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Chanteur US né Carl Robert Belew, le 21
Avril 1931 à Salina (Oklahoma). Carl Belew a débuté chez
Sowder (56), puis il passe chez Four Star (56-58), Brunswick (58), avant de s'imposer chez Decca en 1959. Il connut de nombreux succès dans les sixties.
Carl Beliew est décédé le 31 Octobre 1990.
Despite
recording eight albums between 1960 and 1972, Carl Belew is best remembered as a
songwriter whose work was covered by an eclectic group of artists ranging from
Patsy Cline to
Gene Vincent to
Andy Williams. Born in Oklahoma in
1931, Belew first entered the studio in 1955; by the following year, he gained
his first widespread exposure thanks to appearances on a pair of California-based
radio programs, Town Hall Party and The Cliffie Stone Show. In
1957, he performed on the Louisiana Hayride.
Belew's composition "Stop the World (And Let Me Off)" hit the Top Ten in 1958 in
a rendition by Johnnie & Jack; the
following year, Andy Williams hit the
Top Five with "Lonely Street," a song which would become Belew's trademark tune
thanks to subsequent covers by Cline,
Vincent, and
Rex Allen, Jr. Later in 1959,Belew
wrote "Am I That Easy to Forget," a Top 40 pop hit for actress Debbie Reynolds
that was later recorded by Engelbert Humperdinck,
Skeeter Davis,
Don Gibson,
Jim Reeves, and Leon Russell. Belew's
own rendition hit the Top Ten in 1959.
In 1960, Belew released his self-titled debut LP; in the same year, he notched a
Top 20 hit with the single "Too Much to Lose." Two years later, a label change
prompted another eponymous effort; the single "Hello Out There" earned him
another Top Ten hit, his last. Between 1964 and 1968, Belew released an album a
year, beginning with Hello Out There and continuing with Am I That
Easy to Forget?, Country Songs, Lonely Street, and finally
Twelve Shades of Belew. His last studio album, When My Baby Sings His
Song, a record of duos with Betty Jean Robinson, was issued in 1972, while
one final single, "Welcome Back to My World," appeared in 1974.
Throughout his career, Belew's songs continued to be popular with (and
popularized by) other singers; Eddy Arnold
hit number one in 1965 with "What's He Doing in My World," while
Jim Reeves scored a posthumous success
in 1968 with "That's When I See the Blues (In Your Pretty Brown Eyes)." "Stop
the World (And Let Me Off)" also reached the Top 20 twice more thanks to a 1965
cover by Waylon Jennings and a 1974
version by Susan Raye. Carl Belew died
of cancer on Halloween in 1990 at the age of 59.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Belew
Talents : Vocals, Guitar, Songwriter
Style musical : Traditional Country, Rockabilly, Nashville Sound, Countrypolitan
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I'M
LONG GONE (1956)
Lie To Me
(1957)
AM I THAT
EASY TO FORGET (1959)
COOL
GATOR SHOES (1959)
FOLDING MONEY
(1965)
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Years in activity :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
DISCOGRAPHY
Singles & EP
| 05/1956 | SP SOWDER OP-248-45 (US) | Carl BELEW & His RIFF RIDERS -
I'm Long Gone
/ Silence And Tears |
| 11/1956 | SP 4 STAR 1701x45 (US) | Carl BELEW & His ROCK CRUSHERS -
A-Cryin' And A-Hurtin'
 / Lonely Street |
| 05/1957 | SP 4 STAR 1705x45 (US) | Carl BELEW & His GRAND
RIVER BOYS - Lie To Me
/ Olds Number Nine |
| 01/1958 | SP 4 STAR 1715x45 (US) | I Can't Forget / Stop The World |
| 05/1958 | SP 4 STAR 1721x45 (US) |
24 Hour Night
/ Everytime I'm Kissing You |
| 09/1958 | SP 4 STAR 1726x45 (US) | My Baby's Not Here /
No Love Tonight
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| 1958 | EP CARL BELEW EP-34 (US) |
