Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Cliff Butler and the Lovers on Frantic


Cliff Butler and the Lovers

CP-1870 - I Can't Believe
J.Sanders – G.Smith, San-Gor BMI


CP-1869 - Everybody Needs Somebody
C. Coleman – C. Butler, Alexander, BMI


Frantic 801
Louisville, Kentucky
1959



The Frantic label was probably owned by WAKY deejay Jack Sanders.



Cliff Butler was born on October 17, 1922, in Louisville, Kentucky.

 His early experience in music was with one of the many jug bands that made their home in Louisville. After serving in the Army Air Corps in World War II, he returned to his hometown and organized his first band to back his singing. His first recordings were with the Three Notes, for Signature (1948), followed by recordings for King (1949). 

Through the mid-fifties Cliff and his trio played at Louisville nightspots like The Neon, The Silver Dollar Bar and The El Rancho.  In thelate fifties he became a deejay for WLOU in Louisville, Kentucky.

After turning to the ministry in the early sixties, he continued to broadcast on local radio and recorded several gospel albums. He died in 1981.


Further reading :I've Got A Mind To Ramble : Remembering Cliff Butler  by Keith S. Clements




1 comment:

  1. While I was living in Ky,i befriended Cliff's nephew Sam.....he gave me a few of his 45's including this one.....seems a good portion of his later pieces sold well locally.....His stuff on States in the early 50's seemed to do a little better

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