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Owens, Buck

Real name Alvis Edgar Owens. Born 1929 in Sherman, Texas, but raised in Mesa, Ariz. Moved to Bakersfield, Calif., in 1951. Died in 2006.

References:
   Feature article in issue 39 (1989) of American Music Magazine.


Source: Jim Hilmar

Original Releases

Discography is not intended to be complete

Date & Source Label & Number V Titles {& References to LP/CD List} As By Matrix Numbers
1956/Sept.
(Bb est.)
Pep 107 Hot Dog {a,c,f,i,j,l,m,o,p,q,r,u,y}
Rhythm And Booze {a,c,g,k,n,r,s,t,u,v}
2
2
45107-X
45107-XX
1958/Jan. 13
Bb c&w rev.
Capitol F3824 Come Back
I Know What It Means
1
1
45-17415
45-17414
1958/Apr. 14
Bb c&w rev.
Capitol F3957 Sweet Thing {w,x}
I Only Know That I Love You
1
1
45-17413
45-17412
1961 or earlier
(mx est.)
New Star 45-6418 Hot Dog {b,d,e,h}
Sweethearts In Heaven {c,r}
1
1
45-6418-1441
45-6418-1440

References in "As By" Column:

  1. as by Buck Owens
  2. as by Corky Jones

Other Notes:


Collector-Oriented Compilation LPs and CDs Containing Tracks

Single-artist compilations included selectively

a. Ace CDCHD 708 (cd) Starday-Dixie Rockabilly, Vol. 2
b. Andromeda XZ 01010 (lp) Speed 45 Rock 'N Roll
c. Audium Entertainment 8124 (cd) Young Buck: The Complete Pre-Capitol Recordings of Buck Owens
d. Big Rumble F 100 (lp) The Big Rumble
e. Bop BOP- 002 (cd) Saturday Night On Bop Street, Vol. 2
f. Buffalo Bop Bb-CD 55060 (cd) Rock
g. Buffalo Bop Bb-CD 55073 (cd) Rhythm & Booze
h. Buffalo Bop Bb-CD 55090 (cd) Tattle Tale
i. Chief CCD 1156513 [2nd] (cd) Ultra Rare Rockabilly's, Vol. 13
j. Club PR PRLP- 008 (lp) Pure Rockabilly, Vol. 8
k. Crypt CR-CD-SIN 12 (cd) Sin Alley, Part One
l. Disky DO 250542 (cd) As Good As It Gets: Rockabilly
m. Flesh Den FD 6904 (cd) Rock 'N' Roll Orgy, Vol. 4
n. Flesh Den FD 6905 (cd) Rock 'N' Roll Orgy, Vol. 5
o. Magnum Force CDMF 030 (cd) Red Hot Rockabilly
p. Magnum Force MFLP 030 (lp) Red Hot Rockabilly
q. Magnum Force CDMF 100 (cd) Magnum Rockabilly
r. Pep 8017 (lp) Hot Dog / Buck Owens
s. RAR 155 (lp) Sin Alley
t. RAR 155 [2] (lp) Rock-A-Rolla A-Hillabilly Wing Ding Do?! (Sin Alley, Vol. 2)
u. Redita [1st series] 109 (lp) Nashville Country Rock
v. Rhino 73346 (cd) Rockin' Bones: '50s Punk & Rockabilly
w. Rockin' Rarities R.R- 2005-4 (lp) Action Packed!, Vol. 4: 16 Red Hot Rockin' Hits
x. Teenage Heaven TH 376 (lp) Country Rockers, Vol. 2 - Shot Gun Boogie
y. [no label name] RR- 1/2 (10-in. lp) [no title]


Acknowledgments:   CMF Library, Stéphane Chatain, Phil Davies, Bill Davis, Udo Frank, Bernd Kratochwil, Gerd Miller, Dave Penny, Bjorn Witlox, Jos Wouters

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