Charlie Gracie

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Charlie Gracie 1957

Charlie Gracie (born Charles Anthony Graci on May 14, 1936 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania ) is an American rockabilly musician and guitarist .

Life

Gracie began playing the guitar at age 10, and at 15 he appeared on the radio and TV show Paul Whiteman ’s TV Teen Club and recorded his first single. In 1956 Gracie got a contract with Cameo Records . His first single, Butterfly, was already a huge success, allowing him to appear on the Ed Sullivan Show and American Bandstand . Butterfly reached number 7 in the US and 12 in the UK in 1957. The title even reached number 1 in the American jukebox charts, which were still listed separately at the time. Singer Andy Williams was simultaneously successful with a cover version .

Former Beatle George Harrison described Charlie's guitar technique in an interview with Billboard Magazine in March 1996 as "brilliant". Paul McCartney paid tribute to Charlie with his interpretation of Fabulous on the album Run Devil Run . In 2013, Cliff Richard recorded two Gracie songs with Faboulous and Butterfly for the album The Fabulous Rock 'n' Roll Songbook . Gracie opened a concert for Van Morrison on the West Coast.

Charlie's musical influence was recognized in 2007 with the documentary Fabulous . This is where companions like Frankie Avalon , Dick Boccelli and DJ Fontana have their say .

Gracie is still musically active and performs regularly.

Discography

Singles

year Title
B side 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, B-side , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
UK UK US US
1951 Boogie Boogie Blues
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter 		UK-UK US-US
1952 All Over Town
Rockin 'And Rollin' 		UK-UK US-US
1953 T'Ain't No Sin In Rhythm
Say What You Mean 		UK-UK US-US
1955 My Baby Loves Me
Head Home, Honey! 		UK-UK US-US
Wildwood Boogie
Honey! Honey! 		UK-UK US-US
1957 Butterfly
Ninety-Nine-Ways 		UK12 (8 weeks)
UK 		US7 (17 weeks)
US
Fabulous
Just Lookin ' 		UK8 (16 weeks)
UK 		US26 (15 weeks)
US
I Love You So Much It Hurts
Wanderin 'Eyes 		UK6 (14 weeks)
UK 		US71 (3 weeks)
US
Cool Baby
You Got A Heart Like A Rock 		UK26 (1 week)
UK 		US-US
1958 Crazy Girl
Dressin 'Up 		UK-UK US-US
Love Bird
Trying 		UK-UK US-US
1955 My Baby Loves Me
Head Home, Honey! 		UK-UK US-US
Wildwood Boogie
Honey! Honey! 		UK-UK US-US
1959 Doodlebug
Hurry Up, Buttercup 		UK-UK US-US
Angel of Love
I'm A Fool, That's Why 		UK-UK US-US
Oh-Well-A
Because I Love You So 		UK-UK US-US
1960 The Race
I Looked For You 		UK-UK US-US
Sorry for you
scenery 		UK-UK US-US
1961 W-wow
makin 'whoopee 		UK-UK US-US
1962 Pretty Baby
Night And Day, USA 		UK-UK US-US
1963 Count Of Three
Just Like Us 		UK-UK US-US
1965 He'll Never Love You Like I Do
Keep My Love Next Door To Your Heart 		UK-UK US-US
1969 Walk With Me Girl
Tenderness 		UK-UK US-US

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

Albums

  • 1996: Live at the Stockton Globe, August 26th 1957
  • 2001: I'm All Right
  • 2011: For the Lofe of Charlie

Web links

Commons : Charlie Gracie  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

literature

Jackson, John A. & Gracie, Charlie: Rock & Roll's Hidden Giant: The Story of Rock Pioneer Charlie Gracie , 2015 ISBN 978-1470619671

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jackson, John A. / Gracie, Charlie: Rock & Roll's Hidden Giant: The Story of Rock Pioneer Charlie Gracie , 41, Jan. 1, 2015
  2. ^ Artist biography on allmusic.com (English), accessed August 23, 2019
  3. ↑ Butterfly on Chartsurfer , accessed on August 23, 2019
  4. ↑ Butterfly on 45cat , accessed August 23, 2019
  5. ^ Charlie Gracie - On Course for Six Decades on Hooked on everything , accessed August 23, 2019
  6. ↑ Faboulous in the IMDb , accessed on August 23, 2019
  7. ^ Charlie Gracie and his guitar, still fabulous after all these years The Philadelpia Inquirer (English), May 31, 2016
  8. ↑ UK US
personal data
SURNAME Gracie, Charlie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Graci, Charles Anthony (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American rockabilly musician
DATE OF BIRTH May 14, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Philadelphia