Billy "Crash" Craddock

Billy "Crash" Craddock
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Billy "Crash" Craddock, 1971
FödelsenamnBilly Wayne Craddock
SmeknamnMr. Country Rock
Födelsedatum16 juni 1939
Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
BakgrundUSA USA
GenrerCountry, rockabilly
RollSångare, musiker
InstrumentSång, gitarr
År som aktiv1957 –
SkivbolagSky Castle, Colonial, Date, Columbia, Mercury, King, Chart, Cartwheel, ABC, Capitol, Cee Cee, MCA, Atlantic
ArtistsamarbetenCarl Craig, The Bluenotes, Elvis Presley, Conway Twitty, Jerry Lee Lewis, Mickey Gilley, Charlie Rich

Billy "Crash" Craddock född 16 juni 1939 i Greensboro, North Carolina), känd av sina fans som "Mr. Country Rock" för hans uptempo, rock-influerade stil av countrymusik, är en amerikansk countrysångare som vann popularitet på 1970-talet med en rad av countrymusik hits: 9 av dessa är number one hits.

Diskografi (urval)

Album
  • 1964I'm Tore Up
  • 1971Knock Three Times
  • 1972You Better Move On
  • 1973Two Sides of 'Crash'
  • 1973Mr. Country Rock
  • 1974Rub It In
  • 1975Still Thinkin' Bout You
  • 1976Crash
  • 1976Easy As Pie
  • 1977At the Ivanhoe Theatre
  • 1977Live! - Billy "Crash" Craddock
  • 1978The First Time
  • 1978Billy "Crash" Craddock
  • 1978Turning Up and Turning Down
  • 1979Laughing and Crying, Living and Dying
  • 1980Changes
  • 1981Crash Craddock
  • 1982The New Will Never Wear off of You
  • 1989Back on Track

Singlar (topp 10 på Billboard Hot Country Songs)

  • 1971 – "Knock Three Times" (#3)
  • 1971 – "Dream Lover" (#5)
  • 1971 – "You Better Move On" (#10)
  • 1972 – "Nothin' Shakin' (But the Leaves on the Trees)" (#10)
  • 1972 – "I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door" (#5)
  • 1973 – "Till The Water Stops Runnin' " (#8)
  • 1973 – "Sweet Magnolia Blossom" (#3)
  • 1974 – "Rub It In" (#1)
  • 1974 – "Ruby Baby" (#1)
  • 1975 – "Still Thinkin' 'bout You" (#4)
  • 1975 – "I Love The Blues and the Boogie Woogie" (#10)
  • 1975 – "Easy as Pie" (#2)
  • 1976 – "Walk Softly" (#7)
  • 1976 – "You Rubbed It in All Wrong" (#4)
  • 1976 – "Broken Down in Tiny Pieces" (#1)
  • 1977 – "A Tear Fell" (#7)
  • 1977 – "The First Time" (#10)
  • 1978 – "I Cheated on a Good Woman's Love" (#4)
  • 1978 – "If I Could Write a Song as Beautiful as You" (#4)

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Trade ad for Billy "Crash" Craddock's single "Knock Three Times".

To better adapt it to his respective Wikipedia article, the ad was cropped and cleaned in a graphics editing program. The original can be viewed at the source below.