Kind Regards, Walter

I have the recording,on an RCA "45" by Dave Rich.(circa 1955) The writers listed are:
K. Sowder-E.Hearn-C. Belew,in that order.

I've been told that the order of songwriters on a recording are in the order in which they contributed to the writing of the song. (somebody correct me if I'm wrong.)

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[This message was edited by Smiley Roberts on 26 November 2005 at 09:41 AM.]

Carl's 60's recordings were either classic country style, mostly w/Pete Drake or Weldon Myrick on steel. Some recordings, like "Boston Jail" were following the novelty/saga song style of the era, comparable to Johnny Horton, Claude King etc..

Yes, he wrote or co-wrote several well-known songs (I also noticed that he wrote "Even The Bad Times Are Good" with Clyde Pitts), "Lonely Street" I have him listed a co-writer with W.S. Stevenson and Kenny Sowder. "Chrystal Chandeliers" was written by Ted Harris.

Carl Belew never had too much chart success, his biggest hit was "Hello Out There" which went to #8 in 1962.

Kind Regards, Walter

Kind Regards, Walter

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Don't matter who's in Austin (or anywhere else) Ralph Mooney is still the king!!!

W. S. Stevenson is nothing more than a fake name for the notorious Bill McCall, who owned the 4 Star family of labels in LA dating from just after the war into the 60s. He had a lot of great artists like the Maddox Brothers, T Texas Tyler, Jerry Irby, Carl Belew, Patsy Cline, etc and was widely renowned for taking co-ownership of songs in exchange for having one of his artists record the song. He never wrote a lick. I think J Cash recorded a song in his honor called "Smilin' Bill McCall". He had some sort of deal with Patsy very early in her career where she was supposedly restricted to his songs. He really tried to tie her up.

[This message was edited by Mitch Drumm on 27 November 2005 at 10:00 PM.]

I remember Mel Tilis telling the story of him writing a song (don't remember which one) when Webb Pierce walked into the office. He heard the tune and asked Mel what he wanted if he (Webb) would show up as co-writer. Mel looked at Webb's fancy cowboy boots and replied that he just wanted a pair like that. Well, the song became a million-seller - Mel said that was the most expensive pir of cowboy boots he ever had!

Don't know if it is a true story, but it is a good one!

Kind Regards, Walter