G O O D   R O C K I N'   C H A R L E S; source: back cover of Blues Unlimited 128 (1978)
Good Rockin' Charles & Left-Hand Frank summer 1977
source: back cover of Blues Unlimited 128 (1978)
photographer: André Hobus
G O O D   R O C K I N'   C H A R L E S   with The Aces 1977 at youtube

Good Rockin'
Charles

Henry Lee Bester, later known as Charles Edwards
b. March 4, 1933 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
d. May 17, 1989 in Chicago, Illinois

discography
G O O D   R O C K I N'   C H A R L E S; source: Harris 1987, p. 169; photographer: Steve Tomashefsky ('courtesy Delmark Records')
Good Rockin' Charles source: Harris 1987, p. 169
photographer: Steve Tomashefsky ("courtesy Delmark Records")

This discography is a non-commercial labor-of-love and is in no way associated with any business firm.
All I know about the resp. artist's / label's musical output is shown on this page. To purchase out-of-print records I recommend an ebay, gemm or google search. And - sorry for that - I have not the time to answer any e-mails asking me about further information, let alone duplicating out-of-print recordings I happen to own.

Stefan Wirz   www.wirz.de

Good Rockin' Charles EP / LPs / CDs
11976Good Rockin' Charles

Mr. Blues MB 7601 / Rooster R-7601 track sequence:
- Eyesight To The Blind *
- Confessin' The Blues *
- Shake Your Boogie *
- Five Years In Prison *
- The Goat *

- I Used To Have A Woman *
- Prison Blues *
- Broke And Hungry §
- Blues All Day Long §
- Rockin' At Midnight §

P-Vine PCD 5249 track sequence:
- Eyesight To The Blind *
- Confessin' The Blues *
- Shake Your Boogie *
- Five Years In Prison *
- The Goat *
- I Used To Have A Woman *
- Prison Blues *
- Broke And Hungry §
- Blues All Day Long §
- Rockin' At Midnight §
- Lazar's Wail [] #
- Broke And Hungry (tk 1) § #
- Broke And Hungry (tk 2) § #
- Flipped Harp Rock [] #

# CD bonus tracks

rec. November 1975 at Scott Rowley International Studios in Chicago, IL; Good Rockin' Charles, voc, hca; Walter Smith, J.C. Hurds, gs; Lafayette "Shorty" Gilbert, b; * Eddie Payne, dr; § Ray Scott, dr; [] Eddie Payne or Ray Scott, dr; prod. by Steve Wisner
photography front cover by Dale Hoyt; photography back cover by Amy van Singel
notes by Dick Shurman



Mr. Blues MB 7601

Mr. Blues discography

notes by Dick Shurman

= Rooster R-7601 (US)
= Double Trouble R-7601
(NL)


(=) P-Vine PCD-5249
(Jp 2002)

21976The Devil's Music
from the BBC T.V. series

Mississippi and Memphis Blues
Sam Chatmon
- Stop And Listen
Big Joe Williams
- Highway 49
Houston Stackhouse
- Cool Drink Of Water
Sam Chatmon
- Sam's Rag
Big Joe Williams
- Watergate Blues
Sam Chatmon
- Who Gonna Love You Tonight
Booker White
- Aberdeen Mississippi

Mose Vinson
- When You Got Rid Of My Mule
Sonny Blake
- One Room Country Shack
- Bring It On Home To Me
Joe Wilkins
- Mr. Downchild
Houston Stackhouse
- Mean Red Spider
Mose Vinson
- Bugle Call Blues
Laura Dukes
- Crawdad



Chicago Blues
The Aces
- Take A Little Walk With Me
Billy Boy Arnold
- Somebody Help Me
Fenton Robinson
- Somebody Loan Me A Dime

Good Rockin' Charles
- Don't Start Me To Talkin' #
Fenton Robinson
- You Don't Know What Love Is
Joe Carter
- It Hurts Me Too

