Chanteur US né le 12 juin 1932, originaire de
Slayden (Mississippi). Charlie Feathers a débuté à 18 ans en chantant dans les Honky Tonk du Texas, avant de s'installer à Memphis (Tennessee) où il enregistrera en 1955 pour le label Flip (Annexe de la Sun Records). En 1956, il est chez Meteor puis chez King, ensuite on le retrouve chez Kay,
Walmay, Memphis, Holiday Inn, Philwood et Pompadour Records. Charlie n'a jamais remporté un hit, mais il est un personnage important dans les annales du Rockabilly
grâce à son vocal hoquetant. Il est décédé le 28 août 1998 à Memphis (Tennessee).
Charlie
Feathers was many things to many fans of rock and country music. To some, he was
a superb country stylist who could take almost any piece of material and stamp
it with the full force of his personality. To others, he was one of rockabilly's
great pioneers, there at the dawn of Sun Records. And Feathers' stubborn
insistence on combining elements of country, raw blues, and bluegrass to make
his own version of the rockabilly experience showed him to be one of the genre's
most original and enduring artists.
Feathers was born near Slayden, MS, with music all around the sharecropping
community he grew up in. After day jobs in Illinois and Texas, Feathers moved to
Memphis in 1950, working for a box manufacturer until a bout with spinal
meningitis left him hospitalized. Listening to the radio there on a daily basis,
he emerged from his stay determined to become a professional singer. By 1954,
Feathers was working his way into the confines of Sam Phillips' Memphis
Recording Service, with an eye toward getting something released on Sun Records.
He filled in whenever and wherever he could, helping with arrangement ideas,
even playing spoons on a Miller Sisters
session. Demoing songs for steel guitarist Stan Kesler found him getting half
credit on the Elvis Sun side "I Forgot
to Remember to Forget." Phillips decided to start a local non-union label called
Flip to test out new artists, and after pairing Feathers with country session
songwriter-musicians Bill Cantrell and Quinton Claunch, released Charlie's first
single on that label, the classic "Peepin' Eyes" coupled with "I've Been
Deceived." The record kicked enough noise locally to get Feathers transferred to
Sun for a second single, but the artist had bigger visions. Although Phillips
saw him as "a superb country stylist," Feathers wanted to rock and cut many Sun
demo sessions in that style. When Phillips turned a deaf ear to it all, Feathers'
impatience led him to Memphis rival Meteor Records, where he waxed the two-sided
rockabilly classic "Tongue-Tied Jill" and "Get With It." This single garnered
enough Memphis airplay to cement him a deal with King Records, and it is here
that the Charlie Feathers as rockabilly legend story begins in earnest. The
dozen or so sides he cut as singles for King are the greatest '50s rockabilly
tracks to escape the hegemony of the Sun studios, with "One Hand Loose," "Bottle
to the Baby," "Everybody's Lovin' My Baby," and "I Can't Hardly Stand It" all
becoming classics of the genre. Their territorial success got Feathers on
numerous package tours and multiple appearances on Dallas' Big D Jamboree. When
the King contract ran out, Feathers continued to record one-off singles of very
high musical quality, for a variety of Memphis labels, while stubbornly playing
his music for whatever local audience cared to listen.
When the rockabilly revival started up in Europe in the early '70s, Feathers
became the first living artist up for deification by collectors. His old 45s
suddenly became worth hundreds of dollars, and every interviewer wanted to know
why he never really made it big and what his true involvement with Sun consisted
of. Feathers embroidered the story with a skewed view of rock & roll history
with each retelling, to be sure, but once he picked up his guitar and sang to
reinforce his point, the truth came out in his music. Never mind why he didn't
make it back in the '50s; he could still deliver the goods now.
With health problems plaguing him from his diabetes and a surgically removed
lung, Feathers continued on his own irascible course, recording his first album
for a major label in 1991 (Elektra's American Masters series) and continuing to
perform and record for his wide European fan base. Truly an American music
original, Feathers died August 29, 1998, of complications following a stroke; he
was 66.
