Champagne Charlie (album)

Champagne Charlie
Studio album by Leon Redbone
Released	1978
Studio	Regent Sound Studios, NYC
Genre	Ragtime, blues[1]
Length	31:50
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Joel Dorn
Leon Redbone chronology
Double Time (1977) Champagne Charlie (1978) From Branch to Branch (1981)
Music video
Leon Redbone- Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now) on YouTube

Champagne Charlie is an album by Leon Redbone, released in 1978.^[1][2] It peaked at No. 163 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart.^[3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
MusicHound Folk: The Essential Album Guide	[4]

The Lincoln Journal Star wrote that Redbone's "voice buzzes along like a somnolent bee crooning an after dinner song."^[5]

Track listing

LP side A:

1. "Champagne Charlie" (Alfred Lee, George Leybourne) – 2:52
2. "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" (Sidney Clare, Sam Stept) – 2:52
3. "Sweet Sue, Just You" (Will Harris, Victor Young) – 2:41
4. "The One Rose (That's Left in My Heart)" (Del Lyon, Lani McIntire) – 4:32
5. "Alabama Jubilee" (George L. Cobb, Jack Yellen) – 1:42

LP side B:

1. "Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now)" (Milton Ager, Jack Yellen) – 3:15
2. "Yearning (Just for You)" (Joe Burke, Benny Davis) – 2:48
3. "If Someone Would Only Love Me" (Jelly Roll Morton) – 3:31
4. "I Hate a Man Like You" (Morton) – 3:41
5. "T.B. Blues" (Jimmie Rodgers) – 3:56^[1]

Personnel

Musicians

• Leon Redbone – vocals, guitar
• Ken Whiteley – banjo, washboard
• Eddie Davis – drums
• George Marge – ocarina
• Leon McAuliffe – pedal steel guitar
• Eurreal Montgomery – piano
• Sammy Price – piano
• Jonathan Dorn – tuba
• Dennis Drury – trombone
• Tom Evans – clarinet
• Chris Whiteley – trumpet, bass
• Vince Giordano – tuba, bass sax
• Julien Barber – violin
• Selwart Clarke – viola
• Kathryn Kienke – violin
• Regis Landiorio – violin
• Kermit Moore – cello
• William S. Fischer – strings

Technical

• Joel Dorn – producer
• Kathy Tufaro – assistant producer
• Hal Willner – associate producer
• John Cabalka – art direction

References

1. "Champagne Charlie - Leon Redbone | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
2. Aregood, Richard (25 Aug 1978). "Tongue-In-Cheek". Philadelphia Daily News. p. 42.
3. "Leon Redbone". Billboard. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
4. MusicHound Folk: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1998. p. 656.
5. Becker, Bart (30 Aug 1978). "Short Takes". Lincoln Journal Star. p. 8.