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tolivfrm.htmtoliver.htm
J O A N   T O L I V E R ; source: Back cover of Capitol LP HB 2377
↑ source: Back cover of Capitol HB 2377

Joan Toliver
b. Joan Moore Scrivner on February 16, 1932 in Berea, Kentucky
first born to Raymond Ford Scrivner and Louise Moore;
a second daughter, Phyllis Rae, arrived three years later
married actor Joseph Sommer in the very early 1960s, then living in New York City
"No one is sure why the name Toliver was chosen [for her first solo album]" (Fothergill 2013)

discography
J O A N   T O L I V E R ; source: Front cover of Kapp KRS-4502, photographer: Ben Rose
source: Front 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

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

side 1: Let The Peoples Praise Thee
Berea College Chapel Choir (Rolf Hovey, conductor; Donald Farley, organist)
- Let The Peoples Praise Thee (Children Of God)
- Send Forth Thy Spirit
- Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley
- Laudamus
- O God, Thou Art My God
- Let Us Break Bread Together
- Cry Out And Shout
- Moses (Children Of God)
- The Lord Bless You And Keep You

side 2: Songs Of Appalachia
- The Fox (Billy Edd Wheeler, voc)
- The Sheeling Song (Billy Edd Wheeler, voc)
- Lord Lovel (Johnny Cook, voc)
- Henry Martin (Billy Edd Wheeler, voc)
- My Boy Willie (Billy Edd Wheeler, voc)

- If You Were My True Love (Joan Sommer, voc)   @ youtube
- As I Walked Out A Summer's Night (Thomas Blevins, voc)
- Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child (Joan Sommer, voc)   @ youtube


Capitol HB 2377
(Berea LP # 2)

21961Billy Edd: USA
Monitor presents Billy Edd Wheeler and Joan Sommer

- Lonesome Gal   @ youtube
- Wind Spiritual #   @ youtube
- Sassafras   @ youtube
- I'll Give My Love An Apple ##   @ youtube
- Call Of The West   @ youtube
- Tailor And The Maid #   @ youtube
- Ain't My Love Fine   @ youtube

- Black Jack Davey   @ youtube

- Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley ##   @ youtube
- Cowboy's Dream   @ youtube
- Just So He Come ##   @ youtube
- The Wasp   @ youtube
- Along The Trail #   @ youtube
- 900 Miles ##   @ youtube
- I Ain't Going Home Soon #   @ youtube

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

31963



promo labels

Joan Toliver

- High Flying Bird (Billy Edd Wheeler)   @ youtube
- Err Job
- Fisherman's Wife
- Black Crow Flying (Billy Edd Wheeler)   @ youtube
- 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
cover photo by Ben Rose


notes by Jim Aylward

Kapp KRL-4502 (mono)

notes by Jim Aylward

= Kapp KRS-4502
(stereo)

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)   @ youtube

prod. by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller

notes by Jim Aylward

Kapp KL-1351 (mono)

= Kapp KS-3351 (stereo)

51964



Midnight Hoot

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

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


- UmQokozo - Miriam Makeba
- Laredo - Terry Gilkyson

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




Kapp KL-1357 (mono)


= Kapp KS-3357 (stereo)


= London SH-R 8178

61965


The Most Unusual Joan Toliver

- Trouble In Mind (2-35215) (2:41) (R. Jones)
- Feeling Good (2-36011) (3:29) (Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley)
- Endlessly (2-35189) (2:47) (C. Otis - B. Benton)   @ youtube
- Sunday Kind Of Love (2-35216) (2:45) (Belle - Leonard - Rhodes - Prima)
- Careless Love (2-36012) (2:10) (W.C. Handy - Williams - Koenig)
- Squeeze Me (2-35218) (3:13) (C. Williams - T. Waller)   @ youtube

- One Room Paradise (2-36014) (2:34) (J.L. McFarland)
- Rockin' Chair (2-36019) (2:39) (H. Carmichael)
- In The Name Of Love (2-35217) (2:33) (E. Levitt - Kenny Rankin)
- Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me (2-35187) (2:20) (Duke Ellington - B. Russel)
- Talihi (2-36015) (2:35) (J.L. McFarland)
- Willow Weep For Me (2-35188) (2:55) (Ann Ronnell)

rec. 1965 in New York City, NY; Joan Toliver, voc; Phil Woods, Charlie Mariano, as; Jerome Richardson, ts; Danny Bank, Romeo Penque, bs; Joe Newman, Ernie Royal,; Bill Berry, tp; Jimmy Cleveland, tb; Paul Griffin, p; Kenny Burrell, Wally; Richardson, Carl Lynch, g; Art Davis, Milt Hinton, Richard Davis, b; Bobby Donaldson, Grady Tate, Osie Johnson, dr; Dee Dee Warwick, Cissy Houston, Sylvia Shemwell, Estelle Brown, backgr voc; Jimmy Jones, arranger, conductor; prod. by Fred Weintraub [owner of The Bitter End]


notes by Jimmy Jones

Philips PHM 200-186
(mono)




= Philips PHS 600-186
(stereo)

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
- Joe Fothergill: Joan Toliver - A Ky. Folk Singer Was A World-Class Performer (Berea Musicians: No. 10 in a series).- The Kentucky Explorer, November 2013, p. 32-33
- http://www.spectropop.com/BillyEddWheeler/index.htm
- http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Leaders/ToliverJoan-ldr.php
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

source of left column picture: Back cover of Monitor LP MF 354

thanks to Guy Hamilton for additional info

 

Joan Toliver; source: Back cover of Monitor LP MF 354
Joan Sommer 1960/61 [?]
source: Back cover of Monitor LP MF 354

 

Joan Toliver and Harry Belafonte, 1963; source: Joe Fothergill 2013, p. 33
Joan Toliver and Harry Belafonte, 1963
source: Joe Fothergill 2013, p. 33

 

Program 'Belafonte and Company in Person, featuring Joan Toliver', 1963   Program 'Belafonte and Company in Person, featuring Joan Toliver', 1963
Program 'Belafonte and Company in Person, featuring Joan Toliver', 1963
Program "Belafonte and Company in Person, featuring Joan Toliver", 1963
btw: The photo of Joan Toliver in the program obviously is reversed left to right!

 

Joan Toliver article in The Ottawa Journal of June 15, 1963, pp. 42, 45 & 46
Joan Toliver article
in The Ottawa Journal of June 15, 1963, pp. 42, 45 & 46

 

Joan Toliver article in The New York Times of July 16, 1964 She obviously wasn't very successful in Sopot, Poland: Place 19 of 21; source: https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konkurs_Sopot_Festival_1964
Joan Toliver article
in The New York Times of July 16, 1964
She obviously wasn't too successful in Sopot, Poland:
Place 19 of 21
source: https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konkurs_Sopot_Festival_1964

 


Joe Fothergill: Joan Toliver - A Ky. Folk Singer Was A World-Class Performer
(Berea Musicians: No. 10 in a series).- The Kentucky Explorer, November 2013, p. 32-33

 

 

 

 

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