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Talents : Singer, Guitar, Songwriter
Style musical : Rockabilly, Rock 'n' Roll, Traditional Country
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FORGOT TO REMEMBER TO FORGET
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Années en activité :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 |
DISCOGRAPHIE
Singles
| 03/1955 | SP FLIP 503 (US) | . | Peepin' Eyes / I've Been Deceived |
| 01/1956 | SP SUN 231 (US) | . | Defrost Your Heart / Wedding Gown Of White |
| 06/1956 | SP METEOR 5032 (US) | . | Charlie FEATHERS with Jody & JERRY -
Tongue-Tied Jill
/ Get With It
|
| 10/1956 | SP KING 45-4971 (US) | . |
Everybody's Lovin' My Baby
/
Can't
Hardly Stand
|
| 12/1956 | SP KING 45-4997 (US) | . | Charlie FEATHERS with Jody & JERRY -
One Hand Loose
/
Bottle To The Baby
|
| 03/1957 | SP KING 45-5022 (US) | . | Charlie FEATHERS with Jody & JERRY -
Nobody's Woman
/
When You Decide
|
| 04/1957 | SP KING 45-5043 (US) | . | Charlie FEATHERS with Jody & JERRY -
Too Much Alike
/
When You Come
Around
|
| 06/1958 | SP KAY 1001 (US) | . | Jungle Fever / Why Don't You |
| 06/1960 | SP WALMAY 101 (US) | . | Charlie MORGAN - Dinky John / South Of Chicago |
| 10/1961 | SP MEMPHIS M-103 (US) | . |
Wild Wild Party
/
Today And Tomorrow
|
| 12/1962 | SP HOLIDAY INN 114 (US) | . | Nobody's Darling / Deep Elm Blues |
| 10/1968 | SP PHILWOOD P-223 (US) | . | Charlie FEATHERS with Marcus VAN STORY's Old Sun Slappin'
Bass - Tear It Up
/
Stutterin' Cindy
|
| 1973 | SP POMPADOUR 231 (US) | . |
Uh Huh Honey
/ A Wedding Gown Of
White |
| 1973 | SP POMPADOUR ? (US) | . | Crazy Heart / When You Decide |
| 1974 | SP ROLLIN' ROCK 025 (US) | . | She Set Me Free / That Certain Female |
| 1975 | SP RED NECK R 100 (US) | . | Tongue Tied Jill / Gone Gone Gone |
| 1976 | SP VETCO 921 (US) | . | Will You Be Satisfied That Way? / It's Just That Song |
| 1976 | SP VETCO 922 (US) | . | We're Getting Closer To Being Apart / You Make It Look So Easy |
| 1976 | EP CHARLY EP 116 (UK) |
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Gone Gone Gone / Tongue Tied Jill / Folsom Prison Blues / Don't Let Me Cross Over |
| 1977 | SP FEATHERS 791104 (US) | . | We're Getting Closer To Being Apart / Blue Suede Shoes |
| 1977 | SP FEATHERS 791105 (US) | . | If You Were Mine To Lose / Ooby Dooby |
| 1980 | SP ROCKABILLY JUKEBOX Serie 1 (US) | . | Blue Suede Shoes / We're Getting Closer To Being Apart |
| 1980 | SP ROCKABILLY JUKEBOX Serie 2 (US) | . | Ooby Dooby / If You Were Mine To Lose |
| 1980 | SP ROCKABILLY JUKEBOX Serie 3 (US) | . | Cold Dark Night / Blame It On Time |
| 1980 | SP ROCKABILLY JUKEBOX Serie 4 (US) | . | Today I Started Loving You Again / Folsom Prison |
| 1980 | SP ROCKABILLY JUKEBOX Serie 5 (US) | . | Jungle Fever / Jewel Here On Hearth |
| 1980 | SP ROCKABILLY JUKEBOX Serie 6 (US) | . | He'll Have To Go / Will The Circle Be Unbroken |
| 1980 | SP ROCKABILLY JUKEBOX Serie 7 (US) | . | Honky Tonk Man / That's Allright Mama |
| 1980 | SP ROCKABILLY JUKEBOX Serie 8 (US) | . | Roll Over Beethoven / Swinging Doors |
| 1980 | SP ROCKABILLY JUKEBOX Serie 9 (US) | . | In The Pines / I Must Move On |
| 1980 | SP ROCKABILLY JUKEBOX Serie 10 (US) | . | One Black / Dig Myself A Hole |
| 1980 | SP ROCKABILLY JUKEBOX Serie 11 (US) | . | Lonesome Whitle / Cockroach |
| 1980 | SP ROCKABILLY JUKEBOX Serie 12 (US) | . | Who De Say / Roll Over Beethoven #2 |
| 1984 | SP RENEGADE ? (US) | . | Dig Myself A Hole / Blue Moon Of Kentucky |
