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Chanteur Country US né le 26
Janvier 1932 à Henderson (Texas). Claude Gray est décédé le 28 Avril 2023.
Singer/songwriter/guitarist
Claude Gray stood 6'5" and was frequently called "the Tall Texan." During his
nearly 30 years in music, he scored numerous hits, and was considered a major
country star. He began his career in high school, performing in his native
Henderson, Texas. Following Navy service from 1950-1954, he spent the bulk of
the decade working as a salesman. He made his recording debut in 1959 after
working as a radio announcer in Kilgore, Texas and as a DJ in Meridian,
Mississippi; his first single, "I'm Not Supposed," was recorded for Pappy
Daily's D Records.
In 1960, he had his first Top Ten hit with "Family Bible." The following year he
scored with "I'll Just Have a Cup of Coffee (Then I'll Go)," which made the
country Top Five and was a minor hit on the pop charts. His next single, "My
Ears Should Burn (When Fools Are Talked About)," made it to the Top Three. Over
the next two years, Gray made it to the charts four more times, but none of the
songs, including "Daddy Stopped In," made it past the Top 20. He and Walt
Breeland caused a minor controversy when they penned "The Ballad of Jimmy Hoffa,"
which their label, Mercury, wouldn't let them record. The song eventually came
out on Smokey Stover's Ol' Podner label and was sold directly to the Teamsters.
Gray's singles began to appear steadily on the charts from the mid-'60s through
the early '70s; most of these were medium-level hits, but songs such as "I Never
Had the One I Wanted" and "How Fast Them Trucks Can Go" occasionally rose to the
Top 20. Gray's contract with Mercury ended in 1972, and he moved to Million
Records and had a minor hit, "Woman Ease My Mind," in 1973. He appeared on the
charts only sporadically after that, scoring a final hit in 1986 with his
version of
Neil Diamond's "Sweet Caroline."
Claude Gray died on April 28, 2023.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Gray
Talents : Vocals, Guitar, Songwriter
Style musical : Traditional Country, Country-Pop
Barricade Around My Heart (1958)
EIGHT YEARS
(AND TWO CHILDREN LATER)
(1964)
NIGHT LIFE
(1968)
TAKE OFF TIME
(1969)
SWEET
CAROLINE (1986)
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Years in activity :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
DISCOGRAPHY
Singles & EP
| 1958 | SP MINOR MH-108 (US) | . | My Tears Are Inside / When The Doorbell Rang |
| 08/1958 | SP MINOR MH-110 (US) | . | Late Again /
Barricade Around My Heart
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| 04/1959 | SP D 1059 (US) | . |
Letter Overdue
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I'm Not Supposed
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| 09/1959 | SP D 1093 (US) | . | Best Part Of Me / Loneliness |
| 01/1960 | SP D 1118 (US) | . | Family Bible / Crying In The Night |
| 05/1960 | SP D 1144 (US) | . | My Party's Over / Leave Alone |
| 08/1960 | SP D 1154 (US) | . | Homecoming In Heaven / When The Light Shines In The Valley |
| 11/1960 | SP MERCURY 71732 (US) | . | I'll Just Have A Cup Of Coffee / I Want To Be Alone |
| 1960 | EP TOP RANK JKP 2063 (UK) |
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Country And Western Express Vol. 4 - Claude GRAY : Family Bible / Crying In The Night / Eddie NOACK : Have Blues Will Travel / A Thinking Man's Woman (Eddie / Man On The Wall |
| 05/1961 | SP MERCURY 71826 (US) | . | My Ears Should Burn (When Fools Are Talked About) / Crying In The Night |
