Charles Arthur Feathers was an American musician most associated with the rockabilly scene of the 1950s.
15 Facts About Charlie Feathers
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Charlie Feathers 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.
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Charlie Feathers eventually played on a small label started by Sam Phillips called Flip records which got him enough attention to record a couple of singles for Sun Records and Holiday Inn Records.
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Charlie Feathers claimed that his "We're Getting Closer " had been intended to be Elvis' sixth single for Sun.
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Charlie Feathers did 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.
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Charlie Feathers then moved on to Meteor Records and then King Records where he recorded his best-known work.
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When his King contract ran out he still continued to perform, although Charlie Feathers thought there was a conspiracy to keep his music from gaining the popularity it deserved.
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Charlie Feathers released his New Jungle Fever album in 1987 and Honkey Tonk Man in 1988, featuring the lead guitar work of his son, Bubba Feathers.
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Charlie Feathers died on August 29,1998, of complications from a stroke-induced coma.
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Charlie Feathers was buried at Forest Hill Cemetery South in Memphis.
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Charlie Feathers studied and recorded several songs with Junior Kimbrough, whom he called "the beginning and end of all music".
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Charlie Feathers was known for being a master of shifting emotional and sonic dynamics in his songs.
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Charlie Feathers's theatrical, hiccup-styled, energetic, rockabilly vocal style inspired a later generation of rock vocalists, including Lux Interior of The Cramps.
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Charlie Feathers' pioneering contribution to the genre has been recognized by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame.
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Charlie Feathers is an inductee in the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame.