Earl Songer

Earl Songer (born October 31, 1916 in Ruth near Charleston , West Virginia , † 1972 in West Virginia) was an American country musician .

Life

Childhood and youth

Earl Songer learned to play the guitar and harmonica as a child . Songer discovered the auto industry in Detroit , Michigan , through a prospectus and moved there a short time later to work at Ford .

Career

In Detroit, Songer began performing in the evenings. During one of his appearances he met his future wife Joyce Goode, but Songer was drafted into the army and fought in World War II . After his release in 1945, the two married and decided to devote themselves to music professionally.

In 1949 Songer and Joyce made their first recordings for Fortune Records, although the two had divorced. Her first single The Fire In My Heart turned out to be a success. Seven more singles followed on Fortune and Songer got the opportunity to perform with Hank Williams . Songer founded the Rocky Road Ramblers , which also featured Joyce ( steel guitar ) and her brother Chester ( bass ). 1953 Songer and Joyce remarried; in the same year he received a contract with Coral Records . While in Nashville , Tennessee , Songer was recording for Coral, he appeared on Ernest Tubb's Midnight Jamboree . In 1954, Songer and his wife made further recordings for Imperial Records in Dallas , Texas , which resulted in Whoopie Baby , among others .

Their marriage ultimately failed because of Earl Songer's excessive alcohol consumption . He gave up music and from then on worked as a used car dealer. Earl Songer died in his home state of West Virginia in 1972.

Discography

year	title	#	Remarks
Fortune Records
1950	Fire In My Heart / Honky Tonkin 'Blues	129	with Joyce Songer
1950	Fox Chase / Will There Be Any Flowers on Your Grave	131	with Joyce Songer
195?	Mother-In-Law Boogie / My Wife and Sweetheart, Too	141	with Joyce Songer
195?	Spanish Fire Bells / Whose Naughty Baby Are You	144	with Joyce Songer
195?	In a Broken Heart, No Love Is Found / West Virginia Waltz	151	with Joyce Songer
195?	Someone to Call My Own / I Won't Confess I'm Sorry	155	with Joyce Songer
195?	Someone to Call My Own / Dissatisfied	160	with Joyce Songer
Coral Records
1952	We're Satisfied / Smiling Through The Years	64127	with Joyce Songer
1953	Sansoo / Who Will I Sen [!] Your Picture To	64149
1954	Unwelcome Bride / Too Free With Your Love	64167
Imperial Records
1954	Rock a My Baby / Whoopie Baby	8259
1955	I Want Your Love / Let's Try Again	8292

Web links

• Earl Songer on Hillbilly-Music.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Fortune Records Numerical Listing
2. ↑ Numerical Listing of Coral 78 rpm issues
3. ↑ 45 Discography for Imperial Records 8000 series