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Danny O'Keefe

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  • Active: '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s, 2000s
  • Genres: Rock
  • Instrument: Vocals, Guitar
  • Representative Albums: "Classics," "Breezy Stories," "So Long Harry Truman"
  • Representative Songs: "Good Time Charlie's Got the B," "Magdalena," "All My Friends"

Biography

Most closely associated with his 1972 Top Ten entry "Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues," singer/songwriter Danny O'Keefe was born and raised in Spokane, WA, beginning his performing career on the Minnesota coffeehouse circuit of the mid-'60s. Through Buffalo Springfield manager Charles Greene, he landed a telephone audition with Atlantic Records honcho Ahmet Ertegun, signing with the label's Cotillion imprint to issue his self-titled 1971 debut LP. The follow-up, 1972's O'Keefe, yielded his lone hit, "Good Time Charlie," later covered by Elvis Presley and many others. Although 1973's Breezy Stories failed to capitalize on the commercial success of its predecessor, it did generate two of O'Keefe's best-known compositions, "Magdalena" and "Angel Spread Your Wings" (covered by Leo Sayer and Judy Collins, respectively). Following 1975's So Long Harry Truman, he jumped to Warner Bros. to issue 1977's American Roulette. Around this time, O'Keefe played a series of charity concerts for environmental causes, with his efforts culminating two decades later with the formation of his Songbird Foundation, a group dedicated to the protection of songbirds harmed by aggressive coffee-growing practices in Latin America. In 1984, he also founded his own record label, Coldwater, to release The Day to Day; Runnin' From the Devil, his first new studio album in well over a decade, appeared in early 2000. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide
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Danny O'Keefe is a U.S. based singer-songwriter, born in Spokane, Washington, in 1943. O'Keefe's musical career has spanned four decades from his early days playing in the Minnesota coffee houses to his present station in the Seattle area. He is still very active both in the recording studio and on stage.

Career

O'Keefe is best known for his only hit single "Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues" which reached #9 in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart), and for "The Road", covered by Jackson Browne on his album Running on Empty. "Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues" stayed on the Billboard chart for 14 weeks, and sold a million copies in several months.[1] The gramophone record's sales culminated in a gold disc issued by the R.I.A.A. in June 1973.[1]

O'Keefe's unique lyrical style and haunting melodies earned him a reputation as an important songwriters of his genre.[2] He co-wrote the environmental movement anthem, "Well Well Well", with Bob Dylan.[3]

In concert with his music and through his organization The Songbird Foundation, O'Keefe has been active in the environmental field, helping to develop public awareness of the effect that indiscriminate coffee-growing techniques have on the songbird population.

O'Keefe's songs have been covered by numerous musicians, including Jackson Browne ("The Road"), Elvis Presley, Judy Collins, Leon Russell, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Jimmy Buffett, Alison Krauss, Ben Harper, Cab Calloway, Mark Almond, and others.

Discography

  • 1971 - Danny O'Keefe - Cotillion Records - Produced by Ahmet Ertegün
  • 1972 - O'Keefe - Signpost/Atlantic Records - Produced by Arif Mardin Contains the top-ten hit "Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues"
  • 1973 - Breezy Stories - Atlantic Records - Produced by Arif Mardin Contains the single "Angel Spread Your Wings"
  • 1975 - So Long Harry Truman - Atlantic Records - Produced by John Boylan Contained the single "Quits"
  • 1977 - American Roulette - Warner Bros. Records - Produced by John Court and Kenny Vance
  • 1979 - The Global Blues - Warner Bros. Records - Produced by Jay Lewis and Danny O'Keefe
  • 1984 - The Day To Day - Coldwater Records - Produced by Mathew McCauley and Tony Peluso. Contained the singles "Along for the Ride" and "Someday". Both singles charted in the "20's" in AC charts
  • 1989 - Redux - Beachwood/Chameleon Records - (this is a re-release of The Day To Day with a new title and two new songs). Contained the singles "Along for the Ride" and "Someday". Both singles charted on AOR charts in the 20's. VH1 played the video of "Along for the Ride"
  • 2000 - Runnin' From the Devil - Miramar Records - January 25, 2000
  • 2003 - Don't Ask w/Bill Braun - Produced by Bill Braun. All songs written and performed by Danny O'Keefe and Bill Braun
  • 2008 - In Time - Bicamerical Songs - Produced by Mick Conley

References

  1. ^ a b Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2nd ed.). London: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. p. 318. ISBN 0-214-20512-6. 
  2. ^ Nytimes.com
  3. ^ Billboard.com - Discography - Danny O'Keefe - Danny's Best 1970-2000: Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues

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