Check out his recordings for Sun, Groove, Hi and Smash. The man was everywhere between Jazz, Blues, Gospel, R&B and Country - he was so much more than the Countrypolitan stuff that made him famous.
Google the story of Charlie's reaction when, after years toiling in the business, he was shut out of every category at the Country Music Awards during his biggest year by...John Denver.
Sam Phillips said Charlie and Howlin' Wolf were the most talented people he ever worked with and felt he never got out of Charlie what he really should have in terms of the recordings he made while Charlie was also just a bit too shy and preferred let his piano do the talking.
The only band on TV these days that’s even worth mentioning is the American Idol house band! We just don’t see shows like this anymore. The artists of yesteryear had to actually work their way up the ladder to succeed. These days it’s just handed to them via voting! Today’s mindset is sorta wrenched out of context compared to the good old days.
@@bigelile07Yes, but it was only for ppl from USA. The Brits had Old Grey Whistle Test, Top of the Pops (Amongst others). The French had Pop 2, Chorus, Bouton Rouge etc and the Germans had Beat Club, Musikladen and more importantly Rockpalast which started in 1975 and is still being shown on German TV station WDR. I lived in New Zealand in the 60s and 70s and was starved of seeing my favourite Rock bands. It was not till I emigrated to London in the late 80s, and started VHS video trading with a USA guy, that I became aware of TMS and DKRC shows as I got tapes of Mahogany Rush who appeared on both. The sad thing is that there is the opportunity to create a similar show to TMS which could incorporate Ed Sheeran, Queens of the Stone Age, Steven Wilson and Nicky Minaj on the same episode, but people's mindsets have changed, and the youth of today are not reliant on the TV anymore and have the Stream anytime mentality, as is the case with vinyl and CDs. I am old school myself, and I appreciate Mr Sugarman did not delete these treasure chest shows like the BBC did with OGWT. At least the Beat Club released a complete box set release of every show. Just hope I'm still alive to see Thin Lizzy perform Killer on the Loose from 1981 amongst others from latter years
Listening to early 50s country music lead Charlie to start singing and performing. He was a crossover artist singing hits in both country and the mainstream charts. He was at Sun Records, where Elvis recorded, as a background musician starting in 1957. He played with Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Billy Lee Riley among others. Sam Philips and the others at the studio got him to start doing his own material and in 1960 he released his first single "Lonely Weekends." The career peak was between 1969 and 1981. He semi-retired in the mid 80s and passed away in 1995 from plumonary embolism. He was 62. If he had been alive today he would have been 91. He also played the trumpet in High School before switching to piano. He played the piano for a gospel outfit when he began. Eventually was part of a jazz combo before moving to Sun Records to be a session musician. He left Sun Records and kept bouncing around after several singles and albums flopped. Epic Records was the main label he sang at in the 70s. But by 1979 he was with United Artist Records. His son Alan also performed pop music. Before his passing he began performing again. In 1992 he launched a tour and in 1993 released his first album in 13 years with "Pictures and Paintings".
One of the best midnight special shows, saw Charlie Rich in 1974, love the Staple singers , a coworker went to HS with Mavis Staples, love Dobie Gray !
That’s one heavy piece of wood. I believe that’s why they were short lived by Fender. Originally I think they hit the market in 68 and then there was a reissue in 71 or 72 I believe. The Telecaster is gorgeous though.
Anne Murray has one of the most beautiful voices -- so natural and emotional. I especially loved "Love Song." And she looked so adorable in those overalls. And she's Canadian. Okay, I'll stop now.
Wow-Today at 66 years of age I became a Charlie Rich fan! Something I would never have dreamed of doing. Even if I said that out loud when I grew up, I probably would have become an outcast with my friends in the 1970s. After all we were too busy going to Led Zep concerts- etc. Today though, like a fine old wine I have changed for the better !
Wow, another wonderful journey in the Way Back Machine. I remember when Charley Rich set the card announcing John Denver's win, lol. I went dancing one time in the Zanzibar Club where Clint Eastwood shot Any Which Way but Loose, a real country dive bar, they had Clint's face painted on the front door. I love me some Ann Murray, quite a talent. The Treasures appear to be one of those groups who had a song on the radio, but never had a hit, 🚨 Obscure Alert! Dobie Gray is the one I'm waiting on, will have the headphones set to stun on that one, I may not want to come back to 2024 after Drift Away! Thank you, Midnight Special!
