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Don Bowman
real name Rubel Don Bowman
Don Bowman is credited on 607 releases across 159 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1961–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
607
Credits
159
Albums
7
Decades active
83
In collections
Biography
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American Country music singer, songwriter, comedian and Radio host.
Born: August 26, 1937 in Lubbock, Texas.
Died: June 5, 2013 in Forsyth, Missouri.
Don Bowman recorded for RCA Victor between 1964 and 1970, charting in the Top 40 with the novelty hit single "Chit Akins, Make Me a Star".
Bowman worked at several radio stations, including KRZK in Branson, Missouri,
And was the original host of the radio show American Country Countdown. He hosted the show from its inception on October 6, 1973, through April 1978, after which Bob Kingsley (who had been ACC's producer since 1974) took over as host.
In 1966, Bowman won Favorite Country Comedy Recording of the Year award from Billboard. In 1967, he was named Comedian of the Year by the Country Music Association.
Bowman's song "Wildwood Weed" later became a hit for Jim Stafford, peaking at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1974.
Bowman had been confined to a nursing facility since a stroke in 2008. He died from complications from a stroke on June 5, 2013, at the age of 75.
BMI credits him as Don Bauman for the title "Don And Dewey", all other titles are listed under Don Bowman.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
607 releases · 159 albums · active 1961–2024
- Performance · 756
- Other credits · 30
- Production · 5
Studios: RCA Victor Studios, Nashville · De Lane Lea Music Centre · Pacific High Recording · United Western Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Volume 2
1963

Black On Black
1982

Marrying Maiden
1970

A Treasury Of Herb Alpert And The Tijuana Brass Plus Selections From The Baja Marimba Band
1966

Willie/Before His Time
1977

Jim Stafford
1974

The Words Don't Fit The Picture
1972

Folk-Country
1966

East Bound And Down
1977

Only The Greatest
1968

Leavin' Town
1966

The Best Of Country And West

Ultimate Waylon Jennings
2004

The Essential Waylon Jennings
1996

Waylon And Company
1983

Country Music
1981

Six Pak Vol.1
1978

A Legendary Performer Volume 1
1977

The Mountain Queen
1973

Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town
1973

Rock Buster
1970

The Best Of Waylon Jennings
1970

Vegas 96
2007

Keep On Truckin'
1983
Frequent collaborators
- Waylon Jennings
- Various
- Jim Stafford
- Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass
- Bobby Bare
- Jean Shepard
- Charlie Rich
- Willie Nelson
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