me {q} Great Balls Of Fire {q} I Found Someone To Love {i,m,p} I Got A Feeling {q} I Got A Woman {q} I Was The One {q} I'm A Fool [vers. 1] {q} I'm A Fool [vers. 2] {q} Just Because {q} Keep-A-Knockin' {q} Let The Four Winds Blow {q} Let's Have A Ball {q} Little Coquette {q} Love My Baby {q} Love You So {q} Lucille {q} Miss Lucy [alt. vers. 1] {q} Miss Lucy [alt. vers. 2] {q} My Blue Heaven {m} One Night {q} Poor Me {q} Rebel Without A Cause {q} Right Around The Corner {q} She's Tough {m} Stagger Lee {q} Things Were Done Again {q} Woman's Love {q} You Win Again {q}

Collector-Oriented Compilation LPs and CDs Containing Tracks

Single-artist compilations included selectively

Acknowledgments:   CMF Library, Bill Davis, Udo Frank, Jtmcardle@cs.com, Pasi Koskela, Bernd Kratochwil, Gerd Miller, Lasse Olander, Joe Wajgel, Peter van Wilsem