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.

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 {g,j,p,w,x} Oh! Babe {f,g,j,w,x}	2 2	2 20727 1 20726
1958/Apr. (Bb est.)	Challenge 59006		Down On The Farm {a,b,h,n,o,q,r,s,u,y} Oh! Babe {a,b,n,o,y}	2 2	190 191
1958/Aug. mx series	White Rock 1113		Miss Lucy {g,j,w,x,z} Just Around The Corner {g,j,w,x}	1 1	24527 24528
1958/Nov. 3 Bb pop rev.	Carlton 489		Miss Lucy {o,t, A} Just Around The Corner {o}	1 1	CRC-345 25170 CRC-346 25171
1959/Apr. 20 Bb pop rev.	Carlton 507		When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again {j,o,w,x} It Must Be Love {g,j,o,w,x}	1 1	CRC 631 27952 CRC 630 27951
1960-61 (Bb est.)	V-Tone 215		Yes I'm Loving You {i,j,v,w,x} Please Come Home {j,w,x}	1 1	A 36391 B 36391-x
1961 (Bb est.)	V-Tone 220		Words Of Love {j,x} If I Had Our Love To Live Over {j,w}		B A
1961/Dec. 4 Bb pop rev.	V-Tone 230		So Many Memories {j} There'll Come A Time {j}
1962/Feb. 10 Bb pop rev.	Kansoma 01		The Story Of My Life {j,w,x} I'd Love To Be Loved	1 1	A B
1962/Mar. (Bb est.)	Chess 1817		The Story Of My Life {o} I'd Love To Be Loved	1 1	U-11520 U-11521
1962 or later (Bb est.)	Kansoma 0004		The Saints {w,x} Heartbreak Hill {j,w,x}	1 1	A B
1962/Sept. 1 Bb pop rev.	Pop-Line BG 0209		No One Else {j} Land Of Make Believe {j}	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) {d} 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 {x} Mr. Hurt Walked In	1 1	L-5051 L-5020
1964/Apr. 25 Bb hot rev.	Columbia 4-43028		All I Want Is You {j} I'm Just Nobody {j}	1	JSZP 77266
1964/Dec. 19 Bb hot rev.	Columbia 4-43185		Georgia Slop {c,e,g,j,l,m,o,p,w,x} I Feel Good {j}	1 1	JZSP 79190 JZSP 79189
Additional Tracks on Comps
	[need info]		Bonie Maronie {k} Break Up {k} Don't Ever Leave Me {k} Great Balls Of Fire {k} I Found Someone To Love {j,w,x} I Got A Feeling {k} I Got A Woman {k} I Was The One {k} I'm A Fool [vers. 1] {k} I'm A Fool [vers. 2] {k} Just Because {k} Keep-A-Knockin' {k} Let The Four Winds Blow {k} Let's Have A Ball {k} Little Coquette {k} Love My Baby {k} Love You So {k} Lucille {k} Miss Lucy [alt. vers. 1] {k} Miss Lucy [alt. vers. 2] {k} My Blue Heaven {j} One Night {k} Poor Me {k} Rebel Without A Cause {k} Right Around The Corner {k} She's Tough {j} Stagger Lee {k} Things Were Done Again {k} Woman's Love {k} You Win Again {k}

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