Chuck Mayfield

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Chuck Mayfield (born December 23, 1934 in Fort Smith , Arkansas , † August 21, 2015 in Oden , Arkansas) was an American country musician . Mayfield already shared the stage with stars like Hank Snow , Johnny Cash , Jim Reeves , Tex Ritter , Gene Autry and many more.

Life

Childhood and youth

Born in Arkansas, Chuck Mayfield's family moved to Eloy , Arizona around 1947 . As a child he was interested in music and sang. In 1951 he began playing with Ray Odom and the Sunset Riders in the area.

Career

Mayfield began to earn his living professionally with music. In 1952 he signed a recording deal with Starday Records and his first single was released there with Washing on the Line / Face In the Clouds . Its popularity quickly rose, and Mayfield was invited to guest appearances at the Louisiana Hayride , Saturday Night Shindig, and the Houston Hometown Jamboree .

Mayfield was at the height of his career in the mid-1950s. Despite the lack of hits, he was very well known in Arizona. Ray Odom had started the Arizona Hayride in Phoenix in 1955 , in which Mayfield now regularly performed on the weekend. He had his own radio show on KCKY and gave a successful concert in 1956 at Madison Square Garden in New York City . In the meantime Mayfield had switched to Abbott Records from California , but they sold his contract to Dot Records . Dot only released a single Mayfield single.

In 1959, the Louisiana Hayride became aware of Mayfield and hired him as a member. During this time he appeared with many stars of the time such as Jim Reeves , Johnny Cash , Johnny Horton and Red Sovine . Mayfield remained associated with the show until the end of the Hayride in the 1960s. Despite appearances on nationally broadcast shows, Mayfield never made it into the charts. Mayfield still performs occasionally today.

Discography

Singles

year title # Remarks
Stanchel Records
A Little Bit Longer / A Fool That Just Can't Win 3030 with the Wonder Valley Boys
Starday Records
1954 Washing On the Line / Face in the Clouds 45-140
1954 Lucky Me / Helpless Hands 45-161
1955 Trinidaddy / Tell Me Sweet 45-184
1955 Hog Sloppin 'Time in the Hollow / Are You Trying To Tell Me Goodbye 45-211
Abbott Records
1957 Four Faces High / My Heart turned Gypsy 191
Dot records
1957 Four Aces High / My Heart Turned Gypsy 15549 Republishing Abbott 191

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personal data
SURNAME Mayfield, Chuck
ALTERNATIVE NAMES The Eloy Flash (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American country musician
DATE OF BIRTH December 23, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Fort Smith , Arkansas
DATE OF DEATH August 21, 2015
Place of death Oden , Arkansas