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typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Charlie_Rich_1973.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Rich in 1973"><img alt="Rich in 1973" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Charlie_Rich_1973.JPG/250px-Charlie_Rich_1973.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="255" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Charlie_Rich_1973.JPG/330px-Charlie_Rich_1973.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Charlie_Rich_1973.JPG/500px-Charlie_Rich_1973.JPG 2x" data-file-width="736" data-file-height="853" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Rich in 1973</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de">Background information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Birth name</span></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Charles Allan Rich</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Also known as</span></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Silver Fox</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1932-12-14</span>)</span>December 14, 1932<br /><a href="/wiki/Colt,_Arkansas" title="Colt, Arkansas">Colt, Arkansas</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">July 25, 1995<span style="display:none">(1995-07-25)</span> (aged 62)<br /><a href="/wiki/Hammond,_Louisiana" title="Hammond, Louisiana">Hammond, Louisiana</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genres</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline 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ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">Country</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Rockabilly" title="Rockabilly">rockabilly</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role">Singer-songwriter</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Instrument(s)</th><td class="infobox-data note">Vocals, piano, guitar</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Years active</span></th><td class="infobox-data">1958–1995</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Labels</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sun_Records" title="Sun Records">Sun</a>, <a href="/wiki/Phillips_International_Records" title="Phillips International Records">Phillips</a>, <a href="/wiki/Groove_Records" title="Groove Records">Groove</a> / <a href="/wiki/RCA_Records" title="RCA Records">RCA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Smash_Records" title="Smash Records">Smash Records</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hi_Records" title="Hi Records">Hi Records</a>, <a href="/wiki/Epic_Records" title="Epic Records">Epic</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_Artists_Records" title="United Artists Records">UA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elektra_Records" title="Elektra Records">Elektra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sire_Records" title="Sire Records">Sire</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://charlierich.com">charlierich<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Musical artist</div> <p><b>Charles Allan Rich</b> (December 14, 1932 – July 25, 1995) was an American <a href="/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">country</a> singer. His eclectic style of music also blended influences from <a href="/wiki/Rockabilly" title="Rockabilly">rockabilly</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">jazz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Blues" title="Blues">blues</a>, <a href="/wiki/Soul_music" title="Soul music">soul</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Gospel_music" title="Gospel music">gospel</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the later part of his life, Rich acquired the nickname the <b>Silver Fox</b>. He is perhaps best remembered for a pair of 1973 hits, "<a href="/wiki/Behind_Closed_Doors_(Charlie_Rich_song)" title="Behind Closed Doors (Charlie Rich song)">Behind Closed Doors</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/The_Most_Beautiful_Girl" title="The Most Beautiful Girl">The Most Beautiful Girl</a>", which topped the U.S. country singles charts as well as the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100"><i>Billboard</i> Hot 100</a> pop singles charts and earned him two <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award">Grammy Awards</a>. Rich was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Memphis_Music_Hall_of_Fame" title="Memphis Music Hall of Fame">Memphis Music Hall of Fame</a> in 2015. In 2023, <i><a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a></i> ranked Rich at number 120 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charlie_Rich&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rich was born in <a href="/wiki/Colt,_Arkansas" title="Colt, Arkansas">Colt</a>, Arkansas, to rural cotton farmers.<sup id="cite_ref-Larkin_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Larkin-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He graduated from Consolidated High School in <a href="/wiki/Forrest_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Forrest City">Forrest City</a>, where he played saxophone in the band. He was strongly influenced by his parents, who were members of the Landmark Missionary Baptist Church; his mother, Helen Rich, played piano in church and his father sang in gospel quartets. A black sharecropper on the family land named C. J. Allen taught Rich blues piano. He enrolled at <a href="/wiki/Arkansas_State_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Arkansas State College">Arkansas State College</a> on a football scholarship and then after an injury, transferred to the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Arkansas" title="University of Arkansas">University of Arkansas</a> as a music major. He left after one semester to join the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a> in 1953.<sup id="cite_ref-Larkin_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Larkin-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He married Margaret Ann Greene in 1952. While stationed in <a href="/wiki/Enid,_Oklahoma" title="Enid, Oklahoma">Enid</a>, Oklahoma, he formed "the Velvetones", playing jazz and blues and featuring his wife on vocals.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Book_of_Golden_Discs_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Book_of_Golden_Discs-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When he left the military in 1956, the couple returned to the West Memphis area to farm 500 acres. He also began performing in clubs around the <a href="/wiki/Memphis,_Tennessee" title="Memphis, Tennessee">Memphis</a> area, playing both jazz and <a href="/wiki/Rhythm_and_blues" title="Rhythm and blues">R&B</a>, and began writing his own material. