June Stearns

Agnes June Stearns, *05-04-1939 Alpha, KY

2nd version

By Michel Ruppli, Praguefrank, Henk Scholts, Lennart Gustavsson, David Epstein

SESSIONS also recorded with Roy Acuff
ca 1963 [live-WSM Radio] Nashville, TN – June Stearns and Gene Martin
00001 THREE SIDES TO THE STORY SLP 274
STARDAY SLP 274 THE COUNTRY MUSIC FESTIVAL (1964);
ca. June 1963 Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN – June Stearns, * and Gene Martin
001 6402 THREE SIDES TO THE STORY * Starday 639/SLP-261
002 6403 FAMILY MAN* 660/SLP 276
003 6404 JUST ANOTHER SONG 639/SLP-276
STARDAY SLP 276 COUNTRY MUSIC CANNONBALL (1964)
July 1963 Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN – June Stearns, and Red Sovine [1], Gene Martin [2] (Producer: Tommy Hill)
004 6493 DEAR JOHN LETTER -1 7014//SLP-261  SLP-341 SLP 9-385  S-SLP 9-449  NLP-2044
005 6494 SLIPPING AROUND -2 7012/SLP-261
006 6496? ACCIDENTALLY ON PURPOSE -2 SLP-261
007 6497 WE‘VE GOT THINGS IN COMMON -2 660/SLP-261  SLP-276
6495 is by Bobby Sykes and Helen Carter
15 May 1967 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – June Stearns
010 NCO 120217 HABIT NOT DESIRE 4-44206/CS-9783
011 NCO 120218 WHERE DID THE GOOD TIMES GO 4-44321
012 NCO 120219 I'M THE QUEEN (OF MY LONELY LITTLE WORLD) 4-44483
013 NCO 120220 TEAR FOR TEAR 4-44206
8 September 1967 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – June Stearns
014 NCO 120277 RIVER OF REGRET 4-44321/CS-9783
015 NCO 120278 EMPTY HOUSE 4-44483/CS-9783
5 December 1967 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Lefty Frizzell and June Stearns aka Agnes and Orville (Lefty Frizzell [vcl], June Stearns [vcl],  Grady Martin [gt], Ray Edenton [gt], Harold Bradley [gt], Joseph Zinkan [bass], Buddy Harman [drums], Floyd Cramer [piano]. Producer: Frank Jones)
016 NCO 120911 HAVE I EVER BEEN UNTRUE 4-44449/ BCD 15550
017 NCO 120912 IF YOU’VE GOT THE MONEY I’VE GOT THE TIME 4-44449/C 30896 BCD 15550
March 1968 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – June Stearns
018 NCO 98496 I CRY MYSELF AWAKE 4-44575
019 NCO 98497 WHERE HE STOPS NOBODY KNOWS 4-44575/CS-9783
9 August 1968 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – June Stearns
020 NCO 98595 SOME OF THESE DAYS 4-44795 4-44946
4 September 1968 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – June Stearns, * andJohnny Duncan and June Stearns (Producer: Frank Jones)
021 NCO 98604 THE TRUE AND LASTING KIND* 4-44656/CS-9910
022 NCO 98605 JACKSON AIN'T A VERY BIG TOWN* 4-44656/CS-9910 CCM331-2
023 NCO 98606 WALKING MIDNIGHT ROAD 4-44695/CS-9783
024 NCO 98607 NO GOOD MAN 4-44795
September 1968 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – June Stearns
025 FLOWER OF LOVE CS-9783
026 TODAY I STARTED LOVING YOU AGAIN CS-9783
027 NCO 98628 PLASTIC SADDLE 4-44695/CS-9783
028 TO MY SORROW CS-9783
029 THE FUTURE EX-MRS. JONES CS-9783
030 TIME WOUNDS ALL HEELS CS.9783
ca. December 1968 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Johnny Duncan and June Stearns (Producer: Frank Jones)
031 NCO 100582 IF THAT'S THE ONLY WAY 4-44752
032 NCO 100583 BACK TO BACK (WE'RE STRANGERS) 4-44752/CS-9910
28 March 1969 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – June Stearns
033 NCO 100769 WHAT MAKES YOU SO DIFFERENT 4-44852
034 NCO 100770 unknown title unissued
035 NCO 100771 A PIECE AT A TIME 4-44946
036 NCO 100772 TROUBLE IN MIND 4-44852
23 May 1969 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Johnny Duncan and June Stearns (Producer: Frank Jones)
037 NCO 100835 WE'LL GET MARRIED OR NOTHING 4-44992/CS-9910
038 NCO 100837 NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO DREAM 4-44992/CS-9910
ca. May 1969 [some tracks possibly recorded earlier] Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Johnny Duncan and June Stearns (Producer: Frank Jones)
039 WE HAD ALL THE GOOD THINGS GOING CS-9910
040 WHAT LOCKS THE DOOR CS-9910
041 BLUE EYES CRYING IN THE RAIN CS-9910
042 THE WILD SIDE OF LIFE CS-9910
043 SWEET THANG CS-9910
044 CAN YOU MATCH THAT KIND OF LOVE CS-9910
22 September 1969 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – June Stearns
045 NCO 100983 HE WAS A CARPENTER 4-45042
046 NCO 100984 DRIFTING TOO FAR (FROM YOUR ARMS) 4-45042
7 July 1970 Bradley's Barn, 722 Bender’s Ferry Road, Mount Juliet, TN – June Stearns (Producer: Owen Bradley)
047 122994/NA 16137 PACK YOUR LUNCH unissued
048 122995/NA 16138 TYIN' STRINGS 32726
049 122996/NA 16139 DON'T TROUBLE TROUBLE 32726
19 March 1971 Bradley's Barn, 722 Bender’s Ferry Road, Mount Juliet, TN – June Stearns (Producer: Owen Bradley)
050 123463/NA 16381 ANOTHER 32876
051 123464/NA 16382 SWEET BABY ON MY MIND 32828
052 123465/NA 16383 HOW'S MY EX TREATING YOU? 32828
053 123466/NA 16384 YOUR KIND OF LOVIN' 32876
12 June 1972 Bradley's Barn, 722 Bender’s Ferry Road, Mount Juliet, TN – June Stearns (Producer: Owen Bradley)
054 123984/NA 16806 MAN (SENSUOUS MAN) 32986
055 123985/NA 16807 IN CASE OF A STORM 32986
056 123986/NA 16808 AM I STILL A PART OF YOU unissued
ca 2009 Whiteway Recording Studio, Castalian Sporings, TN – June Stearns, * and with Petie Stearns (Danny Shatswell [gt], Carl Lambert [steel], Dan Furmanik [bass/gt], Earl White [fiddle/gt], Terry Duncan [piano], Shelton Bissell [sax]. Producer: Earl White)
057 FIDDLE DIDDLE BOOGIE* Whiteway
058 BOUQUET OF ROSES Whiteway
059 IF MY HEART HAD WINDOWS Whiteway
060 HE CALLED ME BABY Whiteway
061 THE HEART OF A CLOWN Whiteway
062 ALL OF ME Whiteway
063 END OF THE WORLD Whiteway
064 ONLY YOU (AND YOU ALONE) Whiteway
065 TRY AGAIN Whiteway
066 KANSAS CITY Whiteway
067 SOMEDAY (YOU’LL WANT ME TO WANT YOU) Whiteway
068 MAKE THE WORLD GO AWAY Whiteway
069 TOO MANY RIVERS Whiteway
070 YOU BELONG TO ME Whiteway
071 NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW Whiteway
072 TROUBLE IN MIND Whiteway


