Charles Wolfe

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American music producer and liner notes writer, specialized in U.S. folk music.

ALBUMS

W.L. Gregory, Clyde Davenport, Gary Gregory

The Art Of Old-Time Mountain Music

2003, HDCD, Comp, Rounder Heritage

African-American Banjo Songs From West Tennessee

2001, CD, Album, Tennessee Folklore Society, Tennessee Folklore Society

The Legendary DeFord Bailey

1998, CD, Album, Tennessee Folklore Society

The Blue Sky Boys*

In Concert 1964

Uncle Dave Macon

At Home: His Last Recordings, 1950

Work Don't Bother Me / Old Time Comic Songs From North Georgia / Original 1926 -31 Recordings

1986, LP, Comp, Rounder Records

The Kirkland Recordings - Newly Discovered Field Recordings From Tennessee and North Carolina 1937-1939

1984, LP, Tennessee Folklore Society

Looking Off Down The Road

1984, LP, Album, Old Homestead Records

The Hicks Family

A Cumberland Singing Tradition

1982, LP, Tennessee Folklore Society

Uncle Dave Macon

Laugh Your Blues Away

Gid Tanner And His Skillet Lickers*

The Kickapoo Medicine Show

1977, LP, Comp, Rounder Records

The England Brothers

Twilight In Alabama

The Traditional Years

W.L. Gregory And Clyde Davenport

Monticello: Tough Mountain Music From Southern Kentucky

1974, LP, Album, Davis Unlimited

Atomic Cafe: A Soundtrack Album

APPEARANCES +

Ethos: Son Of A Sharecropper

2023, File, WAV, Album, Blade Modus Records

Old Time Tunes & Songs 1926 - 1937

2011, CD, Comp, B.A.C.M.

Young Man With The Big Beat: The Complete '56 Elvis Presley Masters

The Good Old-Fashioned Way

Masters Of Old-Time Country Autoharp

2006, CD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways

Sam & Kirk McGee

Live: 1955-1967 - Outstanding In Their Field

2005, CD, Album, Spring Fed Records

Lonesome Hearted Blues

2005, CD, Album, Bear Family Records,

Bluegrass/Gospel

Bluegrass Express

2004, CD, Comp, Rounder Select,

Goodbye, Babylon

2003, 6xCD, Comp + Box, Dust-to-Digital

Bill Monroe With Del McCoury And Bill Keith

July 1963 · Two Days At Newport

2003, CD, Album, ... And More Bears,

Wanderin' On - The Best Of The Yodelling Ranger

2003, CD, Comp, Bear Family Records

A Stringband From Chattanooga

2003, CD, Album, Pine Breeze, ASP Records (6)

Fiddlin' Arthur Smith & His Dixieliners

Fiddlin' Arthur Smith & His Dixieliners

2002, CD, Comp, RM, County Records

Mama's Hand (Bluegrass And Mountain Songs About Mother)

2002, CD, Album, Rounder Records,

Appalachian Music/Bluegrass

The Blackwood Brothers*

2002, Box + 5xCD, Comp, Bear Family Records

The Monroe Brothers*

Just A Song Of Old Kentucky (Volume Two)

2001, CD, Comp, Rounder Select,

Country/Bluegrass/Folk

I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow Volume One

2001, CDr, Comp, Old Homestead Records

Singers And Songwriters 1980-1982

2000, 2xCD, Comp, Time Life Music, Warner Special Products,

Soft Rock/Pop Rock/Vocal/AOR

The Monroe Brothers*

What Would You Give In Exchange For Your Soul? (Volume One)

2000, CD, Comp, Rounder Select, BMG Special Products

The Carter Family

In The Shadow Of Clinch Mountain

2000, 12xCD, Comp + Box, Bear Family Records

Better Times A Comin'

2000, CD, Album, Cleff'd Ear Productions

Singers And Songwriters The 1960s

2000, 2xCD, Comp, Time Life Music, Sony Music Special Products

The Very Best Of The Kingston Trio

2000, 2xCD, Comp, Heartland Music, EMI-Capitol Music Special Markets,

Tennessee Boogie & Jersey Rock

2000, CD, Comp, RM, Westside,

Rock & Roll/Rockabilly

A Fabulous Fifties Christmas - Great Holiday Hits

2000, CD, Comp, Time Life Music, Universal Music Special Markets,

A Fabulous Fifties Christmas: Fun For The Holidays

2000, CD, Comp, Time Life Music, Sony Music Special Products,

Vocal/Easy Listening/Holiday

A Fabulous Fifties Christmas: Holiday Memories

2000, CD, Comp, Time Life Music, EMI-Capitol Music Special Markets

Rock & Roll/Pop Rock/Holiday

Singers And Songwriters 1964-1969

1999, 2xCD, Comp, Time Life Music, EMI-Capitol Music Special Markets,

Soft Rock/Pop Rock/Soul

Roy Acuff And His Smoky Mountain Boys

The RC Cola Shows Vol. 3

1999, CD, Album, RME Music, Inc.

