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2 unusual facts about Charlie Rich


Quiet Girl with a Credit Card

The album features Lisa's own compositions, plus two songs by Melbourne friends (one each from Dave Graney and Conway Savage), and two US classics: Bob Dylan's "You're a Big Girl Now" and Dan Penn's "Woman Left Lonely" (previously recorded by both Charlie Rich and Janis Joplin).

Songs from the Bar Room Floor

The record is dedicated to the then recently departed Dean Martin, Sterling Morrison and Charlie Rich.


Brad Suggs

Suggs appeared on more than eight Sun records (more than Elvis Presley, Billy Riley, Warren Smith, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Charlie Rich) (1).

Jerry Carrigan

He played on hits for some of the biggest country stars of the era - Charlie Rich, Ray Stevens, Charley Pride, George Jones, Tammy Wynette, Johnny Paycheck, Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash.

Pete Drake

One of the most sought-after backup musicians of the 1960s, Drake played on such hits as Lynn Anderson's "Rose Garden", Charlie Rich's "Behind Closed Doors"' Bob Dylan's "Lay Lady Lay"' and Tammy Wynette's "Stand by Your Man".

Rory Michael Bourke

His songwriting career took off in the early 1970s and he soon racked up tracks recorded by Charlie Rich, Elvis Presley, Billy Crash Craddock, Lynn Anderson, Olivia Newton-John, and many others.

Till I Can't Take It Anymore

Other artists who have also previously recorded this song include Clarence Carter, Ray Charles, Jimmy James, Tom Jones, Ben E. King, Charlie Rich, and Don Williams.


see also

The Most Beautiful Girl in the World

"The Most Beautiful Girl", a 1973 song written by Wilson, Sherrill and Rourke, and recorded by Charlie Rich