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<h1>Charlie Rich</h1>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Charles Allan Rich (December 14, 1932 – July 25, 1995) was an American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">country music</a> singer, songwriter, and musician.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Rich#cite_note-Larkin-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[1]</a> His eclectic style of music was often difficult to classify, encompassing the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockabilly" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">rockabilly</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">jazz</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blues" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">blues</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">country</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">soul</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">gospel</a> genres.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Rich#cite_note-The_Book_of_Golden_Discs-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[2]</a><h2>In the later part of his life, Rich acquired the nickname the Silver Fox. He is perhaps best remembered for a pair of 1973 hits, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behind_Closed_Doors_(Charlie_Rich_song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Behind Closed Doors</a>" and "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Most_Beautiful_Girl" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Most Beautiful Girl</a>". "The Most Beautiful Girl" topped the U.S. country singles charts, as well as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Billboard Hot 100</a> pop singles charts and earned him two <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Grammy Awards</a>. Rich was inducted into the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis_Music_Hall_of_Fame" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Memphis Music Hall of Fame</a> in 2015.</h2><h2> </h2><h2>Early life</h2>Rich was born in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colt,_Arkansas" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Colt</a>, Arkansas, United States, to rural cotton farmers.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Rich#cite_note-Larkin-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[1]</a> He graduated from Consolidated High School in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forrest_City" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Forrest City</a>, where he played saxophone in the band. He was strongly influenced by his parents, members of the Landmark Missionary Baptist Church in Forrest City, as his mother, Helen Rich, played piano and his father sang in gospel quartets. A black sharecropper on the family land named C. J. Allen taught Rich blues piano. He enrolled at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas_State_College" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Arkansas State College</a> on a football scholarship and then transferred to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Arkansas" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">University of Arkansas</a> as a music major after a football injury. He left after one semester to join the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">United States Air Force</a> in 1953.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Rich#cite_note-Larkin-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[1]</a>While stationed in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enid,_Oklahoma" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Enid</a>, Oklahoma, he formed "the Velvetones," playing jazz and blues and featuring his wife, Margaret Ann, on vocals.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Rich#cite_note-The_Book_of_Golden_Discs-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[2]</a> He and Margaret Ann Greene married in 1952. Upon leaving the military in 1956, they returned to the West Memphis area to farm 500 acres. He also began performing in clubs around the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis,_Tennessee" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Memphis</a> area, playing both jazz and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%26B" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">R&B</a>. During these times, he began writing his own material.<h2>Career</h2>After recording some demonstration songs for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Phillips" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sam Phillips</a> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sun Records</a> that Phillips considered not commercial enough and "too jazzy", he was given a stack of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Lee_Lewis" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jerry Lee Lewis</a> records and told: "Come back when you get that bad."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Rich#cite_note-Larkin-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[1]</a> In a September 6, 2010, NPR airing of a 1992 interview with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresh_Air" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Fresh Air</a> host <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Gross" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Terry Gross</a>, Charlie Rich tells the story, himself, of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Justis" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bill Justis</a> telling Rich's wife those words.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Rich#cite_note-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[3]</a> In 1958, Rich became a regular <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Session_musician" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">session musician</a> for Sun Records, playing on a variety of records by Lewis, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Cash" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Johnny Cash</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Justis" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bill Justis</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Smith_(singer)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Warren Smith</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Lee_Riley" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Billy Lee Riley</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Mann" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Carl Mann</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Smith_(rockabilly_singer)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ray Smith</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Rich#cite_note-Larkin-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[1]</a> He also wrote several songs for Lewis, Cash, and others.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Rich#cite_note-Larkin-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[1]</a>His third single for the Sun subsidiary, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillips_International_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Phillips International Records</a>, was the 1960 Top 30 hit, "Lonely Weekends",<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Rich#cite_note-Larkin-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[1]</a> which was notable for its <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Presley" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Presley-like</a> vocals. It sold more than one million copies and was awarded a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_recording_sales_certification" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">gold disc</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Recording Industry Association of America</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Rich#cite_note-The_Book_of_Golden_Discs-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[2]</a> None of his seven follow-up singles was a success, however, though several of the songs became staples in his live set, including "Who Will the Next Fool Be", "Sittin' and Thinkin'", and "No Headstone on My Grave".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Rich#cite_note-Larkin-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[1]</a> These songs were often recorded by others to varying degrees of success, such as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Bland" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bobby Bland</a> version of "Who Will the Next Fool Be".<blockquote>"Rich's jazzy chops and heartfelt polish transform <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville_sound" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nashville</a>'s best <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/schmaltz" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">chicken fat</a> into high-quality mainstream pop—Arkansas's answer to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nat_Cole" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nat Cole</a>. Cole was better at it, but I prefer Rich's homely subject matter and rock and roll roots."</blockquote>