| 1993 | SP NORTON 015 (US) |
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Rain / Way In The Night |
| 1994 | SP NORTON 023 (US) |
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Dig Myself A Hole / Let's Live A Little |
| 1994 | EP NORTON EP-028 (US) |
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Charly FEATHERS & Jody CHASTAIN - Jungle Fever / Why Don't You / Jody's Beat / My My |
Albums
| 1974 | LP 12" BARRELHOUSE BH 03 (US) |
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GOOD ROCKIN' TONIGHT - Good Rockin' Tonight / Corrina Corrina / Call Dog / She's Gone / Break Song / Baby Let's Play House / Mound Of Clay / Blue Stay Away From Me / Matchbox / Two To Choose / Rain / Rockin' With Red / Kansas City | ||
| 1974 | LP 12" PÖLYDOR 2310.293 (UK) |
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ROCKABILLY KINGS - One Hand Loose / Nobody's Woman / Can't Hardly Stand It / Too Much Alike / When You Come Around / When You Decide / Everybody's Lovin' My Baby / Bottle To The Baby / + Mac CURTIS | ||
| 1976 | LP 12" BARRELHOUSE BH 06 (US) |
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LIVE IN GOOD OLD MEMPHIS TENNESSEE, AT SILVER DOLLAR BAR, MEMPHIS, 28/12/73 - Honky Tonk Man / Shake Rattle And Roll / Rock 'n' Roll Ruby / It's All Over Now / Tongue Tied Jill / Roll Over Beethoven / Blueberry Hill / I Got A Woman / Wild Side Of Life / Hello Josephine / Send Me The Pillow You Dream On / Blue Moon Of Kentucky | ||
| 1979 | LP 12" FEATHERS FR 101 (US) |
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CHARLIE FEATHERS VOL. 1 - I'm Movin' On / Blame It On Time / Wild Side Of Life / Knoxville Girl / Hello Josephine / These Ain't Teardrops / Long Time Ago / Walking The Dog / Firecracker / Season Of My Heart / On A Cold Dark Night / Oklahoma Hills | ||
| 1979 | LP 12" FEATHERS FR 102 (US) |
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CHARLIE FEATHERS VOL. 2 - Cootzie Coo / We're Getting Closer To Being Apart / Blue Stay Away From Me / She's Gone / Way In The Night / What A Foolwas To Ever Let Her Go / Tongue Tied Jill / Lost Highway / Satisfied Mind / I Know Why I Wanna Cry Over You / Wide Muddy River | ||
| 1979 | LP 12" BARRELHOUSE BH 014 (US) |
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THAT ROCKABILLY CAT - Gone Gone Gone / Tongue Tied Jill / Wild Side Of Life / Do You Know? / Rock Me / Wide River / Crazy Heart / Uh Uh Honey / Cold Dark Night / Rain / Mama Oh Mama / Cherry Wine / There Will / There Will Be Three / I'm Movin' On | ||
| 1979 | LP 12" CHARLY CR 30161 (UK) |
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ROCKABILLY MAIN MAN - Peepin' Eyes / I've Been Deceived / Defrost Your Heart / Wedding Gown Of White / Mad At You / I Forgot To Remember To Forget / Uh Uh Honey / Mound Of Clay / Send Me The Pillow / Tongue Tied Jill / Gone Gone Gone / Two To Choose | ||
| 1980 | LP 10" LUNAR L2M 20015 (US) |
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ROCKABILLY WE'RE GETTING CLOSER, ORIGINAL TV SOUNDTRACK NBC 79 - Stuttenin' Cindy / Tear The Dance Floor / We're Getting Closer / Coochi Coo / Tongue Tied Jill / Walking The Dog / Charlie Feathers Talk / Get With It | ||
| 1981 | LP 12" COWBOY CARL CCLP 108 (US) |
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ROCKABILLY RHYTHM - I'm Movin' On / I Forgot To Remember To Forget / Wild Side Of Live / Roll Over Beethoven / Knoxville Girl / Blue Moon Of Kentucky / That's Allright / Mean Woman Blues / Working On A Building / Folsom Prison Blues / Gone Gone Gone / Way In The Night | ||
