Who is George Jones talking about in this song?!
Question: In his song "Who's gonna fill their shoes", when he sings the line "they tore up the 50's, ol' Jerry Lee and Charley", I figure he means Jerry Lee Lewis, but what Charley is he talking about? The only charley i can think of is Charley Pride, but he wasnt popular yet in the 50's .
Answers: In his song "Who's gonna fill their shoes", when he sings the line "they tore up the 50's, ol' Jerry Lee and Charley", I figure he means Jerry Lee Lewis, but what Charley is he talking about? The only charley i can think of is Charley Pride, but he wasnt popular yet in the 50's .
Charlie Rich ( he had a few hits in the rock genre)
e.g. "Lonely Weekends"
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George sang about the artists that were popular at that time in history ( or recent history of the time), and Mr. Rich was still
popular (maybe not as much, by that time) but he did have those hits like "Behind Closed Doors" and "The Most Beautiful Girl In The World" and others!!!
his favourite bartender
I have to go with Charlie Feathers - Rockabilly artist in the 50's
First of all George Jones didn't write the song. He only recorded it. I think the writers were probably talking about Charlie Pride though. Perhaps they weren't really aware of when Charlie Pride's career started or figured that it was so close to that time that nobody would really give it much thought anyway. He actually was singing in night clubs during the fifties while pitching baseball in the American Negro League. It was around 1960 when he actually got his professional singing start.
Daniels?
Probably charlie rich, because he became a regular session musician for the sun label in 1958, playing and/or singing on records by Lewis and Johnny Cash
I don't really know who he is talking about but Roni may be on to something with her answer. Charlie Feathers was one of the Rockabilly cats of that era. If you haven't ever heard him then I would recommend giving a listen to some of his songs like "You're Right, I'm Left She's Gone", "Uh Huh Honey" "A Long Time Ago" and others. The writer could have been referring to Charlie Rich as well. The Silver Fox had many great songs.
The verse says, "God bless the boys from MEMPHIS." As Charlie Rich was on Sun Records at the same time as "Blue Suede Shoes" (Carl Perkins) "and Elvis" and "ol' Jerry Lee," then the safe money would be that the reference is to Charlie Rich.
Charlie Rich was the least-known of the Sun Records acts at the time. Reportedly, someone gave him some of Jerry Lee's albums, told him to listen to them, and "then come back when you can play that BAD." Charlie was definitely under-appreciated, and IMO continues to be so.