Acorn Sisters

2nd version
By Dick Grant with acknowledgements to Praguefrank
SESSIONS
1958 Wayne Raney Studio, Oxford, OH – Acorn Sisters (Goldie Brown [vcl], Rosemarie Knight [vcl], Evelyn Bowen [vcl]. Producuer: Wayne Raney)
001 unknown title Poor Boy 45-101
002 unknown title Poor Boy 45-101
ca March 1959 Wayne Raney Studio, Oxford, OH – Acorn Sisters (Goldie Brown [vcl], Rosemarie Knight [vcl], Evelyn Bowen [vcl]. Producuer: Wayne Raney)
003 594/K8OW-3573 WE'RE DRIFTING FARTHER APART Acorn 593/4 Acorn 161
004 593/K8OW-3574 REAL GONE Acorn 593/4 /While Label WLP-8919 Collector CLCD-4473 Buffalo Bop BbCD-55163 Folkline FCD-274-27 Folkline CD-162 Western Dance WD CD-1004
White Label WLP-8919 THE GIRLS ARE ROCKIN (NED, 1987); Collector CLCD-4473 REAL GONE GIRLS (NED, 2002); Buffalo Bop BbCD-55163 TOUGH DOLLS (GER, 2003); Folkline FCD-274-27 HARDCORE ROCKABILLY (UK); Folkline CD-162 ROCKABILLY KITTENS Vol.2 (UK); Western Dancw WD CD-1004 “WESTERN DANCE-SWING-BOP-BOOGIE-JIVE
1959 Wayne Raney Studio, Oxford, OH – Acorn Sisters (Goldie Brown [vcl], Rosemarie Knight [vcl], Evelyn Bowen [vcl], poss Wayne Raney [harmonica-1], poss Rusty York [banjo-2]. Producuer: Wayne Raney)
005 ST-3107 ALPHA AND OMEGA -2 Starday SEP-119-A
006 ST-3108 WHERE WILL I SHELTER MY SHEEP -2 591/SEP-119 SEP-128/ Starday SLP-165 SLP-299 London HA B-8249 Golden Classics GC-1003 Gusto GD-5030X DeLuxe DCD-7911-2, Gusto GT7-2108-2 Rimrock STR-3005
007 ST-3109 ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE -1 Starday SEP-119
008 ST-3110 PUT YOUR HOUSE IN ORDER -1 Starday SEP-119
009 ST-3111 DOCTOR IN THE SKY Starday SEP-119/Starday SLP-116 Nashville NLP-2003 Starday SLP-358
010 ST-3112 HOW I LOVE JESUS Starday SEP-119
Starday SLP-165 HOLY CRY FROM THE CROSS (1962); Nashville NLP-2003 OLD TIME RELIGION (1964); Starday SLP-299 DECK OF CARDS ( 1964); London HA B-8249 DECK OF CARDS (UK, Nov. 1965); Starday SLP-358 WONDERFUL WORLD OF GOSPEL AND SACRED MUSIC (1966); Golden Classics GC-1003 GOLDEN CLASSICS Vol.3; Rimrock STR-3005 WHERE WILL I SHELTER MY SHEEP TONIGHT (1969); Gusto GD-5030X 20 BLUEGRASS ORIGINALS : HYMNS ( 1978); Deluxe DCD-7911-2 20 BLUGRASS ORGINALS (1991); Gusto GT7-2108-2 FAVORITE SACRED SONGS (2009)
1960 Wayne Raney Studio, Oxford, OH – Acorn Sisters (Goldie Brown [vcl], Rosemarie Knight [vcl], Evelyn Bowen [vcl], Wayne Raney [harmonica*], + poss. Rusty York [banjo-2], ? [ld gt], ? [rh gt], ? [steel], ? [dobro-2], ? [piano], ? [bass]. Producuer: Wayne Raney)
011 STRAWS IN THE WIND* Acorn #160
012 THE TIES THAT BIND #160
013 BLUE TENNESSEE RAIN Acorn #161
1960 Wayne Raney Studio, Oxford, OH – Acorn Sisters (Goldie Brown [vcl], Rosemarie Knight [vcl], Evelyn Bowen [vcl] + poss. Rusty York [banjo-2], ? [ld gt], ? [rh gt], ? [steel], ? [dobro-2], ? [piano], ? [bass]. Producuer: Wayne Raney)