@@robmatlock7675 Hey Rob, it's still really cool that you got to actually be there & see it 1st hand! I'm a lil jelly lol😅😅 seriously tho much appreciated, thank you for sharing✌
Well, that had some great music in it! I liked Charlie's hits and Dobie and the Staples Singers. Anne was he usual great self! Thanks, party people!😎🤠💜
@@BIGELOW.65 With the contrived, cookie cutter drivel coming off the Nashville, so-called Country charts, what a joke! He may not be YOUR country, but the man had real talent.
I’m a BIG Charlie Rich fan & NOT a fan of today’s country charts. I love old school country from before the mid-70’s, bluegrass, real outlaw, roots, Appalachian folky stuff, Americana, Red Dirt, Western Swing…The Real Stuff and not contrived, formulated, watered down, lightweight rock with a fiddle and the odd peddle steel thrown in.
I remember watching this episode as a child. We played the heck outta our 45" of The Most Beautiful Girl in the World. It's in an unexpected karaoke jam 🎤
I've never been a fan of Charlie Rich's hits but lord, can that man play piano! I would've enjoyed one of his concerts and thankfully, we get to hear him here. Really grateful that most of the acts on this show play and sing live.
Lennon was apparently quoted as having said Anne Murray's version of "You Won't See Me" was one of his favorite Beatle covers. In 2023 the SiriusXm Beatle channel's yearly fan poll of 100 greatest Beatle songs had this song at number 10 which quite shocked me, not that it isn't a wonderful song but I never would have expected to see it in the top 10.
That is why you see the famous photo of Lennon with Keith Moon, Harry Nilsson, and Mickey Dolenz. They traveled to the troubadour to see her sing because that was one of Lennon’s favorite singers because of that cover.
She’s a phenomenal golfer too. She was at the US Open this year in Pinehurst, NC for the Golf Hall of Fame induction ceremony. I liked her voice because it was in a lower register for a female and she didn’t scream lyrics. This was a great show.
@@gilldavidmour4199 Listen to Mavis hit the low registers in this same episode. Anne had class & style...when John Lennon goes outta his way to see you live & publicly commends your take on a Beatles number...you're doing it right! 🇨🇦
Hard to believe Charlie Rich has never been inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. In fact, you hardly even see his name when reading about country music history, as though he's been relegated to a footnote. Shameful.
Eclectic line up. I now appreciate Charlie Rich... kinda uncool in the eighties when I was into The Clash, Elvis Costello, etc. Charlie Rich is a fine songwriter.
I mean, Most Beautiful Girl is a fine song if you're a... girl. I suppose if you're a cowboy cryin' in your beer it's a good song. Give me some hard-rockin' music like last week's Status Quo. Now that's a show!
@DannyHaralson-ol1io Sadly, again nothing of interest for me. Really want to know who picks these episodes, and the reasons. Members should have a say. Wet Willie last week was awesome. Need more like that
The Treasures which the song called The Right Combination , do they have a full album? I can't find a vocal group named the treasures that did the song the right combination which I think they might be called a different band name or this was just a one off thing?
It appears that The Treasures are singing background vocals for Charlie and then got to sing a song on their own. You can't find much info on them on the net. There's another band named The Treasures that shows up in searches. These Treasures must've vanished from the scene and continued singing backup, 20 feet from stardom.
50 years and one day before this program aired, Freedom Revolution happened in Portugal in the 25th April. This program was forbidden in the dictatorship era in Portugal.
@@Danny12Speakers I mean, if the 60s bands didn't have long hair to clue us in that was "acid rock" music, I would just take it as any other pop music. Eyesight is so essential to music because the uniforms the bands wear really tell us what we're listening to.
I wish we still lived in a world where Charlie Rich and the Staples Singers appear on the same show.
They still do in my world.
@@Pelagos1000Same
And on the same radio station.
Mavis Staples is still around and 83 years old.
Amen
Ahhh the 70's. No gimmicks, no tech, no lip sync. Just live music. What a great time.
Well, there was the odd lip sync on MS
I had no idea Charlie Rich was so talented...blown away.
Check out his recordings for Sun, Groove, Hi and Smash. The man was everywhere between Jazz, Blues, Gospel, R&B and Country - he was so much more than the Countrypolitan stuff that made him famous.
Google the story of Charlie's reaction when, after years toiling in the business, he was shut out of every category at the Country Music Awards during his biggest year by...John Denver.
Supremely talented. Could sing anything. Great piano player... and a pretty good songwriter too!
Sam Phillips said Charlie and Howlin' Wolf were the most talented people he ever worked with and felt he never got out of Charlie what he really should have in terms of the recordings he made while Charlie was also just a bit too shy and preferred let his piano do the talking.
We need music shows like this on TV, This is better then what's on TV today.
Whole bands, music director, TALENT!
