Cowtown Records, PO Box 1804, Avery, TexasNote: Cowtown Records was a hybrid vanity/song-poem concern operated by John W. Stephenson. It's not entirely clear which of their releases fall into which category.
According to discographer Terry Gordon, "the six releases numbered from 605 to 702 were part of the Starday 'Package Deal' custom series. There were probably no other Cowtown releases in this series." Starday was a legitimate label from L.A. who offered a vanity record-pressing service. Since they did not directly release any song-poem records, they don't get their own AS/PMA discography. Their loss.
Many thanks to Terry Gordon for allowing us access to his Cowtown research. Check out his terrific Rockin' Country Style discography, when you get a chance.
-- Singles --
253: John Stephenson -- Baby Stay Away From My Door / You're The Image Of The Girl In My Dreams (1956; not a song-poem record)
Note: Several of the above sides also appear on the White Label LP Rock-A-Billy Boppin' (WLP 8842): Rock & Roll Fever (EP-677); I'm Going To Hollywood (802); Too Old To Rock And Roll (806); You Gotta Show Me (811); Bartender's Blues (819); Get With It (832); and Thermostat Baby (EP-700). The originals of these are highly sought-after by rockabilly collectors.
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260: Tommy Lloyd -- We'll All Have To Pay (J.F. School) / Sugar Plum Boogie (Stewart) (1956; not a song-poem record)
605: Gene Harrell -- I Won't Be Back No More (M.L. Miller) / Mumbles (D. Orme) (1957)
646: Gene Ray -- I Didn't Mean To (Fall In Love) / I Lost My Head (both wr. M.L. Miller) (1957)
651: Harry Peppel -- No Baby No / Take A Letter Mister Moon (M. Roffman-R. Rogers-B. Gilbert) (1957)
EP-677: Gene Ray -- Rock & Roll Fever (Gene Ray) / If I'd Been Asked (Mary L. Miller-John Stephenson) // Achin' Heart (Harry Fousse-Jack Phillips-John Stephenson) / Love Proof (Mary L. Miller-John Stephenson) (c.1958)
EP-700: Dick Dorn & Harry Peppel & The Rangers -- Thermostat Baby (M.L. Miller) / Old Fashioned Waltz // One Night's Love / Oh My Aching Head (1958)
EP-702: Gene Ray -- Indigo Blue / Learning The Mambo // Oklahoma Waltz / A Picture Of You (all wr. D.E. Winstead) (1958)
800: Anne & Bill Calhoun -- Navajo / Apple Dumpling (1960)
801: Ike Perry & The Lyrics -- I Got You Covered / You Can Be My Honey (c.'60)
802: Gene Ray, Dusty Miller & His Colorado Wranglers -- I'm Going To Hollywood (J.R. Gregory-J.W. Stephenson) / Faye Payette, Dusty Miller & His Colorado Wranglers -- Three Thousand Miles (Ruth G. Finch) (c.6-60)
806: Chucklin' Chuck Sloan & The Dukes Of Greenville -- Too Old To Rock And Roll (J. Stephenson-R.G. Finch)/Brown Haired Sue (1961)
809: Lynn Ready -- Jeremiah Peabody's Poly Unsaturated Quick Dissolving, Fast Acting, Pleasant Tasting, Green And Purple Pills (Ray Stevens; not song-poem) / Rhythmin-Him (John Steagerman) (1961)
810: Jane Davis -- (He's My) Dreamboat (Loudermilk) / Dancing In The Shadows (John Steagerman) (1961)
811: Ralph Lane & The Williams Four (Lead Guitar, Whitey Williams) -- I Took A Walk Into Yesterday (John W. Stephenson-Ruth G. Finch) / You Gotta Show Me (Jack A. Chapman) (1961)
812: Sonny Baker -- No One Said A Prayer / The Legend Of Kingus Valley (1962)
813: June Day -- You Can't Make A Fool Of Me (J.W. Stephenson-C.M. Boness) / In Need Of You (Bonness-Evans) (1962)
814: Mary White -- Birthday Kisses / Lucky Star (c.1961)
814: Gene Patterson -- Shanty By The River / When Somebody Loves You (1962)
816: Jim & John (Jim Anderson & John Stephenson) -- I Walk A Lonely Road / In That Far Away Land (both wr. Nora DeLawter-John W. Stephenson) (Note: In spite of artist credit, an audit of this record appears to demonstrate that side A is comprised of Sammy Marshall overdubbing to a prerecorded vocal/instrumental track, while on side B a different singer does the same.)