| 1986 | LP 12" ZU ZAZZ ZZ 1001 (UK) |
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THE LEGENDARY 1956 DEMO SESSION - Bottle To The Baby (take 1) / So Ashamed (take 1) / Frankie And Johnny (take 2) / Honky Tonk Kind (take 3) / Frankie And Johnny (take 5) / So Ashamed (take 2) / Honky Tonk Kind (take 4) / Bottle To The Baby (take 2) | ||
| 1987 | LP 12" ROCKSTAR RSR LP 1014 (UK) |
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WILD WILD PARTY - Milkcow Blue / Blue Moon Of Kentucky / Tongue Tied Jill / Tear It Up / Cold Dark Night / Knoxville Girl / Wild Wild Party / Stutterin' Cindy / We're Getting Closer To Being Apart / Cootzie Coo / Get With It / Walking The Dog / Charlie Feathers Talks | ||
| 1987 | LP 12" KAY 5045 (US) |
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JUNGLE FEVER - Tongue Tied Jill / Get With It / Bottle To The Baby / One Hand Loose / Nobody's Woman / Can't Hardly Stand / Everybody's Lovin' My Baby / Too Much Alike / When You Come Around / When You Decide / Jungle Fever / Why Don't You? / Wild Wild Party / Today And Tomorrow / Stuttern' Cindy / Tear It Up / Uh Uh Honey / That Certain Female / She Set Me Free / A Wedding Gown Of White | ||
| 1988 | LP 12" REDITA 107 (NL) |
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LIVING LEGEND - Peepin' Eyes / I've Been Deceived / Wedding Gown Of White / Defrost Your Heart / Sleepy Time Blues / All Messed Up / I Forgot To Remember To Forget / Let's Love A Little / Introduction / Mound Of Clay / Tongue Tied Jill / Send Me The Pillow / Folsom Prison Blues / Uh Uh Honey / Gone Gone Gone / Don't Let Me Cross Over | ||
| 1990 | LP 10" NEW ROSE 117 (F) |
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NEW JUNGLE FEVER - You Believe Everyone But Me / That's Allright Mama / Jungle Fever / In The Pines / Roll Over Beethoven / He'll Have To Go | ||
| 1990 | LP 10" NEW ROSE 144 (F) |
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HONKY TONK MAN - We're Getting Closer To Being Apart / Blame It On Time / Working On A Building / Who Da Say? / Blue Suede Shoes / Ooby Dooby / If You Were Mine To Lose / Honky Tonk Man | ||
| 05/1991 | CD ZU ZAZZ ZCD-2011 (UK) |
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ROCK-A-BILLY - Bottle To The Baby/ So Ashamed / Honky Tonk Kind / Frankie & Johnny / Defrost Your Heart / Runnin' Around / I've Been Deceived / Corrine, Corrina / Wedding Gown Of White / Defrost Your Heart / Bottle To The Baby / I Can't Hardly Stand It / One Hand Loose / Everybody's Loving My Baby / Dinky John / South Of Chicago / I'm Walking The Dog / Today & Tomorrow / Wild, Wild Party / Where's She At Tonight / Don't You Know / Wild Side Of Life / Long Time Ago / Tongue Tied Jill / Folsom Prison Blues / Gone, Gone, Gone | ||
| 07/1991 | CD ELEKTRA / WEA 61147 (US) |
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CHARLIE FEATHERS - A Man In Love / When You Come Around / Pardon Me Mister / Fraulein / Defrost Your Heart / Mean Woman Blues / (I Don't Care) If Tomorrow Never Comes / Cootzie Coo / We Can't Seem To Remember To Forget / A Long Time Ago / Seasons Of My Heart / Uh Huh Honey / You're Right, I'm Left, She's Gone / Oklahoma Hills | ||
| 199? | CD PEEPIN' EYES ? (US) |
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LIVE IN PARIS '87 - Too Much Alike / Folsom Prison Blues / Get With It / You Believe Everyone But Me / When You Come Around / Bottle To The Baby / Tongue Tied Jill / I Forgot To Remember To Forget / One Hand Loose / Peepin' Eyes / Gone, Gone, Gone / Roll Over Beethoven / Stutterin' Cindy | ||
