[78-L] Bob Harter information request

[Thomas Stern]

I posted this inquiry to ARSC, so you may have seen it there - but I was alerted to
some 78's by a "Bob Harter", so hope someone on this list may know something about
these 78's, particularly is he the same Bob Harter who later did "folk" recordings....???

Can anyone provide biographical information?

A source indicated that the "folk" BH is deceased, but no details - anyone know for sure?

Any updates, additions, or corrections for the discographical data?

Are the STERLING, DANA, and NOTARY disks 78rpm, 45rpm or both?

Is this the same Bob Harter who sang backup vocals
for a number of ATLANTIC sessions in the late 1950's (Ivory Joe Hunter, LaVern Baker,
King Curtis...)????

Or the ROBERT Harter who provide voice for some 1960's animation (films) ????

What are the dates of the GOLDEN LP, and the MOTIVATION RECORDS lp ???

Anyone know specific details of his participation in recordings by Belafonte or DeCormier ????

Thanks for any help you can provide!
Best wishes, Thomas.


BOB HARTER DISCOGRAPHY
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STERLING 211                      78rpm
 CINDY
 RAINBOW VALLEY
Bob Harter and The Ranchmen

STERLING 212                      78rpm
 YOU DON'T NEED CUSHIONS TO PRAY
 THE FIRST MAN
Bob Harter and The Ranchmen

[organ, accordion and guitar acc.
 Billboard Oct 11, 1947  Record Reviews]



DANA 4001
 BEYOND THE PURPLE HILLS
 LULU
Bob Harter - The Wayfarers - The Ranch Boys
[Billboard Feb 19, 1949]

DANA 4002
 CRIME DOESN'T PAY (Ken Hecht-Ted Weems)
 T.E.X. FOR TEXAS (Bob Gregory)
Bob Harter and his Ranch Boys
[Billboard Mar 13, 1948  Record Reviews]



NOTARY RECORDS 1001
 YOUR KISSES
 THEY USED TO CALL HER MARY-*
The Bob Harter Singers with Billy Martin's Orchestra
* vocal by Gene Marvey
[advert Billboard Apr 22, 1950]



??1957
Decca 9-30209
Festival(Australia) FS78-1352
 Purple Hills/Stashu Pandowski
The Toppers

Decca 9-30297
Festival(Australia) FS78-1582
  It Was Twice As Big As I Thought It Was
  Pots And Pans
The Toppers

[The Toppers appeared in NY nightspots and on the Arthur Godfrey show,
consisted of Bob Harter, Ed Cole, Bob Flavelle, and Paul Friesen.
Signed to Decca January 1957.]



20th Fox 211                         45rpm 1961
FONTANA(E) H.346 [267180TF]          45rpm 1961
  THE ATOM
  THE LAST WORDS OF SAM HALL



Riverside RM 7537/RS 97537              LP 1962
RAILROAD BILL
The Homesteaders (Judy Collins, Ronnie Gilbert, Bob Harter,
                   POSSIBLY Mike Settle, Walter Raim, -?????)
A1  Railroad Bill - 3:30 (Trad., arr Walter Raim & Ed Michel)  Judy Collins
A2  Cape Cod Girls - 1:48 (Trad., arr Walter Raim & Ed Michel) Judy Collins
A3  Abilene - 3:16 (Bob Gibson)                                 tenor
A4  Titanic - 2:05 (Trad., arr Walter Raim & Ed Michel)
A5  The Silkie - 3:19 (Trad., arr Walter Raim)                 Judy Collins
A6  Whoa, Buck - 2:59 (Trad., arr Walter Raim)
B1  Roll On, Columbia - 2:15 (Woody Guthrie)                   Judy Collins
B2  Last Monday Morning - 2:43 (Trad., arr Walter Raim)(Grey Goose)
B3  Mary Ann - 2:33 (Trad., arr Walter Raim & Ed Michel)
B4  Nine Pound Hammer - 2:20 (Trad., arr Walter Raim & Ed Michel)
B5  Stranger Here - 3:16 (Trad., arr Walter Raim & Ed Michel)
B6  She’s Like A Swallow - 2:54 (Trad., arr Walter Raim & Ed Michel)



GOLDEN Records LP 237                       LP 19??
DRIVE Golden GD2-47226                      CD 1998
[CD track 1-5 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - from GOLDEN LP 226, NOT Harter]
The Story of OLD MACK, The GOLDEN FIRETRUCK
  Told and Sung by Bob Harter
  Featuring David Elliott as
Story and Lyrics by Stan Werner
Music by Julie Mandel
Music Arranged and Conducted by Lew Anderson
   6. It's Fun to Ride a Firetruck
   7. When I Grow Up
   8. Fire, The
   9. Did You Ever
  10. Pump, Pump, Pump
  11. Old Mack
  12. It's Fun to Ride a Firetruck (Reprise) - (reprise)



LIBERTY LRP-3330/LST 7330             LP 1964
The BOB HARTER SONGBAG
 Poor Boy                   3:13
 Buffalo Skinners           2:20
 Times Are Gettin' Hard     3:09
 Great Mountain Train Ride  2:56
 Portland Town              2:21
 Hound Dog                  2:43
 I Walk The Road Again      2:55
 Fair And Tender Ladies     3:15
 Blowing In The Wind        2:36
 A Dollar Down              2:11
 Pastures Of Plenty         2:30
 Kentucky Moonshiner        2:27
 Springhill Disaster        2:26

LIBERTY L 5506/SX 6606  LIBERTY HOOTENANNY             LP 19??
 Bob Harter -Fair and Tender Ladies


MOTIVATION 0646                                       LP 19??
Spotlight on Latin America
 Vivian Martin
 Leon Bibb
 Robert Harter
 Robert DeCormier
 Ronnie Gilbert


with The BELAFONTE FOLK SINGERS          c.1960-?????


with the ROBERT DeCORMIER SINGERS       ?????