John Owens
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1939 - 1945
Roles Represented in DAHR: trumpet
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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | BS-035760 | 10-in. | 4/18/1939 | The daughter of sweet Georgia Brown | Vincent Lopez ; Sonny Schuyler ; Suave Swing Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-035761 | 10-in. | 4/18/1939 | Whistling in the wildwood | Vincent Lopez ; Sonny Schuyler ; Suave Swing Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-035762 | 10-in. | 4/18/1939 | Blue moon | Vincent Lopez ; Suave Swing Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-035763 | 10-in. | 4/18/1939 | How am I to know | Vincent Lopez ; Suave Swing Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | PBS-036482 | 10-in. | 9/10/1939 | The duke's idea | Charlie Barnet Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | PBS-036483 | 10-in. | 9/10/1939 | My heart keeps crying | Charlie Barnet Orchestra ; Judy Ellington | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | PBS-036484 | 10-in. | 9/10/1939 | Lilacs in the rain | Del Casino ; Charlie Barnet Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | PBS-036485 | 10-in. | 9/10/1939 | Take a tip from the whip-poor-will | Charlie Barnet Orchestra ; Judy Ellington | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | PBS-036486 | 10-in. | 9/10/1939 | The count's idea | Charlie Barnet Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | PBS-036487 | 10-in. | 9/10/1939 | The girl with the pigtails in her hair | Charlie Barnet Orchestra ; Judy Ellington | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-036919 | 10-in. | 5/8/1939 | Miss Annabelle Lee (Who's wonderful, who's marvelous?) | Charlie Barnet Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-036920 | 10-in. | 5/8/1939 | Lazy bug | Charlie Barnet Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-036921 | 10-in. | 5/8/1939 | This is no dream | Charlie Barnet Orchestra ; Judy Ellington | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-036922 | 10-in. | 5/8/1939 | That's right—I'm wrong | Charlie Barnet Orchestra ; Judy Ellington | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-036923 | 10-in. | 5/8/1939 | Midweek function | Charlie Barnet Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-036924 | 10-in. | 5/8/1939 | I never knew | Charlie Barnet Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-037687 | 10-in. | 6/26/1939 | Danger in the dark | Charlie Barnet Orchestra ; Larry Taylor | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-037688 | 10-in. | 6/26/1939 | An apple for the teacher | Charlie Barnet Orchestra ; Larry Taylor | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-037689 | 10-in. | 6/26/1939 | It must have been two other people | Charlie Barnet Orchestra ; Judy Ellington | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-037691 | 10-in. | 6/26/1939 | Ebony rhapsody | Charlie Barnet Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-037692 | 10-in. | 6/26/1939 | Lament for a lost love (Solace) | Charlie Barnet Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-038276 | 10-in. | 7/17/1939 | Cherokee | Charlie Barnet Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-038277 | 10-in. | 7/17/1939 | For tonight | Charlie Barnet Orchestra ; Larry Taylor | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-038278 | 10-in. | 7/17/1939 | What's new? | Charlie Barnet Orchestra ; Larry Taylor | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-038279 | 10-in. | 7/17/1939 | Love grows on the white oak tree | Charlie Barnet Orchestra ; Judy Ellington | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-038280 | 10-in. | 7/17/1939 | (Stay up "Stan") The all night record man | Charlie Barnet Orchestra ; Judy Ellington | Jazz/dance band, with female-male vocal duet | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-038281 | 10-in. | 7/17/1939 | The last jump (A jump to end all jumps) | Charlie Barnet Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-043989 | 10-in. | 12/11/1939 | Now you know | Charlie Barnet Orchestra ; Mary Ann McCall | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-043990 | 10-in. | 12/11/1939 | I kinda like you | Charlie Barnet Orchestra ; Mary Ann McCall | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-043991 | 10-in. | 12/11/1939 | Night after night after you | Charlie Barnet Orchestra ; Mary Ann McCall | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-043992 | 10-in. | 12/11/1939 | Between 18th and 19th on Chestnut Street | Charlie Barnet Orchestra ; Mary Ann McCall | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-043993 | 10-in. | 12/11/1939 | Somebody told me | Charlie Barnet Orchestra ; Mary Ann McCall | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-043994 | 10-in. | 12/11/1939 | Clap hands, here comes Charlie | Charlie Barnet Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-046056 | 10-in. | 1/3/1940 | Thank your stars | Charlie Barnet Orchestra ; Mary Ann McCall | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-046057 | 10-in. | 1/3/1940 | Tappin' at the Tappa | Charlie Barnet Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-046058 | 10-in. | 1/3/1940 | Comanche war dance | Charlie Barnet Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-046059 | 10-in. | 1/3/1940 | Southland shuffle | Charlie Barnet Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-047709 | 10-in. | 2/27/1940 | Ev'ry Sunday afternoon | Charlie Barnet Orchestra ; Mary Ann McCall | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-047710 | 10-in. | 2/27/1940 | From another world | Charlie Barnet Orchestra ; Mary Ann McCall | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-047711 | 10-in. | 2/27/1940 | You've got me out on a limb | Charlie Barnet Orchestra ; Mary Ann McCall | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-047712 | 10-in. | 2/27/1940 | Castle of dreams | Charlie Barnet Orchestra ; Mary Ann McCall | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-047985 | 10-in. | 3/21/1940 | A lover's lullaby | Charlie Barnet Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-047986 | 10-in. | 3/21/1940 | Where was I? | Charlie Barnet Orchestra ; Mary Ann McCall | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-047987 | 10-in. | 3/21/1940 | 'Deed I do | Charlie Barnet Orchestra ; Mary Ann McCall | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-047988 | 10-in. | 3/21/1940 | You've got me voo-doo'd | Charlie Barnet Orchestra ; Mary Ann McCall | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-047989 | 10-in. | 3/21/1940 | Wanderin' blues | Charlie Barnet Orchestra ; Mary Ann McCall | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-047990 | 10-in. | 3/21/1940 | Leapin' at the Lincoln | Charlie Barnet Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-048791 | 10-in. | 4/16/1940 | You're lovely and I'm lonely | Charlie Barnet Orchestra ; Mary Ann McCall | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-048792 | 10-in. | 4/16/1940 | Fools fall in love | Charlie Barnet Orchestra ; Mary Ann McCall | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-048909 | 10-in. | 4/16/1940 | Dark Avenue | Charlie Barnet Orchestra ; Mary Ann McCall | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-048910 | 10-in. | 4/16/1940 | The breeze and I | Charlie Barnet Orchestra ; Mary Ann McCall | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-048911 | 10-in. | 4/16/1940 | Afternoon of a moax | Charlie Barnet Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-048912 | 10-in. | 4/16/1940 | The fable of the rose | Charlie Barnet Orchestra ; Mary Ann McCall | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Decca | 68609 | 10-in. | 1/22/1941 | (Hurry back to) Sorrento | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68610 | 10-in. | 1/22/1941 | Boogie woogie bugle boy | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68611 | 10-in. | 1/22/1941 | Oh! Look at me now | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68616 | 10-in. | 1/22/1941 | Bounce me brother, with a solid four | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68697 | 10-in. | 2/13/1941 | Blue flame | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68698 | 10-in. | 2/13/1941 | Fur trappers' ball | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68804 | 10-in. | 3/11/1941 | Sleepy serenade | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68805 | 10-in. | 3/11/1941 | Let's get away from it all | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68806 | 10-in. | 3/11/1941 | Everything happens to me | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68807 | 10-in. | 3/11/1941 | Chloe (Song of the swamp) | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68808 | 10-in. | 3/11/1941 | Eve, let that apple bee | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68927 | 10-in. | 4/4/1941 | You call it madness, but I call it love | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68928 | 10-in. | 4/4/1941 | Lazy rhapsody | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68929 | 10-in. | 4/4/1941 | Intermezzo | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68930 | 10-in. | 4/4/1941 | Time changes everything | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68931 | 10-in. | 4/4/1941 | My Mom | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68982 | 10-in. | 4/11/1941 | Dancing in the dark | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68983 | 10-in. | 4/11/1941 | G'bye now | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68984 | 10-in. | 4/11/1941 | Until tomorrow | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68985 | 10-in. | 4/11/1941 | You'll never know | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68986 | 10-in. | 4/11/1941 | Night watchman | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 71439 | 10-in. | 10/1/1943 | My heart tells me | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 71440 | 10-in. | 10/1/1943 | My shining hour | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 71441 | 10-in. | 10/1/1943 | Birmingham special | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 71442 | 10-in. | 10/1/1943 | An old manuscript | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Signature | SRC 108 | 10-in. | 2/12/1945 | Sugar | Yank Lawson Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Signature | SRC 109 | 10-in. | 2/12/1945 | Sensation rag | Yank Lawson Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 12SRC101 | 12-in. | 2/12/1945 | Davenport blues | Yank Lawson Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 12SRC100 | 12-in. | 2/12/1945 | Lady be good | Yank Lawson Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Owens, John," accessed November 1, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/207573.
Owens, John. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 1, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/207573.
"Owens, John." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 1 November 2024.
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