Charlie Rich

**Charles Allan Rich** was an American country music singer, songwriter, and musician. 1960 was the first time he had a song on Billboard Hot 100 music chart.

## Background

Rich was born and raised in Arkansas, United States, to rural cotton farmers. He attended Consolidated High School in Forrest City.

## Biography

He was born on December 14, 1932 in Colt, Arkansas.

He died on July 25, 1995.

### Singles during the 1960s

|rowspan="2"|Year|rowspan="2" style="width:26em;"|Single|colspan="4"|Peak chart positions|rowspan="2"|Album|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1960||||||||
|—|22|—|—|align="left"|_Lonely Weekends with Charlie Rich_|||
|1961||||||||
|—|111|—|—|||||
|1963||||||||
|—|108|—|—|align="left"|_Charlie Rich_|||
|1964||||||||
|—|131|—|—|||||
|rowspan="2"|1965|||||||
|—|21|—|6|align="left" rowspan="2"|_The Many New Sides_|||
|—|132|—|—|||||
|1966||||||||
|—|125|—|—|align="left"|_The Best Years_|||
|rowspan="2"|1968|||||||
|44|—|—|—|align="left"|_Set Me Free_|||
|45|—|18|—|align="left" rowspan="2"|_The Fabulous Charlie Rich_|||
|1969||||||||
|41|—|—|—|||||
|colspan="7" style="font-size:8pt"|"—" denotes releases that did not chart|||||||

### 1970s and 1980

|rowspan="2"|Year|rowspan="2" style="width:26em;"|Single|colspan="9"|Peak chart positions|rowspan="2" style="width:8em;"|Certifications <small>(sales thresholds)</small>|rowspan="2" style="width:11em;"|Album|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="2"|1970|||||||||||
|47|85|39|—|—|76|—|—|—||align="left"|_The Fabulous Charlie Rich_|
|37|—|34|—|—|—|—|—|—||align="left"|_Boss Man_|
|rowspan="2"|1971|||||||||||
|72|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||align="left" rowspan="2"|_The Best of Charlie Rich_|
|35|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||||
|1972||||||||||||
|6|—|—|—|3|—|—|—|—||align="left" rowspan="3"|_Behind Closed Doors_|
|rowspan="3"|1973|||||||||||
|1|15|8|18|1|5|37|16|25|* US: Platinum|||
|1|1|1|7|1|1|1|2|3|* US: Gold|||
|1|18|15|32|1|17|33|—|—||align="left"|_There Won't Be Anymore_|
|rowspan="2"|1974|||||||||||
|1|11|1|23|1|4|2|—|—||align="left"|_Very Special Love Songs_|
|1|24|1|46|1|28|1|—|—||rowspan="2" align="left"|_The Silver Fox_|
|rowspan="4"|1975|||||||||||
|3|49|16|—|5|—|15|—|—||||
|3|19|1|86|1|31|2|—|—||align="left" rowspan="3"|_Everytime You Touch Me_|
|4|—|33|—|30|—|33|—|—||||
|10|71|11|—|10|—|11|—|—||||
|rowspan="2"|1976|||||||||||
|22|—|42|—|—|—|—|—|—||align="left"|_Greatest Hits_|
|27|—|31|—|—|—|34|—|—||||
|rowspan="2"|1977|||||||||||
|12|—|—|—|13|—|—|—|—||align="left"|_Take Me_|
|1|101|32|47|1|100|35|—|—||align="left"|_Rollin' with the Flow_|
|rowspan="2"|1978|||||||||||
|8|—|—|—|3|—|—|—|—||rowspan="2" align="left"|_I Still Believe in Love_|
|46|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||||
|rowspan="4"|1979|||||||||||
|45|—|—|—|—|—|39|—|—||align="left" rowspan="3"|_The Fool Strikes Again_|
|26|—|—|—|10|—|—|—|—||||
|84|—|13|—|—|—|36|—|—||||
|22|—|—|—|8|—|—|—|—||rowspan="2" align="left"|_Nobody but You_|
|rowspan="2"|1980|||||||||||
|74|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||||
|12|—|—|—|26|—|—|—|—||align="left" rowspan="2"|_Once a Drifter_|
|rowspan="2"|1981|||||||||||
|26|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||||
|47|—|—|—|45|—|—|—|—||||
|colspan="13" style="font-size:8pt"|"—" denotes releases that did not chart|||||||||||

## Death

Charlie died July 25, 1973 at a motel in southeastern Louisiana city, while travelling to Florida with his wife.

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Charles Allan Rich
- **image**: Charlie Rich 1973.JPG
- **birth name**: Charles Allan Rich
- **death date**: July 25, 1995 (aged 62)
- **occupation**: Singer-songwriter
- **years active**: 1958–1995