In the 70s Don Kirshner's Rock Concert and The Midnight Special were great! Nothing since has been comparable.
@@Spinachrecords MTV kind of ruined the music variety show, then it disappeared as a music channel
The only band on TV these days that’s even worth mentioning is the American Idol house band! We just don’t see shows like this anymore. The artists of yesteryear had to actually work their way up the ladder to succeed. These days it’s just handed to them via voting! Today’s mindset is sorta wrenched out of context compared to the good old days.
@@bigelile07Yes, but it was only for ppl from USA. The Brits had Old Grey Whistle Test, Top of the Pops (Amongst others). The French had Pop 2, Chorus, Bouton Rouge etc and the Germans had Beat Club, Musikladen and more importantly Rockpalast which started in 1975 and is still being shown on German TV station WDR. I lived in New Zealand in the 60s and 70s and was starved of seeing my favourite Rock bands. It was not till I emigrated to London in the late 80s, and started VHS video trading with a USA guy, that I became aware of TMS and DKRC shows as I got tapes of Mahogany Rush who appeared on both. The sad thing is that there is the opportunity to create a similar show to TMS which could incorporate Ed Sheeran, Queens of the Stone Age, Steven Wilson and Nicky Minaj on the same episode, but people's mindsets have changed, and the youth of today are not reliant on the TV anymore and have the Stream anytime mentality, as is the case with vinyl and CDs. I am old school myself, and I appreciate Mr Sugarman did not delete these treasure chest shows like the BBC did with OGWT. At least the Beat Club released a complete box set release of every show. Just hope I'm still alive to see Thin Lizzy perform Killer on the Loose from 1981 amongst others from latter years
Charlie was on top of the world at this time.
Excellent episode. Charlie Rich was one of a kind. Superb musician.
Listening to early 50s country music lead Charlie to start singing and performing. He was a crossover artist singing hits in both country and the mainstream charts. He was at Sun Records, where Elvis recorded, as a background musician starting in 1957. He played with Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Billy Lee Riley among others. Sam Philips and the others at the studio got him to start doing his own material and in 1960 he released his first single "Lonely Weekends." The career peak was between 1969 and 1981. He semi-retired in the mid 80s and passed away in 1995 from plumonary embolism. He was 62. If he had been alive today he would have been 91. He also played the trumpet in High School before switching to piano. He played the piano for a gospel outfit when he began. Eventually was part of a jazz combo before moving to Sun Records to be a session musician. He left Sun Records and kept bouncing around after several singles and albums flopped. Epic Records was the main label he sang at in the 70s. But by 1979 he was with United Artist Records. His son Alan also performed pop music. Before his passing he began performing again. In 1992 he launched a tour and in 1993 released his first album in 13 years with "Pictures and Paintings".
Sam Phillips said he really regretted not properly recording & establishing his star potential.
Anne Murray and Charlie Rich in this episode, is pure 100% classic, along with Dobie Gray.
Dobie gray sucks but yes
@@traveksty
Ya, Uriah's a Heap, alright...smoke another fatty, 🤡
One of the best midnight special shows, saw Charlie Rich in 1974, love the Staple singers , a coworker went to HS with Mavis Staples, love Dobie Gray !
CIA
Pop Staples and THE Rosewood tele in action! Now in the very capable hands of Marty Stuart. Man this channel is amazing. Thank you for the posts!
That’s one heavy piece of wood. I believe that’s why they were short lived by Fender. Originally I think they hit the market in 68 and then there was a reissue in 71 or 72 I believe. The Telecaster is gorgeous though.
Charlie Rich and Anne Murray two of my all time favourites what a treat!❤❤
No auto tune. Pure and raw talent with all the magical true imperfections
Dobie Gray. RIP! You had such talent! Your music will live on forever!
Thank you again Burt. This is one of the best MS episodes ever!!! Keep ‘em coming!!!
Anne Murray has one of the most beautiful voices -- so natural and emotional. I especially loved "Love Song." And she looked so adorable in those overalls. And she's Canadian. Okay, I'll stop now.
Wow-Today at 66 years of age I became a Charlie Rich fan! Something I would never have dreamed of doing. Even if I said that out loud when I grew up, I probably would have become an outcast with my friends in the 1970s. After all we were too busy going to Led Zep concerts- etc. Today though, like a fine old wine I have changed for the better !
That's me with Waylon
Now this is SOUL Music for real! Thanks Staple Singers 🎉🎉🎉
Anne Murray was so beatiful.
