Charlie Feathers
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 Read Full BioCharles 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 Meteor Records and then King Records where he recorded his best-known work. When his King contract ran out he still continued to perform, although Feathers—perhaps typically—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, as devoted fans of Feathers, had introduced him to their label's president. During this time, rockabilly icon Colonel Robert Morris played drums for Charlie. Charlie said "Robert tore up a brand new set of drums, but the crowd was dancing on the tables".
He released his New Jungle Fever album in 1987 and Honkey Tonk Man in 1988, featuring the lead guitar work of his son, Bubba Feathers. These later albums of original songs penned by Feathers were released on the French label New Rose Records, whose other 1980s releases included albums by cult music heroes like Johnny Thunders, Alex Chilton, Roky Erickson, The Cramps, The Gun Club, and others.
Charlie Feathers died on August 29, 1998.
Feathers' song, "That Certain Female" was featured on the soundtrack to Quentin Tarantino's 2003 film, Kill Bill Vol. 1. His "Can't Hardly Stand It" was featured on the follow-up Kill Bill Vol. 2 soundtrack.
Charlie Feathers' pioneering contribution to the genre has been recognized by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame. Bob Dylan has featured Charlie Feathers on the second season of his XM satellite radio show Theme Time Radio Hour, playing Feathers' records "One Hand Loose" (on the "Countdown" show, Dec. 12, 2007) and "Defrost Your Heart" (on the "Cold" show, April 2, 2008).
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 Meteor Records and then King Records where he recorded his best-known work. When his King contract ran out he still continued to perform, although Feathers—perhaps typically—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, as devoted fans of Feathers, had introduced him to their label's president. During this time, rockabilly icon Colonel Robert Morris played drums for Charlie. Charlie said "Robert tore up a brand new set of drums, but the crowd was dancing on the tables".
He released his New Jungle Fever album in 1987 and Honkey Tonk Man in 1988, featuring the lead guitar work of his son, Bubba Feathers. These later albums of original songs penned by Feathers were released on the French label New Rose Records, whose other 1980s releases included albums by cult music heroes like Johnny Thunders, Alex Chilton, Roky Erickson, The Cramps, The Gun Club, and others.
Charlie Feathers died on August 29, 1998.
Feathers' song, "That Certain Female" was featured on the soundtrack to Quentin Tarantino's 2003 film, Kill Bill Vol. 1. His "Can't Hardly Stand It" was featured on the follow-up Kill Bill Vol. 2 soundtrack.
Charlie Feathers' pioneering contribution to the genre has been recognized by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame. Bob Dylan has featured Charlie Feathers on the second season of his XM satellite radio show Theme Time Radio Hour, playing Feathers' records "One Hand Loose" (on the "Countdown" show, Dec. 12, 2007) and "Defrost Your Heart" (on the "Cold" show, April 2, 2008).
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That Certain Female
Charlie Feathers Lyrics
Well
Ah huh-uh-uh-huh, oooow!
Yeah!
Well I'm a just a single fella
With a lot on my mind
And I'm a lookin' for me a woman
But she's mighty hard to find
Oh, I asked my country cousin
Check the hottest spots in town
Oh that little-bitty woman
Well she just ain't around
Ooww! Hey, hey, ho!
Oh I'm lookin'
Lookin'
Searchin' high and low
Don't want to miss a spot
Keep it on the go
Waitin'
Watchin'
This woman's gotta show
I need this little bitty woman
How much you'll never know
OOOOOOWW!!
Yes!
Do it!
Do it twice!
Woo!
Well I'm a just a single fella
With a lot on my mind
I said I'm lookin' for me a woman
She's mighty hard to find
I asked my country cousin
Where's she hangin' out
Lost this little bitty woman, she's just outta sight
Oh ho ho Ho!
Oh I'm lookin'
Lookin'
Checkin' high an'low
Don't want to miss'a spot
Keep it on the go
Waitin'
Watchin'
That woman, she's gonna show
I need this little bitty woman
How much you'll ever know...
Ooohhh... Now...
I just need a simple
Where she's hanging out
I promise to make it worth your while
If you mark her out
Name your price and make it fast
Waited much too long
Got that woman on the mind
I'm gonna bring her home
OH YEAH!
Oh I'm lookin'
Lookin'
Searchin' high and low
OW!
Don't want to miss a spot
Keep it on the go
Waitin'
Watchin'
This woman, she gonna show
I need this little bitty woman
How much you'll ever know
Baby, I need you...
How much you'll never know
Lord, I need this little bitty woman
How much you'll never know!
Owww!
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Written by: CHARLIE FEATHERS
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Well
Ah huh-uh-uh-huh, oooow!
Yeah!
Well I'm a just a single fella
With a lot on my mind
And I'm a lookin' for me a woman
But she's mighty hard to find
Oh, I asked my country cousin
Check the hottest spots in town
Oh that little-bitty woman
Well she just ain't around
Ooww! Hey, hey, ho!
Oh I'm lookin'
Lookin'
Searchin' high and low
Don't want to miss a spot
Keep it on the go
Waitin'
Watchin'
This woman's gotta show
I need this little bitty woman
How much you'll never know
OOOOOOWW!!
Yes!
Do it!
Do it twice!
Woo!
Well I'm a just a single fella
With a lot on my mind
I said I'm lookin' for me a woman
She's mighty hard to find
I asked my country cousin
Where's she hangin' out
Lost this little bitty woman, she's just outta sight
Oh ho ho Ho!
Oh I'm lookin'
Lookin'
Checkin' high an'low
Don't want to miss'a spot
Keep it on the go
Waitin'
Watchin'
That woman, she's gonna show
I need this little bitty woman
How much you'll ever know...
Ooohhh... Now...
I just need a simple
Where she's hanging out
I promise to make it worth your while
If you mark her out
Name your price and make it fast
Waited much too long
Got that woman on the mind
I'm gonna bring her home
OH YEAH!
Oh I'm lookin'
Lookin'
Searchin' high and low
OW!
Don't want to miss a spot
Keep it on the go
Waitin'
Watchin'
This woman, she gonna show
I need this little bitty woman
How much you'll ever know
Baby, I need you...
How much you'll never know
Lord, I need this little bitty woman
How much you'll never know!
Owww!
Julio Gatti
If it doesn't start with "weeeeeeeeell" it ain't rockabilly
Greyson H
actually if it doesn’t start with WEEEEEEELL it isn’t a Roy Brown song
Greyson H
or Now
rocknrollrebel1000
@Noah Harris I certainly have it's the greatest country music ever,Not Rockabilly though.
Noah Harris
@rocknrollrebel1000 Clearly you haven't heard any of his original stuff. It was almost all rockabilly. And stop liking your own comments.
rocknrollrebel1000
@Noah Harris no he wasn't,he was a country musician,His music contributed to Rockabilly but Rockabilly he was not.
SleazyRoseWalker
Tarantino always pick golden pieces in his movies
Mark Angus
Bought this in the mid 70s when it came out on Rollin' Rock. Didn't need Tarantino to turn me onto Charlie Feathers.
john birmingham
If I had a dollar for every country/rockabilly song that started with "wellllll...." I'd have a lot of dollars :D
Sam Smith
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