CUSTOM JINGLES OF NASHVILLE LP 1018

Custom Jingles Of Nashville INC (Various Artists)

May 63

634-CJ-1018-A - Side One

(None)   (None)

634-CJ-1018-B - Side Two

(None)   (None)

CUSTOM JINGLES OF NASHVILLE 1018

Gates Rubber Co. (Customer)

999 South Broadway, Denver, CO

(7" compact 33rpm)

Source: Ron Lees.

See 1022 for newspaper article.

MYSTIC RECORDS 811

WARREN ROBBE
Oct 59
45-811-A - If I Had My Dreams To Live Over Again   (Starday Music)
(Robbe)
45-811-B - Single man   (Starday Music)
(Robbe)
MYSTIC RECORDS 811
Pueblo, CO

MYSTIC RECORDS 730

WARREN ROBBE
Jun 58
45-730-A - My Chicken Pen   (Golden State Songs)
(W Robbe / G Bloomfield)
45-730-B - My Heart Disagrees   (Golden State Songs)
(B Goodwin / W Robbe)
MYSTIC RECORDS 730
Pueblo, CO

Source: Terry Gordon

STARDAY RECORDS 710

BILL GOODWIN
Apr 58   (BMI Clearance on 31st March 1958)
45-710-A - Second In Your Heart   (Starrite BMI)
(B Goodwin / S Sasser)
45-710-B - Teenage Blues   (Starrite BMI)
(P Sasser / S Sasser)
STARDAY RECORDS 710
(Artist based in Colorado)

Source: Terry Gordon

MYSTIC RECORDS 689

BILL GOODWIN

Jan 58    (BMI Clearance on 31st March 1958.)

CP-1405 - Angel In Disguise

(Gene Hopkins / Earl Brewster / Bill White)   (Starrite BMI)

CP-1406 - It Don’t Cost A Dime To Dream

(Gene Hopkins / Bill Goodwin)   (Starrite BMI)

MYSTIC RECORDS 689
Cannon City, CO

Source: Lars Lundgren

MYSTIC RECORDS 679

BILL GOODWIN

Nov 57   (BMI Clearance on 31st January 1958.)

45-679-A - So Wrong

(Gene Hopkins / Shorty Sasser)   (Starrite BMI)

45-679-B - I’ll Stand In Line

(Gene Hopkins / Earl Brewster)   (Starrite BMI) 

MYSTIC RECORDS 679
804 Main St, Canon City, CO.

Source: Lars Lundgren

Tennessee born Bill Goodwin, like many young men around this time, served time in the military. After getting his discharge he sought out the Government program that retrains ex-service men to join the private sector. Bill decided on being a journalist and found work at the Henderson Star News – working there for eight years.

Then his wife wanted to move back to Colorado and so they hiked over to Cañon City, CO. According to the excellent blog Elk Bugles by Lisa Wheeler (where most of this info comes from), whilst journalism paid the bills, he began to dabble in song composition. He found a local recording studio and after booking some recording time, turned up and started to sing. The producer (unnamed) stopped him and asked him to come back with some musicians and also, he specifically wanted Bill to record his own compositions. The next session with musicians in hand brought forth two 45’s – both on the local Mystic label.

Now this is where I swerve off of the road from the excellent article and add my own (albeit pretty mundane) observations. Unless Bill was hiding under the alias of Gene Hopkins, these two tracks represented here were written by other people. I don’t know if these guys were also the musicians on this record. In fact, pretty sure he isn’t Gene and Bill and Gene share song writing credits on his next release – but I mentioned it as it wouldn’t be the first time two people wrote a song and they were the same person.

Neither side got any radio play and to be honest, apart from Bills’ fine vocals, there isn’t much here to sell the record to the public. But still, this recording session gave him the impetus to keep writing, singing and recording, so it wasn’t by any means a waste of time – especially when you hear his third offering on the Starday Label (710)

More on Bill in 10 records time J

For the full interview, please go to  www.elkbugles.com

A blog full of music from the Rocky Mountain State. Always interesting. Lisa’s radio shows are also recommended!

CIMMARON RECORDS 601

FRANK BOWEN and Dave Warren and the Ark. Valley Wranglers

Dec 56

45-601-A - A Broken Heart

(Bowen/Warren)   (Starrite BMI)

45-601-B - Rock And Roll Blues

(Bowen/Warren)   (Starrite BMI)

CIMMARON RECORDS 601

Lamarr, CO

Originally, this post was the usual one liner about having no info. But then I stumbled across a Blog called Pueblo City Limits and lo and behold - a wealth of info (well, compared to many of the artists listed on this site). 


The story starts with Gene Clay, founder of the Ark. Valley Wranglers, which was the most popular country band in Lamar, CO. Between 1949 and 1955, they were playing over KLMR (Lamar, CO) and performing at many local watering holes,(Spot 50 Tavern in La Junta and the Eagles Club in Lamar to name just two),  high school dances, American Legion halls etc. But in 1955 two members of the band joined the US Army and one moved to Pueblo to attend college, so the band took a break.


Meanwhile, another local band, The Rhythm Ranch Boys were performing locally and gravitating towards the Rock and Roll end of the music market. Wanting to make a record but not knowing where to start, Frank and Dave approached Gene for advice. As he had some influence at KLMR, he arranged a recording session there, but on the condition he was allowed to use his own band's name on the record. So the Rhythm Ranch Boys became part of the Ark. Valley Wranglers. 


Recorded in the fall of 1956, they recorded two of Frank and Dave's compositions and despatched the tracks to Starday Records for pressing on their Cimmaron label (after nabbing the publishing on both sides). Boxes of records came back with postcards to be sent to radio stations that they sent to DJ's with the hope of some airplay. 


The A side is a pleasant enough country/hillbilly weeper with lovely harmony vocals on the chorus.  The B side is a nice relaxed rocker in the style of "Heartbreak Hotel", but with a more "countryish" musical leanings and again features some nice harmonies. The band, compared to other Starday Customs, sounds very tight and professional. 


After spending another year with the Wranglers, Frank moved to Denver and started another band, called the "String-A-Longs". Later, moving to North Carolina, he worked in the insurance industry before retiring. Dave worked for the Denver police before setting in retirement in Missouri.


Huge thanks to Lisa Wheeler who kindly allowed me to plunder her excellent Blogspot for the info above. For the full story of Gene Clay and the Ark. Valley Wranglers (plus two short sound clips of  the record above), visit the link below.
Pueblo City Limits

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