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charlie_Rich&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After recording some demonstration songs for <a href="/wiki/Sam_Phillips" title="Sam Phillips">Sam Phillips</a> at <a href="/wiki/Sun_Records" title="Sun Records">Sun Records</a> that Phillips considered "too jazzy" and insufficiently commercial, Rich was given a stack of <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lee_Lewis" title="Jerry Lee Lewis">Jerry Lee Lewis</a> records and told: "Come back when you get that bad."<sup id="cite_ref-Larkin_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Larkin-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a 1992 interview with <i><a href="/wiki/Fresh_Air" title="Fresh Air">Fresh Air</a></i> host <a href="/wiki/Terry_Gross" title="Terry Gross">Terry Gross</a>, Rich himself recalled <a href="/wiki/Bill_Justis" title="Bill Justis">Bill Justis</a> telling Rich's wife those words.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1958, Rich became a regular <a href="/wiki/Session_musician" title="Session musician">session musician</a> for Sun Records, playing on a variety of records by Lewis, <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Cash" title="Johnny Cash">Johnny Cash</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bill_Justis" title="Bill Justis">Bill Justis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Warren_Smith_(singer)" title="Warren Smith (singer)">Warren Smith</a>, <a href="/wiki/Billy_Lee_Riley" title="Billy Lee Riley">Billy Lee Riley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carl_Mann" title="Carl Mann">Carl Mann</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ray_Smith_(rockabilly_singer)" title="Ray Smith (rockabilly singer)">Ray Smith</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Larkin_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Larkin-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also wrote several songs for Lewis, Cash, and others.<sup id="cite_ref-Larkin_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Larkin-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After he began recording for the Sun subsidiary <a href="/wiki/Phillips_International_Records" title="Phillips International Records">Phillips International Records</a>, his third single was the 1960 Top 30 hit "Lonely Weekends",<sup id="cite_ref-Larkin_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Larkin-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with <a href="/wiki/Elvis_Presley" title="Elvis Presley">Presley</a>-like vocals. It sold more than one million copies and was awarded a <a href="/wiki/Music_recording_sales_certification" class="mw-redirect" title="Music recording sales certification">gold disc</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" title="Recording Industry Association of America">Recording Industry Association of America</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Book_of_Golden_Discs_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Book_of_Golden_Discs-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> None of his seven follow-up singles was a success, however, though several of the songs became staples in his live set, including "Who Will the Next Fool Be", "Sittin' and Thinkin<span style="padding-right:.15em;">'</span>", and "No Headstone on My Grave".<sup id="cite_ref-Larkin_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Larkin-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These songs were often recorded by others to varying degrees of success, such as the <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Bland" title="Bobby Bland">Bobby Bland</a> version of "Who Will the Next Fool Be". </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:23%; ; padding:8px;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>"Rich's jazzy chops and heartfelt polish transform <a href="/wiki/Nashville_sound" title="Nashville sound">Nashville</a>'s best <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/schmaltz" class="extiw" title="wikt:schmaltz">chicken fat</a> into high-quality mainstream pop—Arkansas's answer to <a href="/wiki/Nat_Cole" class="mw-redirect" title="Nat Cole">Nat Cole</a>. Cole was better at it, but I prefer Rich's homely subject matter and rock and roll roots." </p> </blockquote> <div style="padding-bottom: 0; padding-top: 0.5em"><cite class="left-aligned" style="">–<i><a href="/wiki/Christgau%27s_Record_Guide:_Rock_Albums_of_the_Seventies" title="Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies">Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies</a></i> (1981)<sup id="cite_ref-CG_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CG-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div> </div> <p>Rich's career then stalled and he left the struggling Sun label in 1963, signing with <a href="/wiki/Groove_Records" title="Groove Records">Groove</a>, a subsidiary of <a href="/wiki/RCA_Victor" class="mw-redirect" title="RCA Victor">RCA Victor</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Larkin_4-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Larkin-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His first single for Groove, "Big Boss Man", was a minor hit, but once again, his <a href="/wiki/Chet_Atkins" title="Chet Atkins">Chet Atkins</a>-produced follow-up records all failed. In 1965 he moved to <a href="/wiki/Smash_Records" title="Smash Records">Smash Records</a>, where his new producer, <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Kennedy" title="Jerry Kennedy">Jerry Kennedy</a>, encouraged him to emphasize his country and rock n' roll leanings, although Rich considered himself a jazz pianist and had not paid much attention to country music since childhood.<sup id="cite_ref-Larkin_4-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Larkin-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His first single for Smash was "Mohair Sam", an R&B-inflected <a href="/wiki/Novelty_song" title="Novelty song">novelty</a>-rock number written by <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Frazier" title="Dallas Frazier">Dallas Frazier</a>, which became a top 30 pop hit. It has been mentioned in thousands of articles as the song Elvis Presley played on his jukebox during the Beatles' visit to his home on August 26, 1965. However, once more none of his follow-up singles were successful. Rich again changed labels, moving to <a href="/wiki/Hi_Records" title="Hi Records">Hi Records</a>, where he recorded <a href="/wiki/Blue-eyed_soul" title="Blue-eyed soul">blue-eyed soul</a> music and straight country, but once more, none of his singles for Hi made a dent on the country or pop charts. One Hi Records track, "Love Is After Me" (1966), belatedly became a <a href="/wiki/White_soul" class="mw-redirect" title="White soul">white soul</a> favorite in the early 1970s.