Artist Information

Genres: Traditional Country, Country-Pop, Nashville Sound/Countrypolitan

Active: 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's

Born: February 5, 1923 in Shreveport, LA

Influences

Johnny Horton

Overview

Discography

Biography

Links

Lyrics

Album

Album: More Than Climbing That Mountain

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Artist: Claude King
Released: 1994
Label: Bear Family

Song List

Flying Saucers

2:57

I Want to Be Loved

2:46

A Million Mistakes

2:29

Why Should I?

2:34

Beers and Pinballs

2:50

Fiftyone Beers

3:13

She Knows Why

2:23

She's My Baby

2:27

Take It Like a Man

2:33

So Close to Me

2:47

Got the World by the Tail

2:16

Slow Thinking Heart

2:50

I Think of You and Me

2:34

Now That I Love You

2:22

My Future Life Will Be My Past

2:25

Over Again

2:16

Run Baby Run

1:40

Not Sure of You

1:47

Big River, Big Man

2:39

Sweet Loving

2:11

She Knows Why

2:41

Big River, Big Man

2:27

Sweet Loving

2:00

The Comancheros

1:58

I Can't Get Over the Way You Got Over Me

2:23

The Comancheros

2:13

Give Me Your Love and I'll Give You Mine

2:21

Pistol Packin' Papa

2:28

You're Breaking My Heart

2:23

I'm Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail

3:12

Little Bitty Heart

2:26

(Tell Me Darlin') Would You Care

2:41

I Backed Out

1:58

Wolverton Mountain

2:59

This Land of Yours and Mine

2:16

Sheepskin Valley

2:15

Shopping Center

2:42

I've Got the World by the Tail

2:06

Sheepskin Valley

1:59

The Burning of Atlanta

2:35

Don't the Moon Look Lonesome

2:53

I've Got the World by the Tail

2:00

Culpepper Community

2:04

Building a Bridge

2:18

What Will I Do

1:52

Scarlet O'Hara

2:40

Hey Lucille

2:31

Where the Red, Red Roses Grow

2:30

A Lace Mantilla and a Rose of Red

2:32

That's What Makes the World Go Around

2:14

Sam Hill

2:26

Big Ole Shoulder

2:31

Whirlpool (Of Your Love)

2:31

When You Gotta Go (You Gotta Go)

2:45

Tiger Woman

2:58

Great Big Tears

2:41

I Won't Be Long in Your Town

2:26

Tiger Rag

2:26

That's the Way the Wind Blows

1:59

Little Buddy

2:57

Come on Home

2:34

Ancient History

2:07

There Ain't Gonna Be No More

2:16

It's Good to Have My Baby Back Home

2:07

Catch a Little Raindrop

2:11

Anna

2:04

Great Big Tears

2:18

The Right Place (At the Right Time)

2:51

Little Things That Every Girl Should Know

1:59

The Juggler

2:03

The Watchman

2:21

Laura (What's He Got That I Ain't Got)

2:35

Goodbye My Love

2:25

Green, Green Grass of Home

2:55

Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town

2:12

Almost Persuaded

2:55

Ninety-Nine Years

2:32

Parchman Farm Blues

2:26

Birmingham Bus Station

2:45

The Power of Your Sweet Love

2:48

Beertops and Teardrops

3:25

Sweet Love on My Mind

2:43

Green Mountain

3:42

Four Roses

2:46

I Remember Johnny

4:15

Honky Tonk Man

2:06

First Train Headin' South

2:53

Ole Slew Foot

2:31

North to Alaska

2:49

The Battle of New Orleans

2:44

Sink the Bismarck

3:08

All for the Love of a Girl

2:52

Whispering Pines

3:06

When It's Springtime in Alaska (It's Forty Below)

2:40

She Knows Why

2:39

The House of the Rising Sun

3:37

Friend, Lover, Woman, Wife

2:46

When You're 21

3:39

I'll Be Your Baby Tonight

3:35

100

Turn It Around in Your Mind

2:35

101

Mary's Vineyard

3:01

102

Heart

2:27

103

Johnny Valentine

2:45

104

Highway Lonely

2:22

105

Chip 'N' Dale's Place

2:33

106

Help Me Make It Through the Night

2:25

107

The Lady of Our Town

2:32

108

Just as Soon as I Get over Loving You

2:33

109

Sweet Mary Ann

2:49

110

(Darlin' Raise the Shade) Let the Sun Shine In

2:54

111

I Know It's Not Been Easy Lovin' Me

2:45

112

I Know It's Not Been Easy Lovin' Me (With Strings)