Billy Boy Arnold
- She Fooled Me
The Aces
- Blue Shadows

Good Rockin' Charles
- Shake Your Boogie #
Little Brother Montgomery
- Vicksburg Blues
Edith Wilson
- Yankee Doodle Blues
Little Brother Montgomery
- I Ain't Got No Special Rider Now


# rec. January 28, 1976 in Chicago, IL; Good Rockin' Charles, voc, hca; Louis Myers, g; David Myers, b; Fred Below, dr
DLP
notes by Giles Oakley
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Red Lightnin' RL0033


Red Lightnin' discography

3 CD set
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(=) Indigo IGOTCD 2537
(UK 2003)

31979American Blues Legends 79

Eddie C. Campbell
- Love With You Baby
- Lock What You Done
Chico Chism
- High Rise Blues
- 480 Pounds

Good Rockin' Charles
- I Wish I Had Somebody #   @ spotify
- I'm Goin' Home Where Women Got Meat On Their Bones #   @ spotify

Billy 'The Kid' Emerson
- Buzzard Luck
- Conjured
Little Smokey Smothers
- Don't Throw Your Love On Me So Strong
- All Your Love
Lester Davenport
- I'm Tryin'
- No Peace


# rec. August 1, 1979 at Odyssey Studios, Chicago, IL; Good Rockin' Charles, voc, hca; Abraham "Little Smokey" Smothers, Eddie C. Campbell, g; Lester Davenport, b; Napoleon "Chico" Chism, dr; prod. by Jim Simpson

Big Bear BEAR 23




= Big Bear / Intercord
INT 146.410

Big Bear discography

41983It's Great To Be Rich

Billy Boy Arnold and Tony McPhee
- It's Great To Be Rich
Lester Davenport
- Lester's Comet

Good Rockin' Charles
- La Cucaracha #   @ spotify

Bo Diddley
- Don't Know Where I've Been
Big John Trice
- Sweet Home Chicago


# rec. August 8, 1981 at Radio Station WBEZ in Chicago, IL; Good Rockin' Charles, voc, hca; Abraham "Little Smoky" Smothers, Illinois Slim, g; Big John Trice, b; Steve Cushing, dr
7 inch EP



Red Lightnin' RLEP 0045


Red Lightnin' discography

51988Low Blows
An Anthology of Chicago Harmonica Blues

Big Guitar Red with Good Rockin' Charles
- Found My Baby (Gone) # []
Big Leon Brooks
- Kicking Up Dust
George "Mojo" Buford
- Don't Go No Further
Easy Baby
- Good Morning Mr. Blues

Good Rockin' Charles
- She Loves Another Man #   @ youtube
Big Leon Brooks
- Pink Champagne

Joe Carter with Big John Wrencher
- Take A Little Walk With Me
Golden Wheeler
- Good Lover
Big Walter Horton with Carey Bell
- Avenue Stomp

Good Rockin' Charles
- Ground Hog Blues #
Golden Wheeler
- Evil Woman
Big Leon Brooks
You Know


CD bonus tracks:
Good Rockin' Charles
- I Got To Go #
- Good Rockin' #
Joe Carter with Big John Wrencher
- Honey Bee


# rec. November 15, 1975 in Chicago, IL; Good Rockin' Charles, voc, hca; [] Big Guitar Red (Walter Smith), voc, g; J.C. Hurds, gs; Lafayette "Shorty" Gilbert, b; Eddie Payne, dr; prod. by Steve Wisner

Mr. Blues MB 7010 (US)
[???]