24 Hour Night
/ Stop The World / Everytime I'm Kissin' You
/ Lonely Street |
| 05/1958 | SP BRUNSWICK 9-55071 (US) |
24 Hour Night
/ Everytime I'm Kissing You |
| 01/1959 | SP DECCA 9-30842 (US) |
Am I That Easy To Forget
/ Such Is Life |
| 07/1959 | SP DECCA 9-30947 (US) |
Cool Gator Shoes
/ No Regrets |
| 11/1959 | SP DECCA 9-31012 (US) | I Wish I'd Never / I Know But Tell Me Dear (It Didn't Happen) |
| 1959 | EP CARL BELEW EP-41 (US) (promo) |
Patsy CLINE :
Gotta Lot Of Rhythm In My Soul
/
I'm Blue Again
/ Carl BELEW :
Am I That Easy
To Forget / Such Is Life |
| 1959 | EP PATSY CLINE EP-43 (US) (promo) |
Patsy CLINE : How Can I Face Tomorrow / A Church, A Courtroom, Then Goodbye / Carl BELEW : That's What I Get For Loving You / My Baby's Not Here (In Town Tonight) |
| 04/1960 | SP DECCA 9-31086 (US) | That's What I Get For Lovin' You / Too Much To Lose |
| 08/1960 | SP DECCA 9-31140 (US) | My Baby's Not Here / End Of Time |
| 1960 | EP DECCA ED 2687 (US) |
Patsy CLINE :
Gotta Lot Of Rhythm In My Soul
/
I'm Blue Again
/ Carl BELEW :
Am I That Easy
To Forget / Such Is Life |
| 01/1961 | SP DECCA 31200(US) |
Another Lonely Night
/
I
Can't Lose Something (That I've Never Had)
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| 06/1961 | SP DECCA 31273(US) | Stop The World (And Let Me Off) / I Can't Take A Chance |
| 10/1961 | SP DECCA 31325(US) | Di I Have To (Have A Reason) / I'm So Lonesome |
| 03/1962 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-8010 (US) | Odd Man Out / Second Chance |
| 07/1962 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-8058 (US) | Hello Out There / Together We Stand |
| 09/1962 | SP DECCA 31427(US) | I Don't Know How I'll Live (And Feel This Way) / Can't You Hear Me Call Your Name |
| 01/1963 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-8132 (US) | Pretty Brown Eyes / Masquarade Party |
| 06/1963 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-8199 (US) | I Can't Stand To Look / My Pride Won't Let Me |
| 11/1963 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-8270 (US) | Big City Girls / Speack To Me |
| 04/1964 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-8352 (US) | (I Always Dress My Very Best) Before I Go To Bed / Anna Louise |
| 08/1964 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-8406 (US) | Cheaters Never Prosper / In The Middle Of A Memory |
| 1964 | SP HILLTOP G-9 (US) | Am I That Easy To Forget / ? |
| 03/1965 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-8527 (US) | Silent Partner / She Reads Me Like A Book |
| 07/1965 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-8633 (US) | Crystal Chandeliers / Lonely Hearts Do Foolish Things |
| 12/1965 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-8744 (US) | Boston Jail / I Spent A Week There One Day |
| 05/1966 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-8835 (US) | Possum Holler / Pick Up My Marbles And Run Home |
| 10/1966 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-8996 (US) | Walking Shadow Talking Memory / I'm Lonesome |
| 01/1967 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-9078 (US) | Help Stamp Out Loneliness / I Dream Too Big |
| 07/1967 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-9272 (US) | Girl Crazy / Turnabout |
| 10/1967 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-9351 (US) | Too Much To Lose / Home Away From Home |
| 01/1968 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-9446 (US) | Once / Mary's Little Lamb |
| 01/1969 | SP COLUMBIA 4-44758 (US) | Get Behind Love (And Shove It) / Move Over (When True Love Walks By) |
