Charlie feathers biography

Charles Arthur 'Charlie' Feathers (June 12, 1932 – August 29, 1998) was an American country music and rockabilly musician. Born in Holly Springs, Mississippi, he recorded a string of singles like 'Peepin' Eyes,' 'Defrost Your Heart,' 'Tongue-Tied Jill,' and 'Bottle to the Baby' on Sun Records, Meteor and King Records in the 1950s. His theatrical, hiccup-styled, energetic, rockabilly vocal style inspired a later generation of rock vocalists, including Lux Interior of The Cramps.

He started out as a session musician at Sun Studios, playing any side instrument he could in the hopes of someday making his own music there. He eventually played on a small label started by Sam Phillips called Flip records that got him enough attention to record a couple of singles for Sun Records and Holiday Inn Records. He then moved on to Meteor Records and then King Records where he recorded his best-known work.

Feathers' song 'That Certain Female' was featured on the soundtrack to Quentin Tarantino's 2003 film Kill Bill: Volume 1. His 'Can't Hardly Stand It' was featured on the follow-up Kill Bill: Volume 2 soundtrack, as well as the highly successful video game Grand Theft Auto V. A brief bit of 'Can't Hardly Stand It' was also featured in the 2013 film Only Lovers Left Alive.

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Links to Peel[]

"I've paid silly money for records before now but my highest ever has been 10 pounds for a Charlie Feathers 78 on Sun (which arrived broken through the mail)."
(John Peel, Sounds column, 1974-01-26.[1])

Although available show tracklistings suggest Charlie Feathers was played relatively infrequently by Peel, five different singles by the rockabilly legend were found in John Peel's Record Box of treasured 45s. This made Feathers one of only seven artists with multiple releases in the collection (the others were The White Stripes (10), Eddie & Ernie (3), Harry Nilsson (3), G.L. Crockett (2), Medicine Head (2) and The Upsetters (2)). [1]

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    • Charlie Feathers

    American King of Rockabilly,singer-songwriter (1932–1998)

    Musical artist

    Charles Arthur Feathers (June 12, 1932 – August 29, 1998) was an American musician most associated with the rockabilly scene of the 1950s. Although not initially recognized for his contributions to rockabilly, over time his presence would become greatly elevated and he has been cited as an influence by a number of musicians.

    Biography

    Feathers was born in Holly Springs, Mississippi, United States.

    He started out as a session musician at Sun Studios, playing any side instrument he could in the hopes of someday making his own music there. He eventually played on a small label started by Sam Phillips called Flip records which got him enough attention to record a couple of singles for Sun Records and Holiday Inn Records. By all accounts the singer was not held in much regard by Phillips, but Feathers often made the audacious claim that he had arranged "That's All Right" and "Blue Moon of Kentucky" for Elvis Presley. He also claimed that his "We're Getting Closer (To Being Apart)" had been intended to be Elvis' sixth single for Sun. He did, however, get his name on one of Elvis' Sun records, "I Forgot to Remember to Forget" when the writer Stan Kesler asked him to record a demo of the song.

    He then moved on to Meteor Records and then King Records where he recorded his best-known work. His 1950s singles included "Peepin' Eyes", "Defrost Your Heart", "Tongue-Tied Jill" and "Bottle to the Baby". When his King contract ran out he still continued to perform, although Feathers thought there was a conspiracy to keep his music from gaining the popularity it deserved.

    In the mid-1980s, he performed at times at new music nightclubs like the Antenna Club in Memphis, Tennessee, sharing the bill with rock-and-roll bands like Tav Falco's Panther Burns, who,

    Charles Arthur "Charlie" Feathers (June 12, 1932 – August 29, 1998) was an influential American rockabilly and country music performer.

    Feathers was born in Holly Springs, Mississippi, and recorded a string of popular singles like "Peepin' Eyes," "Defrost Your Heart," "Tongue-Tied Jill," and "Bottle to the Baby" on Sun Records, Meteor and King Records in the 1950s.
    Feathers was known for being a master of shifting emotional and sonic dynamics in his songs. His theatrical, hiccup-styled, energetic, rockabilly vocal style inspired a later generation of rock vocalists, including Lux Interior of The Cramps.
    He studied and recorded several songs with Junior Kimbrough, whom he called "the beginning and end of all music". His childhood influences were reflected in his later music of the 1970s and 1980s, which had an easy-paced, sometimes sinister, country-blues tempo, as opposed to the frenetic fast-paced style favored by some of his rockabilly colleagues of the 1950s.
    He started out as a session musician at Sun Studios, playing any side instrument he could in the hopes of someday making his own music there. He eventually played on a small label started by Sam Phillips called Flip records which got him enough attention to record a couple singles for Sun Records and Holiday Inn Records. By all accounts the singer was not held in much regard by Phillips, but Feathers often made the audacious claim that he had arranged "That's All Right" and "Blue Moon of Kentucky" for Elvis Presley and recorded "Good Rockin' Tonight" months before Presley. He also claimed that his "We're Getting Closer (To Being Apart)" had been intended to be Elvis' sixth single for Sun. He did, however, get his name on one of Elvis' Sun records, "I Forgot To Remember To Forget" when the writer Stan Kesler asked him to record a demo of the song.
    He then moved on to

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    • Charlie Feathers

    Charles Feathers, (June 12, 1932 – August 29, 1998), was an influential rockabilly and country music performer.

    Charles Arthur Feathers was born in Holly Springs, Mississippi, and recorded a string of popular singles like “Peepin’ Eyes,” “Defrost Your Heart,” “Tongue-Tied Jill,” and “Bottle to the Baby” on Sun Records, Meteor and King Records in the 1950s.

    Feathers was known for being a master of shifting emotional and sonic dynamics in his songs. His theatrical, hiccup-styled, energetic, rockabilly vocal style inspired a later generation of rock vocalists, including Lux Interior of The Cramps.

    His early influences were from African American field blues he heard in Mississippi as a youth. He studied and recorded several songs withJunior Kimbrough, whom he called “the beginning and end of all music.” His childhood influences were reflected in his later music of the 1970s and 1980s, which had an easy-paced, sometimes sinister, country-blues tempo, as opposed to the frenetic fast-paced style favored by some of his rockabilly colleagues of the 1950s.

    He started out as a session musician at Sun Studios, playing any side instrument he could in the hopes of someday making his own music there. He eventually played on a small label started by Sam Phillips called Flip records which got him enough attention to record a couple singles for Sun Records. By all accounts the singer was not held in much regard by Phillips, but Feathers often made the audacious claim that he had arranged “That’s All Right” and “Blue Moon Of Kentucky” for Elvis Presley and recorded “Good Rockin’ Tonight” months before Presley. He also claimed that his “We’re Getting Closer (To Being Apart)” had been intended to be Elvis’ sixth single for Sun. He did, however, compose one of Elvis’ Sun recordings, “I Forgot To Remember To Forget“.

    He then moved on to Meteor Records and then King Records where he recorded his best-known work. When his King contract ran out he still continued to