Jimmy Bowen
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Biography
[Edit]Since the 1970s, Jimmy Bowen has been a powerful executive in the record industry; he's worked for several labels, but has stayed with MCA since 1986, and is acknowledged as one of the most influential figures in Nashville. He entered the business a long time before that, though, as a teenage rockabilly singer, landing a Top 20 hit in 1957 with "I'm Stickin' With You." The song was basic in the extreme, built around a thwacking bass riff, a singsong melody, and Bowen's own nervous, boyish vocals, suggesting that it may have been intended as nothing more than a demo. That indeed may have been close to the truth, as it was first released as a B-side to a song that made number one, Buddy Knox's "Party Doll."
Bowen and Knox's careers were bound together in an unusually close fashion that makes thumbnail sketches of their recording activities rather cumbersome and tangled. Knox (guitar, vocals) and Bowen (bass, vocals) met in the '50s and became the frontmen of a rockabilly combo, the Orchids. They were directed to Norman Petty's studio in Clovis, NM, by Roy Orbison. There the Orchids cut "Party Doll" (with Knox on vocals) and "I'm Stickin' With You" (with Bowen on bass). The tracks, both co-written by Knox/Bowen, were issued on the small Triple D label, the top side billed to Buddy Knox & the Orchids, the other to Jimmy Bowen & the Orchids. When the single was leased to Roulette for nationwide distribution, the company shrewdly divided the product into two separate singles. When both became hits, it found itself with two separate new stars, although nominally they were still part of the same group (now renamed, to further confuse matters, the Rhythm Orchids).
Bowen and Knox embarked on simultaneous solo careers for Roulette, although each continued to use the Rhythm Orchids as his backup band for quite a while. That accounts for the similar mild rockabilly-pop sound of each artist, but Knox was a far better singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist than Bowen; for that matter, he was far more successful, landing a string of smaller follow-up hits to "Party Doll." Bowen never entered the Top 20 again, although he did quite a bit of recording for Roulette in the late '50s. He found it hard to recapture the unforced bounce of "I'm Stickin' With You," and indeed his Roulette sides rate as some of the tamest rockabilly of the '50s. Bowen was probably unsuited to be a frontman to begin with, despite his teen-idol looks; his range was narrow (sometimes he sounds like a gawky Johnny Cash), and his delivery was stiff and unsure of itself. His material was fairly slight as well, and at the end of his stay with Roulette, he'd abandoned rock for misguided and soggy attempts at orchestrated pop.
Bowen would make some more records, but it was really more the beginning than the end when he moved into production. In the mid-'60s he worked with Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr., and Dean Martin at Reprise; since then he's had high posts at Capitol, MGM, Elektra/Asylum, and MCA, concentrating mostly on country music in recent times.
Title: I'm Stickin' with You (Digitally Remastered) - Single
Artist: Jimmy Bowen
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll, Rockabilly, Pop
Title: Time to Move On (with the Wild & Stray) - Single
Artist: Jimmy Bowen
Genre: Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Buddy Knox & Jimmy Bowen
Artist: Buddy Knox, Jimmy Bowen
Genre: Rock, Punk Rock, Rockabilly, Pop
Collections
Title: 100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks
Genre: Rock, Rockabilly
Title: 50's Radio Hits & Jukebox Oldies
Genre: Rock
Title: Pop Rock Vol 2
Genre: Pop
Title: The First US Hot 100 August 1958, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: 1957 Hot Hits, Vol. 2
Genre: Rock
Title: Original Pop Hits, Vol. 8
Genre: Pop
Title: Fountain Shop Oldies 1
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop, Teen Pop
Title: 50's Hits, Vol. 3
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Fabulous 50's Pop & Doo Wop, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: The Hot Hits of 1957, Vol. 2
Genre: Rock
Title: Drop The Coin Into The Slot Vol 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Doo Wop Finder Keepers Vol 1
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Rockabilly's Rarest, Vol. 3
Genre: Country
Title: The Hits of 1957, Vol. 6
Genre: Pop
Title: The Best of Crest Records: Rockin' & Rollin'
Genre: Rock
Title: 1000 Original Hits 1957
Genre: Rock
Title: Billboard Top 100 Hits Of 1957 (CD2)
Genre: Pop
Title: Rock-A-Billy Dynamite (CD02)
Genre: Rockabilly
Title: 50s Top Hits (CD2)
Genre: Pop
Title: The Golden Age Of American Rock 'n' Roll Vol. 11
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock & Roll, Country, Pop
Title: Ultra Rare Rockabilly's, Vol. 01
Genre: Rock, Rockabilly
Title: High School Rock: Teenage Bop (CD1)
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: High School Rock: Teenage Bop (CD2)
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: High School Rock: Teenage Bop (CD3)
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: High School Rock: Teenage Bop (CD4)
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: High School Rock: Teenage Bop (CD5)
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: High School Rock: Teenage Bop (CD6)
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: Jukebox Hits Of 1957 Volume 4
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: American Heartbeat 1957 (CD2)
Genre: Rock & Roll, Rockabilly, Pop
Title: It's Oldie Time, Vol. 2
Genre: Soul, Rock & Roll, Pop, Funk
Title: Original Hits - Rock N Roll (CD4)
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: Rock 'n' Roll - 131 Original Hits (CD2)
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: Amercian Heartbeat The '50s (CD2)
Genre: Rock & Roll, Rockabilly, Pop