819: Kenny Buskirk -- Bartender's Blues (R. Peterson) / I Found A Key (1964)
832: Kenny Buskirk -- Get With It (Harry Wadlow-J.W. Stephenson) / That Was Yesterday (1966; time of A-side listed as 1:00!)
835: Sonny Day -- Must We Say Goodbye / The Way You Say I Love You (both wr. Elsie Johns) (1967)
number unknown: artist unknown -- Rudolph Pouts / XMas Bells (both wr. Dennis Tenney) (1960)
number unknown: artist unknown -- Cool Doll / Night Of Love (Eunice Ollier) (1962)
number unknown: Cowboy Bob -- God Is Good To Me (Robert Peek) (1963)
number unknown: Cowboy Bob -- Sweetie Pie (George R. Johnson) (1963)
number unknown: Johnny Gatlin -- Two Different Dreams (Tommy Hand) (1963)
number unknown: Johnny Gatlin -- I'll Never Know (Dwight Dollinger) (1963)
number unknown: Nashville Jubilee Gang -- Big Joe (Peggy Medler) (1963)
number unknown: Cowboy Bob -- A Little Bit Of Love (Frank Salinas) (1963)
number unknown: Cowboy Bob -- Girl Friend Blues (Robert E. Petersen) (1963)
number unknown: Jim & John -- I Walk A Lonely Road (Nora DeLawter) (1963)
number unknown: Johnny Gatlin -- Darling, This Is Paradise (Robert S. Vinson) (1963)
number unknown: Cowboy Bob -- You've Been Away So Long (B. Henry Rhodes) (1963)
number unknown: artist unknown -- Twisting On The Moon (Eleanor Gless) / Baldy (Gless & Stephenson) (1964)
number unknown: artist unknown -- As The Sun Went Down (Ockie (Oscar) Malmquist & Buddy Williams) (1964)
number unknown: artist unknown -- Honey Babe (Larry Domer) (1964)
number unknown: artist unknown -- I'm Lookin' (Ted Vassos) (1964)
number unknown: artist unknown -- Alaska, The Last Frontier (June C. Ballard) (1964)
number unknown: artist unknown -- Sing A Little Song (Jim Love) (1964)
number unknown: artist unknown -- The Girl From The Upper Class (Thomas W. Martin) (1964)
number unknown: artist unknown -- Trifling Heart (J.C. Denney) (1964)
number unknown: artist unknown -- I'll Put Your Letters Away (Oscar Malmquist) (1964)
number unknown: artist unknown -- When You Wake, You'll Weep (Margy Wood) (1964)
number unknown: artist unknown -- I'll Come A-Callin' (Steve Mosberger) (1964)
number unknown: artist unknown -- You Made Me Cry (Mrs. S. Gandy) (1964)
number unknown: artist unknown -- Getty Rusty (Mary Earle) (1964)
number unknown: artist unknown -- In That Far Away Land (Nora DeLawter) (1964)
number unknown: artist unknown -- I'm Not Satisfied With Dreams (John Brubaker) (1964)
number unknown: artist unknown -- Missing You (Eric Eisbrenner) (1964)
number unknown: artist unknown -- Heartaches By The Score (John F. Hyne) (1964)
number unknown: artist unknown -- Rum A Do La (Ed Tumulty) (1964)
number unknown: artist unknown -- A Little Thread Of Silver (Ed McCrossen) (1964)
number unknown: artist unknown -- I Don't Care (Gladys Newby) (1964)
number unknown: artist unknown -- We're Going To Separate (Roy J. McLaughlin) (1964)
number unknown: artist unknown -- A Fool To Fall (Roger Gaudette) (1964)
number unknown: artist unknown -- The Wreckers (Robert R. Todd) (1964)
number unknown: artist unknown -- A Penny For Each Heartache (John B. Skipper) (1964)
number unknown: artist unknown -- I've Been Ridin' (Oscar Malmquist) (1964)
number unknown: artist unknown -- Those Eyes Of Wine (Ockie Malmquist) (1964)
number unknown: Buddy Williams -- As The Sun Went Down (Ockie Malmquist-Buddy Williams) (1964)
number unknown: Al Evans -- In Less Than A Minute / I'm Feeling Down (both wr. Al Evans) (not a song-poem record; c.1964)
number unknown: artist unknown -- Four Martinis And Me / Hello, Friendly Picture (both wr. June C. Ballard) (not a song-poem record; c.1964)