| 1992 | LP 12" EDSEL ED 355 (UK) |
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GOOD ROCKIN' TONIGHT / LIVE IN MEMPHIS - Good Rockin' Tonight / Corrina Corrina / Call Dog / She's Gone / Break Song / Baby Let's Play House / Mound Of Clay / Blues Stay Away From Me / Matchbox / Two To Choose / Rain / Rockin' With Red / Kansas City / Honky Tonk Man [live] / Shake, Rattle And Roll [live] / Rock 'n' Roll Ruby [live] / It's All Over Now [live] / Tongue-Tied Jill [live] / Roll Over Beethoven [live] / Blueberry Hill [live] / I Got A Woman [live] / Wild Side Of Life [live] / Hello Josephine [live] / Send Me The Pillow You Dream On [live] / Blue Moon Of Kentucky [live] | ||
| 1993 | LP 12" EDSEL ED 438 (UK) |
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THAT ROCK-A-BILLY CAT - Gone Gone Gone / Tongue Tied Jill / Wild Side Of Life / Do You Know / Rock Me / Wide River / Crazy Heart / Uh Uh Honey / Cold Dark Night / Rain / Mama Oh Mama / Cherry Wine / There Will Be Three / I'm Movin' On | ||
| 1993 | LP 12" ZU ZAZZ ZZ 2008 (UK) |
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ALL TORE UP - Bottle To The Baby / I Can't Hardly Stand It / One Hand Loose / Everybody's Lovin' My Baby / Dinky John / South Of Chicago / Corrina Corrina / Defrost Your Heart / Running Around / I'v' Been Deceived / The Wilde Side Of Life / Don't You Know? / Where's She At Tonight? | ||
| 11/1993 | CD NORTON CED 225 (US) |
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UH UH HONEY - Gone Gone Gone / Tongue Tied Jill / Wild Side Of Life / Do You Know ? / Rock Me / Wide River / Crazy Heart / Uh Uh Honey / Cold Dark Night / Rain / Mama Oh Mama / Cherry Wine / There Will Be Three / I'm Movin' On / Stutterin' Cindy / Tear It Up / Chicken Plucker / Long Time Ago / That Certain Female / I Guess I'm Crazy / We're Getting Closer To Being Apart / She Set Me Free / Way In The Middle Of The Night / Stutterin' Cindy / Cootzie Coo / Get With It / Walkin' The Dog | ||
| 02/1994 | CD NEW ROSE 5144 (F) |
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HONKY TONK MAN - We're Getting Closer To Being Apart / Blame It On Time / Working On A Building / Who Da Say / Blue Suede Shoes / Ooby-Dooby / If You Were Mine To Lose / Honky Tonk Man / Jungle Fever / In The Pines / You Believe Everyone But Me / Roll Over Beethoven / He'll Have To Go / That's All Right Mama | ||
| 12/1995 | CD NORTON 246 (US) |
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TIP TOP DADDY - This Lonesome Feeling / Talkin' bout Lovin' / Live And Let Live / Bottle To The Baby / Have You Ever / Wide River / You Believe Everyone But Me #1 / Don't You Worry Little Darlin' / Yesterday Is That Other Day In Life / Johnny Come Listen / Don't Let Me Cross Over / The Rules Of Love / Nobody Answered / Fireball Mail / You Believe Everyone But Me #2 / Walkin' Alone / Darlin' Please Wait For Me / Early In The Morning / Crazy Heart / You Believe Everyone But Me #3 / When You Decide / She Done Gone / Am I Losing What Foud | ||
| 07/1998 | 2 CD REVENANT 209 (US) |
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GET WITH IT - ESSENTIAL RECORDINGS (1954-1969)
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| 11/1998 | CD BEAR FAMILY BCD 16309 (D) |