| 09/1970 | SP 4 STAR 32747 (US) | Fastest Man Alive / Mary |
| 02/1971 | SP 4 STAR 32789 (US) | I Can Give You What You Want Now / Stay Close To Me |
| 03/1971 | SP 4 STAR 32802 (US) | Carl BELEW & Betty Jean ROBINSON - All I Need Is You / Funny What A Pair Of Fools Will Do |
| 09/1971 | SP 4 STAR 32871 (US) | Carl BELEW & Betty Jean ROBINSON - Hung Up On Lovin' You / Living Uder Presure |
| 10/1971 | SP 4 STAR 32885 (US) | Bus 22 / God Is Alive |
| 12/1971 | SP 4 STAR 32916 (US) | Don't Let Those Happen To Us / When My Baby Sings His Song |
| 03/1972 | SP 4 STAR 32952 (US) | Happy Harry's Honky Tonk (And Package Liquor Store) / I Won't Care (What Happens To Me) |
| 05/1972 | SP 4 STAR 32970 (US) | Carl BELEW & Betty Jean ROBINSON - You're The One / Lucky Ol' Me |
| 11/1972 | SP 4 STAR 33043 (US) | Who Are You Saving It For / I'm Taking Care Of Your Roses |
| 05/1973 | SP MCA 40073 (US) | Play Our Song Again / Gonna Learn To Live Again |
| 07/1974 | SP MCA 40276 (US) | Welcome Back To My World / Turn Out Lights And Turn Me On |
| 1978 | SP SUNSHINE COUNTRY SC-158 (US) | Big Flickin' Baby / We Don't Have To Fall In Love (To Make It Work) |
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Unissued Track
| 19?? | DECCA unissued | Folding Money |
Albums
| 1960 | LP 12" DECCA DL 74074 (US) |
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CARL BELEW - Am I That Easy To Forget / There She Goes / I Wish I'd Never / You're Doing Things To Hurt Me / Lonely Street / Can't You Hear Me Call Your Name / I Don't Know How I'll Live / Too Much To Lose / Release Me / End Of Time / It Happened When I Really Needed You / My Baby's Not Here | ||
| 1962 | LP 12" FORUM AVON 7GS 2507 (US) |
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CARL BELEW - Wishful Thinking / One You Slip Around With / Love's Been Good To Me / Three Cheers For The Red White And Blue / Send Me The Pillow That You Dream On / Where Do I Go / Make Up Your Mind And Say Yes / Little Miss Heartache / Three Cheers For The Loser / Just Out Of Reach / I Gotta Go Get My Baby / You're The Only Good Thing | ||
| 1964 | LP 12" RCA VICTOR LSP 2848 (US) |
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HELLO OUT THERE - Hello Out There / Big City Girls / Odd Man Out / Pretty Brown Eyes / I'm Gettin' Lonely / Take A Letter Miss Gray / I Let Her Get Lonely / Masquerade Party / My Pride Won't Let Me / I've Been Lonely Lately / I Gotta Be Somewhere / Speak To Me | ||
| 1965 | LP 12" RCA VICTOR LSP 3381 (US) |
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AM I THAT EASY TO FORGET - Silent Partner / In The Middle Of A Memory / Drink Up And Go Home / Before I Go To Bed / Kentucky Waltz / You're Driving You Out Of My Mind / She Reads Me Like A Book / Even The Bad Times Are Good / Closest Thing To Me / Am I That Easy To Forget / I'm Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover / How Long Is Forever This Time | ||
| 1965 | LP 12" HILLTOP JS 6013 (US) |
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ANOTHER LONELY NIGHT - Another Lonely Night / I Can't Lose Something / There She Goes / End Of Time / Before I Share Your Love / Such Is Life / Folding Money / Stop The World And Let Me Off / I Can't Forget / Can't You Hear Me / My Baby's Not Here In Town Tonight | ||
| 1966 | LP 12" ALLEGRO 823 (US) |
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CARL BELEW - I Wish You Love / What's The Matter With Me / Wasted Love Affair / I Know But Tell Me / I Wish I'd Never / Too Much To Lose / That's What I Get For Loving You / You're The Only Good Thing / It Happened When I Really Needed You / I'm Gonna Stay Awake Tonight | ||
| 1966 | LP 12" VOCALION VL 73774 (US) |
