Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius - I'll Never Be Free [c.1977].
Channel: mrblindfreddy9999
Date: 2019-07-29

[Written by   Bennie Benjamin - George Weiss].
1st.Recorded October 1949 by Savannah Churchill and the Red Norvo
        Also                        1949 by Patti Page

Issued  on  SINGLE RCA 11220 A 
 From LP " I'll Never Be Free " [1978].

Charted 1978 # 11

 Recorded Circa December 1977 -
RCA Victor Studio, 30 Music Sq.West, Nashville, TN –
Jim Ed Brown [vcl duet/vcl solo], 
Helen Cornelius [vcl duet/vcl refrain]
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

HELEN CORNELIUS 
Born Helen Lorene Johnson in Monroe City, MISSOURI on 6 December 1941.

Recorded and Active from 1971 to Present