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Career_peak_in_the_1970s">Career peak in the 1970s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charlie_Rich&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Career peak in the 1970s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Despite his lack of consistent commercial success, <a href="/wiki/Epic_Records" title="Epic Records">Epic Records</a> signed Rich in 1967, mainly on the recommendation of producer <a href="/wiki/Billy_Sherrill" title="Billy Sherrill">Billy Sherrill</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Larkin_4-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Larkin-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sherrill helped Rich refashion himself as a <a href="/wiki/Nashville_sound" title="Nashville sound">Nashville sound</a> balladeer during an era when old rock 'n' roll artists like Jerry Lee Lewis and <a href="/wiki/Conway_Twitty" title="Conway Twitty">Conway Twitty</a> were finding a new musical home in the country format. This new "<a href="/wiki/Countrypolitan" class="mw-redirect" title="Countrypolitan">countrypolitan</a>" Rich sound paid off in the summer of 1972, when "I Take It on Home" went to number six on the country charts.<sup id="cite_ref-Larkin_4-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Larkin-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The title track from his 1973 album <i>Behind Closed Doors</i> became a number-one country hit early in that year, then crossed over into the top 20 on the pop charts.<sup id="cite_ref-Larkin_4-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Larkin-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This time, his follow-up single did not disappoint, as "<a href="/wiki/The_Most_Beautiful_Girl" title="The Most Beautiful Girl">The Most Beautiful Girl</a>" spent three weeks at the top of the country charts and two weeks at the top of the pop charts.<sup id="cite_ref-Larkin_4-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Larkin-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Now that he was established as a country music star, <i>Behind Closed Doors</i> won three awards from the <a href="/wiki/Country_Music_Association" title="Country Music Association">Country Music Association</a> that year: Best Male Vocalist, Album of the Year, and Single of the Year. The album was also certified <a href="/wiki/Music_recording_sales_certification" class="mw-redirect" title="Music recording sales certification">gold</a>. Rich won a <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award">Grammy Award</a> for Best Male Country Vocal Performance, and he took home four <a href="/wiki/Academy_of_Country_Music" title="Academy of Country Music">Academy of Country Music</a> awards. One of <a href="/wiki/RCA_Victor" class="mw-redirect" title="RCA Victor">RCA Victor</a>'s several resident songwriters, Marvin Walters, co-wrote for three years with Rich, producing four recordings including the popular "Set Me Free".<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>After "The Most Beautiful Girl", number-one hits came quickly, five songs topping the country charts in 1974 and crossed over to the pop charts:<sup id="cite_ref-Larkin_4-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Larkin-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "There Won't Be Anymore" (pop number 18), "<a href="/wiki/A_Very_Special_Love_Song" title="A Very Special Love Song">A Very Special Love Song</a>" (pop number 11), "I Don't See Me In Your Eyes Anymore" (pop number 47), "I Love My Friend" (pop number 24), and "She Called Me Baby" (pop number 47). Both RCA Records and <a href="/wiki/Mercury_Records" title="Mercury Records">Mercury Records</a> (Smash was a subsidiary of Mercury that was absorbed into the main company in 1970) also re-released his previously recorded material from the mid-1960s. All of this success led the CMA to name him Entertainer of the Year in 1974.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the same year he performed the Academy Award-nominated theme song "I Feel Love (Benji's Theme)" from the film <i><a href="/wiki/Benji_(1974_film)" title="Benji (1974 film)">Benji</a></i>. Rich had three more top-five hits in 1975, but though he was at the peak of his popularity, he began to drink heavily, causing considerable problems off-stage.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="CMA_awards_1975">CMA awards 1975</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charlie_Rich&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: CMA awards 1975"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rich's problematic drinking famously culminated at the CMA awards ceremony for 1975,<sup id="cite_ref-Larkin_4-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Larkin-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> when he presented the award for Entertainer of the Year while visibly intoxicated.<sup id="cite_ref-charlierichjr.com_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-charlierichjr.com-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After stumbling through the names of the nominees, he clumsily tore open the envelope, took out a cigarette lighter, and lit fire to the paper with the winner's name.<sup id="cite_ref-Larkin_4-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Larkin-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He then announced the winner of the award as "My friend Mr. <a href="/wiki/John_Denver" title="John Denver">John Denver</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some considered it an act of rebellion against the <a href="/wiki/Music_Row" title="Music Row">Music Row</a>-controlled Nashville Sound; others speculated that it was a protest against the award going to Denver, whose music Rich had considered too "pop" and not enough "country".<sup id="cite_ref-charlierichjr.com_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-charlierichjr.com-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many, including industry insiders, were outraged, and Rich's popularity took a dive.<sup id="cite_ref-Larkin_4-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Larkin-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> In a 2016 interview, former CMA Executive Director <a href="/wiki/Jo_Walker-Meador" title="Jo Walker-Meador">Jo Walker-Meador</a> speculated that Rich's drunkenness may have been in part due to resentment over his being shut out of the nominations that year, after his success at the 1974 awards. His son Charlie, Jr., says on his website:</p><blockquote><p>I'll tell you why I thought he did it. #1 He thought it would be funny. He set it up by talking about how the potential winners were probably nervous, as he had been the previous year. #2 Bad judgement. He had recently broken his foot in a freak accident at his home in Memphis. ... So...Due to the pain, he took pain medication the night of the show: Bad idea! Secondly, he and another country star got to drinking gin and tonics while waiting in the dressing room. The show was long, so by the time Dad was supposed to go on, the drinks on top of the medication got him buzzed. ... Primarily he thought it would be funny. I know the last thing my father would have wanted to do was set himself up as judge of another musician. He felt badly that people thought it was a statement against John Denver.