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ROCK-A-BILLY - RARE & UNISSUED RECORDINGS - 1954-1973 - Bottle To The Baby / So Ashamed / Honky Tonk Kind / Frankie And Johnny / Defrost Your Heart / Runnin' Around / I've Been Deceived / Corinne, Corinna / Wedding Gown Of White / Defrost Your Heart / Bottle To The Baby / I Can't Hardly Stand It / One Hand Loose / Everybody's Loving My Baby / Dinky John / South Of Chicago / I'm Walking The Dog / Today And Tomorrow / Wild, Wild Party / Where's She At Tonight / Don't You Know / Wild Side Of Life / Long Time Ago / Tongue-Tied Jill / Folsom Prison Blues / Gone! Gone! Gone! | ||
| 03/1999 | CD KING 6110 (US) |
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HIS COMPLETE KING RECORDINGS - One Hand Loose / Can't Hardly Stand It / Bottle To The Baby / Everybody's Loving My Baby / Too Much Alike / When You Come Around / When You Decide / Nobody's Woman | ||
| 07/1999 | CD CHARLY 278 (UK) |
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GONE GONE GONE - Peepin' Eyes / I've Been Deceived / Defrost Your Heart / Wedding Gown Of White / Bottle To The Baby / We're Getting Closer To Being Apart / The Man In Love / Runnin' Around / So Ashamed / Honky Tonk Kind / Frankie And Johnny / Corrine, Corrina / Someday You Will Pay / I've Been Deceved [alternate version] / Defrost Your Heart [alternate version] / Bottle To The Baby [later demo version] / I Forgot To Remember To Forget / Uh Huh, Honey / Mound Of Clay / Tongue-Tied Jill / Gone, Gone, Gone / Two To Choose / Send Me The Pillow That You Dream On / Folsom Prison Blues | ||
| 09/2000 | CD KAMARIC 1 (UK) |
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LIVE IN LONDON - Intro / Folsom Prison Blues / Peepin' Eyes / Tear It Up / Too Much Alike / Gone, Gone, Gone / Everybody's Lovin My Baby / Charlie Chats To The Audience / One Hand Loose / Tongue-Tied Jill / Will The Circle Be Unbroken | ||
| 06/2002 | CD KING ? (US) |
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GONE GONE GONE | ||
| 04/2003 | CD SUNJAY 601 (UK) |
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I AIN'T DONE YET - I'm Gonna Give Back All The Love That You Gave / Dig Myself A Hole / What Am I Living For / Pardon Me Mister / Let's Live A Little / l'Il Never Let You Go / Whole Lot Of Shakin' Goin'On / l'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone / Look Up / Mean Woman Blues / I'm Gonna Give Back All The Love That You Gave / I Dont Cars If Tomorrow Never Comes / Let's Live A Little / Uh Huh Honey / Defrost Your Heart / Oklahoma Hills / Look Up / I Forgot To Remember To Forget | ||
| 09/2004 | CD LAST CALL 309546 (F) |
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HONKY TONK MAN / NEW JUNGLE FEVER - We're Getting Closer To Being Apart / Blame It On Time / Working On A Building / Who Da Say / Blue Suede Shoes / Ooby-Dooby / If You Were Mine To Loose / Honky Tonk Man / Jungle Fever / In The Pines / You Believe Everyone But Me / Roll Over Beethoven / He'll Have To Go / That's All Right Mama | ||
| 07/2005 | CD ACE ? (UK) |
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ROCKABILLY KINGS - One Hand Loose / Nobody's Woman / Can't Hardly Stand It / Too Much Alike / When You Come Around / When You Decide / Everybody's Lovin' My Baby / Bottle To The Baby / Half Hearted Love / Bottle To The Baby [alternate take] / I Can't Hardly Stand It [alternate take] / One Hand Loose [alternate take] / Everybody's Lovin' My Baby [alternate take] / Too Much Alike [alternate take] / + Mac CURTIS |
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