Rusty Draper

Farrell H. "Rusty " Draper (born 25 January 1923 in Kirksville, Missouri, † March 28, 2003 in Bellevue, Washington ) was an American country and pop musicians, was the biggest success of the million seller Gambler 's Guitar.

Life

Because of his red hair of the musicians received the nickname " Rusty ". His first guitar he played in 1925 and began working in radio, where he had represented, among others, the sports presenter Ronald "Dutch " Reagan in Des Moines, Iowa, on radio station WHO in the thirties. After a few long-term engagements as a singer and announcer in clubs from 1942 in San Francisco, he received a recording contract with Mercury Records in January 1952. In February 1952, he took in New York his first single, Just Because / How Could You? ( Blue Eyes), took no notice of the on ( Mercury # 5820 ), the charts. It was only his sixth single, Texarkana Baby / No Help Wanted ( Mercury # 70077 ) was recorded in the pop charts and reached there a tenth place after its publication in February 1953. His songs are classified rather than pop music, so his title thus initially were noted in the pop charts. Draper was not a talented song writer, so his subsequent recordings exclusively originated by other authors, and often cover versions of classic tracks were.

Million Sellers

Label -mate Jim Lowe had brought out his own composition Gambler 's Guitar in May 1953, however, hereby could only reach number 26 of the pop singles chart. Then Draper tried to extract from the song about a guitar -playing drifter and more players. Recorded published in May 1953 with the Jack Halloran Singers and in the same month as Mercury # 70167, he hereby reached Rank 6 in both the pop and the country charts. The song sold well and has evolved into the million-seller. In Germany the song by Cc Catch is known, who made The Laughing Rover from it.

Other successes

After Gambler 's Guitar brought Draper Mercury a collection of songs out that were not, for the most part in the hit parade. Only The Shifting, Whispering Sands / Time ( Mercury 70696 ) from September 1955 reached up to third place in the pop charts, but could not reach the country charts and the country radio stations, despite their country -like style. He developed into Draper's second million seller, but was also his last big hit. The prospectors song about the quicksand in the southwestern regions of the United States was already in 1950 by Jack VC Gilbert (text) and Mary Hadler wrote Margret (music) and slept in the music publishing until he was picked up by Draper in 1955 and received a BMI Award. But then there were a number of cover versions, such as by Billy Vaughn in September 1955, and the British version of Eamonn Andrews, who released the song in January 1956 and led to number 18 on the British charts. Many country singers like Jim Reeves (1961) and Johnny Cash (1965 ), have also taken up the song.

Later years

Draper succeeded since no ranking in the country charts. He has published in the July 1955 Seventeen / Can not Live Without Them Anymore, which earned a place 18 in the pop charts. In addition to his second million seller merely the published in April 1957 skiffle Standard Freight Train / Seven Come Eleven once again in the top ten ( 6th) was able to place.

Last chart note was Willie Nelson's composition Nightlife in August 1963, which could penetrate only up to rank 57 of the pop singles chart. After ten years with the Mercury label he had since moved to Monument Records. Draper brought even up to the year 1979 out plates, but he could not build on previous successes with it. He hosted after the daily broadcast TV show Swingin 'Country and died 80 -year-old from pneumonia in the state of Washington. A year earlier, Draper had been added to the Western Swing Society Hall of Fame.

Discography (selection)

Below is a selection of important singles with Date:

  • Just Because / How Could You ( Blue Eyes) ( Mercury # 5820 ), February 1952
  • Bouncing on the Bayou / Devil of a Woman ( Mercury # 5851 ), April 1952
  • Release Me / Wedding Bells ( with Patti Page ) ( Mercury # 5895 ), July 1952
  • Big Mamou / Tell Me Why, Why ( Mercury # 70137 ), March 1953
  • Gambler 's Guitar / Free Home Demonstration ( Mercury # 70167 ), May 1953
  • Lazy River / Bummin 'Around ( Mercury # 70178 ), June 1953
  • Muskrat Ramble / The Magic Circle ( Mercury # 70446 ), September 1954
  • Eating Goobes Peas / That's All I Need ( Mercury # 70619 ), April 1955
  • Seventeen / Can not Live Without Them Anymore ( Mercury # 70651 ), July 1955
  • The Shifting, Whispering Sands / Time ( Mercury # 70696 ), September 1955
  • Wabash Cannonball / Are You Satisfied? ( Mercury # 70757 ), November 1955
  • Forty- Two / Held for Questioning ( Mercury # 70818 ), 1956
  • Pink Cadillac / In the Middle of the House ( Mercury # 70921 ), July 1956
  • Seven Come Eleven / Freight Train ( Mercury # 71102 ), April 1957
  • Chicken Pickin ' Hawk / June, July, and August ( Mercury # 71336 ), June 1958
  • Do not Forget Your Shoes / Next Stop Paradise ( Mercury # 71463 ), May 1959
  • Anytime / That Lucky Old Sun ( Mercury # 71581 ), February 1960
  • Mule Skinner Blues / Please Help Me, I'm Falling ( Mercury # 71634 ), May 1960
  • Signed, Sealed, Delivered and / Scared to Go Home ( Mercury # 71854 ), July 1961
  • Nightlife / That's Why I Love You Like I Do ( Monument # 823 ), August 1963
  • Lady of the House / It Should Be Easier Now ( Monument # 832), January 1964
  • Folsom Prison Blues / You Can not Be True, Dear ( Monument # 894 ), June 1965
  • Love Is Gone for Good / You Call Everybody Darling ( Monument # 969 ), September 1966
  • There She Goes / A Traveling Song ( Monument # 1223 ), October 1970
  • Walking on New Grass / You Were Right ( ZS8 - 8628 ), Oct. 1974
  • Leavin ' Is so Hard to Do / Another (AVI # 202 ), 1978
  • Harbor Lights / Ramblin 'Man (KL 79N -001), November 1979
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