The Hill Billies / Al Hopkins And His Buckle Busters

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order: Volume 1 (1925-1926)

1999, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2),

The Hill Billies / Al Hopkins And His Buckle Busters

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order: Volume 2 (1926-1927)

1999, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)

The Hill Billies / Al Hopkins And His Buckle Busters

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order: Volume 3 (1927-1928)

1999, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)

Times Ain't Like They Used To Be: Early American Rural Music. Classic Recordings Of The 1920’s And 30's. Vol. 4

1999, CD, Comp, RM, Yazoo

Treasures: 1964-1969

Rock & Roll/Pop Rock

Fun At The Movies

Treasures: 1970-1976

Rock & Roll/Pop Rock

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order (1926-1934)

1998, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2),

Country Blues/Country/Folk

The Carter Family

Longing For Old Virginia (Their Complete Victor Recordings 1934)

1998, CD, Comp, Rounder Records

Oscar Ford & Walter Morris

Georgia Songsters (1926-1930)

1998, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2),

Old-Time Texas Fiddler (Vintage Recordings 1922-1929)

1998, CD, Comp, County Records, County Records

My Rough And Rowdy Ways, Vol. 1

1998, CD, Comp, RM, Yazoo,

Bed By The Window

1998, CD, Album, Rounder Records

Mahalia Jackson

The Power And The Glory

1998, 2xCD, Comp, Time Life Music, Sony Music Special Products,

Treasury Of The West - Volume 1

1998, 2xCD, Comp, Sony Music Special Products, Sony Music Special Products, Sony Music Special Products, Time Life Music,

Country/Western Swing

The Carter Family

Gold Watch And Chain (Their Complete Victor Recordings 1933-1934)

The Carter Family

Last Sessions (Their Complete Victor Recordings 1934-1941)

Rock & Roll/Pop Rock

My Rough And Rowdy Ways, Vol. 2

Charlie Feathers

Get With It: Essential Recordings (1954-69)

Rock & Roll/Pop Rock

Treasures: 1960-1963

Rock & Roll/Pop Rock

Treasures: 1953-1958

The Freight Hoppers

Waiting On The Gravy Train

Appalachian Music

Gracia Divina (Himnos Y Spirituals)

Midnight On The Water

The Rose Grew Round The Briar (Early American Rural Love Songs - Vol. 1)

1997, CD, Comp, RM, Yazoo

Kessinger Brothers

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order: Volume 1 (1928-1929)

1997, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)

Kessinger Brothers

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order: Volume 2 (1929)

1997, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)

Kessinger Brothers

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order: Volume 3 (1929-1930)

1997, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)

Alfred G. Karnes, Ernest Phipps, McVay And Johnson*

Kentucky Gospel (1927-1928)

1997, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2),

1997, CD, Album, Rounder Records

The Carter Family

Give Me The Roses While I Live (Their Complete Victor Recordings 1932-1933)

Country Blues: Complete Early Recordings (1927-29)

Rock & Roll/Ballad

Times Ain't Like They Used To Be: Early American Rural Music. Classic Recordings Of The 1920’s And 30's. Vol. 1

Old-Time Music On The Air, Volume Two

1996, CD, Comp, Rounder Records

The Carter Family

Sunshine In The Shadows (Their Complete Victor Recordings 1931-1932)

The Louvin Brothers

A Tribute To The Delmore Brothers

The Louvin Brothers

The Minstrel Man From Georgia

Country Blues/Country/Musical/Vaudeville

Dry Branch Fire Squad

Stanley Brothers*

The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers

Great Country Songs

Old-Time Mountain Ballads

1995, CD, Comp, RM, County Records

Echoes Of The Ozarks Volume One

1995, CD, Comp, RM, County Records, County Records

Echoes Of The Ozarks Volume Two

1995, CD, Comp, RM, County Records, County Records

The Carter Family

Worried Man Blues (Their Complete Victor Recordings 1930)

Brother Oswald*

The Music Of Kentucky Vol. 2 (Early American Rural Classics 1927-37)