number unknown: artist unknown -- In The Valley Of The Giants (Rosella B. Staples)
number unknown: artist unknown -- It Doesn't Happen Often (Michael W. Kishaw)
number unknown: artist unknown -- T-Tex, Texas Style (Eunice M. Thomas) (1966)
number unknown: artist unknown -- Dear Mother And Dear Dad (Eunice M. Thomas) (1966)
number unknown: artist unknown -- Will You Be The Same To Me (Eunice M. Thomas) (1966)
number unknown: artist unknown -- My American Home (Eunice M. Thomas) (1966)
number unknown: artist unknown -- Tomorrow (Janet Neavles) (1967)
number unknown: artist unknown -- Francine (Jerry Duguay) (1967)
number unknown: artist unknown -- Teenagers (Virginia Stueber) (1967)
number unknown: artist unknown -- Our Grandson (Virginia Stueber) (1967)
number unknown: artist unknown -- Mother Sleeps Beneath The Cold Clay (Allen Terry) (1967)
number unknown: artist unknown -- Memory Song (Allen Terry) (1967)
number unknown: artist unknown -- No X's On The Bottom Line (Elsie Johns) (1967)
number unknown: artist unknown -- Here Comes Lonesome (E. Quattrocelli) (1967)
number unknown: artist unknown -- I Look In The Mirror (E. Quattrocelli) (1968)
number unknown: artist unknown -- If I Could Find A Way (Wm. & R.L. Brown) (1969)
number unknown: artist unknown -- Moving (Gladys Studer) (1969)
number unknown: artist unknown -- Please Be True (Rev. Walter Watkins) (1969)
number unknown: artist unknown -- My Sweet Talkin' Gal (Grace Brainerd) (1969)
number unknown: artist unknown -- I Can't (Don Brinkley) (1969)
number unknown: artist unknown -- Lonely Tears (Rita Warnick) (1969)
number unknown: artist unknown -- That's My Success (Dolly Tompkins) (1969)
number unknown: artist unknown -- The Love I Was Searching For (E.J. Chaplin) (1969)
number unknown: artist unknown -- No, My Love (Robert Johnson Jr.) (1969)
number unknown: artist unknown -- Your Jewels And Your Tears (Bob Pine) (1970)
number unknown: artist unknown -- Who Is In Love With You (D.A. Ramos) (1970)
number unknown: artist unknown -- The Way You Used My Time (Alfred Guixogn) (1970)
number unknown: artist unknown -- I Would Be (L.M. Raines) (1970)
number unknown: artist unknown -- The Order Was Given (Loren K. Spahr) (1970)
number unknown: artist unknown -- Bring Back The Days (Frank Biando) (1970)
number unknown: artist unknown -- I Won't Take My Love To Town (Ruby Ball) (1970)
number unknown: artist unknown -- I'm An All Time Loosing [sic] Guy (Grace Brainerd) (1970)
number unknown: artist unknown -- You Hurt Me With The Love I Have For You (Staci Bergman) (1970)
number unknown: artist unknown -- I've Quit Crying (Mrs. Fern Baker) (1970)
number unknown: artist unknown -- You're Just Another Pretty Face (Mrs. Fern Baker) (1970)
number unknown: artist unknown -- Visions Of Christ In Glass (Lorne K. Spahr) (1970)
number unknown: artist unknown -- When You Get To Know Me (Verna R. Todd) (1970)
number unknown: artist unknown -- Won't You Let Me Love You (Beatrice Bullings) (1970)
number unknown: artist unknown -- I Won't Take My Love To Town (Ruby Ball) (1970)
number unknown: artist unknown -- When You Get To Know Me (Verna Todd) (1970)
number unknown: artist unknown -- I'm An All Time Losing Guy (Grace Brainerd) (1970)
number unknown: artist unknown -- My Girl (Grace Bernard) (1970)
number unknown: artist unknown -- Bless You Heart (Ernest Saviano) (1972)
number unknown: artist unknown -- Go Find Another (John L. Wood) (1972)
number unknown: artist unknown -- Hey Mona Lisa (Geraldine Wadsworth) (1972)
number unknown: artist unknown -- I Dreamed I Searched Heaven For You (James L. Schmidt) (1972)
number unknown: artist unknown -- I Wanna Hold You Tight (Arturo Reeves) (1972)