Wow, another wonderful journey in the Way Back Machine. I remember when Charley Rich set the card announcing John Denver's win, lol. I went dancing one time in the Zanzibar Club where Clint Eastwood shot Any Which Way but Loose, a real country dive bar, they had Clint's face painted on the front door. I love me some Ann Murray, quite a talent. The Treasures appear to be one of those groups who had a song on the radio, but never had a hit, 🚨 Obscure Alert! Dobie Gray is the one I'm waiting on, will have the headphones set to stun on that one, I may not want to come back to 2024 after Drift Away! Thank you, Midnight Special!
Cool! I think it's ("Every" Which Way... And the sequel was Any Which Way?) 😉 just curious where was that Zanzibar club at?
@@JWF99 The club was on Colfax St in Denver, I think they demolished it.
@@robmatlock7675 Hey Rob, it's still really cool that you got to actually be there & see it 1st hand! I'm a lil jelly lol😅😅 seriously tho much appreciated, thank you for sharing✌
@@JWF99 we would have took selfies if today's phones would have existed back then, 😂😂
Loved this episode. Seeing Charlie Rich playing ‘Life’s Little Ups & Downs’. Fabulous stuff. Lots of great talent on this show.
Well, that had some great music in it! I liked Charlie's hits and Dobie and the Staples Singers. Anne was he usual great self! Thanks, party people!😎🤠💜
Anne Murray.So beautiful and talented and one the very few songbirds.
Charlie Rich was one soulful dude 🔥 Arkansas Boy!
Anne Murray does The Beatles. It was better than I thought it was gonna be. 😊 I vaguely remember my parents playing that when I was a kid.
this country sure could use a charlie rich right about now...
Do you think country music needs a Charlie Rich right now?
@@BIGELOW.65
With the contrived, cookie cutter drivel coming off the Nashville, so-called Country charts, what a joke! He may not be YOUR country, but the man had real talent.
I’m a BIG Charlie Rich fan & NOT a fan of today’s country charts. I love old school country from before the mid-70’s, bluegrass, real outlaw, roots, Appalachian folky stuff, Americana, Red Dirt, Western Swing…The Real Stuff and not contrived, formulated, watered down, lightweight rock with a fiddle and the odd peddle steel thrown in.
I remember watching this episode as a child. We played the heck outta our 45" of The Most Beautiful Girl in the World. It's in an unexpected karaoke jam 🎤
This show is so freaking good
Loved the silver fox and the 70s
I've never been a fan of Charlie Rich's hits but lord, can that man play piano! I would've enjoyed one of his concerts and thankfully, we get to hear him here. Really grateful that most of the acts on this show play and sing live.
"My baby makes me smile, Lord don't she make me smile." Behind Closed Doors.
This episode and the one from last week with Roy Clark and Lynn Anderson have been my two favorites of all I've watched up til now.
Love Charlie Rich! Can't wait 👏👏
Dobie Gray sings yet another Paul Williams masterpiece "I Never Had It So Good". Great verison of a great song
Lennon was apparently quoted as having said Anne Murray's version of "You Won't See Me" was one of his favorite Beatle covers. In 2023 the SiriusXm Beatle channel's yearly fan poll of 100 greatest Beatle songs had this song at number 10 which quite shocked me, not that it isn't a wonderful song but I never would have expected to see it in the top 10.
That is why you see the famous photo of Lennon with Keith Moon, Harry Nilsson, and Mickey Dolenz. They traveled to the troubadour to see her sing because that was one of Lennon’s favorite singers because of that cover.
I don't know who you were, my man from 50 years ago with a black Les Paul, but that solo on "Big Boss Man" was out of sight.
Dobie Gray singing Drift Away is the tops!
Sorry i forgot Anne Murray..beautiful lady and super likeable!
She’s a phenomenal golfer too. She was at the US Open this year in Pinehurst, NC for the Golf Hall of Fame induction ceremony.
I liked her voice because it was in a lower register for a female and she didn’t scream lyrics. This was a great show.
@@julesw1403 Yeah, sounds manly.
@@gilldavidmour4199
Listen to Mavis hit the low registers in this same episode. Anne had class & style...when John Lennon goes outta his way to see you live & publicly commends your take on a Beatles number...you're doing it right!
🇨🇦
@@gilldavidmour4199
Spell it out, 🤡
@@gilldavidmour4199
Thanks for exposing yourself
Great show! Entertainment now cannot compare.
What a great voice in this episode!
A great lineup!
Esses programas são muito bacanas, muitos cantores nem conhecia, mas gosto demais❤
"Drift Away", yeah, I'll have to watch that.
One of the best vocals in pop history by Dobie Gray, backed by session guitarist Reggie Young. Never gets old! 🎉
@@garyhenson117 I was only like 11 when that song came out, I've liked it ever since.