<sup id="cite_ref-charlierichjr.com_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-charlierichjr.com-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>The slump in Rich's career was exacerbated by the fact that his records began to sound increasingly similar: pop-inflected country ballads with <a href="/wiki/Overdub" class="mw-redirect" title="Overdub">overdubbed</a> <a href="/wiki/String_instruments" class="mw-redirect" title="String instruments">strings</a> and little jazz or blues. He did not have a top-10 hit again until "<a href="/wiki/Rollin%27_With_the_Flow" class="mw-redirect" title="Rollin' With the Flow">Rollin' With the Flow</a>" went to number one on the country charts (as well as number 32 on the easy listening charts) in 1977.<sup id="cite_ref-Larkin_4-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Larkin-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Early the following year, in 1978, he signed with <a href="/wiki/United_Artists_Records" title="United Artists Records">United Artists Records</a>, and throughout that year, he had hits on both Epic and UA. His hits in 1978 included the top-10 hits "Beautiful Woman", "Puttin' In Overtime At Home", and his last number one with "<a href="/wiki/On_My_Knees_(1978_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="On My Knees (1978 song)">On My Knees</a>", a duet with <a href="/wiki/Janie_Fricke" title="Janie Fricke">Janie Fricke</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Larkin_4-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Larkin-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Decline_in_activity_and_semi-retirement">Decline in activity and semi-retirement</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charlie_Rich&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Decline in activity and semi-retirement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Charlie_Rich" title="Special:EditPage/Charlie Rich">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">May 2022</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In 1979, Rich had moderate success with his singles, his biggest hit being a version of "<a href="/wiki/Spanish_Eyes_(1965_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Spanish Eyes (1965 song)">Spanish Eyes</a>" that entered the country top 20.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He appeared as himself in the 1978 <a href="/wiki/Clint_Eastwood" title="Clint Eastwood">Clint Eastwood</a> movie <i><a href="/wiki/Every_Which_Way_but_Loose_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Every Which Way but Loose (film)">Every Which Way but Loose</a></i>, performing "I'll Wake You Up When I Get Home".<sup id="cite_ref-Larkin_4-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Larkin-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This song hit number three on the country charts in 1979 and was the last top-10 country single of his career. In 1980, he switched labels again to <a href="/wiki/Elektra_Records" title="Elektra Records">Elektra Records</a> and that fall released a number-12 country single, "A Man Just Don't Know What a Woman Goes Through". One more top-40 hit followed, the <a href="/wiki/Gary_Stewart_(singer)" title="Gary Stewart (singer)">Gary Stewart</a> song "Are We Dreamin' the Same Dream" early in 1981. Also in 1981, he had a bit part in the movie <i><a href="/wiki/Take_This_Job_and_Shove_It_(film)" title="Take This Job and Shove It (film)">Take This Job and Shove It</a></i>, which yielded his last charted single, "You Made It Beautiful". Rich decided to remove himself from the spotlight, and for over a decade he lived off his investments in semi-retirement, only playing occasional concerts. </p><p>In 1992, Rich emerged from his semi-retirement to release on <a href="/wiki/Sire_Records" title="Sire Records">Sire Records</a> <i>Pictures and Paintings</i>, a jazzy album produced by journalist <a href="/wiki/Peter_Guralnick" title="Peter Guralnick">Peter Guralnick</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Larkin_4-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Larkin-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It received positive critical reviews and restored Rich's reputation as a musician, but it was his last album. In 2016, a tribute album entitled <i>Feel Like Going Home: The Songs of Charlie Rich</i> was released by Memphis International Records.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Tom_Waits" title="Tom Waits">Tom Waits</a>, who was an opening act for Rich in the 1970s, mentions him in the song "Putnam County" from his album <i><a href="/wiki/Nighthawks_at_the_Diner" title="Nighthawks at the Diner">Nighthawks at the Diner</a></i> with the lyric: "The radio's spitting out Charlie Rich... He sure can sing, that son of a bitch." </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charlie_Rich&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Charlie Rich and his wife were driving to Florida for a vacation after seeing their son Allan perform with <a href="/wiki/Freddy_Fender" title="Freddy Fender">Freddy Fender</a> at Lady Luck Casino in <a href="/wiki/Natchez,_Mississippi" title="Natchez, Mississippi">Natchez</a>, Mississippi, when he experienced a bout of severe coughing.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After visiting a doctor in <a href="/wiki/St._Francisville,_Louisiana" title="St. Francisville, Louisiana">St. Francisville</a>, Louisiana, and receiving <a href="/wiki/Antibiotics" class="mw-redirect" title="Antibiotics">antibiotics</a>, he continued traveling. They stopped for the night in a motel in <a href="/wiki/Hammond,_Louisiana" title="Hammond, Louisiana">Hammond</a>, Louisiana, where Rich died in his sleep on July 25, 1995, at age 62.