The Carter Family

When The Roses Bloom In Dixieland (Their Complete Victor Recordings 1929-1930)

Old-Time Music On The Air Volume One

1994, CD, Comp, Rounder Records,

Bluegrass 1970-1979

1994, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Comp, Bear Family Records,

The Singing Ranger Vol. 4

1994, 9xCD, Comp + Box, Bear Family Records

The Titanic - The Library Of Congress Recordings, Volume Four

Country Blues/Delta Blues/Folk

Pap Brewer With Gary Brewer (2) & The Kentucky Ramblers

Finley J. Brewer, Sr. From Roan Mountain, TN

The Whitstein Brothers

Rose Of My Heart

Country/Bluegrass

If Every Day Was Like Christmas

Rock & Roll/Ballad/Holiday

Amazing Grace - His Greatest Sacred Performances

Go Down Old Hannah - The Library Of Congress Recordings, Volume Six

Country Blues/Delta Blues/Folk

Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen - The Library Of Congress Recordings, Volume Five

Same Train - A Different Time (A Tribute To Jimmie Rodgers)

1993, CD, Album, Comp, Bear Family Records, Bear Family Records

The Carter Family

Anchored In Love (Their Complete Victor Recordings 1927-1928)

Your Hit Parade - Golden Goofers

Your Hit Parade - The '60s

Your Hit Parade - The Early '60s

White Country Blues (1926-1938 A Lighter Shade Of Blue Of Blue)

Your Hit Parade - '60s Instrumentals

Your Hit Parade - '60s Instrumentals: Take Two

The Carter Family

My Clinch Mountain Home (Their Complete Victor Recordings 1928-1929)

Wade* & Julia Mainer

In The Land Of Melody

1992, CD, Album, June Appal Recordings

Your Hit Parade 1945

Easy Listening/Big Band/Vocal/Swing

The Essential Gene Autry 1933-1946

Your Hit Parade - Into The '60s

The Louvin Brothers

Bluegrass 1959-1969

Country USA 1951

Country USA 1966

Let It Shine On Me - The Library Of Congress Recordings, Volume Three

Your Hit Parade • 1940

Easy Listening/Big Band/Vocal/Swing

Gwine Dig A Hole To Put The Devil In - The Library Of Congress Recordings, Volume Two

Your Hit Parade 1943

Easy Listening/Big Band/Vocal/Swing

Country USA 1950

Midnight Special - The Library Of Congress Recordings, Volume One

Your Hit Parade 1952

Vocal/Easy Listening

Country USA 1954

Country USA (1967)

Country USA 1955

Country/Hillbilly/Honky Tonk

Country USA 1953

Your Hit Parade 1957

Vocal/Easy Listening

Your Hit Parade 1941

Easy Listening/Big Band/Vocal/Swing

Country USA 1964

Country USA 1972

Country USA 1952

Your Hit Parade 1948

Easy Listening/Big Band/Vocal/Swing

Your Hit Parade 1942

Country USA 1956

The Fabulous Fifties - 1954-1959

1989, 6xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Time Life Music, CBS Special Products, Time Life Music, Time Life Music, Time Life Music, BMG Music, Time Life Music, Time Life Music, Time Life Music, Time Life Music, Time Life Music, CBS Special Products,

Vocal/Easy Listening/Afro-Cuban Jazz/Ballad/Country/Folk/Hawaiian/Rock & Roll

Country USA 1968

Elvis, The King: 1954-1965

Rock & Roll/Pop Rock

Country USA 1958

Country USA 1971

Country USA 1969

Country USA 1963

Your Hit Parade 1954

Vocal/Easy Listening

Country USA 1960

The Best Of The Chordettes

Vocal/Doo Wop/Barbershop

Altamont: Black Stringband Music From The Library Of Congress

Your Hit Parade 1946

Easy Listening/Big Band/Vocal/Swing

Your Hit Parade 1947

Your Hit Parade 1949

Swing/Big Band/Vocal/Easy Listening

Your Hit Parade 1953

Easy Listening/Vocal

Country USA 1965

Your Hit Parade • 1955

Vocal/Easy Listening

Country USA 1959

Old Lonesome Times (1951-56 Recordings)

