Ira and Charlie
Encyclopedia
Ira and Charlie is an album by American
country music
duo The Louvin Brothers, released in 1958.
wrote of the album "It's solid enough, but some of their other Capitol work (such as the 1960 LP My Baby's Gone) is more imaginative, and places a greater weight on original material."
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country music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
duo The Louvin Brothers, released in 1958.
Reception
Writing for Allmusic, music critic Richie UnterbergerRichie Unterberger
Richie Unterberger is a US author and journalist whose focus is popular music and travel writing.-Life and writing:Having worked as a DJ at WXPN in Philadelphia, he started reviewing records for Op magazine in 1983...
wrote of the album "It's solid enough, but some of their other Capitol work (such as the 1960 LP My Baby's Gone) is more imaginative, and places a greater weight on original material."
Reissues
- In 2008, Ira and Charlie was reissued by Raven records along with Country Love BalladsCountry Love BalladsCountry Love Ballads is an album by American country music duo The Louvin Brothers, released in 1958.Producer Ken Nelson set up recording sessions in August 1958 to record enough tracks for two albums. The first was to become Country Love Ballads, the second the gospel music for Satan Is Real...
. Six bonus tracks were included. - In 1992, all of the tracks from Ira and Charlie were included in the Close HarmonyClose Harmony (Louvin Brothers album)Close Harmony is a box set of The Louvin Brothers recordings. It is an eight-CD box set and was released in 1992.-History:Close Harmony contains 219 songs from the duo's years with Capitol, Decca, MGM, and Apollo, presented in chronological order along with session notes.The recordings include such...
8-CD box set issued by Bear Family RecordsBear Family RecordsBear Family Records is a Germany-based independent record label that specializes in reissues of archival material ranging from country music to 1950s rock and roll to old German movie soundtracks.-History:...
.
Track listing
- "Don't Let Your Sweet Love Die" (Zeke MannersZeke MannersLeo "Zeke" Manners was an American country musician.-Biography:Manners was born in San Francisco but raised in Los Angeles, where he attended Fairfax High School and learned to play fiddle, banjo, and piano. He played in a traveling revue for a time before joining several Western swing groups...
, Clark Van Ness) – 2:36 - "We CouldWe Could"We Could" is a single by American country music artist Charley Pride. Released in April 1974, it was the first single from his album Country Feelin. The song peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. It also reached number 1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.-Chart...
" (Felice Bryant) – 2:13 - "Tennessee WaltzThe Tennessee Waltz"Tennessee Waltz" is a popular/country music song with lyrics by Redd Stewart and music by Pee Wee King written in 1946 and first released in December 1947 as a single by Cowboy Copas that same year...
" (Redd StewartRedd StewartHenry Ellis Stewart , better known as Redd Stewart, was an American country music songwriter and recording artist who co-wrote "The Tennessee Waltz" with Pee Wee King in 1948.-Biography:...
, Pee Wee KingPee Wee KingJulius Frank Anthony Kuczynski , known professionally as Pee Wee King, was an American country music songwriter and recording artist best known for co-writing "The Tennessee Waltz"....
) – 2:26 - "Are You Teasing Me" (Charlie LouvinCharlie LouvinCharles Elzer Loudermilk , known professionally as Charlie Louvin, was an American country music singer and songwriter. He is best known as one of the Louvin Brothers, and was a member of the Grand Ole Opry since 1955.-Biography:Born in Henagar, Alabama, Louvin was one of 7 children...
, Ira LouvinIra LouvinIra Lonnie Loudermilk , known professionally as Ira Louvin, was an American country music singer, mandolinist and songwriter. He was a cousin of songwriter John D. Loudermilk.-Biography:...
) – 2:54 - "Too Late" (Jimmy WakelyJimmy WakelyJames Clarence Wakeley , better known as Jimmy Wakely, was an American country-Western singer and actor, one of the last crooning cowpokes following World War II...
) – 3:06 - "Here Today and Gone Tomorrow" (Wally FowlerWally FowlerJohn Wallace Fowler , better known as Wally Fowler, was an American Southern gospel music singer, manager, and music promoter and businessman. He founded the Oak Ridge Quartet, a gospel act that eventually became the Oak Ridge Boys; and popularized all-night gospel sings...
) – 2:19 - "I Wonder Where You Are Tonight" (Peter Bond) – 2:41
- "Have I Stayed Away Too Long" (Frank LoesserFrank LoesserFrank Henry Loesser was an American songwriter who wrote the lyrics and scores to the Broadway hits Guys and Dolls and How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, among others. He won separate Tony Awards for the music and lyrics in both shows, as well as sharing the Pulitzer Prize for...
) – 2:29 - "Nobody's Darling But Mine" (Jimmie DavisJimmie DavisJames Houston Davis , better known as Jimmie Davis, was a noted singer of both sacred and popular songs who served two nonconsecutive terms as the 47th Governor of Louisiana...
) – 2:44 - "Why Not Confess" (Ralph Hamrick) – 2:33
- "Making BelieveMaking BelieveMaking Believe is a country music song written by Jimmy Work and best known for its chart-topping version in 1955 by Kitty Wells. The song is consistently on lists of all-time greatest country music songs and has been covered by scores of artists over the past fifty years, including Bob Dylan,...
" (Jimmy WorkJimmy WorkJimmy Work was an American country musician best known for the country standard "Making Believe".Work was born in Ohio but moved to Dukedom, Tennessee with his family at age two...
) – 2:23 - "Take Me Back into Your Heart" (Gene AutryGene AutryOrvon Grover Autry , better known as Gene Autry, was an American performer who gained fame as The Singing Cowboy on the radio, in movies and on television for more than three decades beginning in the 1930s...
, Fred RoseFred Rose (musician)Fred Rose was an American Hall of Fame songwriter and music publishing executive.-Biography:Born in Evansville, Indiana, Fred Rose started playing piano and singing as a small boy. In his teens, he moved to Chicago, Illinois where he worked in bars busking for tips, and finally vaudeville...
) – 2:46