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The cause of death was a <a href="/wiki/Pulmonary_embolism" title="Pulmonary embolism">pulmonary embolism</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Larkin_4-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Larkin-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was buried in the <a href="/wiki/Memorial_Park_Cemetery_(Memphis,_Tennessee)" title="Memorial Park Cemetery (Memphis, Tennessee)">Memorial Park Cemetery</a> in Memphis, Tennessee. </p><p>Margaret Rich died in <a href="/wiki/Germantown,_Tennessee" title="Germantown, Tennessee">Germantown</a>, Tennessee, on July 22, 2010, at age 76, and was buried alongside her husband. <sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discography">Discography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charlie_Rich&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Discography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Rich_discography" title="Charlie Rich discography">Charlie Rich discography</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charlie_Rich&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Academy_of_Country_Music" title="Academy of Country Music">Academy of Country Music</a></b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Academy_of_Country_Music" title="Academy of Country Music">1973 Album of the Year</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Behind_Closed_Doors_(Charlie_Rich_album)" title="Behind Closed Doors (Charlie Rich album)">Behind Closed Doors</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Academy_of_Country_Music" title="Academy of Country Music">1973 Single of the Year</a> – "<a href="/wiki/Behind_Closed_Doors_(Charlie_Rich_song)" title="Behind Closed Doors (Charlie Rich song)">Behind Closed Doors</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Academy_of_Country_Music" title="Academy of Country Music">1973 Top Male Vocalist</a></li></ul> <p><b><a href="/wiki/American_Music_Awards" title="American Music Awards">American Music Awards</a></b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_Music_Award_for_Favorite_Country_Single" title="American Music Award for Favorite Country Single">1974 Favorite Country Single</a> – "Behind Closed Doors"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Music_Award_for_Favorite_Country_Male_Artist" title="American Music Award for Favorite Country Male Artist">1975 Favorite Country Male Artist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Music_Award_for_Favorite_Country_Single" title="American Music Award for Favorite Country Single">1975 Favorite Country Single</a> – "<a href="/wiki/The_Most_Beautiful_Girl" title="The Most Beautiful Girl">The Most Beautiful Girl</a>"</li></ul> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Country_Music_Association" title="Country Music Association">Country Music Association</a></b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Country_Music_Association_Awards" title="Country Music Association Awards">1973 Album of the Year</a> – <i>Behind Closed Doors</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Country_Music_Association_Awards" title="Country Music Association Awards">1973 Single of the Year</a> – "Behind Closed Doors"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Country_Music_Association_Awards" title="Country Music Association Awards">1973 Male Vocalist of the Year</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Country_Music_Association_Awards" title="Country Music Association Awards">1974 Album of the Year</a> – "A Very Special Love Song"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Country_Music_Association_Awards" title="Country Music Association Awards">1974 Entertainer of the Year</a></li></ul> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Awards" title="Grammy Awards">Grammy Awards</a></b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Male_Country_Vocal_Performance" title="Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance">1974 Best Country Vocal Performance, Male</a> – "Behind Closed Doors"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Hall_of_Fame_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Hall of Fame Award">1998 Grammy Hall of Fame Award</a> – "Behind Closed Doors"</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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CMT. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cmt.com/artists/charlie-rich/biography/">the original</a> on January 16, 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">August 18,</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Charlie+Rich+Bio&rft.pub=CMT&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cmt.com%2Fartists%2Fcharlie-rich%2Fbiography%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACharlie+Rich" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charlie_Rich&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Colin_Escott" title="Colin Escott">Escott, Colin</a>. (1997). "Charlie Rich". In <i>The Encyclopedia of Country Music</i>. Paul Kingsbury, Editor. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 442–43</li> <li>Guralnick, Peter [1971] (1994). <i>Feel Like Going Home: Portraits in Blues & Rock n Roll</i>. 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href="/wiki/I_Don%27t_See_Me_in_Your_Eyes_Anymore" title="I Don't See Me in Your Eyes Anymore">I Don't See Me in Your Eyes Anymore</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Field_of_Yellow_Daisies" title="A Field of Yellow Daisies">A Field of Yellow Daisies</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Love_My_Friend" title="I Love My Friend">I Love My Friend</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/She_Called_Me_Baby" title="She Called Me Baby">She Called Me Baby</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/My_Elusive_Dreams" title="My Elusive Dreams">My Elusive Dreams</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Every_Time_You_Touch_Me_(I_Get_High)" title="Every Time You Touch Me (I Get High)">Every Time You Touch Me (I Get High)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/America_the_Beautiful" title="America the Beautiful">America the Beautiful</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Rollin%27_with_the_Flow" title="Rollin' with the Flow">Rollin' with the Flow</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/On_My_Knees_(Charlie_Rich_song)" title="On My Knees (Charlie Rich song)">On My Knees</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Moon_Over_Naples" title="Moon Over Naples">Spanish Eyes</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Even_a_Fool_Would_Let_Go" title="Even a Fool Would Let Go">Even a Fool Would Let Go</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Rich_discography" title="Charlie Rich discography">Discography</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="American_Music_Award_for_Favorite_Country_Male_Artist57" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" 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Bryan</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blake_Shelton" title="Blake Shelton">Blake Shelton</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keith_Urban" title="Keith Urban">Keith Urban</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kane_Brown" title="Kane Brown">Kane Brown</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kane_Brown" title="Kane Brown">Kane Brown</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kane_Brown" title="Kane Brown">Kane Brown</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kane_Brown" title="Kane Brown">Kane Brown</a> (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morgan_Wallen" title="Morgan Wallen">Morgan Wallen</a> (2022)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="CMA_Album_of_the_Year156" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse 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Strangers</a> (1972)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Behind_Closed_Doors_(Charlie_Rich_album)" title="Behind Closed Doors (Charlie Rich album)">Behind Closed Doors</a></i> – <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Charlie Rich</a> (1973)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Very_Special_Love_Song" title="A Very Special Love Song">A Very Special Love Song</a></i> – <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Charlie Rich</a> (1974)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Legend_in_My_Time" title="A Legend in My Time">A Legend in My Time</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Milsap" title="Ronnie Milsap">Ronnie Milsap</a> (1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Wanted!