It’s a song by Charlie Rich who is more known as a country artist and his 1970s hits “Behind Closed Doors” and “The Most Beautiful Girl” off of his album Behind Closed Doors. This is not like Rich’s other hits but it’s a good song.
I first heard about this song when I read The Beatles were listening to this song when they met Elvis and Elvis had it on his jukebox when they all met. The song peaked at #21 in the Billboard 100 in 1966. The song became a hit, ending up in the top 30 on the pop charts.
Charlie played piano on Sun Records in the late 1950s and early 1960s, and then signed with Grove records…after that, he signed with Smash records and this was his first release on that label.
The song was written by Dallas Frazier who also wrote “Elvira”…the song that the Oak Ridge Boys made famous.
Mohair Sam
Tearin’ up chicks with the message that he lays down
Who is the coolest guy, what is, what am?
That’s fast-talkin’ – slow walkin’ – good-lookin’ Mohair Sam
Screamin’ and shoutin’ he’s got ’em all waitin’ in line
Who is the coolest guy, what is, what am?
That’s fast-talkin’ – slow walkin’ – good-lookin’ Mohair Sam
Tearin’ up chicks with the message that he lays down
Who is the coolest guy, what is, what am?
That’s fast-talkin’ – slow walkin’ – good-lookin’ Mohair Sam
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Never heard that one before. He had quite a recognizable voice. I liked “Most Beautiful Girl In The World” , still would I guess, haven’t heard it for a long time!
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I only knew this one because of the documentaries I’ve seen of the Beatles…its a cool sixties song though
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The old Sun Charlie Rich was great stuff. It was good to see him have the great success in the early 70’s but that stuff wasn’t his best work. A great talent.
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It took me forever to remember the name of this song last night. Age is catching up I guess lol.
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It almost sounds like a duck quack in there but it’s some kind of saxophone sound? It’s got a funkiness to it I like.
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I think it is a saxophone….thats what it kinda sounds like anyway…it’s mixed farther back
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What do you mean, mixed farther back?
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What I mean it’s lower in the mix…in other words…the opposite would be like a solo on a song…it would be loud…in this case when they mixed the song they mixed it with the saxaphone at a lower volume.
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Sam Phillps always said of Charlie that he could sing in any style requested of him. One of our favourites.
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I remember he was really popular here in Nashville in the 1970s
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