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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:
   Article in issue 72 (1989) of Now Dig This.
   Feature article in issue 39 (1989) of American Music Magazine.
   Article in issue 278 (2006) of Now Dig This.
   Article in issue 305 (2008) of Now Dig This.

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,b,e,g,i,k,l,m,p,q,s,t,w,x, A} Rhythm And Booze {b,f,h,n,o,q,t,v,x,z, A,B}	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 {c,u} I Only Know That I Love You	1 1	45-17413 45-17412
1961 or earlier (mx est.)	New Star 45-6418		Hot Dog {d,j,r,y} Sweethearts In Heaven {t, A}	1 1	45-6418-1441 45-6418-1440

References in "As By" Column:

as by Buck Owens
as by Corky Jones

Other Notes:

"Hot Dog" on New Star is the Pep recording with additional instrumentation overdubbed.
SEE ALSO: Woods, Bill

Collector-Oriented Compilation LPs and CDs Containing Tracks

Single-artist compilations included selectively

	1971
a.	[no label name] RR- 1/2 (10-in. lp)	[no title]
	1974
b.	Redita [1st series] 109 (lp)	Nashville Country Rock
	1976
c.	Teenage Heaven TH 376 (lp)	Country Rockers, Vol. 2 - Shot Gun Boogie
	1978
d.	Andromeda XZ 01010 (lp)	Speed 45 Rock 'N Roll
	1985
e.	Magnum Force MFLP 030 (lp)	Red Hot Rockabilly
	1986
f.	RAR 155 [2] (lp)	Rock-A-Rolla A-Hillabilly Wing Ding Do?! (Sin Alley, Vol. 2)
	1990
g.	Magnum Force CDMF 030 (cd)	Red Hot Rockabilly
	1992
h.	That's Country TC 020 (cd)	Rhythm & Booze / Buck Owens
	1995
i.	Club PR PRLP- 008 (lp)	Pure Rockabilly, Vol. 8
	1997
j.	Big Rumble F 100 (lp)	The Big Rumble
k.	Buffalo Bop Bb-CD 55060 (cd)	Rock
l.	Chief CCD 1156513 [2nd] (cd)	Ultra Rare Rockabilly's, Vol. 13
m.	Flesh Den FD 6904 (cd)	Rock 'N' Roll Orgy, Vol. 4
n.	Flesh Den FD 6905 (cd)	Rock 'N' Roll Orgy, Vol. 5
	1998
o.	Buffalo Bop Bb-CD 55073 (cd)	Rhythm & Booze
p.	Magnum Force CDMF 100 (cd)	Magnum Rockabilly
	2000
q.	Ace CDCHD 708 (cd)	Starday-Dixie Rockabilly, Vol. 2
r.	Buffalo Bop Bb-CD 55090 (cd)	Tattle Tale
s.	Disky DO 250542 (cd)	As Good As It Gets: Rockabilly
	2001
t.	Audium Entertainment 8124 (cd)	Young Buck: The Complete Pre-Capitol Recordings of Buck Owens
	2005
u.	Rockin' Rarities R.R- 2005-4 (lp)	Action Packed!, Vol. 4: 16 Red Hot Rockin' Hits
	2006
v.	Rhino 73346 (cd)	Rockin' Bones: '50s Punk & Rockabilly
	2008
w.	Smith & Co. SCCD 1145 (cd)	Great Rockabilly: Just About As Good As It Gets!, Vol. 2
	2009
x.	Classics 724 (cd)	Just Around Bakersfield
	Year Unknown
y.	Bop BOP- 002 (cd)	Saturday Night On Bop Street, Vol. 2
z.	Crypt CR-CD-SIN 12 (cd)	Sin Alley, Part One
A.	Pep 8017 (lp)	Hot Dog / Buck Owens
B.	RAR 155 (lp)	Sin Alley

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

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