Tim McNamara

Timothy Edmund Mcnamara *10-10-1922 Orange, NSW, AUS, + 16-04-1983
2nd version
by Murray Kirch, Eric Watson Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS
8 September 1948 Columbia Studios, Homebush, NSW, AUS - Tim McNamara
001 CT 2511 RIDING ALONG Regal Zonophone G 25260
002 CT 2512 GOING TO THE RODEO TODAY Regal Zonophone G 25260
003 CT 2513 CAMPFIRE OF DREAMS G 25267
004 CT 2514 MY HEART IS ACHING G 25267
005 CT 2515 PAY DAY G 25269
006 CT 2516 HAPPY COWBOY G 25269
1950-1956 unknown, AUS – Tim McNamara
007 DOWN BY THE RAILROAD TRACK Rodeo R013/BACM CD D 278
008 WILL YOU BE MY LITTLE SWEETHEART R013
009 MIDNIGHT TRAIN R014/ BACM CD D 278
010 MY HILLBILLY SWEETHEART R014
011 I CAN'T HIDE THE TEARS R015/ BACM CD D 278
012 FOLLOW THE HILL BILLIES w. Joy and Heather McKean R015
013 MY CURLY HEADED BUCKAROO R016/ BACM CD D 278
014 I'D RATHER YODEL THAN SING R016
015 33928 SWEET LULLABY w. Mckean Sisters & Tommy Mack R019/BACM CD D 278
016 I WISH ALL MY CHILDREN WERE BABIES AGAIN R019/ BACM CD D 278
017 I'D LIKE TO CALL YOU MY SWEETHEART R020
018 THAT AUSSIE GIRL OF MINE R020
019 CAROLINA WALTZ R021/ BACM CD D 278
020 OLD SHEP R021/ BACM CD D 278
021 A PRECIOUS MEMORY R022/ BACM CD D 278
022 THE SNOWY RIVER RIDERS R022
023 I'M SORRY NOW R023
024 I REMEMBERED TOO LATE R023
025 NELLIE THE LILY OF THE VALLEY R024
026 M-O-T-H-E-R R024
027 SLIPPIN' AROUND WITH SWEET GEORGIA BROWN R025/ BACM CD D 278
028 CHRISTMAS ON THE RANGE R025/ BACM CD D 278
029 MY KIND OF COUNTRY R035/ BACM CD D 278
030 WE'RE BRANDING A LITTLE CRITTER RODEO R035
031 MOCKIN' BIRD HILL R036
032 I OVERLOOKED AN ORCHID R036
033 1 I'VE GOT FIVE DOLLARS AND IT'S SATURDAY NIGHT R037/ BACM CD D 278
034 SATURDAY NIGHT R037
035 HEARTBREAK TRAIL R038/BACM CD D 278
036 THE CITY SLICKER COWBOY R038
037 COWBOY LULLABY R039
038 I'LL ALWAYS CALL MY HOME R039
039 RED RIVER VALLEY w. McKean Sisters R054
040 DOWN THE TRAIL OF ACHIN' HEARTS R054/ BACM CD D 278
041 A MOTHER AS LOVELY AS YOU R057
042 KENTUCKY WALTZ R057
043 A GIRL WITHOUT A SWEETHEART R061/ BACM CD D 278
044 LITTLE DARLIN' R061
045 CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT YOU w. Lorna Whiteside R062
046 PRARIE ROSE, I'M COMIN' BACK TO YOU R062
047 STRANGE LITTLE GIRL R080/ BACM CD D 278
048 KEEP A LIGHT IN YOUR WINDOW TONIGHT R080/ BACM CD D 278
049 OLD BARN DANCE R081/ BACM CD D 278
050 TELL A WOMAN R081/ BACM CD D 278
051 I'VE JUST GOT TO BE A COWBOY R085/ BACM CD D 278
052 HONEYMOON ON A ROCKET SHIP R085/ BACM CD D 278
053 MR.MOON R086/ BACM CD D 278
054 MCNAMARA'S RODEO R086/ BACM CD D 278
055 70060 MOTHER THE QUEEN OF MY HEART R111/ BACM CD D 278
056 HE'S A COWBOY w. Lorna Barry R111
057 LITTLE PAL w. Lorna Barry R112
058 DESERT GOLD R112
1956 unknown, AUS – Tim McNamara
059 SHEEP DIP BLUES Festival DWA6
060 DARLING OF MY HEART Festival DWA6
061 CHRISTMAS DAY IS ON ITS WAY Festival DWA7
062 DON'T EVER TAKE THOSE RIBBONS FROM YOUR HAIR Festival DWA7
1956 or later unknown, AUS – Tim McNamara
063 WHERE THE BLUE OF THE NIGHT MEETS THE GOLD OF THE DAY Festival FK 3046
064 PALE MOON FK 3046
065 GIRL OF MY DREAMS FK 3047
066 THE SINGING HILLS FK 3047
1970 or 1971 Sydney, NSW, AUS - Tim McNamara
067 RED RIVER VALLEY Columbia SOEX 9814
068 LONG LONG FRIENDSHIP Columbia SOEX 9814
069 BRINGING MARY HOME Columbia SOEX 9814
069 I LOVE YOU BECAUSE Columbia SOEX 9814
070 HERE COMES BABY BACK AGAIN Columbia SOEX 9814
071 COMEBACK Columbia SOEX 9814
072 SCARLET RIBBONS Columbia SOEX 9814
073 WHEN I COME HOME Columbia SOEX 9814
074 HE'LL HAVE TO GO Columbia SOEX 9814
075 WE COULD Columbia SOEX 9814
076 YOU'RE THE ONLY GOOD THING Columbia SOEX 9814
077 HOMETOWN SWEETHEART Columbia SOEX 9814
ca 1974 Sydney, NSW, AUS - Tim McNamara
078 I'VE JUST GOT TO BE A COWBOY
079 I OVERLOOKED AN ORCHID
080 WALK TALL
081 CAMPFIRE OF DREAMS
082 PACK MY SADDLE
083 THE TIRED STOCKMAN
084 OH, YOU DRIVER
085 WEDDING BELLS
086 SON OF OLD SHEP
087 HAVE I TOLD YOU LATELY THAT I LOVE YOU
088 IF THE WHOLE WORLD STOPPED LOVING
089 WON'T YOU TAKE IT BACK AND CHANGE IT FOR A BOY
090 KENTUCKY WALTZ
tracks above issued on album Campfire of Dreams


