Joan Toliver
b. February 16, 1932 in Berea, Kentucky
discography
J O A N   T O L I V E R ; source: Cover of Kapp KRS-4502, photographer: Ben Rose
source: Cover of Kapp KRS-4502; photographer: Ben Rose  

This discography is a non-commercial labor-of-love and is in no way associated with any business firm.
All I know about the resp. artist's / label's musical output is shown on this page. To purchase out-of-print records I recommend an ebay, gemm or google search. And - sorry for that - I have not the time to answer any e-mails asking me about further information, let alone duplicating out-of-print recordings I happen to own.

Stefan Wirz   www.wirz.de

  sound clipsMP3from album:
- High Flying Birdclick to enlarge !
"Joan Toliver".-
Kapp KRS-4502
- Black Crow Flying
- Easy Rider Blues 
- The Wayfarer 
- Ole Hannah, Don't You Rise 
MP3 44,1 KHz 16 bit stereo (where available)

"... Now I ain't no sound engineer, no sound engineer's son,
but I can create a little sound clip 'til the sound engineer comes ..."
So if there's anything to improve, don't hesitate to let me know !

 

Joan Toliver LPs/CDs
#year
of release
titlelabel # / notes
119??Berea College Chapel Choir: Let The Peoples Praise Thee

side 1: Let The Peoples Praise Thee

side 2: Songs Of Appalachia

Berea College Chapel Choir
Billy Edd Wheeler (4 tracks)
Johnny Cook
Joan Sommer
Thomas Blevins


Capitol HB 2377
(Berea LP # 2)
21961Billy Edd: USA
Monitor presents Billy Edd Wheeler and Joan Sommer

- Lonesome Gal
- Wind Spiritual
- Sassafras

- I'll Give My Love An Apple #
- Call Of The West
- Tailor And The Maid
- Ain't My Love Fine

- Black Jack Davey

- Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley #
- Cowboy's Dream
- Just So He Come
- The Wasp
- Along The Trail

- 900 Miles #
- I Ain`t Going Home Soon

rec. 1961; Billy Edd Wheeler and Joan Sommer with Larry Blondell, b; Phil Ogle, dr
# Joan Sommer lead voc

introduction by
John Jacob Niles
notes by Billy Edd Wheeler



Monitor MF 354
31963Joan Toliver

- High Flying Bird (Billy Edd Wheeler)
- Err Job
- Fisherman's Wife
- Black Crow Flying (Billy Edd Wheeler)
- Chink-A-Pink (Langhorne - Joan Sommer / Quartet - Butterfield)
- Easy Rider Blues

- The Wayfarer
- Golden Apples
- Bones / The Flowers Are Blooming Forevermore
- Can Ye Sew Cushions
- Ole Hannah, Don't You Rise

Joan Toliver, voc; Bruce Langhorne, arranger, g; Sam Brown, g; Norman Keenan, b; Shep Shepard, dr; prod. by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller

notes by Jim Aylward
click to enlarge !

click to enlarge !
Kapp KRS-4502
41964Billy Edd Wheeler: A New Bag Of Songs

- The Reverend Mr. Black
- After Taxes
- Dog Heart
- Desert Pete
- Blistered
- Jack And The Doctor's Daughter

- The Bachelor
- Anne
- Blue Roses
- Winter Sky
- Coal Tatoo

- Jackson - with Joan Sommer, voc

prod. by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller

notes by Jim Aylward



Kapp KL-1351 / KS-3351
51964Midnight Hoot

- Lonesome Traveller - The Tarriers
- Love Tastes Like Strawberry - Miriam Makeba
- The Reverend Mr. Black - Billy Edd Wheeler

- The Wayfarer - Joan Toliver
- Hattie Belle - Alan Lomax
- Winkin', Blinkin' And Nod - Simon Sisters


- UmQokozo - Miriam Makeba
- Laredo - Terry Gilkyson

- I'm A Woman - Joan Toliver
- The Bachelor - Billy Edd Wheeler
- I Know Where I'm Going - Jo Mapes
- This Land Is Your Land - The Tarriers



Kapp KL-1357 / KS-3357





= London SH-R 8178

61965The Most Unusual Joan Toliver

- Trouble In Mind (R. Jones)
- Feeling Good (Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley)
- Endlessly (C. Otis - B. Benton)
- Sunday Kind Of Love (Belle - Leonard - Rhodes - Prima)
- Careless Love (W. C. Handy - Williams - Koenig)
- Squeeze Me (C. Williams - T. Waller)

- One Room Paradise (J. L. McFarland)
- Rockin' Chair (H. Carmichael)
- In The Name Of Love (E. Levitt - Kenny Rankin)
- Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me (Duke Ellington - B. Russel)
- Talihi (J. L. McFarland)
- Willow Weep For Me (Ann Ronnell)

Joan Toliver, voc; Phil Woods, Charlie Mariano, asx; Jerome Richardson, tsx; Danny Bank, Romeo Penque, bsx; Joe Newman, Ernie Royal,; Bill Berry, tpt; Jimmy Cleveland, tbn; Kenny Burrell, Wally; Richardson, Carl Lynch, g; Paul Griffin, p; Art Davis, Milt Hinton,; Richard Davis, b; Bobby Donaldson, Grady Tate,; Osie Johnson, dr; Dee Dee Warwick, Cissy Houston, Sylvia Shemwell, Estelle Brown, voc; Jimmy Jones, arranger, conductor

notes by Jimmy Jones
click to enlarge !

click to enlarge !
Philips PHS 200-186 (stereo)
PHM 200-186 (mono)
72006Billy Edd Wheeler: A Song Of The Cumberland Gap

- Overture
- Daniel! Daniel!
- The Riddle Song
- Buckskin Buddies
- Life Here On The Yadkin
- The Wedding Song
- The Wedding Dance
- Canaan Land
- The Cherokees
- Good Gun--Horse--Wife
- Buckskin Buddies Reprise
- Jamie's Song
- Wilderness Road
- Chinquapin's Soliloquy, Kentucky
- I Am The Cumberland Gap

Joan Sommer, Jack Barlow, Paul Worley, Billy Edd Wheeler, Gove Scrivenor, Patti Leatherwood, Mike Foster; arr. and cond. by Dennis Burnside; prod. and dir. by Russell G. Miller


Sagittarius CD

www.billyeddwheeler.com

82008Billy Edd Wheeler: Appalachian Tapestry

- She Saw An Angel - voc by Kathy Mattea
- Coal Tattoo
- Red Winged Black Bird - voc by Annie Lalley
- The Hole In Uncle Vincent’s Wooden Leg
- The Rev. Mr. Black
- The Waltz Of Miss Sarah Green
- Duel Under The Snow
- The Coming Of The Roads
- Coward Of The County
- High Flyin’ Bird
- Christmas In The Country
- Lulu Belle - voc by Dana McVicker
- Mama’s Going Down In The Mine
- Jack & The Doctor’s Daughter
- Love
- The Long Arm Of The Law

- Jackson - voc by Billy Edd Wheeler & Joan Sommer
- Winter Sky
- The Coon Hunters
- I Am The Cumberland Gap

Sagittarius CD

www.billyeddwheeler.com

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- http://www.spectropop.com/BillyEddWheeler/index.htm
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

source of left column picture: back cover of Monitor MF 354

 

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