Joe POOVEY

Chanteur US né le 10 mai 1941, originaire du Texas, Joe Poovey a débuté en 1955 en enregistrant à Dallas pour Jim Shell, puis en 1958 chez Dixie Records. On le retrouve ensuite comme chanteur de Country Music pour les labels Azalea, Sims et Cimmeron. Il fut un chanteur régulier au Big D Jamboree (KRLD, Dallas, Texas) en 1954-57 et Disc Jockey sur KMAE (McKinney, Texas) en 1958. Joe Poovey est décédé en 1998.
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09/1958	SP DIXIE 45-733 (US)	Move Around (1) / Careful Baby (1)
05/1959	SP DIXIE 45-2018 (US)	Ten Long Fingers (2) / Thrill Of Love (2)
12/1960	SP AZALEA 136-D-45 (US)	I Dreamed About The Blues / The Secret Me
02/1962	SP SIMS 45-126 (US)	Are You Really Worth It All / As One Sinner To Another
10/1963	SP SIMS 147 (US)	I'm Barely Hangin' On To Me / Her Mother's Wedding Dress
12/1964	SP SIMS 216 (US)	The Late And Great Me / I Wear It Well

(1) Joe Poovey & The Royal Dukes
(2) Groove Joe Poovey

Poovey, Joe



Born 1941 in Dallas, Texas. Disc jockey on KMAE (McKinney, Texas) in 1958. A regular on the Big D Jamboree (KRLD, Dallas, Texas) in 1954-57. Died in 1998.

References:
Article and sessionography in issue 18 (1978) of New Kommotion.
Feature article and sessionography in issue 23 (1980) of New Kommotion.
Feature article and sessionography in issue 70 (1998) of Rockin' Fifties.
Article in issue 243 (2003) of Now Dig This.

Original Releases



Discography is not intended to be complete

Date & Source	Label & Number	V	Titles {& References to LP/CD List}	As By	Matrix Numbers
1958/Sept. (SPD est.)	Dixie (P.D.) 45-733		Move Around {k,m} Careful Baby {b,g,k,m,o}	1 1	B A
1959/May 18 Bb pop rev.	Dixie 45-2018		Ten Long Fingers {a,b,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,m,q,r} Thrill Of Love {k,m}	2 2	2923 2922
Additional Tracks on Comps
	[live recording]		Honolulu Rock-A-Roll-A {k,m} Move Around [live vers.] {k,m,n,p}
1956	[unissued]		Nursery Rock {g,k,m} Silence Baby {g,k,m}
	[unissued]		My Life's Ambition {c,g,k,m,o} Sweet Louella {b,d,g,k,m,o}
1958	[unissued]		Move Around [alt. vers.] {c,e,g,h,k,l,m,o}

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Deep Ellum Blues {k,m} Deep Ellum Rock {k,m} From The Jungle To The Zoo {k,m} Livin' Alone {k,m} Ocean Of Diamonds {k,m} Pride {k,m} Ten Long Fingers [alt. vers.] {k,m} Will The Circle Be Unbroken? {k,m} You Are My Sunshine {k,m}

References in "As By" Column:

1. as by Joe Poovey And The Royal Dukes
   
2. as by Groove [!!] Joe Poovey
   

Other Notes:

• SEE ALSO: Vandagriff, Earney
  

Collector-Oriented Compilation LPs and CDs Containing Tracks

	1970
a.	Collector CL 1005 (lp)	Ten Long Fingers
	1979
b.	Gusto 5017X (lp)	Dixie Starday Rockabillys, Vol. 1
c.	Gusto 5031X (lp)	Dixie Starday Rockabilly's, Vol. 2
	1980
d.	Star-Club/Rollin' Rock 5000 (lp)	Rollin' Rock Got The Sock