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COUNTRY SONGS - Stop The World / I Can't Take A Chance / Another Lonely Night / I Can't Lose Something / I'm So Lonesome / Cool Gator Shoes / Do I Have To / That's What I Get For Loving You / No Regrets / I Know But Tell Me | ||
| 1966 | LP 12" VOCALION VL 73791 (US) |
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LONELY STREET - Lonely Street / There Goes My Everything / I Wish I'd Never / You're Doing Things To Hurt Me / Can't You Hear Me Call Your Name / I Don't Know How I'll Live / Too Much To Lose / Release Me / End Of Time / It Happened When I Really Needed You | ||
| 1968 | LP 12" RCA VICTOR LSP 3919 (US) |
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12 SHADES OF BELEW - Home Away From Home / Once / Boston Jail / Don't Squeeze My Sharmon / Crystal Chandeliers / Too Much To Lose / Walking Shadow Talking Memory / Dark Side Of Fame / Here's To The Girls / Sunday School Beginner / Possum Holler / Grandma's Patchwork Quilt | ||
| 1972 | LP 12" DECCA DL 75337 (US) |
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WHEN MY BABY SINGS HIS SONGS - Carl BELEW & Betty Jean ROBINSON - When My Baby Sings His Song / Lucky Ol' Me / Hung Up On Loving You / Living Under Pressure / Wishful Thinking / You're The One / All Because Of You / Don't Let That Happen To Us / Funny What A Pair Of Fools Will Do / All I Need Is You | ||
| 1975 | LP 12" PLANTATION PLP 23 (US) |
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GREATEST HITS - Too Much To Lose / Don't Squeeze My Sharmon / Crystal Chandeliers / Am I That Easy To Forget / Hello Out There / What's He Doin' In My World / Lonely Street / Stop The World | ||
| 1975 ? | LP 12" BUCKBOARD BBS 1014 (US) |
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SINGING MY SONG - Too Much To Lose / Don't Squeeze My Sharmon / Crystal Chandelier / Am I That Easy To Forget / Even The Bad Times Are Good / What's He Doing In My World / Hello Out There / Lonely Street / Stop The World And Let Me Off / Turn Out The Lights (And Turn Me On) | ||
| 1981 | LP 12" PICCADILLY SPC 3356 (US) |
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BIG TIME GAMBLIN' MAN - Happy Harry's Honky Tonk / I Laughed So Hard I Cried / Big Time Gamblin' Man / We Take Care Of Love / Welcome Back To My World / Your Best Friend Loves You / I Won't Care What Happens / When True Love Walks By / I Can't Stand To Be Alone | ||
| 1997 | LP 12" DEMAND 2030 (US) |
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I'M LONG GONE - EARLY ROCKABILLY & COUNTRY ROCKER - I'm Long Gone / Folding Money / Stop The World (And Let Me Off) / No Love Tonight / Silence And Tears / Gotta Get To My Baby / Four Leaf Clover / Cool Gator Shoes / What's The Matter With Me / Twenty-Four Hour Night / I Can't Forget / My Baby's Not Here (In Town Tonight) / Another Lonely Night / Wasted Love Affair | ||
| 10/2005 | CD KOCH 9881 (US) |
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HITS PLUS ONES I'VE WRITTEN - Hello Out There / In The Middle Of A Memory / Crystal Chandeliers / Boston Jail / Walking Shadow, Talking Memory / Girl Crazy / Mary's Little Lamb / Odd Man Out / I Let Her Get Lonely / Even The Bad Times Are Good / Don't Squeeze My Sharmon / You're Driving You Out Of My Mind / How Long Is Forever This Time / The Closest Thing To Me / I Gotta Be Somewhere / Silent Partner / I Spent A Week There One Day / Help Stamp Out Loneliness / Am I That Easy To Forget? | ||
| 06/2021 | 2 CD Acrobat ADDCD3384 (UK) |
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The Early Years - 1956-62 :
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