| 10/1961 | SP MERCURY 71898 (US) | . | Talk To Me Old Lonesome Heart / Let's End It Before It Begins |
| 04/1962 | SP MERCURY 71936 (US) | . | You Take The Table (And I'll Take The Chairs) / Stone Heart |
| 09/1962 | SP MERCURY 72001 (US) | . | Daddy Stepped In / Three Times |
| 12/1962 | SP MERCURY 72063 (US) | . | Knock Again True Love / Call Of The Wild |
| 03/1963 | SP MERCURY 72088 (US) | . | First Love Never Dies / Heartbreak Eve |
| 07/1963 | SP MERCURY 72156 (US) | . | I'm Gonna Lie Again / Go Home Cheater |
| 1963 | EP MERCURY 10012 MCE (NL) |
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Country And Western Aces - I've Been Known To Cry / My Ears Should Burn / Your Old Love Letters / I Tought I Heard You Call My Name |
| 1963 | EP MERCURY 126 071 MCE (SP) |
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La Voz De Claude Gray - The Shrimp Boats / You Belong To Me / Mona Lisa / Till Waltz Again With You |
| 02/1964 | SP MERCURY 72236 (US) | . |
Eight Years (And
Two Children Later)
/ Lonesome |
| 10/1964 | SP COLUMBIA 4-43150 (US) | . | Too Many Rivers / House Of Tears (Casa De Llorando) |
| 05/1965 | SP COLUMBIA 4-43294 (US) | . | Thank You Neighbor / Kinderhook Bill |
| 1965 | SP CBS 1884 (NW) |
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Thank You Neighbor / Kinderhook Bill |
| 10/1965 | SP COLUMBIA 4-43443 (US) | . | Thank You For The Ride / For Losin' You |
| 04/1966 | SP COLUMBIA 4-43614 (US) | . | Mean Old Woman / Then Cry You Away |
| 10/1966 | SP DECCA 32039 (US) | . | I Never Had The One I Wanted / Effects Your Leaving Had On Me |
| 04/1967 | SP DECCA 32122 (US) | . | If I Ever Need A Lady (I'll Call You) / Because Of Him |
| 08/1967 | SP DECCA 32180 (US) | . | How Fast Them Truck Can Go / Next Time You See Me |
| 02/1968 | SP DECCA 32266 (US) | . | Your Devil Memory / Easy Way Out |
| 04/1968 | SP DECCA 32312 (US) | . |
Night Life
/ Just Between Us Tears |
| 10/1968 | SP DECCA 32393 (US) | . | Love Of A Woman / Kind You Find Tonight Forget |
| 03/1969 | SP DECCA 32456 (US) | . | Don't Give Me A Chance / Once In Every Lifetime |
| 09/1969 | SP DECCA 32566 (US) | . | Sherry Ann /
Take Off Time
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| 02/1970 | SP DECCA 32648 (US) | . | Crazy Arms / Cleanest Man In Cinncinnati |
| 06/1970 | SP DECCA 32697 (US) | . | Apartment No 9 / Everything Will Be All Right |
| 02/1971 | SP DECCA 32786 (US) | . | Save My Mind / Angel |
| 07/1971 | SP DECCA 32852 (US) | . | Your Devil Memory / Baton Rouge |
| 03/1972 | SP MILLION MIL 3 (US) | . | Jeannie / Straight Down To Heaven |
| 07/1972 | SP MILLION MIL 18 (US) | . | What Every Woman Wants To Hear / There's You |
| 12/1972 | SP MILLION MIL 31 (US) | . | Woman Ease My Mind / Don't Fight The Feeling |
| 1973 | SP MILLION MIL 36 (US) | . | Loving You Is A Habit I Can't Break / We Could |
| 1974 | SP COUNTRY INTERNATIONAL 158 (US) | . | Every Night Sensation / ? |
| 1974 | SP COUNTRY INTERNATIONAL 164 (US) | . | Every Night Sensation / Pride Goes Before A Fall |
| 1974 | SP COUNTRY INTERNATIONAL 169 (US) | . | He's Just An Illusion / Every Night Sensation |
| 09/1976 | SP GRANNY WHITE 10001 (US) | . | Rockin' My Memories / But That's Alright |
| 01/1977 | SP GRANNY WHITE 10002 (US) | . | We Fell In Love That Way / That's My Baby |
| 1977 | SP GRANNY WHITE 10003 (US) | . | It'll Do / Vin Rose |
| 1978 | SP GRANNY WHITE 10005 (US) | . | Slow Dancing / Late Cup Of Coffee |
| 05/1978 | SP GRANNY WHITE 10006 (US) | . | If I Ever Need A Lady / Bar |
| 12/1978 | SP GRANNY WHITE 10007 (US) | . | I Never Had The One I Wanted / Late Cup Of Coffee |