ALBUMS
Starday SLP-261 Slippin' Around: [Gene Martin and June Stearns:] Slipping Around; 3 Sides To Every Story; We've Got Things In Common; Accidentally On Purpose; [Cowboy Copas and Dottie West:] Loose Talk; [Carter and Willis Brothers:]; Wild Side; [Young:] Window Up Above; [Wilson and Warren:] Back Street Affair; [George Jones and Jeanette Hicks:] Yearning; [Benny Martin:]; Sinful Cinderella; [Blue Sky Boys:] Don't Trade; [Bobby Sykes:] Release Me; [Frankie Miller and Dottie Sills:] Out of Bounds; [Red Sovine and June Stearns:] Dear John Letter - 64
Columbia CS-9783 River Of Regret: River Of Regret; Flower Of Love; I Started Loving You Again; Plastic Saddle; Empty House; To My Sorrow; Where He Stops Nobody Knows; Habit Not Desire; The Future Ex-Mrs. Jones; Time Wounds All Heels; Walking Midnight Road – 03-69
Columbia CS-9910 Back To Back: Jackson Ain't A Very Big Town; We Had All The Good Things Going; What Locks The Door; We'll Get Married Or Nothing; Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain; The Wild Side Of Life; Back To Back; Sweet Thang; Now I Lay Me Down To Dream; Can You Match That Kind Of Love; The True And Lasting Kind – 09-69 w. Johnny Duncan
Whiteway ? Many Sounds Of Country: Fiddle Diddle Boogie (with sister Petie); Bouquet of Roses; If My Heart Had Windows; He Called Me Baby-Baby); The Heart of a Clown; All of Me; End of the World; Only You (And You Alone); Try Again; Kansas City; Someday (You'll Want Me To Want You); Make the World Go Away; Too Many Rivers; You Belong to Me; No One Will Ever Know; Trouble in Mind – ca 09





