# Charlie Walker (musician)

Charles Levi Walker (November 2, 1926 – September 12, 2008) was an American country musician. His biggest success was with the song, "Pick Me Up on Your Way Down".
He held membership in the Grand Ole Opry from 1967, and was inducted into the Country Radio DJ Hall of Fame in 1981.

## Career

He was born in Copeville, Texas, United States in 1926. In 1943, Walker joined Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers, and during World War II, he served as a disc jockey for the Armed Forces Radio Network.
Walker worked as a disc jockey from 1951 until 1961 at KMAC and then from 1961 up to 1963 at KENS in San Antonio, Texas, before signing with Decca Records. His first hit, "Only You, Only You" was co-written with Jack Newman and reached No. 9 on the country chart in January 1956. Walker later signed with Columbia Records and reached No. 2 with a Harlan Howard song, "Pick Me Up on Your Way Down". His other hits include "Who Will Buy the Wine", "Wild as a Wildcat", "Don't Squeeze My Sharmon", and "I Wouldn't Take Her To A Dogfight." Many of his records featured harmony vocals by Ray Price. His more popular recordings were of honky-tonk numbers, such as "Close All the Honky Tonks", and "Honky Tonk Women". Walker played a minor role in the 1985 Patsy Cline biographical film, Sweet Dreams.
Walker died of colon cancer in September 2008, at the age of 81 in Hendersonville, Tennessee.

## Discography
### Albums

| Year | Album | US Country | Label |
| 1961 | Greatest Hits | | Columbia |
| 1965 | Close All the Honky Tonks | | Epic |
| 1966 | Born to Lose | | Epic |
| 1966 | Wine, Women and Walker | | Epic |
| 1967 | Don't Squeeze My Sharmon | 16 | Epic |
| 1968 | Greatest Hits | | Epic |
| 1968 | Country Style | | Vocalion |
| 1969 | He Is My Everything | | Epic |
| 1969 | Recorded Live in Dallas, Texas | | Epic |
| 1971 | Honky Tonkin' | | Epic |
| 1972 | I Don't Mind Goin' Under | | RCA Victor |
| 1973 | Break Out the Bottle / Bring On the Music | | RCA Victor |
| 1978 | Golden Hits | | Plantation |
| 1979 | Texas Gold | | Plantation |

### Singles

| Year | Single | Chart Positions | Chart Positions | Album |
| Year | Single | US Country | CAN Country | Album |
| 1952 | "I'm Looking for Another You" | | | singles only |
| 1952 | "Flaming Jewels" | | | singles only |
| 1952 | "Out of My Arms" | | | singles only |
| 1953 | "Flock of Memories" | | | singles only |
| 1953 | "Stay Away from My Heart" | | | singles only |
| 1954 | "Tell Her Lies and Feed Her Candy" | | | singles only |
| 1954 | "When You Know You Have Lost" | | | singles only |
| 1955 | "Chocolate Song" | | | singles only |
| 1956 | "Only You, Only You" | 9 | | singles only |
| 1956 | "Stand Still" | | | singles only |
| 1957 | "Cheaters Never Win" | | | singles only |
| 1957 | "Dancing Mexican Girl" | | | singles only |
| 1957 | "Take My Hand" | | | singles only |
| 1958 | "Pick Me Up on Your Way Down" | 2 | | Greatest Hits |
| 1959 | "I'll Catch You When You Fall" | 16 | | Greatest Hits |
| 1959 | "When My Conscience Hurts the Most" | 22 | | Greatest Hits |
| 1960 | "Who Will Buy the Wine" | 11 | | Greatest Hits |
| 1961 | "Facing the Wall" | 25 | | Greatest Hits |
| 1961 | "Right Back at Your Door" | | | Greatest Hits |
| 1961 | "Louisiana Belle" | | | singles only |
| 1962 | "Life Goes On (I Wonder Why)" | | | singles only |
| 1962 | "One in Every Crowd" | | | singles only |
| 1963 | "That's Where Katie Waits" | | | singles only |
| 1964 | "Close All the Honky Tonks" | 17 | | Close All the Honky Tonks |
| 1965 | "Pick Me Up on Your Way Down" | | | Close All the Honky Tonks |
| 1965 | "Wild as a Wildcat" | 8 | | single only |
| 1966 | "He's a Jolly Good Fellow" | 39 | | Wine, Women and Walker |
| 1966 | "The Man in the Little White Suit" | 37 | | Wine, Women and Walker |
| 1966 | "Little Old Wine Drinker" | | | Wine, Women and Walker |
| 1966 | "Daddy's Coming Home (Next Week)" | 56 | | singles only |
| 1966 | "I'm Gonna Hang Up My Gloves" | 65 | | singles only |
| 1967 | "The Town That Never Sleeps" | 38 | | singles only |
| 1967 | "Don't Squeeze My Sharmon" | 8 | | Don't Squeeze My Sharmon |
| 1967 | "I Wouldn't Take Her to a Dogfight" | 33 | | Don't Squeeze My Sharmon |
| 1968 | "Truck Drivin' Cat with Nine Wives" | 54 | | singles only |
| 1968 | "San Diego" | 31 | 28 | singles only |
| 1969 | "Honky-Tonk Season" | 52 | | Recorded Live in Dallas, Texas |
| 1969 | "Moffett, Oklahoma" | 44 | | Recorded Live in Dallas, Texas |
| 1970 | "Honky Tonk Women" | 56 | | Honky Tonkin' |
| 1970 | "Let's Go Fishin' Boys (The Girls Are Bitin')" | 52 | | Honky Tonkin' |
| 1970 | "God Save the Queen (Of the Honky Tonks)" | | | Honky Tonkin' |
| 1971 | "My Baby Used to Be That Way" | 71 | | Honky Tonkin' |
| 1971 | "Wild Women" | | | single only |
| 1972 | "I Don't Mind Goin' Under (If It'll Get Me Over You)" | 74 | | I Don't Mind Goin' Under |
| 1973 | "Soft Lips and Hard Liquor" | 65 | 81 | Break Out the Bottle / Bring On the Music |
| 1973 | "Gonna Drink Milwaukee Dry" | | | Break Out the Bottle / Bring On the Music |
| 1974 | "Wanting My Women Again" | | | singles only |
| 1974 | "Odds and Ends (Bits and Pieces)" | 66 | | singles only |
| 1975 | "Say You're Gone" | | | singles only |
| 1977 | "Deep Water" | | | singles only |
| 1977 | "I've Had a Beautiful Time" | | | singles only |
| 1978 | "T for Texas" | | | singles only |
| 1978 | "Red Skies Over Georgia" | | | singles only |
| 1978 | "My Shoes Keep Walkin' Back to You" | | | singles only |
| 1979 | "Don't Sing a Song About Texas" | | | Texas Gold |