Charlie Gore

Largely forgotten by the American country audience, this songwriter and recording artist from the '50s and '60s was one of many country players who smoothly blended the traditional sounds with rock & roll and a seasoning of country blues, sometimes getting labeled as a rockabilly artist in the process. He worked largely out of the Midwestern Appalachian axis of Indiana, West Virginia, and Ohio, appearing on several different radio and television series devoted to country music such as the Indiana Hoedown and the Cincinnati Hayride. On the latter program he led a group called C...