Eddie Dean
Eddie Dean (born Edgar Dean Glosup July 9, 1907 in Posey , Texas , † March 4, 1999 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American country musician and actor . In addition to his career as a singer, Dean also had some success as a cowboy performer in various B-Westerns.
Life
Childhood and youth
Eddie Dean was born Edgar Dean Glosup in Texas in 1907 to a farmer and a music teacher. His mother taught him to sing, and in 1926 Dean moved to Chicago , Illinois , where he adopted his stage name.
Career
In Chicago he tried to gain a foothold on the radio, but only got a few guest appearances. A year later, Dean began working in Shenandoah , Iowa . In 1929 he began performing with his brother Jimmy, who should not be confused with another musician named Jimmy Dean , and from 1933 they were regular guests in the famous National Barn Dance on WLS . In 1935 they played their first records for the American Record Corporation and also recorded gospel for the new Decca Records label .
After the two brothers split up, Dean decided to move to Hollywood in 1936 . He began to take on roles in minor westerns and recorded eight singles in 1941 and 1942, including the song On The Banks of the Sunny San Juan . Dean made his breakthrough as an actor in 1944 when he starred in the film The Harmony Trail . In the years that followed, Dean played the leading role in more than 19 westerns and is still considered one of the ten best "Singing Cowboys" of the 1940s.
From 1948 Dean concentrated on his career as a musician. Although he had a success in the country charts in 1948 with the title One Has My Name (The Other Has My Love) , his subsequent singles did not become hits and despite a clear, powerful voice, he did not succeed in establishing a foothold in the music scene grasp. In the 1950s, Dean was mostly under contract with Sage & Sand Records , where he had his greatest success. He began performing on the Town Hall Party country show and had his greatest success in 1955 with I Dreamed of a Hillbilly Heaven . The song reached number 10 in the Hot Country Songs and was also recorded by Dean's fellow actor Tex Ritter in the early 1960s . Dean also tried his hand at songwriting. His title One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart) was recorded in 1961 by Jimmy Wakely and in 1969 by Jerry Lee Lewis , but here too Dean could not get beyond a respectable success.
Dean continued his career as a musician with small labels with little success in the 1960s and 1970s. In 1993 he was inducted into the Cowboy Hall of Fame . Dean was also a founder of the Academy of Country Music and was inducted into the Western Music Association Hall of Fame in 1990 and the Western Swing Society Hall of Fame in 1992. Dean died in Los Angeles in 1999 at the age of 91.
Discography
Singles
Chronology unknown. Discography is not exhaustive.
| year | title | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Decca Records | |||
| 1935 (?) | Tell Mother I'll Be There / No Disappointment In Heaven | with Jimmy Dean | |
| 1935 (?) | There Shall Be Showers of Blessing / Happy in Him | with Jimmy Dean | |
| 1941 | On The Banks of Sunny San Juan / When It's Harvest Time in Peaceful Valley | ||
| 1941 | Little Gray Home In The West / Where The Silvery Colorado Wends Its Way | ||
| 1942 | I'm Back In The Saddle Again / Sleepy Time in Caroline | ||
| 1942 | How Can You Say You Love Me / I'm Comin 'Home, Darlin' | ||
| Majestic Records | |||
| 1946 | Missouri / No Vacancy | ||
| 1946 | There's A Rose That Grows In The Ozarks / I Was Wrong | ||
| 1946 | Rainbow At Midnight / Kentucky Waltz | ||
| 1946 | Ain't It A Shame Love, Ain't It A Shame / I'll Cry on my Pillow Tonight | ||
| 1947 | Toodle-Oo My Darlin '/ Spring Has Come To Old Missouri | ||
| 1947 | On The Banks of the Sunny San Juan / Let's Go Sparkin ' | ||
| 1947 | It's a Boy / A'm A Kansas Man | as Eddie Dean & his Boys | |
| 1946 | The Midnight Train (of Lonesome Valley) / Rosanne of San Jose | as Eddie Dean & his Boys | |
| 1947 | The Midnight Train (of Lonesome Valley) / Rosanne of San Jose | Re-release of Majestic 11021 | |
| Bel Tone Records | |||
| Careless Darlin '/ This Lonely World | |||
| Born To Be Blues / The Low Road's Good Enough For Me | |||
