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).
Nobody's Woman
Charlie Feathers Lyrics
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It stands without a doubt
But where there is no woman
You can count me out
Because I got a woman
She's nobody's woman but mine, all mine
She's nobody's woman, nobody's woman but mine, all mine
And let her make me blue
But I am hardly fool enough
To give her up to you
And she ain't nobody's woman, nobody's woman but mine, all mine
Yes she's nobody's woman, nobody's woman but mine, all mine
Now I like 'em plain or fancy
I like 'em short or tall
But when they dig my lovin'
I like 'em best of all
And she ain't nobody's woman, nobody's woman but mine, all mine
Yes she's nobody's woman, nobody's woman but mine, all mine
Nobody's woman, nobody's woman but mine, all mine
All mine, all mine, all mine
The lyrics of Charlie Feathers's song "Nobody's Woman" express the importance of having a woman in one's life. The first stanza acknowledges the existence of sorrows in the world, but it asserts that the singer cannot go without a woman. The second stanza reveals that the singer has a woman in his life, and he considers her to be his alone. He is willing to give her all his money, even though she may make him blue, but he would not give her up to anyone else. Finally, the third stanza suggests that the singer likes women of all types, but he likes them best when they appreciate his love. Throughout the song, the singer emphasizes the possessive nature of his love, and he takes pride in having a woman who belongs to no one else but him.
Line by Line Meaning
Now this world holds it's sorrows
The world is full of sadness
It stands without a doubt
This is a fact that cannot be questioned
But where there is no woman
In situations where there are no women around
You can count me out
I won't be interested or involved
Because I got a woman
Since I have a woman in my life
She's nobody's woman but mine, all mine
She belongs to me and no one else
I gave her all my money
I've given her all the money I have
And let her make me blue
Even though she has made me feel sad
But I am hardly fool enough
However, I am not foolish enough
To give her up to you
To let her be with someone else instead of me
And she ain't nobody's woman, nobody's woman but mine, all mine
She is exclusively mine and no one else's
Now I like 'em plain or fancy
I don't have a specific preference when it comes to women
I like 'em short or tall
I like women of different heights
But when they dig my lovin'
When they appreciate and enjoy my love and attention
I like 'em best of all
Those are the women I like the most
And she ain't nobody's woman, nobody's woman but mine, all mine
She is exclusively mine and no one else's
Yes she's nobody's woman, nobody's woman but mine, all mine
She is exclusively mine and no one else's
Nobody's woman, nobody's woman but mine, all mine
She belongs to no one else but me
All mine, all mine, all mine
I am the only one who has her heart
Lyrics © BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC, CARLIN AMERICA INC
Written by: CHARLIE FEATHERS, JERRY HUFFMAN, JOE CHASTAIN
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@hondotoo
a signed copy!
@MrBandidodo
cool...
@GrivusDima
10 years before? YouTube comments more interesting then history lessons)
@MrsOliva
@@GrivusDima 10 years. It's not so much.
@GrivusDima
@@MrsOliva Except for internet
@MrsOliva
@@GrivusDima I do not agree. The genre of commenting on melodies has no time limit. This inscription: "cool" could have been written in the 1960s. No difference in this particular case.
@natymartin1455
Kill bill me trajo al Carlos