ONE SUMMER NIGHT ON RANWOOD; WES BRYAN - MY LIFE IN MUSIC ARCHIVES

FROM OUR ARCHIVES : FIRST POSTED ON DECEMBER 1 2007 (After noting the record on an e-Bay auction!)

Friends, as you know, I check the e-bay auctions from time to time to see what's up there being sold "Wes Bryan."

And if you've been reading this blog from the beginning, you know one of the reasons for blogging is that there is a lot of Wes Bryan "confusion" out there. Christine and I have learned that some of the search engines put me and the Christian minister who has written a book or two and has a CD out together. I'm not the Christian minister. I'm also not the DJ, the athlete, the owner of a mini mall, or any of the other Wes Bryans out there on the Internet or in the world. (It's a great name though, isn't it guys?!)

I am the Wes Bryan who came out of Murphy, North Carolina, discovered off the Akron Beacon Journal - Roto section- who enjoyed a United Artists contract, and who changed labels a couple times to Clock and Roulette before becoming a staff songwriter at American Music.

I also became a record producer and music publisher. Though my story here on this blog is circa about 1960- 1961 about now, we noticed that a record I put out on my OWN LABEL, U. S. International, was being auctioned on e-bay and this seller has a music clip... So for as long as this lasts, enjoy listening to my record "One Summer Night." (Will this posting mean more bids for that record?) After I put "One Summer Night" out on my own label, Randy Wood who had once had Dot Records, put it out on Ranwood, his new label. It sold about 300,000 records.

Oh, I took a truck out to the beach in Malibu to record those seagulls you hear in the background...

WES BRYAN ON RANDY WOOD'S RANWOOD RECORDS

 

From a recent e-Bay auction, featuring "To Be Alone" and "One Summer Night."

SEARCH FOR BLOG POSTS ABOUT RANDY WOOD and RANWOOD RECORDS in HOLLYWOOD using the Search Feature embedded in the side bar of this blog.

Now in 1957 Randy Wood sold ownership of the label to Paramount Pictures but he was the President for the company for another ten years. He left to co-founded the Ranwood Records Label with Lawrence Welk.

(116) GARY OWENS LAUGHIN ON THE WAY TO THE BURBANK!

A Personality DJ, a comedian on the air and known for his role on the 1968 television show "Laugh In" as well as one of the most honored voice over artists ever, GARY OWENS, is a great friend of mine. I met him separate from Elvis'.

I met him about the time my song "One Summer Night" on Ranwood, mentioned previously on this block (and part of our slide show) came out. He burned that record up on the air playing it on his network radio show.

Gary has written his own book about broadcasting, and Dave Dutton over in North Hollywood used to have it in his window. Years ago I ran into Gary over at Duttons and he encouraged me there and then to write a book about Elvis, about everyone and everything I knew. Then maybe a year ago Dave Dutton closed his store - a shock to us - and was having a sale. Gary went to the sale and Dave told him "Wes Bryan's got a book." Then Dave promised he would have a big book signing party for us...

Yes, Christine and I do have a book, and needless to say Elvis is in it. If you look at the index on our book, you see that this blog helps bring many of the people in our book a bit more alive for the reader. By alive we mean that you have here a chance to hear a bit of music and see a lot of pictures, and read bio's and other information (some we agree with and some we don't), and get to the web sites of those people, so when the day comes that you're reading our book, you may find this blog to be a companion to it.

Back to Gary, he too has been inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame... and if you click on this link you can hear Gary broadcasting. And, like Wink, he has his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. His wit is unique - in person and on the air. Hello Gary!

Linking to the Radio Hall of Fame - Gary Owens - above!

And here is the IMDb database bio on Gary which is pretty comprehensive!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0654365/bio

E-BAY AUCTION ON MY RECORD "ONE SUMMER NIGHT"

Friends, as you know, I check the e-bay auctions from time to time to see what's up there being sold "Wes Bryan."

And if you've been reading this blog from the beginning, you know one of the reasons for blogging is that there is a lot of Wes Bryan "confusion" out there. Christine and I have learned that some of the search engines put me and the Christian minister who has written a book or two and has a CD out together. I'm not the Christian minister. I'm also not the DJ, the athlete, the owner of a mini mall, or any of the other Wes Bryans out there on the Internet or in the world. (It's a great name though, isn't it guys?!)

I am the Wes Bryan who came out of Murphy, North Carolina, discovered off the Akron Beacon Journal - Roto section- who enjoyed a United Artists contract, and who changed labels a couple times to Clock and Roulette before becoming a staff songwriter at American Music.

I also became a record producer and music publisher. Though my story here on this blog is circa about 1960- 1961 about now, we noticed that a record I put out on my OWN LABEL, U. S. International, was being auctioned on e-bay and this seller has a music clip... So for as long as this lasts, enjoy listening to my record "One Summer Night." (Will this posting mean more bids for that record?) After I put "One Summer Night" out on my own label, Randy Wood who had once had Dot Records, put it out on Ranwood, his new label. It sold about 300,000 records.

Oh, I took a truck out to the beach in Malibu to record those seagulls you hear in the background...