Jim Ed Brown - If Wishes Were Horses [c.1974]
Channel: mrblindfreddy9999
Date: 16/01/2023

[Written by   Maxine Brown]

Issued on   RCA VIctor  APBO  0267 B
 From  LP  " It's That Time Of Night"  [1974].

Recorded  Circa March 1974  - 
RCA Victor Studio, 30 Music Square West, Nashville, TN – 
Jim Ed Brown [vcl solo]  with the Nashville Edition [vcl chorus]
others unknown.
 Producer: Bob Ferguson.

JIM ED started playing guitar for Square Dances whilst still at school
 and singing on local Radio with MAXINE.
The first break came when he entered a talent contest in Little Rock.
He didn't win  but he got invited to became a regular 
on Radio Station KLRA's Barnyard Frolic Programme.
MAXINE joined JIM on the show and in 1954 
They were signed to the Louisiana Hayride 
in the Studios of which they made their First Recording 
                   "Looking Back To See".
BONNIE Joined in 1955 after Graduating from High School
                 [1st. Recording Session 1st. August 1955].
JIM ED, MAXINE & BONNIE were active from 1955 to 1967 
and occasionally in the 80's.
In 2006 they performed "The Old Lamplighter" & "The Three Bells" 
           for the PBS Special "Country Pop Legends".
JIM ED Recorded SOLO from 1965 to 1976 
and DUETS w/Helen Cornelius from 1976 to 1981
JIM ED Performed until 2015.
MAXINE Recorded SOLO 1968 and 1969

JIM ED BROWN 
Born James Edward Brown in Sparkman, ARKANSAS [1934 - 2015].

 The Browns were Inducted into the "Country Music Hall of Fame" in   2015