| 1979 | SP GUSTO GT4-2089 (US) | . | How Fast Them Trucks Can Go / I Never Had The One |
| 1979 | SP LITTLE DARLIN' LD-7924 (US) | . | It Ain't The Wakin' Up / Effects Your Leaving Had On Me |
| 01/1982 | SP GRANNY WHITE 10009 (US) | . | Let's Go All The Way (with Norma JEAN) / We Climbed A Mountain Last Night |
| 1982 | SP GRANNY WHITE 10010 (US) | . | Who Sent My Ex To Texas / So Sad |
| 198? | SP GRANNY WHITE 10011 (US) | . | How Fast Them Trucks Can Go / Old Flames Can't Hold A Candle To You |
| 02/1986 | SP COUNTRY INTERNATIONAL 208 (US) | . |
Sweet Caroline
/ Half A Mind |
| ???? | SP GLAD MUSIC 1387 (US) | . | When The Light Shines In The Valley / Home Comin' Heaven |
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Albums
| 1961 | LP 12" MERCURY MG-20658 (mono) / SR-60658 (stereo) (US) |
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SONGS OF BROKEN LOVE AFFAIRS - I'll Just Have A Cup Of Coffee (Then I'll Go) / I Want To Be Alone / World I Can't Live In / Blackboard Of My Heart / I've Been Known To Cry / Treasure Of Love / My Ears Should Burn (When Fools Are Talked About) / You Take The Table (And I'll Take The Chairs) / Stone Heart / Talk To Me Lonesome Heart / Your Old Love Letters / I Thought I Heard You Call My Name |
| 1962 | LP 12" MERCURY MG-20718 (mono) / SR-60718 (stereo) (US) |
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COUNTRY GOES TO TOWN - You Belong To Me / Shrimp Boats / Why Don't You Believe Me / Goodnight Irene / Cry / I Really Don't Want To Know / Mona Lisa / Till I Waltz Again With You / 12th Of Never / Just Walking In The Rain / My Happiness / Too Young |
| 06/1967 | LP 12" DECCA DL-4882 (mono) / DL-74882 (stereo) (US) |
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CLAUDE GRAY SINGS - Touch My Heart / Apartment No 9 / Walk Through This World With Me / Misty Blue / Next Time You See Me / I Never Had The One I Wanted / Just Between You And Me / Effects Your Leaving Had On Me / Kind Of Woman I Got / Moods Of Mary / Forgetfulness For Sale / How Fast Them Trucks Can Go |
| 1968 | LP 12" HILLTOP JM-6051 (mono) / JS-6051 (stereo) (US) |
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TREASURE OF LOVE - Treasure Of Love / I Want To Be Alone / World I Can't Live In / Blackboard Of My Heart / I've Been Known To Cry / Your Old Love Letters / My Ears Should Burn (When Fools Are Talked About) / Stone Heart / Talk To Me Lonesome Heart / I Thought I Heard You Calling My Name |
| 06/1968 | LP 12" DECCA DL_4963 (mono) / DL-74963 (stereo) (US) |
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THE EASY WAY OF CLAUDE GRAY - Night Life / Houston / Your Devil Memory / Little Ole Wine Drinker Me / Crying Time / Crazy Arms / If I Ever Need A Lady / Once In Every Lifetime / Easy Way Out / Because Of Him / Don't Give Me A Chance |
| 12/1972 | LP 12" MILLION LP-1002 (US) |
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PRESENTING CLAUDE GRAY - Whoever Finds This I Love You / Woman Ease My Mind / Something Special / If You're Looking For A Fall / There's You / Don't Fight A Feeling / What Every Woman Wants To Hear / Loving You Is A Habit I Can't Break / Loving Her Was Easier / Jeannie / We Could / Straight Down To Heaven |
| 1981 | LP 12" KOALA AW-14902 (US) |
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IF I EVER NEED A LADY - I Never Had The One That I Wanted / Late Cup Of Coffee / That's All Right / We Fell In Love That Way / The Bar / It'll Do / If I Ever Need A Lady I'll Call You / We Climbed A Mountain Last Night / Rockin' My Memories To Sleep / Slow Dancing / What Made Adam Sin |
