Charlie Gracie - It's fabulous - it's Charlie Gracie

Charlie Gracie - It's fabulous - it's Charlie Gracie CTJCD002It's all here! This must be the ultimate Charlie Gracie album. Not only are the original versions of his hits here, but also some of the early obscure stuff from Charlie Gracie. 32 tracks for just Ten Pounds!
 
1.Honey honey 2.(You've got) a heart like a rock 3.Butterfly 4.Head home honey 5.Cool baby 6.Ninety-nine ways 7.I love you so much it hurts 8.Just lookin' 9.Wildwood boogie 10.Wandering eyes 11.Fabulous 12.My baby loves me 13.Crazy girl 14.Cool baby 15.I'm so glad it's you 16.Frankie and Johnny 17.Wandering eyes (alternate take) 18.Boogie woogie blues 19.Rockin' 'n' rollin' 20.Trying 21.Dressing up 22.T'aint no sin in rhythm 23.All over town 24.Say whatever you mean 25.I'm gonna sit right down and write myself a letter 26.Tutti frutti 27.I love you so much it hurts (live) 28.Guitar boogie 29.Fabulous (live) 30.Rock the joint (live) 31.Butterfly (original unreleased demo) 32.Ninety nine ways (original unreleased demo)

Charlie Gracie

"Fame is fleeting in the world of Rock and Roll, as Charlie Gracie knows all too well. Still, he has managed to spend a lifetime in music...Moore's Inlet (North Wildwood, New Jersey), is a lazy place to hang out on a summer Sunday afternoon... Stepping lively onto the bandstand is a short but well-hewn, graying man in jet-black trousers and an open-neck shirt. Charlie Gracie is there to pick his Guild guitar and sing a little Rockabilly in his 19th summer of friendly weekend daytime shows at Moore's Inlet.
     Four decades ago, there were no sleepy weekend gigs for Mr. Gracie, the first in that long string of South Philadelphia rockers to become a teen idol. 'It was pretty amazing for a poor kid from South Philly to have all that, especially (to appear on) 'Ed Sullivan' which was such a big deal back then,' said Gracie. 'It was wonderful, and I thought I was ready for it. I was 20 and had been studying my craft for 10 years by then.'
     In 1957, Charlie Gracie became the first solo American Rock act to tour Great Britain. (Bill Haley and the Comets had beaten him there.) Mr. Gracie's guitar-playing and deep, warbling voice apparently touched many young bucks there (George Harrison, Van Morrison and Graham Nash have credited him as an influence)." NY Times

Charlie Gracie - bio

1956 - Philadelphia had given birth to the new Cameo record label. Its founders, in search of a strong talent, signed Charlie Gracie later that year. This new union went into the studio to record a single that would forever change their lives. The record, 'Butterfly' backed with 'Ninety Nine Ways' became a monster hit reaching the number one position all across America. Charlie received a gold disc for the two million plus sales and became the first native Philadelphia rock star to achieve international success. Other substantial sellers followed: 'Fabulous', 'Wandering Eyes' and 'Cool Baby'. Charlie Gracie's personal appearances grew until he performed and headlined some of the biggest venues of that time: Alan Freed's rock and roll shows at the Brooklyn Paramount, The Ed Sullivan Show, Dick Clark's 'American Bandstand' and the 500 club in Atlantic City.
     Charlie Gracie became only the second American, guitar-toting rock and roller to bring this new art form to the British concert stage. His two extensive tours in 1957 and 1958 were a whirlwind, topped off by headlining the Palladium and the Hippodrome in London. He played to packed houses and drew rave reviews. In the audiences, among Charlie's fans and admirers, were future rock greats: Graham Nash, members of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, Joe Cocker and Van Morrison. These performers and many other well-known acts have credited Charlie Gracie as an influence.
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