number unknown: artist unknown -- Polka Dot Tie (Helen G. Anderson) (1972)
number unknown: artist unknown -- The Ode To God (Evelyn Ireland) (1972)
number unknown: James White -- The Lady Is My Mother / My Saddled Heart (both wr. Forest Cutler) (1972)
number unknown: artist unknown -- Baby, Baby, Baby (Forest Bell) (1974)
number unknown: artist unknown -- Level With Me, Leona (Fannie Lewis Smith-John W. Stephenson) (1974)
number unknown: artist unknown -- Money (Ila Pollack-John W. Stephenson) (1974)
number unknown: artist unknown -- The Murder Of Julius A. Ross (Caroline Edwards) (1974)
number unknown: artist unknown -- I Need You (Paulina Mowl) (1974)
number unknown: artist unknown -- The Price Of Your Love (Jerry Gray) (1974)
number unknown: artist unknown -- I Need You (Paulina Mowl) (1974)
number unknown: artist unknown -- The Price Of Your Love (Jerry Gray) (1974)
number unknown: artist unknown -- My Desire For You (Catherine A. Crouch) (1974)
number unknown: artist unknown -- Old Country School House (Clyde Davis) (1974)
number unknown: artist unknown -- Spear And Tomahawk (Clyde Davis) (1974)
number unknown: artist unknown -- When I Was Young (Etel Hagan) (1974)
number unknown: artist unknown -- Texas Good Old Texas (Harvey Waller) (1977)
number unknown: artist unknown -- Maybe Tomorrow You'll Still Be Here (David Sollars) (1977)
number unknown: artist unknown -- I Saw You Cheating Last Night (Claire Mooney) (1977)
number unknown: artist unknown -- I'll Do It While I'm Young (Maurice Scott) (1977)
number unknown: artist unknown -- Iowa's Moose Man (Inez Eriksen) (1977)
number unknown: artist unknown -- Walking Down Love's Hi Way (Mary B. Sexton) (1977)
number unknown: artist unknown -- I Never Knew Why Love Passed Me By (Claire Mooney) (1977)
number unknown: artist unknown -- Lonesome Numbers (Bone Penniless) (1977)
number unknown: artist unknown -- Old Missouri (Alice Wilson) (1977)
number unknown: artist unknown -- My Girl Back Home (Lillie A. Barborak) (1977)
number unknown: artist unknown -- Smile For Me Baby (Alice Wilson) (1977)
number unknown: artist unknown -- I Danced With The Bride (James Charters) (1977)
number unknown: artist unknown -- I Dare You (Jeane Huls) (1977)
number unknown: artist unknown -- Let's Try Again (Ed Horsky) (1977)
number unknown: artist unknown -- Love And Kisses (Don Marcell) (1977)
number unknown: artist unknown -- Until We Meet (Hazel Pierce) (1977)
number unknown: artist unknown -- Look For Me (Francis La Potta) (1977)
number unknown: artist unknown -- When You Come Into My Arms (Claire Mooney) (1977)
number unknown: artist unknown -- Memories Never Fade (Inez Eriksen) (1977)
number unknown: artist unknown -- I Always Will Love Her (Nellie Nicholas) (1977)
number unknown: artist unknown -- This Picture I Have In My Hand (Nellie Nicholas) (1977)
number unknown: artist unknown -- The Heart Was Broken For Me (Hazel Piece) (1977)
number unknown: artist unknown -- African Violets (Jean Cook) (1977)
number unknown: artist unknown -- Cross My Heart (Sunny Jim) (1977)
number unknown: artist unknown -- I Lose One More Time (James Spurlock) (1977)
number unknown: artist unknown -- Beautiful Manistee (Lillian Liskum) (1977)
number unknown: artist unknown -- Daddies Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowgirls (Forest E. Wilson) (1977)
number unknown: artist unknown -- Love Me Forever (Johnie F. Harris)
number unknown: artist unknown -- In My Arms / Don't Doubt Me (Mary M. Siano) (1978)
-- Albums --
artist unknown -- Tennessee Sunshine Queen (Edward Lee Lester)
1970s
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