Charlie Rich: The Man And His Career
Martin Hawkins, Country Music People, May 1975
CHARLIE RICH was twenty-three when he travelled to West Memphis to try his luck as a professional musician. Subsequently he moved his base of operations to Memphis and then to Nashville, but until his very recent move back to Memphis he has had his family settled in Benton, Arkansas, near the capital and only large city, Little Rock.
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