Champagne Charlie (album)

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Champagne Charlie
ChampagneCharlieRedbone.jpg
Studio album by
Released1978
StudioRegent Sound Studios, NYC
Genre Ragtime, blues [1]
Length31:50
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Joel Dorn
Leon Redbone chronology
Double Time
(1977)
Champagne Charlie
(1978)
From Branch to Branch
(1981)
Music video
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]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The Lincoln Journal Star wrote that Redbone's "voice buzzes along like a somnolent bee crooning an after dinner song." [5]

Track listing

LP side A:

  1. "Champagne Charlie" (Alfred Lee, George Leybourne) – 2:52
  2. "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" (Sidney Clare, Sam Stept) – 2:52
  3. "Sweet Sue, Just You" (Will Harris, Victor Young) – 2:41
  4. "The One Rose (That's Left in My Heart)" (Del Lyon, Lani McIntire) – 4:32
  5. "Alabama Jubilee" (George L. Cobb, Jack Yellen) – 1:42

LP side B:

  1. "Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now)" (Milton Ager, Jack Yellen) – 3:15
  2. "Yearning (Just for You)" (Joe Burke, Benny Davis) – 2:48
  3. "If Someone Would Only Love Me" (Jelly Roll Morton) – 3:31
  4. "I Hate a Man Like You" (Morton) – 3:41
  5. "T.B. Blues" (Jimmie Rodgers) – 3:56 [1]

Personnel

Musicians

Technical

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Champagne Charlie - Leon Redbone | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  2. Aregood, Richard (25 Aug 1978). "Tongue-In-Cheek". Philadelphia Daily News. p. 42.
  3. "Leon Redbone". Billboard. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  4. MusicHound Folk: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1998. p. 656.
  5. Becker, Bart (30 Aug 1978). "Short Takes". Lincoln Journal Star. p. 8.