Time: 35:55
Size: 82.2 MB
Styles: Country, Big band
Year: 1965/2015
Art: Front
[2:25] 1. Night Life
[3:56] 2. One For My Baby
[2:58] 3. Crazy
[2:11] 4. Look Down That Lonesome Road
[2:33] 5. I Gotta Have My Baby Back
[3:36] 6. Midnight Sun
[2:30] 7. The Lady Of The House
[3:36] 8. Skylark
[2:47] 9. I Miss You So
[3:08] 10. Don't Take Your Love From Me
[3:24] 11. St. James Infirmory
[2:46] 12. The Party's Over
Rusty Draper was a singer, a showman and a star, a country- and pop-music workhorse who scored gold records and made dozens of albums during a career that spanned more than three decades and made him a familiar name in glitzy show-biz circles of the time. But at home in little North Bend, where he and his wife lived for more than 30 years, Rusty Draper was just a quiet, modest resident who abhorred ostentatiousness and would just as soon shoot a round of golf and strum his guitar than sign autographs.
Mr. Draper, best known for 1950s and 1960s country hits "Gambler's Guitar," "Shifting Whispering Sands" and "Night Life," died of pneumonia Friday (March 28) at Overlake Hospital Medical Center in Bellevue after a 20-year battle with heart disease, strokes and most recently throat cancer, which stole his famous voice. He was 80.
"He was much bigger than he ever thought he was," said Fay Draper of North Bend, his wife of 38 years and manager of 36. "He was a very humble man. You couldn't get him to talk about himself as a rule. But he was booked at least three or four years ahead of time."
Born Farrell Draper in Kirksville, Mo., on Jan. 25, 1923, Mr. Draper was already singing and strumming on the radio by age 12, his thick head of red hair lending him his stage name. As a teen he sang his way through Oklahoma, Iowa and Illinois before ending up in San Francisco. There he landed gigs as master of ceremonies and singer at up-and-coming music clubs. ~Ian Ith
Mr. Draper, best known for 1950s and 1960s country hits "Gambler's Guitar," "Shifting Whispering Sands" and "Night Life," died of pneumonia Friday (March 28) at Overlake Hospital Medical Center in Bellevue after a 20-year battle with heart disease, strokes and most recently throat cancer, which stole his famous voice. He was 80.
"He was much bigger than he ever thought he was," said Fay Draper of North Bend, his wife of 38 years and manager of 36. "He was a very humble man. You couldn't get him to talk about himself as a rule. But he was booked at least three or four years ahead of time."
Born Farrell Draper in Kirksville, Mo., on Jan. 25, 1923, Mr. Draper was already singing and strumming on the radio by age 12, his thick head of red hair lending him his stage name. As a teen he sang his way through Oklahoma, Iowa and Illinois before ending up in San Francisco. There he landed gigs as master of ceremonies and singer at up-and-coming music clubs. ~Ian Ith
Sings Night Life
really enjoyed this, thsnks!
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