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Charles Edward Daniels (born October 28, 1936 in Wilmington, North Carolina) is an American country music, Southern rock, and jazz singer, fiddler, and guitarist. Daniels began writing and performing in the 1950s. In 1964, Daniels wrote a song called “It Hurts Me” which Elvis Presley recorded. He worked as a session musician, including playing on three Bob Dylan albums during 1969 and 1970. Daniels recorded his first solo album, Charlie Daniels, in 1970. His first hit, the novelty song “Uneasy Rider”, came off his 1972 second album, Honey in the Rock, and reached #9 on the Billboard Hot 100.

In 1974, Daniels organized the first in a series of Volunteer Jam concerts based in or around Nashville, Tennessee. Except for a three-year gap in the late 1980s, these have continued ever since.

In 1975, he had a top 30 hit as leader of the Charlie Daniels Band with the Southern rock self-identification anthem “The South’s Gonna Do It Again”. “Long Haired Country Boy” was also a minor hit in that year.

Daniels won the Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal Performance in 1979 for “The Devil Went Down to Georgia”, which reached #3 on the charts.

Subsequent Daniels pop hits included “In America” (#11 in 1980), “The Legend of Wooley Swamp” (#31 in 1980), and “Still in Saigon” (#22 in 1982).

In the late 1980s and 1990s several of Daniels’ albums and singles were hits on the country charts. Daniels also released several gospel and Christian records.

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  • BMWPRETTY

    I Love this tune! I was visiting my cousin back in the day, Back East, I live in San Diego California and well back then County was big but being on the East Coast was Great!

    7 Oct 2012 Reply
  • igorgeneration

    The South's Gonna Do It Again <3

    5 Sep 2012 Reply
  • lottadogs

    the flip side, of the 45 of uneasy rider was?.. funky junky...

    28 Jan 2012 Reply
  • moonmadness-

    he's very good musician.i love him. I'll listen to anywhere nice. but he very nationalist.

    23 Jul 2011 Reply
  • lanathel

    he's da man

    19 Dec 2010 Reply
  • ktg123

    Charlie is playing at Six Flags Great Adventure with Billy Ray Cyrus, Lee Greenwood and some others tomorrow. I can't wait to see all of them in concert and the best part is the concert is free with park entry. Is anyone else going?

    15 Aug 2009 Reply
  • pinetree99

    He's playing BamaJam this year, anyone going? http://www.last.fm/event/1011662

    30 May 2009 Reply
  • BluesRok

    Feel free to check and join the Country Artist of the Week group. Members vote for their favorite country artists to become the group's "Country Artist of the Week".

    31 Mar 2009 Reply
  • Lissof_leuf

    I'll take another toke... !!!!!

    27 Feb 2009 Reply
  • Lissof_leuf

    Leave this longhaired country boy,,,,ALONE !!!!

    27 Feb 2009 Reply
  • therealjayz

    hell yeah the bearded fatman is charlie!!!

    16 Dec 2008 Reply
  • rafcosford

    forget rap, this type of storytelling is classic, a proper story & funny.

    29 Nov 2008 Reply
  • GusLL

    one my four favorite bands/musical groups. he's the best.

    24 Aug 2008 Reply
  • helmville

    Charlie Daniels High Lonesome

    24 Aug 2008 Reply
  • phairphan

    Santa!!! Oh...wait...

    16 Aug 2008 Reply
  • Suaveness

    why no more shouts for him :( he's quite awesome! :)

    29 May 2008 Reply