Champagne Charlie (album) explained

Champagne Charlie
Type:studio album
Artist:Leon Redbone
Cover:ChampagneCharlieRedbone.jpg
Released:1978
Studio:Regent Sound Studios, NYC
Genre:Ragtime, blues
Length:31:50
Label:Warner Bros.
Producer:Joel Dorn
Prev Title:Double Time
Prev Year:1977
Next Title:From Branch to Branch
Next Year:1981

Champagne Charlie is an album by Leon Redbone, released in 1978.[1] It peaked at No. 163 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart.[2]

Critical reception

The Lincoln Journal Star wrote that Redbone's "voice buzzes along like a somnolent bee crooning an after dinner song."[3]

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

Personnel

Musicians

Technical

Notes and References

  1. News: Aregood . Richard . Tongue-In-Cheek . Philadelphia Daily News . 25 Aug 1978 . 42.
  2. Web site: Leon Redbone . Billboard . 6 February 2024.
  3. News: Becker . Bart . Short Takes . Lincoln Journal Star . 30 Aug 1978 . 8.