@@garyhenson117 Reggie played on the record, but that is NOT Reggie on this show. Don't you know what he looks like?
Just fantastic 👏
Charlie Rich died in Louisiana in a motel room in 1995 at the age of 62. RIP Charlie, we miss you.
50 years ago. Seems like yesterday1
@@rickyrydell The days are long, but the years so short, 😔
Man, do I love the bass line in this version of The Midnight Special theme song! Gotta learn it...
Charlie Rich…Gray haired Elvis, but played his instrument, wrote most of his songs, and enjoyed his beverage too much.
Tom Petty must have been a Charlie Rich fan as he covered 'Lonely Weekends' and 'Big Boss Man' during his concerts.
Wasn't Big Boss Man written by Jimmy Reed?
@@HockeyRG Yes.
Hard to believe Charlie Rich has never been inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. In fact, you hardly even see his name when reading about country music history, as though he's been relegated to a footnote. Shameful.
He is greatly under appreciated… a master of country, soul, blues and rock
Can't wait, The Midnight Special!
Yes, indeed!
THE SILVER FOX!!!
Eclectic line up. I now appreciate Charlie Rich... kinda uncool in the eighties when I was into The Clash, Elvis Costello, etc. Charlie Rich is a fine songwriter.
Talent transcends flavour of the day, every day!
Oh, the tee shirt is in red, now 😊
No, "I'll take you there"? On a good note. Charlie Rich, will be doing, "Most Beautiful Girl"👍
I mean, Most Beautiful Girl is a fine song if you're a... girl.
I suppose if you're a cowboy cryin' in your beer it's a good song.
Give me some hard-rockin' music like last week's Status Quo. Now that's a show!
Danny. Who's on Monday episode pse?
@@groovedohg Hosted by, Frankie Valli, with Freddy Fender, The Hollies, Orleans and The Four Seasons.
@@DannyHaralson-ol1io Thanks.
@DannyHaralson-ol1io Sadly, again nothing of interest for me. Really want to know who picks these episodes, and the reasons. Members should have a say. Wet Willie last week was awesome. Need more like that
Fun
please post the single version video of behind closed doors
The Treasures which the song called The Right Combination , do they have a full album? I can't find a vocal group named the treasures that did the song the right combination which I think they might be called a different band name or this was just a one off thing?
It appears that The Treasures are singing background vocals for Charlie and then got to sing a song on their own.
You can't find much info on them on the net.
There's another band named The Treasures that shows up in searches.
These Treasures must've vanished from the scene and continued singing backup, 20 feet from stardom.
They seemed a little static. I mean every movement looked controlled, as if they weren't letting themselves just get into it.
50 years and one day before this program aired, Freedom Revolution happened in Portugal in the 25th April. This program was forbidden in the dictatorship era in Portugal.
The Silver Fox was 42 here
Sammy is a good guy
😂😂😂😂
Roebuck "Pops" Staples? How come we never hear about his brother Sears?
😂
I always liked Charlie Rish...but he can't dance. hahaha
He was trying to find the right beat for dancing.😂
Yeah, he doesn't seem comfortable when he's out from behind the piano.
He was raised in a strict Baptist home where dancing was forbidden.
😂 Removing my comment doesn't make Charlie Rich any more "country".
Country music is just music with cowboy boots.
Ask any visually impaired person.
Boots are an essential part of country music! @@Samuel_Data
@@Danny12Speakers
You couldn't tell the difference between punk rock and country music without the boots to clue you in.
@@Samuel_Data Without the boots! It's mission impossible.
@@Danny12Speakers
I mean, if the 60s bands didn't have long hair to clue us in that was "acid rock" music, I would just take it as any other pop music.
Eyesight is so essential to music because the uniforms the bands wear really tell us what we're listening to.
Scratching the bottom when you book this lot, a good ol boy & a sapphic poster girl.
Kind of a snoozer episode of M.S.
Dobie Gray and his band sounded even better live than the original studio versions wow.
Da treasures be ..buried treasure taday....I heard Charlie was jus 42...an a admirable silver haired singer..er silver tongued...
Rich wearin extensions?
That's a TRUMP haircut on Rich..right?
No.
Wrong sir
Sorry..but Rich has the TRUMP HAIR CUT!..precient like the simpsons
Why am I embarrassed when gramp acts like he's 21?
Who's gramps?
@@clapolla da old grey haired gramps?.whatmyambinmwatchin
@@deja75m If you're talking about Charlie Rich, he was only 42 when this was filmed. He had silver hair in his early 30s. Silver Fox (nickname)