1988, LP, Comp, Mono, CBS Special Products, Rounder Records

The Singing Ranger Vol.3

1988, 12xCD, Comp + Box, Bear Family Records,

Country/Gospel/Hawaiian/Holiday/Honky Tonk

The Singing Ranger Vol.2

Country USA 1962

Your Hit Parade 1950

Swing/Big Band/Vocal/Easy Listening

Your Hit Parade 1951

Swing/Big Band/Vocal/Easy Listening

Country USA 1970

Country USA 1957

Country/Rockabilly

The Yodelling Ranger

The Singing Ranger

The Thesaurus Transcriptions

Country/Holiday/Hillbilly/Hawaiian/Gospel

Country USA 1961

I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow - Volume One

1987, LP, Comp, Old Homestead Records

It's Hard to Tell the Singer From the Song

The Nashville Bluegrass Band

To Be His Child

A Legend In My Time

The Bristol Sessions

Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs* And The Foggy Mountain Quartet

You Can Feel It In Your Soul

The Honky-Tonk Years (1951-1953)

1986, LP, Comp, Mono, Rounder Records, Columbia

Hot Rod Is Her Name

1986, LP, Comp, Bear Family Records

1986, 2xLP, Comp, Mono, RE, Time Life Music

Ridin' In An Old Model T: Toddles, Wobbles, Rags & Blues

Sixty Years Of Grand Ole Opry

1986, 2x Vinyl Gatefold,

Bluegrass/Honky Tonk

The Delmore Brothers

Sand Mountain Blues

Looking Back To See

Going Steady With The Blues

1985, LP, Comp, Bear Family Records

The Greatest Country Music Recordings Of All Time Volumes 87 & 88 - Opry Legends

1985, 2xLP, Comp, Box, The Franklin Mint Record Society

The Grand Ole Opry: Great Moments

1985, 2xLP, Comp, Dar + Box, The Franklin Mint Record Society,

Legendary Singers

1985, 2xLP, Comp, Mono, EMW + Box, Time Life Music, Capitol Records,

Easy Listening/Vocal

Dee* & Delta Hicks

Ballads & Banjo Music From The Tennessee Cumberland Plateau

Bumble Bee Waltz

Legendary Singers

Easy Listening/Vocal

G.B. Grayson & Henry Whitter*

Early Classics - Volume I

1984, LP, Comp, Old Homestead Records

G.B. Grayson & Henry Whitter*

Early Classics - Volume II

1984, LP, Comp, Old Homestead Records

The Delmore Brothers

Volume II - Singing My Troubles Away

1984, LP, Comp, Old Homestead Records

The Delmore Brothers & Wayne Raney

When They Let The Hammer Down

1984, LP, Comp, Bear Family Records,

Bitter Tears (Ballads Of The American Indian) Revised Edition

The Delmore Brothers

Volume I - Weary Lonesome Blues

1983, LP, Comp, Old Homestead Records

Uncle Dave Macon

Keep My Skillet Good And Greasy

1981, LP, Comp, Club, Time Life Records, Columbia Special Products

Barbara Mandrell

1981, LP, Comp, Time Life Records

1981, LP, Comp, Time Life Records, Time Life Records

1981, LP, Comp, Time Life Records

1981, Vinyl Barcode,

Waylon Jennings

Children Of The Heav'nly King

The Statler Brothers

Country & Western Classics The Women

1979, LP, Album, June Appal Recordings,

Appalachian Music/Bluegrass/Western Swing

1978, LP, Album, Rounder Records

Tennessee: The Folk Heritage (Volume I: The Delta)

1978, LP, Comp, Tennessee Folklore Society

Old Time Songs: Original 1925-1930 Recordings

1976, LP, Comp, Davis Unlimited

Nashville - The Early String Bands Volume 2

Country/Appalachian Music

Dick Burnett And Leonard Rutherford*

A Ramblin' Reckless Hobo - The Songs Of Dick Burnett And Leonard Rutherford

1975, LP, Album, Comp, Mono, Rounder Records

Sam McGee & Bill Lowery

God Be With You Until We Meet Again (Old-Time Country Gospel Music) "Mr. Sam's" Last Session

1975, LP, Album, Davis Unlimited

Sam & Kirk McGee

Sam & Kirk McGee From Sunny Tennessee

1975, LP, Comp, Bear Family Records,

The Grand Ole Opry: Great Moments

4xCass, Comp + Box, The Franklin Mint Record Society,

The Queen Of Country Music

The Music Of Bill Monroe (From 1936 to 1994)

Nite Life: Greatest Hits & Rare Tracks (1959-1971)

Your Hit Parade 1944

Your Hit Parade 1958

Easy Listening/Vocal/Folk/Doo Wop

Your Hit Parade - The War Years

Easy Listening/Big Band/Vocal/Swing