_The_Outlaws" title="Wanted! The Outlaws">Wanted! The Outlaws</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Waylon_Jennings" title="Waylon Jennings">Waylon Jennings</a>, <a href="/wiki/Willie_Nelson" title="Willie Nelson">Willie Nelson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jessi_Colter" title="Jessi Colter">Jessi Colter</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Tompall_Glaser" title="Tompall Glaser">Tompall Glaser</a> (1976)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Milsap_Live" title="Ronnie Milsap Live">Ronnie Milsap Live</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Milsap" title="Ronnie Milsap">Ronnie Milsap</a> (1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/It_Was_Almost_Like_a_Song_(album)" title="It Was Almost Like a Song (album)">It Was Almost Like a Song</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Milsap" title="Ronnie Milsap">Ronnie Milsap</a> (1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Gambler_(album)" title="The Gambler (album)">The Gambler</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Rogers" title="Kenny Rogers">Kenny Rogers</a> (1979)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Coal_Miner%27s_Daughter_(soundtrack)" class="mw-redirect" title="Coal Miner's Daughter (soundtrack)">Coal Miner's Daughter</a></i> – Various artists (1980)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #bbb3b2;width:1%">1981−1990</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/I_Believe_in_You_(Don_Williams_album)" title="I Believe in You (Don Williams album)">I Believe in You</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Don_Williams" title="Don Williams">Don Williams</a> (1981)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Always_on_My_Mind_(Willie_Nelson_album)" title="Always on My Mind (Willie Nelson album)">Always on My Mind</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Willie_Nelson" title="Willie Nelson">Willie Nelson</a> (1982)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Closer_You_Get..." title="The Closer You Get...">The Closer You Get</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Alabama_(band)" title="Alabama (band)">Alabama</a> (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Little_Good_News_(album)" title="A Little Good News (album)">A Little Good News</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Anne_Murray" title="Anne Murray">Anne Murray</a> (1984)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Does_Fort_Worth_Ever_Cross_Your_Mind" title="Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind">Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/George_Strait" title="George Strait">George Strait</a> (1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lost_in_the_Fifties_Tonight" title="Lost in the Fifties Tonight">Lost in the Fifties Tonight</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Milsap" title="Ronnie Milsap">Ronnie Milsap</a> (1986)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Always_%26_Forever_(Randy_Travis_album)" title="Always & Forever (Randy Travis album)">Always And Forever</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Randy_Travis" title="Randy Travis">Randy Travis</a> (1987)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Born_to_Boogie_(album)" title="Born to Boogie (album)">Born to Boogie</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Hank_Williams_Jr." title="Hank Williams Jr.">Hank Williams Jr.</a> (1988)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Will_the_Circle_Be_Unbroken:_Volume_Two" title="Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Volume Two">Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Volume Two</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Nitty_Gritty_Dirt_Band" title="Nitty Gritty Dirt Band">Nitty Gritty Dirt Band</a> (1989)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pickin%27_on_Nashville" title="Pickin' on Nashville">Pickin' on Nashville</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/The_Kentucky_Headhunters" title="The Kentucky Headhunters">The Kentucky Headhunters</a> (1990)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #bbb3b2;width:1%">1991−2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/No_Fences" title="No Fences">No Fences</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Garth_Brooks" title="Garth Brooks">Garth Brooks</a> (1991)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ropin%27_the_Wind" title="Ropin' the Wind">Ropin' the Wind</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Garth_Brooks" title="Garth Brooks">Garth Brooks</a> (1992)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/I_Still_Believe_in_You_(album)" title="I Still Believe in You (album)">I Still Believe in You</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Vince_Gill" title="Vince Gill">Vince Gill</a> (1993)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Common_Thread:_The_Songs_of_the_Eagles" title="Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles">Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles</a></i> – Various artists (1994)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/When_Fallen_Angels_Fly" title="When Fallen Angels Fly">When Fallen Angels Fly</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Patty_Loveless" title="Patty Loveless">Patty Loveless</a> (1995)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Blue_Clear_Sky" title="Blue Clear Sky">Blue Clear Sky</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/George_Strait" title="George Strait">George Strait</a> (1996)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Carrying_Your_Love_with_Me" title="Carrying Your Love with Me">Carrying Your Love with Me</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/George_Strait" title="George Strait">George Strait</a> (1997)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Everywhere_(Tim_McGraw_album)" title="Everywhere (Tim McGraw album)">Everywhere</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Tim_McGraw" title="Tim McGraw">Tim McGraw</a> (1998)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Place_in_the_Sun_(Tim_McGraw_album)" title="A Place in the Sun (Tim McGraw album)">A Place in the Sun</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Tim_McGraw" title="Tim McGraw">Tim McGraw</a> (1999)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fly_(Dixie_Chicks_album)" title="Fly (Dixie Chicks album)">Fly</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/The_Chicks" title="The Chicks">The Dixie Chicks</a> (2000)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #bbb3b2;width:1%">2001−2010</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/O_Brother,_Where_Art_Thou%3F_(soundtrack)" title="O Brother, Where Art Thou? (soundtrack)">O Brother, Where Art Thou?