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| Champagne Charlie | ||||
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| Released | 1978 | |||
| Studio | Regent Sound Studios, NYC | |||
| Length | 31:50 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Producer | Joel Dorn | |||
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| Leon Redbone- Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now) on YouTube | ||||
Champagne Charlie is an album by Leon Redbone, released in 1978. [1] [2] It peaked at No. 163 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart. [3]
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| MusicHound Folk: The Essential Album Guide |  [4] |
The Lincoln Journal Star wrote that Redbone's "voice buzzes along like a somnolent bee crooning an after dinner song." [5]
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