Kenny Owens
Kenny Owens (* in Arkansas ), also known as Kenny Owen , is an American rockabilly , rock 'n' roll and country musician . Owens was best known in his home state of Arkansas in the 1950s and 1960s.
Life
Owens was born on a farm in Arkansas and grew up as one of eight children in poor circumstances. He came into contact with music as a child and learned to play the guitar at an early age. Although he initially worked in various professions, music always played a role in his life, and in the 1950s he began to try his hand at being a professional musician.
With the triumph of Rock'n'Roll, Owen's first chance for recordings also came. For Lois Krefetz's Poplar label from New York City he recorded his first single I Got the Bug / High School Sweater as Kenny Owen . Frog Man Hop / Come Back Baby followed for Ruth Records , which was later recorded again for Reka Records from Arkansas. Over the next few years, von Owens released other singles, including the Johnny Cash covers Hey, Porter and Ballad of a Teenage Queen . In the 1960s he ran his own label, Ork Records, and was very popular in Arkansas. In Jonesboro , Arkansas, Owens had his own TV show in the late 1960s on KAIT and took in 1970 with Larry Donns band in Wayne Raneys Studio in Concord album Kenny Owens & the Road Travelers with Mid-American Music in that he on his Concerts sold.
To date, Owens' recordings have been re-released many times on compilations, including 1979 for the first time on the German Eagle LP Something Special = Billy and a year later in the Netherlands on the white label LP Rock from Arkansas .
Discography
Singles
year | title | Label # | |||
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1958 | I Got the Bug / High School Sweater | Poplar 45-106 | |||
Frog Man Hop / Come Back Baby | Ruth 441/2 | ||||
1964/1965 | Come Back Baby / Wrong Line | Reka 401 | |||
1965/1966 | Oh How I Miss You / Traveling on Her Mind | Alley 1028 | |||
1969 (?) | Hey Porter / Ballad of the Teenage Queen [!] | Ork OS35 | |||
1969 | Long Lost John / That Big Ole 'Moon | Ork # OS-35 | |||
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[Status unknown] |
Albums
- 1970: Kenny Owens & the Road Travelers with Mid-American Music (Ork, with Larry Donn )
Web links
- The Annotated Kenny Owens discography
- That's All Rite Mama: Kenny Owens on Reka
- Discography with audio samples
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SURNAME | Owens, Kenny |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Owen, Kenny (maiden name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American rockabilly, rock 'n' roll, and country musician |
DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Arkansas |