Claude Gray
Claude Gray (born January 26, 1932 in Henderson, Texas) is an American country music singer-songwriter and guitar picker best known for his 1960 hit "Family Bible," which has been covered by many different artists. Gray's other hit, "I'll Just Have Another Cup Of Coffee," was covered and rearranged by Jamaican reggae singer-songwriter Bob Marley, who retitled the song as "One Cup Of Coffee."
Alongside artists such as Ray Price, Jim Reeves, Eddy Arnold, Don Gibson and Chet Atkins, Gray was a purveyor of the Nashville sound, embracing the Countrypolitan movement which paved the way for pop-oriented singers in country music and attracted new audiences to the genre.
Early life
Gray started his singing career while attending High School in his hometown of Henderson, Texas. After school, he served in the United States Navy from 1950 to 1954. Upon his return to home, he worked as a salesman for the rest of the decade. He began a recording career in 1959, after working as a radio announcer in Kilgore, Texas, and performing as a disc jockey in Meridian, Mississippi.
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Claude Gray
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- The Golden Age of American Popular Music: The Country Hits released: 2008
- Road Music: 23 Truckin' Hits released: 2004
- Classic Country: The '60s: Treasures released: 2000
- Truckin' On released: 1997
- Country USA: 1960 released: 1989
- 16 greatest truck driver hits released: 1987
- Hey! Look What I Found, Volume 6 released:
- On the Road Again: 20 Great Truck Drivin' Hits released:
The Golden Age of American Popular Music: The Country Hits
Released 2008- Honky Tonk Man
- Fraulein
- Caribbean
- Don't Take Your Guns to Town
- Why I'm Walkin'
- Geisha Girl
- I Can't Stop Loving You
- Alone With You
- A Fallen Star
- Invitation to the Blues
- Tender Years
- Blue Boy
- Mom and Dad's Waltz
- Tennessee Stud
- My Last Date (with You)
- San Antonio Rose
- Don't Worry
- I'll Have Another Cup of Coffee (Then I'll Go)
- The Comancheros
- She's Got You
- Shame on Me
- If a Woman Answers (Hang Up the Phone)
- Three Hearts in a Tangle
- Wings of a Dove
- Saginaw, Michigan
- Mama Sang a Song
- The Tip of My Fingers
- I've Been Everywhere
Road Music: 23 Truckin' Hits
Released 2004- Teddy Bear
- Six Days on the Road
- Girl on the Billboard
- Passing Zone Blues
- Truck Driving Son of a Gun
- Convoy
- Give Me Forty Acres to Turn This Rig Around
- White Knight
- Looking at the World Through a Windshield
- Giddyup Go Answer
- Truck Drivin' Queen
- Giddyup Go
- Endless Black Ribbon
- C.B. Savage
- Truck Drivin' Man
- Overloaded Diesel
- Pinball Machine
- Phantom 309
- Truck Driver's Prayer
- How Fast Them Trucks Can Go
- Widowmaker
- Little Joe
- Freightliner Fever
Classic Country: The '60s: Treasures
Released 2000- Buckaroo
- Truck Drivin' Son-Of-A-Gun
- You're the Reason
- I'll Just Have a Cup of Coffee (Then I'll Go)
- Put It Off Until Tomorrow
- Ribbon of Darkness
- Don't Go Near the Indians
- 10 Little Bottles
- Pop a Top
- Lonely Weekends
- In the Middle of a Heartache
- Waltz Across Texas
- Until My Dreams Come True
- Night Life
- Yesterday, When I Was Young
Truckin' On
Released 1997- Six Days on the Road
- Teddy Bear
- Give Me Forty Acres
- Wolverton Mountain
- A Dime at a Time
- King of the Open Road
- The Bridge Washed Out
- Kansas City
- Truck Driver's Prayer
- How Far to Little Rock
- Girl on the Billboard
- Truck Driver's Queen
- The Gear Jammer and the Hobo
- Looking at the World Through a Windshield
- Movin' On
- 18 Wheels Hummin' Home Sweet Home
- Tombstone Every Mile
- How Fast Them Trucks Can Go
- Truck Drivin' Son of a Gun
- Cross the Brazos at Waco
- One is a Lonely Number
- Passing Zone Blues
- 40 Miles of Bad Road
- Little Joe
- Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Old Oak Tree
- Wheels a 'Turning
Country USA: 1960
Released 1989- One More Time