SINGLES 

Starday (1963-64)
639 Three Sides To The Story (w. Gene Martin) / Just Another Song (w. Pete Drake) - 07-63 (rev. Aug. 3)
660 Family Man / We've Got Things In Common (w. Gene Martin) – ca. 12-63
7012 Slipping Around (w. Gene Martin) / (The Willis Brothers:) The Wild Side Of Life - 64
7014 Dear John Letter (and Red Sovine) / (Eddie Wilson and Dorothy Warren:) Back Street Affair - 64
Columbia (1967-69)
4-44206 Habit Not Desire / Tear For Tear – ca. 27-06--67
4-44321 Where Did The Good Times Go / River Of Regret -10-67
4-44449 Have I Even Been Untrue? / If You've Got The Money (I've Got The Time) - 02-68 w. Lefty Frizzell as by Agnes and Orville
4-44483 Empty House / I'm The Queen (Of My Lonely Little World) – 19-03-68
4-44575 Where He Stops Nobody Knows / I Cry Myself Awake – 23-07-68
4-44656 Jackson Ain't A Very Big Town / The True And Lasting Kind – 17-09-68 w. Johnny Duncan
4-44695 Walking Midnight Road / Plastic Saddle – ca. 29-11-68
4-44752 Back To Back (We're Strangers) / If That's The Only Way Back – 21-01-69 w. Johnny Duncan
4-44795 No Good Man / Some Of These Days – 69
4-44852 What Makes You So Different / Trouble In Mind – ca. 04-69
4-44946 Some Of These Days / A Piece At A Time - 07-69
4-44992 Now I Lay Me Down To Dream / We'll Get Married Or Nothing - 08-69 w. Johnny Duncan
4-45042 Drifting Too Far (From Your Arms) / He Was A Carpenter – 11-11-69
Decca (1970-72)
32726 Don't Double Trouble / Tying Strings - 09-70
32828 Sweet Baby On My Mind / How's My Ex Treating You? - 05-71
32876 Your Kind Of Lovin' / Another - 09-71
32986 Man (Sensuous Man) / In Case Of A Storm - 07-72

 

TRANSCRIPTIONS DISCS

United States Air Force - Country Music Time # 111:  Baby Me Baby (Johnny Duncan);  Jackson Ain’t A Very Big Town (Johnny Duncan and June Stearns);  Johnny One Time (Johnny Duncan);  Walking Midnight Road (June Stearns);  Back To Back (Johnny Duncan and June Stearns) – ca 11-69

As guest star on Country Music Time Shows:

Show # 061 (Johnny Darrell - airdate Nov. 1968): Empty House; River Of Regret

Tracks on Grand Ole Opry show:

Show # 039 (airdate June 11, 1964): Walking After Midnight; Faded Love