| For Better of Worse / Cry-Cry-Cry | |||
| Dream Rose / 1501 Miles of Heaven | |||
| Mercury Records | |||
| 1949 | Don't Tell Me Stories / Careless Hands | ||
| 1949 | One You Must Chose / On The Banks of the Sunny San Juan | ||
| 1949 | Neath Texas Skies / One You Must Chose | ||
| 1949 | I Wish I Knew / Fool's Golds | ||
| 1949 | Devil's Desert Land / You Want To Divorce Me | ||
| 1949 | On The Banks of the Sunny San Juan / Cowboy | ||
| 1950 | I Asked a Dream / Call of the Outlaw | ||
| Capitol Records | |||
| 1951 | My Life With You / Will They Open Up That Door | ||
| 1951 | If I Sould Come Back / All That I'm Asking Is Sympathy | ||
| 1951 | Please Don't Cry / I'll Be Back | ||
| 1951 | I'm The Old Friend / My Sweetheart, My Own | ||
| 1951 | I Married The Girl (Who Caught The Bouquet) / Let Me Hold You When You're Blue | ||
| 1951 | Roses Reminds Me of You / I'm Not In Love, Just Involved | ||
| 1951 | Beloved Enemy / The Lord's Prayer | ||
| 1951 | Blue Wedding Bells / Tears on my Guitar | ||
| 1952 | Cold Yellow Gold / Poor Little Swallow | ||
| Intro records | |||
| 1955 | I'm A Stranger In My Home / Put A Little Sweetin '(In Your Love) | ||
| Commerce Records | |||
| Don't Take Advantage of Me / Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before | |||
| Sage & Sand Records | |||
| 1955 | I Dreamed of a Hillbilly Heaven / Stealing | ||
| 195? | Impatient Blues / Second Hand Romance | ||
| 195? | Blessed Are They / Walk Beside Me | ||
| 195? | To Orphan's Prayer / Just Awhile | ||
| 1955 (?) | Somebody Great / The First Christmas Bell | ||
| 1956 (?) | Open Up The Door Baby / Sign On The Door | with Joanie Hall | |
| 1956 (?) | Downgrade / Look Homeward Angel | ||
| 1956 | Rock & Roll Cowboy / Banks of the Old Rio Grande | with the Cletro Combo | |
| 1956 | Fingerprints / Walkin 'After Midnight | ||
| 1957 (?) | Lonesome Guitar / Taos | ||
| 1957 | Night Train / One Foot Caught In Quicksand | ||
| 1957 | Iowa Rose Nothing But Echoes | ||
| 1958 | Green Grass / Your Wayward Heart | ||
| 1960 | I Took The Blues out of Tomorrow / Seeds of Doubt | ||
| 1960 | If Dreams Could Come True / Somewhere Along The Line | ||
| 1961 | Rocket To Heaven / Smoke Signals | ||
| Chrystal Records | |||
| 1959 | One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart) / Wake Me Up In The Morning By The Swannee River | ||
| California Waltz / Baby You Should Live So Long | |||
| A Gravedigger's Lament / Millian Tears Ago | |||
| Mosrite Records | |||
| 1963 | One More Time Around / Playing Both Ends Against The Middle | ||
| DJ EDEP 5 | |||
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| Gold Seal Records | |||
| ? /? | |||
| Ode Records | |||
| Driftin 'Alone / The Human Touch | |||
| I'm A Stranger In My Home / Put A Little Sweetin '(In Your Love) | |||
| Bimbo / No No Not Grandma | |||
| Varsity Records | |||
| Ain't It a Shame Love, Ain't It a Shame / I'm a Kansas Man | |||
| No Vacancy / The Midnight Train (of Lonesome Valley) | |||
Albums
- 1956: Greater Westerns
- 1957: Greatest Westerns
- 1957: Hi-Country
- 1961: Favorites of Eddie Dean
- 1968: Hillbilly Heaven
- 1968: Little Green Apples
- 1968: Release Me
- 1970: Eddie Dean Sings
- 1970: Eddie Dean sings a Tribute to Hank Williams
- 1974: Sincerely, Eddie Dean
- 1976: A Cowboy Sings Country
- 1981: I Dreamed of a Hillbilly Heaven
Web links
- Entry in the All Music Guide
- Eddie Dean on Hillbilly-Music.com (English)
- Eddie Dean in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Short biography
Remarks
- ↑ US catalog number: Sage and Sand 180; on both hits he is accompanied by the instrumental group "The Frontiersmen"; see Whitburn, Joel: The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits. 1944-2006 . 2nd Edition. New York, NY: Billboard Books, 2006, p. 102
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dean, Eddie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Glosup, Edgar Dean |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American country musician and actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 9, 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Posey , Texas , |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 4, 1999 |
| Place of death | Los Angeles , California |