- Alabam
- No Love Have I
- Left to Right
- Another
- Excuse Me (I Think I've Got a Heartache)
- A Six Pack to Go
- Miller's Cave
- I Missed Me
- Just One Time
- Your Old Used to Be
- Family Bible
- Wishful Thinking
- North to Alaska
- Honky Tonk Girl
- Fallen Angel
- Big Iron
- Let's Think About Living
- Hot Rod Lincoln
- Above and Beyond
- Wings of a Dove
- Please Help Me, I'm Falling
- (I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too
- Last Date
16 greatest truck driver hits
Released 1987- How Fast Them Trucks Can Go
- Give Me Forty Acres
- Woman Behind the Man Behind the Wheel
- Gear Shiftin'
- Widow Maker
- Rollin' on Rubber Wheels
- Tombstone Every Mile
- Truck Drivin' Man
- Girl on the Billboard
- Remington Ride
- That's Truck Drivin'
- Diesel Smoke & Dangerous Curves
- Truck Driver's Queen
- Radar Blues
- Big Footed Dan
- Convoy
Hey! Look What I Found, Volume 6
- Got a Match
- Tell Him No
- It's Late
- Paradise
- Look for a Star
- Nicotine
- Top Forty, News, Weather and Sports
- Green Grass of Texas
- I'll Just Have Another Cup of Coffee (Then I'll Go)
- Princess
- Little Reuben
- Turn Around, Look at Me
- Theme From Ben Casey
- I'll Remember
- Baby Sittin' Boogie
- Rainbow at Midnight
- The Lone Teen Ranger
- Greyhound
- Tamoure'
- Scarlett O'Hara
- Teenage Cleopatra
- She's the One
- Maybe
- Make Believe
- Tennessee Bird Walk
- Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
- Big Time Operator
On the Road Again: 20 Great Truck Drivin' Hits
- Six Days on the Road
- I'm a Truck
- Give Me Forty Acres
- C.B. Savage
- Endless Black Ribbon
- 40 Miles of Bad Road
- Man Behind the Wheel
- How Fast Them Trucks Can Go
- Widow Maker
- California Turn Arounds
- Looking at the World Thru a Windshield
- Gear Jammer & the Hobo
- Roll, Truck, Roll
- Truck Driver's Queen
- Passing Zone Blues
- Truck Stop Cutie
- Wheres the Truck
- Rolaids, Doan's Pills & Preparation H
- Jackson
- Convoy
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Killswitch
by: Colette CarrLights-lights-lights back-back-back on
Lights-lights-light o-o-o-on
I'm tangled up, no strings attached
You gave your heart, but now I think you want it back
You are my ocean and the tide
It's little wonder why, I'm drownin' in your eyes
The powers out, we lost it all
I'm fallin' hard, you pulled the rug and watched me fall
Now you're dropping coals, I think we're breakin' up
Got my love on stand-by
Why'd you hit the killswitch on my hear-ar-art
Circuit break the love we had to star-ar-art
Why'd you click the killswitch on my hear-ar-art
Can you turn my lights back on?
Turn my lights-lights back-back o-o-on o-o-on
Lights-lights-lights back-back on
Lights-lights-lights o-o-on o-o-on
You've blown a fuse, I see the smoke
Your love, my life, I think you made a mess of both
Electricity is what we know
I chase the life that you just never show
Why'd you hit the killswitch on my hear-ar-art
Circuit break the love we had to star-ar-art
Why'd you click the killswitch on my hear-ar-art
Can you turn my lights back on?
Turn my lights-lights back-back o-o-on o-o-on
Lights-lights-lights back-back on
Lights-lights-lights o-o-on o-o-on
Lights-lights-lights back-back on
Lights-lights-lights o-o-on o-o-on
Click the- click the killswitch on my hear-ar-art
Click the- click the killswitch
Click the- click the killswitch
Shut me down, let the power go out
Shut me down, let the power go out
Shut me down, let the power go out
Power go out, power go out
Shut me down, let the power go out
Shut me down, let the power go out
Out, out, out
Why'd you hit the killswitch on my hear-ar-art
Circuit break the love we had to star-ar-art
Why'd you click the killswitch on my hear-ar-art
Can you turn my lights back on?
Turn my lights-lights back-back o-o-on o-o-on
Lights-lights-lights back-back
Why'd you click the killswitch on- click the killswitch on
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