2:47

113

This Time I'm Through

2:28

114

He Ain't Country

2:45

115

If My Heart Could Stop

2:33

116

Don't Do Me Bad

2:04

117

It's Such a Perfect Day for Making Love

2:34

118

Sometimes You Lose, Sometimes You Win

2:20

119

Cotton Dan

3:09

120

I'll Spend a Lifetime Loving You

2:11

121

The Night I Cried

2:39

122

Cry Yourself a River

2:21

123

Sugar Baby, Candy Girl

2:25

124

How Long Would It Take

2:02

125

Just a Bum Husband

3:09

126

The Best Mistake I Ever Made

3:21

127

A Bucks Worth of Change

2:17

128

I Wonder Who She Missed Me With Today

3:07

129

I Sat Down on a Beartrap (Just This Morning)

2:04

130

It Starts off Good (And Keeps Gettin' Better)

1:57

131

Times and Things Keep Changing

2:48

132

The Last Days of Love

2:23

Credits

Floyd Cramer:

Piano

Johnny Gimble:

Fiddle

Merle Haggard:

Composer

Claude King:

Composer, Guitar (Rhythm), Vocals, Main Performer, Photography, Illustrations

Kris Kristofferson:

Composer

Mickey Newbury:

Composer

Mel Tillis:

Composer

Bob Dylan:

Composer

Original Dixieland Jazz Band:

Band

Pete Drake:

Guitar (Steel), Leader

Tommy Collins:

Composer

Grady Martin:

Guitar

Leon Payne:

Composer

Dorsey Burnette:

Composer

Vic Jordan:

Banjo, Guitar

Jimmie Driftwood:

Composer

Leon Ashley:

Composer

Byron Bach:

Violin, Cello

Brenton Banks:

Violin

George Binkley III:

Violin

Harold Bradley:

Guitar

B. Bryant:

Composer

A.P. Carter:

Composer

Ray Edenton:

Guitar

Colin Escott:

Liner Notes, Photography, Illustrations, Biographical Editor

D.J. Fontana:

Drums

Russ Hicks:

Guitar (Steel)

Lillian Hunt:

Violin

Bob Johnston:

Producer

Frank Jones:

Producer

Billy Joor:

Trumpet

Don Law:

Producer

Martha McCrory:

Violin

Wayne Moss:

Guitar

Ron Oates:

Piano

Webb Pierce:

Vocals, Producer

M. Phillips:

Composer

Curly Putman:

Composer

George Richey:

Piano, Composer, Producer

Art Rupe:

Producer

Billy Sanford:

Guitar

Randy Scruggs:

Guitar

Dale Sellers:

Guitar

Jerry Stembridge:

Guitar

Alan Stoker:

Disc Transfers

Glenn Sutton:

Composer

Samuel Terranova:

Violin

Gary VanOsdale:

Violin

Mark Wilder:

Mixing, Disc Transfers

Stephanie Woolf:

Violin

Joe Zinkan:

Bass

Cecil Brower:

Violin

John Bailes:

Walter Bailes:

Composer

William Puett:

Horn

William Whitney Pursell:

Piano

Gene Sullivan:

Composer

Gerald Tomlinson:

Guitar

Bill Walker:

Contractor

S. Hall:

Composer

Bob Moore:

Bass

Karl Garvin:

Trumpet

Jim Alley:

Composer

Cliff Crofford:

Composer

Karl Davis:

Composer

Merle Kilgore:

Composer

Wiley Walker:

Composer

Albert Coleman:

Violin

James Capps:

Guitar

Jerry Glenn Kennedy:

Guitar, Leader

Hoffman Nienburg:

Artwork

R.A. Andreas:

Photography, Illustrations

Richard Weize:

Producer, Tape Research, Discography

John W. Greubel:

Drums

William Paul Ackerman:

Drums

Doris Allen:

Violin

A. Thomas:

Composer

A. Cole:

Composer

David Mathes:

Guitar

M. Davis:

Composer

Robert C. Thompson:

Guitar

Howard Hausey:

Composer

Martin Kathan:

Violin

Bill Walker:

Leader

Dan Tyler:

Composer