= Rooster Blues R7610 (US)


= Bedrock BEDLP 15 (UK)

notes by Dick Shurman
Steve Wisner, Jim O'Neal

(=) Rooster CD 2610 (1994)
= Bedrock BED CD 15 (UK)

61996Nothin' But The Blues

disc 1:
Muddy Waters - I Got My Mojo Working [live]
Roy Gaines - Hell Of A Night
Jimmy Reed - Down At The Corner Grocery Store
Todd Sharpville - Touch Of Your Love
Earl Hooker - Foxtrot [instr]
Bo Diddley - Don't Know Where I've Been
Mighty Houserockers - Play The Blues For You
John Lee Hooker - Goin' Mad Blues
Little Walter - Juke
Isaac Scott - Don't Let My Baby Ride
Paul Lamb - Whoopin' (A Tribute to Sonny Terry)
Billy Boy Arnold - I Wish You Would
Troyce Key and J.J. Malone - Gimme Mine Out Now
"Mississippi" Fred McDowell - I Asked For Whiskey
J.B. Hutto And His Hawks - Speak My Mind
Charlie Musselwhite and The Dynatones - She Used To Be Beautiful
Lightnin' Hopkins - Got Me A Louisiana Woman
Sonny Boy Williamson - Don't Start Me To Talkin'
Aces - Take A Little Walk With Me
Big Twist and The Mellow Fellows - Livin' It Up


disc 2:
Sam Chatmon - Stop And Listen
Muddy Waters - Hoochie Coochie Man [live]
Buddy Guy And Junior Wells - Hoodoo Man Blues
Big Joe Williams - Highway 49
Fenton Robinson - Somebody Lone Me A Dime
Troyce Key and J. J. Malone - It Should've Been Me
King Biscuit Boy - Necromonica
Tender Slim - Don't Cut Out On Me
Clarence Edwards - Done Got Over It
Billy Boy Arnold - Eldorado Cadillac
Paul Delay Band - Who Will Be Next

Good Rockin' Charles - Don't Start Me To Talkin'
Aces - Cold Women
Jody Williams - Moanin' For Molasses
Bobby Bennett - When Girls Do It
Screamin' Jay Hawkins - The Whammy
Roosevelt Sykes - Bad News
Clovers - He Sure Could Hypnotize
Tommy Tucker - Hi Heel Sneakers
Buster Benton - Spider In My Stew


2 CD set

Emporio DEMPCD 006 (UK)
72000Rooster Blues Records
1980-2000 Sampler

- Fistful Of Dollars - Lonnie Shields
- Eatin' Dry Onions - Willie Cobbs
- Worried Dream - Larry Davis
- Down In The Delta - Johnson's Jazzers
- Rocking Daddy - Roosevelt "Booba" Barnes & The Playboys
- Elvira - Lonnie Pitchford
- Rollin' And Tumblin' - Carey Bell, Lurrie Bell
- I Wouldn't Lay My Guitar Down - Eddy Clearwater

- Eyesight To The Blind - Good Rockin' Charles
- Bad Avenue - Valerie Wellington
- King Of The Jungle - Eddie C. Campbell
- Give Me Back My Wig - Magic Slim
- Hummin' Blues, Pt. 1 - Big Jack Johnson
- How Much More/mama Talk To Your Daughter - Robert Walker
- Dunkin' Donut Woman - Eddie Shaw
- Can't Sleep At Night - L.C. Luckett, Johnny Rawls
- I Can't Leave You Alone - D.C. Bellamy
- James Alley Blues - Jerry Ricks
- Walkin' And Cryin' The Blues - Foree 'Guitar' Wells
notes by Jim O'Neal

Rooster CD R2637


Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Jean-Claude Arnaudon: Dictionnaire du Blues.- Paris, France (Filipacci) 1977, p 103
- Robert Ford & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1971 - 2000 [the later years].- Vancouver 2011, p. 38, 166
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- New York 1987, p. 168
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

source of left column picture: Front cover of Rooster R-7601; photographer: Dale Hoyt

 

G O O D   R O C K I N'   C H A R L E S; source: front cover of Rooster R-7601
Good Rockin' Charles
source: Front cover of Rooster R-7601
photographer: Dale Hoyt
Stefan Wirz


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