Bobby Harden

Bobby Lamoyne Harden, *27-06-1942 England, AR,  +30-05-2006

3rd version
by Praguefrank, Michel Ruppli, Thieu Van De Vorst, Lennart Gustavsson
SESSIONS see also Harden Trio
1959 unknown – Bobby Harden
001 GETTING BETTER Westwood 202
002 I'M LOVING YOU, BABY 202
18 August 1967 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Bobby Harden
003 NCO 120271 MY HEART'S CAUGHT IN THE DOOR Columbia 4-44322
004 NCO 120272 unknown title unissued
005 NCO 120273 AFTER HAVING YOU 4-44322
29 March 1968 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Bobby Harden
006 NCO 98498 TEXARKANA 4-44543
007 NCO 98499 unknown title unissued
008 NCO 98500 DON'T DRIVE ME 4-44543
ca.April-May 1969 Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN – Bobby Harden (Producer: Ralph David)
011 IN THE GHETTO SLP-443
012 INVITATION TO THE BLUES SLP-443
013 GET IT OVER SLP-443
014 ONE GLIMPSE OF HEAVEN SLP-443
015 YOU GAVE ME A MOUNTAIN SLP-443
016 GAMES PEOPLE PLAY SLP-443
017 HOLDING TO THE MEMORIES SLP-443
018 THE DAYS OF SAND AND SHOVELS SLP-443
ca. May 1969 Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN – Bobby Harden (Producer: Ralph David)
019 S-9033 EXCEPT FOR ONE Starday 875/SLP-443
020 S-9036 THE WILD ONES 875/SLP-443

S-9034,9035 are probably two tracks for album SLP 443

ca. May 1969 Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN – Bobby Harden and Karen Wheeler (Producer: Ralph David)
021 S-9042 WE GOT EACH OTHER 879/SLP 443
ca. May 1969 Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN – Bobby Harden and Karen Wheeler (Producer: Ralph David)
022 S-9049 THE LOVE FOR A CHILD  879
ca. July 1970 Nashville, TN – Bobby Harden (Producer: Jim Malloy)
023 M0DS-1054 TULSA Mega 615-0006
024 M0DS-1055 LITTLE BOY WONDER 615-0006
025 M0DS-1056 I WANTED LOVE FROM YOU MARY 615-0018

January 1971 Nashville, TN – Bobby Harden (Producer: Jim Malloy)
026 M1AS-1177 MAMA'S SONG 615-0018
027 M1AS-1178 ST. VINCENT MOTOR HOTEL 615-0028
027a M1AS-1179 unknown title
028 M1AS-1180 JUST BECAUSE HE LOVED HER 615-0028

1971 Nashville, TN – Bobby Harden (Producer: Jim Malloy)
029 M1AS-1334 SOMEONE WRITE A PERFECT MELODY 615-0053
030 M1AS-1335 or 36? EXCEPT FOR LOVE 615-0053

Possibly one more unknown track recorded
ca. July 1973 Nashville, TN – Bobby Harden (Producer: Jim Malloy)
031 MRS. WILLINGHAM Metromedia Country BMBO-0068
032 THE GREENEST GRASS IN TOWN BMBO-0068
ca. 1973 Nashville, TN – Bobby Harden (Producer: Jim Malloy)
033 HIT'N THE HEAD WITH NITE CLUB Papa Joe 709
034 WANT YOU BE MY BABY 709
ca. May 1974 Nashville, TN – Bobby Harden
035 14166 PLEASE COME TO BOSTON United Artists UA-XW459-W
036 14167? IT'S A LONG WAY BACK TO LITTLE ROCK UA-XW459-W
(purchased masters, filed on June 13, 1974; 14167 is blank in files, but listed as by Bobby Harden)
ca. December 1974 Nashville, TN – Bobby Harden
037 15186 ONE STEP UA-XW597-X
038 15187 HOLDING ON UA-XW597-X
purchased masters - filed on January 10,1975
29 April 1975 Jack Clement Recording Studio and Jack Track’s Recording Studio, Nashville, TN – Bobby Harden
039 15794 ALL THE KING’S HORSES UA-XW662-Y
040 15795 A SONG I COULDN'T WRITE UA-XW662-Y UA-XW714-Y
041 16471 FLASHING, SCREAMING SILENT NEON SIGN UA-XW714-Y
16471 presumably recorded at same session as 15794/5
July 1976 Nashville, TN – Bobby Harden
041 17716 WHITE SILVER SANDS UA-XW859-Y
042 17717 RAINBOW MAN UA-XW859-Y
Bobby Harden recorded after 1976. Some info in albums list