014 ST-3390 (MEET ME TONIGHT) AT THE LIGHTHOUSE Acorn EP-260 Starday unissued
015 ST-3391 I’M GOING BLIND Acorn 260 Starday unissued
016 SWEET SUNDAY BELLS Acorn 260
017 WHICH WAY LORD Acorn 260
1962 Cincinnati, OH – Acorn Sisters (Goldie Brown [vcl], Rosemarie Knight [vcl], Evelyn Bowen [vcl])
018 CAST YOUR BREAD UPON THE WATER Acorn 1-62
019 EMPTY HANDS Acorn 1-62
020 KNOCKING ON GOD’S DOOR Acorn 1-62
021 GOD’S WILL Acorn 1-62
1962 Cincinnati, OH – Acorn Sisters (Goldie Brown [vcl], Rosemarie Knight [vcl], Evelyn Bowen [vcl], Rusty York [banjo] + unknown harmonica, bass)
022 DO LORD Acorn 2-62
023 ROSE HAVE THORNS Acorn 2-62
024 TWISTED WORDS Acorn 2-62
025 COME BACK TO ME Acorn 2-62
1963 Cincinnati, OH – Acorn Sisters (Goldie Brown [vcl], Rosemarie Knight [vcl], Evelyn Bowen [vcl])
026 PK4M-8611 RED LONG FINGERNAILS Acorn 1-63
027 PK4M-8612 COTTON FIELDS
ca August 1965 poss. Union, KY – Acorn Sisters (Goldie and Evelyn Acorn)
028 S4KM-0938 DON'T BE CRUEL Boone BR-1027
029 S4KM-0939 MISSFORTUNE NUMBERE THREE Boone BR-1033
030 S4KM-0940 IN THE WATER BELOW Boone BR-1027
031 S4KM-0941 AFTER ALL Boone BR-1033
ca August 1966 poss. Union, KY – Acorn Sisters (Goldie and Evelyn Acorn)
032 WAIT UNTIL TOMORROW Boone 1048
033 HEARTACHE, TAKE A BREAK 1048
1968 Jewel Recording Studio, Mt. Healthy, OH – Johnny Acton & The Acorn Sisters (John W. Acton [vcl/gt], Goldie Brown [vcl], Evelyn Bowen [vcl]. Producer: Rusty York & Jimmie Skinner)
034 703-S-1/W4KM-3922 CORN COBB PIPE Acton 703 Landmark 1L-681 (829L-3922)
035 703-S-2/W4KM-3923 JUST BETWEEN YOU AND ME Acton 703 Landmark 1L-681 (829L-3922)

SINGLES
Poor Boy (1958)
45-101 ?/? - 58
Acorn (1959-62)
593/4 Real Gone / We're Drifting Farther Apart - 04-59
1-63 Red Long Fingernails / Cotton Fields – 63 (DJ Promo: 833W-63)
(EPs)
SEP-119 Alpha And Omega / Where Will I Shelter My Sheep / All Things Are Possible / Put Your House In Order / Doctor In The Sky / How I Love Jesus - 03-60 (released on Starday)
160/161 Straws In The Wind / The Ties That Bind / Blue Tennessee / We’re Drifting Farther Apart – 60 (MX: LH0H-8256/7)
260 (Meet Me Tonight) At The Lighthouse; I’m doing Blind (So I Can See) / Sweet Sunday Bells; Which Way Lord? – 60 (MX: LO8H-4766/4767)
1-62 Cast Your Bread Upon The Water; Empty Hands / Knocking On god’s Door; God’s Will – 03-62 (MX: N8OH-4005/4006)
2-62 Do Lord; Roses Have Thorns / Twisted Words; Come Back To Me – 11-62 (MX: N8OH-9610/9611)
Starday (1959)
(EP)
Boone (1965)
BR-1027 Don't Be Cruel / In The Water Below - ca 10-65
BR-1033 Missfortune Number Three / After All - 66
1048 Wait Until Tomorrow / Heartache, Take A Break – ca 10-66
Acton (1968) w. Johnny Acton
703 Corn Cobb Pipe /Just Between You And I – 68 (also on Landmark 1L-681 [829L-3922])