ALBUMS
Columbia [AUS] SOEX 9814 Relaxin‘:Red River Valley; Long Long Friendship; Bringing Mary Home; I Love You Because; Here Comes Baby Back Again; Comeback; Scarlet Ribbons; When I Come Home; He'll Have To Go; We Could;You're The Only Good Thing; Hometown Sweetheart - 71
Picture [AUS] ? Campfire of Dreaming: I've Just Got To Be A Cowboy;I Overlooked an Orchid;Walk Tall; Campfire of Dreams; Pack My Saddle; The Tired Stockman; Oh, You Driver; Wedding Bells; Son of Old Shep; Have I Told You Lately That I Love You; If The Whole World Stopped Loving; Won't You Take It Back and Change It For a Boy; Kentucky Waltz – 74 (also on Arika AR 010 – possibly NZE issue)
BACM [UK] CD D 278 Mcnamara's Rodeo The Cowboy Troubadour: Down By The Railroad Track; Midnight Train; I Can't Hide The Tears; My Curly Headed Buckaroo; Swiss Lullaby Southern; I Wish All My Children Were Babies Again; Carolina Waltz; Old Shep; My Precious Memory; Slippin' Around With Sweet Georgia Brown; Christmas On The Range; My Kind Of Country; We're Branding A Little Critter; I've Got Five Dollars And It's Saturday Night; Heartbreak Trail; Down The Trail Of Achin' Hearts; Girl Without A Sweetheart; Strange Little Girl; Keep A Light In Your Window Tonight; Old Barn Dance; Tell A Woman; I've Just Got To Be A Cowboy;Honeymoon On A Rocket Ship; Mr.Moon; Mcnamara's Rode; Mother The Queen Of My Heart – 09

SINGLES
Regal Zonophone [AUS] (1948)
G 25260 Going to the Rodeo Today / Riding Along - 48
G 25267 Campfire of Dreams / My Heart is Aching – 48
G 25269 Happy Cowboy/ Pay Day - 48
Rodeo [AUS] (1950-1956)
R 013 Will You Be My Little Sweetheart / Down By the Railroad Track - 50
R 014 The Midnight Train / My Hillbilly Sweetheart - 50
R 015 Follow the Hill Billies (with Joy and Heather McKean) / I Can't Hide My Tears
R 016 My Curly Headed Buckaroo / I'd Rather Yodel than Sing
R 019 Sweet Lullaby (with McKean Sisters & Tommy Mack) / I Wish All My Children Were Babies Again
R 020 I'd Like to Call You My Sweetheart / That Aussie Girl of Mine
R 021Caroline Waltz / Old Shep
R 022 A Precious Memory / The Snowy River Riders
R 023 I'm Sorry Now / I Remembered Too Late
R 024 Nellie the Lily of the Valley / M-o-t-h-e-r
R 025 Slippin' Around Sweet Georgia Brown / Christmas on the Range
R 035 My Kind of Country/ We're Branding a Little Critter
R 036 Mockin' Bird Hill / I Overlooked an Orchid
R 037 Wedding Bells / I've Got Five Dollars and It's Saturday Night
R 038 Heartbreak Trail / The City Slicker Cowboy
R 039 Cowboy Lullaby / I'll Always Call My Home
R 054 Red River Valley (with the McKean Sisters) / Down the Trail of Aching Hearts
R 057 A Mother As Lovely As You / Kentucky Waltz
R 061 A Girl Without a Sweetheart / Little Darlin'
R 062 Can't Live Without You (with Lorna Whiteside) / Prarie Rose, I'm Comin' Back to You
R 080 Strange Little Girl / Keep a Light in Your Window Tonight
R 081 The Old Barn Dance / Tell a Woman
R 085 I've Just Got to Be a Cowboy / Honeymoon on a Rocketship
R 086 Mr Moon / McNamara's Rodeo
R 111 He's a Cowboy (with Lorna Barry) / Mother The Queen of My Heart
R 112 Little Pal (with Lorna Barry) / Desert Gold
Festival [AUS] (1956)
DWA 6 Sheep Dip Blues / Darling of My Heart - 56
DWA 7 Christmas Day Is On Its Way / Don't Ever Take Those Ribbons From Your Hair - 56
FK 3046 Where The Blue of the Night Meets the Gold of the Day / Pale Moon
FK 3047 Girl of My Dreams / The Singing Hills