ALBUMS
Starday S-SLP-443 The Nashville Sensation: Except For One; In The Ghetto; Invitation To The Blues; Get It Over; One Glimpse Of Heaven; You Gave Me A Mountain; Games People Play; Wild Ones; We Got Each Other (w.Karen Wheeler); Holding To The Memories; The Days Of Sand And Shovels - 69
All Pro AP-1018 Ode To The Bulldogs: Ode To The Bulldogs; The Mighty Junkyard Dawgs; Thank God I’m A Georgia Dog; Georgia Peach; Unbeaten And Untied; Georgia, You’re Where I Want To Be; Hershel, Man, You Move The Ball; Move Over, ’Gator; There Must Be A Hole; Dooley’s Dawgs – 05-08-81
All Pro AP-1019 Gator Country-University Of Florida: King Of The S. E. C;Yonder Comes A Bulldog;The Gator Express;Ref, I Didn’t Do It;Push ’Em Back;Ode To Coach Pell;Whup The Seminoles;The Gator’s Comin’ Thru;Florida, You’re Almost Like Heaven;Give ’Em Hell, Pell – 05-08-81 w. Arlene Harden

All Pro AP-1020 Seminole Fever: Seminole Fever; Yonder Comes A Buckeye; Five Games In A Row; Ask Nebraska; My Little Seminole; Ode To Coach Bowden; Six More Points; Seminoles Of Florida State No. 1; Warriors Of The Year; Touchdown; The Mighty Seminoles – 81 w. Arlene Harden
All Pro AP-1025 Razorback Fever-Arkansas: Razorback Fever; Arkansas, You’re Where I Want To Be; Touchdown; Son Of A Razorback; Ode To Billy Ray; Six More Points; The Brutal War; Thank God, I’m A Razorback; Ask Oklahoma; Move Over, Longhorns – 07-08-81
All Pro AP-1026 Ode To Paws And Claws: Paws And Claws; Ref, I Didn’t Do It; Yonder Comes A Rebel; There Must Be A Hole; Push ’Em Back; Enter The Snakepit; Love My Little Cajun; King Of The S. E. C; Tigers, Tough And Mean; Bear’s TV Blues – 10-08-81
All Pro AP-1028 This Is Rebel Country: Mississippi, The Only Place For Me; Tiger Mince Meat Pie; Coach Sloan’s Workin’ Overtime; Ode To The Purple T-Shirts; Where Were You Lookin’?; Ode To Coach Sloan; The Brutal War; Rebels Number 1; The Winnin’ Touchdown; Ode To Hotty Toddy – 11-08-81 w. Arlene Harden

All Pro AP-1041 Coke Is It! Big Red Country: Coke Is It (II vocal); Ode To The Huskers; Big Red Fan; Okie Knuckleheads Don’t Belong; We’re The Huskers; When You Play The Huskers; Coke Is It (II instr.); Coke Is It (I vocal); Husker Fever; There Must Be A Hole; Nebraska 67 – Kansas; Don’t Make A Husker Mad; Who Do You Think You’re From; Coke Is It (I instr.) – 82 w. Arlene Harden (rec. Pete’s Place, Nashville, TN`; Producer: Tommy Hill)
Streamliner 7 6959 6800 01 1 Night Shift: Up All Night (Jam Vamp); Back From The Dead; Right Place, Wrong Time; Yes Man; Living Under The Gun; Shakin’ Blues; Gimme Somethin’ To Eat; Wrong Number; Blues Zone; You’re Barkin’ Up The Wrong Tree – 30-04-98 w. Chris Carter

SINGLES
Westwood (1959)
202 Getting Better / I'm Loving You, Baby - 59
Columbia (1967-68)
4-44322 After Having You / My Heart's Caught In The Door – 10-10-67
4-44543 Don't Drive Me / Texarkana – 14-05-68 (rev. June 8)
Starday (1969)
45-875 Except For One / The Wild Ones - 07-69
45-879 Love For A Child / We Got Each Other - 10-69 w. Karen Wheeler
Mega (1970-71)
615-0006 Tulsa / Little Boy Wonder - 10-70 (rev. Oct. 31)
615-0018 I Wanted Love From You Mary / Mama's Song - 12-70
615-0028 St. Vincent Motor Hotel / Just Because He Loved Her - 06-71 (rev. June 12)
615-0053 Except For Love / Someone Write A Perfect Melody - 12-71
Metromedia Country (1973)
BMBO-0068 Mrs. Willingham / The Greenest Grass In Town - 08-73 (rev. Sept. 1)
Papa Joe (ca. 1973)
709 Hit'n The Head With Nite Club / Want You Be My Baby
United Artists (1974-76)
UA-XW459-W Please Come To Boston / It's A Long Way Back To Little Rock - 06-74
UA-XW597-X One Step / Holdin' On - 02-75
UA-XW662-Y All The King's Horses (And All The King's Men) / A Song I Couldn't Write - 06-75
UA-XW714-Y A Song I Couldn't Write / Flashing Screaming Silent Neon Sign - 09-75
UA-XW859-Y White Silver Sands / Rainbow Man - 09-76

All-Pro

AP-4501 Coke Is It II (Vocal); Coke Is It II (Instr.); Coke Is It I (Vocal) / Ode to the Huskers - 82