</a></i> – Various artists (2001)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Drive_(Alan_Jackson_album)" title="Drive (Alan Jackson album)">Drive</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Alan_Jackson" title="Alan Jackson">Alan Jackson</a> (2002)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/American_IV:_The_Man_Comes_Around" title="American IV: The Man Comes Around">American IV: The Man Comes Around</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Cash" title="Johnny Cash">Johnny Cash</a> (2003)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/When_the_Sun_Goes_Down_(Kenny_Chesney_album)" title="When the Sun Goes Down (Kenny Chesney album)">When the Sun Goes Down</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Chesney" title="Kenny Chesney">Kenny Chesney</a> (2004)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/There%27s_More_Where_That_Came_From" title="There's More Where That Came From">There's More Where That Came From</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Lee_Ann_Womack" title="Lee Ann Womack">Lee Ann Womack</a> (2005)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Time_Well_Wasted" title="Time Well Wasted">Time Well Wasted</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Brad_Paisley" title="Brad Paisley">Brad Paisley</a> (2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/It_Just_Comes_Natural" title="It Just Comes Natural">It Just Comes Natural</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/George_Strait" title="George Strait">George Strait</a> (2007)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Troubadour_(George_Strait_album)" title="Troubadour (George Strait album)">Troubadour</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/George_Strait" title="George Strait">George Strait</a> (2008)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fearless_(Taylor_Swift_album)" title="Fearless (Taylor Swift album)">Fearless</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Taylor_Swift" title="Taylor Swift">Taylor Swift</a> (2009)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Revolution_(Miranda_Lambert_album)" title="Revolution (Miranda Lambert album)">Revolution</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Miranda_Lambert" title="Miranda Lambert">Miranda Lambert</a> (2010)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #bbb3b2;width:1%">2011−2020</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/My_Kinda_Party" title="My Kinda Party">My Kinda Party</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Jason_Aldean" title="Jason Aldean">Jason Aldean</a> (2011)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chief_(Eric_Church_album)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief (Eric Church album)">Chief</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Eric_Church" title="Eric Church">Eric Church</a> (2012)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Based_on_a_True_Story..." title="Based on a True Story...">Based on a True Story...</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Blake_Shelton" title="Blake Shelton">Blake Shelton</a> (2013)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Platinum_(Miranda_Lambert_album)" title="Platinum (Miranda Lambert album)">Platinum</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Miranda_Lambert" title="Miranda Lambert">Miranda Lambert</a> (2014)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Traveller_(Chris_Stapleton_album)" title="Traveller (Chris Stapleton album)">Traveller</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Chris_Stapleton" title="Chris Stapleton">Chris Stapleton</a> (2015)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mr._Misunderstood" title="Mr. Misunderstood">Mr. Misunderstood</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Eric_Church" title="Eric Church">Eric Church</a> (2016)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/From_A_Room:_Volume_1" title="From A Room: Volume 1">From A Room: Volume 1</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Chris_Stapleton" title="Chris Stapleton">Chris Stapleton</a> (2017)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Golden_Hour_(Kacey_Musgraves_album)" title="Golden Hour (Kacey Musgraves album)">Golden Hour</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Kacey_Musgraves" title="Kacey Musgraves">Kacey Musgraves</a> (2018)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Girl_(Maren_Morris_album)" title="Girl (Maren Morris album)">Girl</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Maren_Morris" title="Maren Morris">Maren Morris</a> (2019)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/What_You_See_Is_What_You_Get_(Luke_Combs_album)" title="What You See Is What You Get (Luke Combs album)">What You See Is What You Get</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Luke_Combs" title="Luke Combs">Luke Combs</a> (2020)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #bbb3b2;width:1%">2021−2030</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Starting_Over_(Chris_Stapleton_album)" title="Starting Over (Chris Stapleton album)">Starting Over</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Chris_Stapleton" title="Chris Stapleton">Chris Stapleton</a> (2021)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Growin%27_Up_(Luke_Combs_album)" title="Growin' Up (Luke Combs album)">Growin' Up</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Luke_Combs" title="Luke Combs">Luke Combs</a> (2022)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bell_Bottom_Country" title="Bell Bottom Country">Bell Bottom Country</a></i> - <a href="/wiki/Lainey_Wilson" title="Lainey Wilson">Lainey Wilson</a> (2023)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Leather_(album)" title="Leather (album)">Leather</a></i> - <a href="/wiki/Cody_Johnson" title="Cody Johnson">Cody Johnson</a> (2024)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="CMA_Entertainer_of_the_Year91" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background: #bbb3b2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231" /><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:CMA_Entertainer_of_the_Year" title="Template:CMA 