| 1995 | CD Sunrise CGO-7951 (US) |
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Great Country Roads - Country Roads / He'll Have To Go / Borrowed Angel / Country Bumpkin / Canadian Pacific / I Never Had The One I Wanted / Four Walls / If I Ever Need A Lady / Whoever Finds This I Love You / Family Flower / Big Diamonds / Old Habits / Sweet Caroline / How Fast Them Trucks Go / So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go By) |
| 2001 | CD Federal FED-CD-6558 (US) |
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Best Of The Best - The Tall Texan - I'll Just Have A Cup Of Coffee (Then I'll Go) / I Never Had The One I Wanted / Apartment #9 / How Fast Them Trucks Can Go / Old Flames / If I Ever Need A Lady (I'll Call You) / Sweet Caroline / A Wound Time Can't Erase / I Still Miss Someone / Unclouded Day |
| 2002 | CD Sunrise 10001 (US) |
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The Best Of Claude Gray - Volume One - I'll Just Have A Cup Of Coffee / I Just Want To Be Alone / Sweet Caroline / Night Life / If I Ever Need A Lady / Late Cup Of Coffee / Who Sent My Ex To Texas / Something Special / Rockin' My Memories To Sleep / Whoever Finds This, I Love You / I Never Had The One I Wanted / We Could / How Fast Them Trucks Can Go / So Sad To Watch Good Love Go Bad / The Family Bible |
| 2002 | CD Sunrise 10002 (US) |
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The Best Of Claude Gray - Volume TWO - Take Off Time / The Easy Way Out / Too Many Rivers To Cross / Apartment No. 9 / Call Of The Wild / Lonesome / Once In Every Lifetime / We Fell In Love That Way / Cry You Away / When Fools Are Talked About / Three Times / Don't Give Me A Chance / Mean Old Woman / Daddy Stopped In |
| 2003 | CD Sunrise 10005 (US) |
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Where No One Stands Alone - The Great Speckled Bird / Angel Band / When The Saints Go Marching In / Homecoming In Heaven / Clinging To A Saving Hand / Put Your Hand In The Hand / Where No One Stands Alone / Beulah Land / Soft Warm Winds / What A Friend We Have In Jesus / Uncloudy Day / When The Light Shines In The Valley / America The Beautiful |
| 2006 | CD Sunrise 10007 (US) |
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Greatest Hits And Performances Vol. One - Canadian Pacific / Storms Never Last / Sweet Caroline / Borrowed Angel / Country Roads / Whoever Finds This / Rockin' My Memories To Sleep / Who Sent My Ex To Texas / I Still Miss Someone / I’ll just Have A Cup Of Coffee / Night Life / If I Ever Need A Lady / So Sad To See Good Love Go Love / Ribbon Of Darkness / A Late Cup Of Coffee / I Never Had The One / The Family Bible / How Fast Them Trucks Can Go / You Gave Me A Mountain / He’ll Have To Go / When The Saints Go Marching In / Angel Band / Great Speckled Bird / Clinging To A Saving Hand / America, The Beautiful |
| 2006 | CD Sunrise 10008 (US) |
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Claude Gray Greatest Hits vol. tWO - Little Old Wine Drinker / The Dark End Of The Street / Song Sung Blue / Last Thing On My Mind / Back In The Shadows / Just Between You And Me / Old Flames / Let’s Go All The Way / Old Habits / Houston / Apartment No. 9 / Take Off Time / Devil Memories / My Ears Should Burb / The Bar / Crying Time / Walk Thru This World With Me / Misty Blue / Cleanest Man In Cincinnati / Don’t Give Me A Chance / Crazy Arms / Country Bumpkin / The Easy Way Out / Loving Her Was Easier / Four Walls |
| 09/2008 | CD Gusto GT7-0849-2 (US) |
