DON'T PUT NO HEADSTONE ON MY GRAVE

Created on 26/12/2005
Latest update on 05/10/2023

Artist: Charlie Rich
Author: Charlie Rich
Label: demo/Sun
Year: 1959

Before there was Charlie Rich the country balladeer, there was Charlie Rich the blues and rock 'n roll singer. Cut at Sam Phillips place in Memphis but shelved. Sam refused to invest in Charlie as long as he didn't play piano like Jerry Lee Lewis. Although this song is not in Jerry Lee's vein at all, he did cover it.

Covers:

1964:

Esther Phillips

1973:

Jerry Lee Lewis

1996:

Bobby Mack

1996:

Rufus Thomas

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