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Campbell</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Cash" title="Johnny Cash">Johnny Cash</a> (1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merle_Haggard" title="Merle Haggard">Merle Haggard</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charley_Pride" title="Charley Pride">Charley Pride</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loretta_Lynn" title="Loretta Lynn">Loretta Lynn</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Clark" title="Roy Clark">Roy Clark</a> (1973)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Charlie Rich</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Denver" title="John Denver">John Denver</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mel_Tillis" title="Mel Tillis">Mel Tillis</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Milsap" title="Ronnie Milsap">Ronnie Milsap</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolly_Parton" title="Dolly Parton">Dolly Parton</a> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Nelson" title="Willie Nelson">Willie Nelson</a> (1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Mandrell" title="Barbara Mandrell">Barbara Mandrell</a> (1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Mandrell" title="Barbara Mandrell">Barbara Mandrell</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alabama_(band)" title="Alabama (band)">Alabama</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alabama_(band)" title="Alabama (band)">Alabama</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alabama_(band)" title="Alabama (band)">Alabama</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ricky_Skaggs" title="Ricky Skaggs">Ricky Skaggs</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reba_McEntire" title="Reba McEntire">Reba McEntire</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hank_Williams_Jr." title="Hank Williams Jr.">Hank Williams Jr.</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hank_Williams_Jr." title="Hank Williams Jr.">Hank Williams Jr.</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Strait" title="George Strait">George Strait</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Strait" title="George Strait">George Strait</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garth_Brooks" title="Garth Brooks">Garth Brooks</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garth_Brooks" title="Garth Brooks">Garth Brooks</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vince_Gill" title="Vince Gill">Vince Gill</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vince_Gill" title="Vince Gill">Vince Gill</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Jackson" title="Alan Jackson">Alan Jackson</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brooks_%26_Dunn" title="Brooks & Dunn">Brooks & Dunn</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garth_Brooks" title="Garth Brooks">Garth Brooks</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garth_Brooks" title="Garth Brooks">Garth Brooks</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shania_Twain" title="Shania Twain">Shania Twain</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Chicks" title="The Chicks">Dixie Chicks</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_McGraw" title="Tim McGraw">Tim McGraw</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Jackson" title="Alan Jackson">Alan Jackson</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Jackson" title="Alan Jackson">Alan Jackson</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Chesney" title="Kenny Chesney">Kenny Chesney</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keith_Urban" title="Keith Urban">Keith Urban</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Chesney" title="Kenny Chesney">Kenny Chesney</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Chesney" title="Kenny Chesney">Kenny Chesney</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Chesney" title="Kenny Chesney">Kenny Chesney</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taylor_Swift" title="Taylor Swift">Taylor Swift</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brad_Paisley" title="Brad Paisley">Brad Paisley</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taylor_Swift" title="Taylor Swift">Taylor Swift</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blake_Shelton" title="Blake Shelton">Blake Shelton</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Strait" title="George Strait">George Strait</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luke_Bryan" title="Luke Bryan">Luke Bryan</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luke_Bryan" title="Luke Bryan">Luke Bryan</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garth_Brooks" title="Garth Brooks">Garth Brooks</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garth_Brooks" title="Garth Brooks">Garth Brooks</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keith_Urban" title="Keith Urban">Keith Urban</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garth_Brooks" title="Garth Brooks">Garth Brooks</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Church" title="Eric Church">Eric Church</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luke_Combs" title="Luke Combs">Luke Combs</a> (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luke_Combs" title="Luke Combs">Luke Combs</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lainey_Wilson" title="Lainey Wilson">Lainey Wilson</a> (2023)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morgan_Wallen" title="Morgan Wallen">Morgan Wallen</a> (2024)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /></div><div role="navigation" 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Pride</a> (1972)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Charlie Rich</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Milsap" title="Ronnie Milsap">Ronnie Milsap</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waylon_Jennings" title="Waylon Jennings">Waylon Jennings</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Milsap" title="Ronnie Milsap">Ronnie Milsap</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Milsap" title="Ronnie Milsap">Ronnie Milsap</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Williams" title="Don Williams">Don Williams</a> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Rogers" title="Kenny Rogers">Kenny Rogers</a> (1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Jones" title="George Jones">George Jones</a> (1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Jones" title="George Jones">George Jones</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ricky_Skaggs" title="Ricky Skaggs">Ricky Skaggs</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Greenwood" title="Lee Greenwood">Lee Greenwood</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Greenwood" title="Lee Greenwood">Lee 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