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Best Of The Best - Claude Gray "The Tall Texan" - I'll Just Have A Cup of Coffee (Then I'll Go) / I Never Had The One I Wanted / Apartment #9 / How Fast Them Trucks Can Go / Old Flames / If I Ever Need A Lady (I'll Call You) / Sweet Caroline / A Wound Time Can't Erase / I Still Miss Someone / Unclouded Day |
| 2012 | CD WARPED 6030 (US) |
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THE CHRONOGICAL CLAUDE GRAY - 1959-1961 - My Tears Are Inside / When The Doorbell Rings / Late Again / Barricade Around My Heart / Letter Overdue / I'm Not Supposed / Loneliness / Best Part Of Me / Family Bible / Crying In The Night / Leave Alone / My Party's Over / Nite Life / Yearning / Homecoming In Heaven / When The Light Shines In The Valley / I'll Just Have A Cup Of Coffee (Then I'll Go) / I Want To Be Alone / I've Been Known To Cry / My Ears Should Burn (When Fools Are Talked About) / Crying In The Night / Talk To Me Old Lonesome Heart / Treasure Of Love / You Take The Table (And I'll Take The Chairs) / Stone Heart / I Thought I Heard You Call My Name / Your Old Love Letters / Blackboard Of My Heart / A World I Can't Live In / Let's End It Before It Begins |
| 2013 | CD BACM CD D 407 (UK) |
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The Tall Texan - My Tears Are Inside / When The Doorbell Rang / Barricade Around My Heart / Late Again / I Just Want To be Alone / You Take The Table And I’ll Take The Chairs / Talk To Me Lonesome Heart / Let’s End It Before It Begins / A World I Can’t Live In / Blackboard Of My Heart / I’ve Been Known To Cry / Treasure Of Love / My Ears Should Burn / Stone Heart / Your Old Love Letters / I Thought I Heard You Call My Name / You Belong To Me / Shrimp Boats / Why Don’t You Believe Me / Goodnight Irene / Cry / I Really Don’t Want To Know / Till I Waltz Again With You / Just Walking In The Rain / My Happiness / Too Young / Three Times / Call Of The Wild |
| 2014 | CD Jasmine JASMCD 3665 (UK) |
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I Thought I Heard You Call My Name - I'll Just Have A Cup Of Coffee (Then I'll Go) / I Want To Be Alone / A World I Can't Live In / Blackboard Of My Heart / I've Been Known To Cry / Treasure Of Love / My Ears Should Burn (When Fools Are Talked About) / You Take The Table (And I'll Take The Chairs) / Talk To Me Lonesome Heart / Your Old Love Letters / I Thought I Heard You Call My Name / You Belong To Me / The Shrimp Boats / Why Don't You Believe Me / Goodnight Irene / Cry / I Really Don't Want To Know / Mona Lisa / Till I Waltz Again With You / The Twelfth Of Never / Just Walking In The Rain / My Happiness / Too Young / Family Bible / Crying In The Night |
| 10/2021 | CD Jasmine JASMCD 3782 (UK) |
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THE Claude Gray Singles Collection 1958/1962 - My Tears Are Inside / When The Doorbell Rang / Barricade Around My Head; Late Again / Letter Overdue / I'm Not Supposed / Loneliness / Best Part Of Me / Family Bible / Crying In The Night (original version) / Leave Alone / My Party's Over / Homecoming In Heaven / When The Light Shines In The Valley / I'll Just Have A Cup Of Coffee (Then I'll Go) / I Just Want To Be Alone / My Ears Should Burn (When Fools Are Talked About) / Crying In The Night (re-recording) / Let's End It Before It Begins / Talk To Me Old Lonesome Heart / You Take The Table (And I'll Take The Chairs) / Stone Heart / Daddy Stopped In / Three Times / Knock Again True Love / Call Of The Wind / Heartbreak Eve / First Love Never Dies |
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