Buddy Starcher

Buddy Starcher
Birth name Oby Edgar Starcher
Born (1906-03-16)March 16, 1906
Origin Ripley, West Virginia
Died November 2, 2001(2001-11-02) (aged 95)
Genres Country
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter
Years active 1946-1967
Labels 4 Star, Boone

Buddy Starcher (born Oby Edgar Starcher; 16 March 1906, Ripley, West Virginia — died 2 November 2001, Harrisonburg, Virginia) was an American country singer whose first record releases were in 1946,[1] although he had been performing since his teens, often billed as "The Boy from Down Home".[2]

He starred on his own show on WCHS-TV from 1960 to 1966, and ran a record label named B.E.S. (for his initials) during this time.[3] However, he is best known for his spoken word recording entitled "History Repeats Itself", written with Minnie Pearl. Originally released on his own label in 1965,[4] it was re-released on the larger and better distributed Boone Records in 1966. The track recounts uncanny similarities between the assassinations of Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy, accompanied by a musical background featuring "Battle Hymn of the Republic" and "America the Beautiful".[5]

The re-released single hit No. 39 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart[6] and the album of the same name from which it was drawn peaked at No. 37 on the U.S. Country Albums chart.[7]

His wife, Mary Ann Starcher (nee Estes), was also a musician and often appeared with him on his television show.[8]

Discography

Albums

Year Album US Country Label
1962 Buddy Starcher and His Mountain Guitar Starday
1966 History Repeats Itself 37 Decca
1967 Just Buddy and His Guitar No. 1 Bluebonnet
Country Soul and Inspiration Heartwarming
1986 Me and My Guitar (Bootleg Re-issue of 1967 album for Bluebonnet) Old Homestead

Singles

Year Single Chart Positions Album
US Country US
[9]
1949 "I'll Still Write Your Name in the Sand" 8 single only
1966 "History Repeats Itself" 2 39 History Repeats Itself
"Day of Decision" 131

References

  1. http://countrydiscography.blogspot.co.uk/2009/11/buddy-starcher.html
  2. The Encyclopedia of Country Music, 2nd edn, Oxford University Press 2012
  3. http://www.45cat.com/label/bes
  4. http://www.45cat.com/record/nc081590us
  5. Wolk, Douglas (2009-04-20). "Flukes of the Universe". Slate. Retrieved 2015-01-09.
  6. Joel Whitburn, The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits. 7th edn, 2000
  7. Buddy Starcher at Allmusic.com
  8. Ivan Tribe, Mountaineer Jamboree: Country Music in West Virginia, 1996
  9. Whitburn, Joel (2011). Top Pop Singles 1955–2010. Record Research, Inc. p. 848. ISBN 0-89820-188-8.
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