BEHIND
CLOSED DOORS
CHARLIE
RICH
SONGWRITERS: BILLY
PRESTON; BRUCE FISHER & KENNY O'DELL
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
LABEL: EPIC RECORDS
GENRE: COUNTRY
YEAR: 1973
Charles Allan Rich (December 14, 1932 – July
25, 1995) was an American country
music singer, songwriter, and musician. His
eclectic style of music was often difficult to classify, encompassing the rockabilly,
jazz, blues, country,
soul,
and gospel genres.
In
the later part of his life, Rich acquired the nickname the Silver Fox. He
is perhaps best remembered for a pair of 1973 hits, "Behind Closed Doors"
and "The Most Beautiful Girl". "The
Most Beautiful Girl" topped the U.S. country singles charts, as well as
the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles charts and earned him two Grammy Awards.
Rich was inducted into the Memphis Music Hall of Fame in 2015.
"Behind Closed Doors" is a country song written by Kenny O'Dell.
It was first recorded by Charlie Rich for his 1973 album Behind Closed Doors.
The single was
Rich's first number-one hit on the country charts, spent 20 weeks on this
chart, and was also a crossover hit on the pop charts. It was
certified Platinum by the RIAA for U.
S. sales in excess of two million copies. Background vocals were provided by
The Nashville Edition.
Rich's producer, Billy Sherrill,
encouraged O'Dell to write music for the singer. O'Dell recalled the creation of "Behind
Closed Doors" to Tom Roland in The Billboard Book of Number One Country
Hits. "It was just a title I had written down, and I had a little guitar
riff that I'd carried with me for a couple of years. The chorus was pretty much
a little deviation on that." Sherrill later changed
some lines at the end of the second verse, but some radio stations banned the
record initially as being racy.
"Behind Closed Doors" earned awards
for Song of the Year for O'Dell and Single of the Year for Rich from both the Country Music Association and the Academy of Country Music. Both
O'Dell and Rich also received a Grammy
Awards for "Behind Closed Doors: Best Country Song for O'Dell and Best Country Vocal Performance, Male for Rich. In 2003, it ranked #9 in CMT's 100 Greatest Songs in Country
Music.
My baby makes me
proud, lord don't she make me proud
She never makes a scene by hanging all over me in a crowd
'cause people like to talk, lord, how they love to talk
But when they turn out the lights, i know she'll be leaving with me
Chorus:
And when we get behind closed doors
Then she lets her hair hang down
And she makes me glad i'm a man
Oh no one knows what goes on behind closed doors.
My, behind closed
doors.
My baby makes me
smile, lord don't she make me smile
She's never too far away or too tired to say "i want you"
She's always a lady, just like a lady should be
But when they turn out the lights, she's still a baby to me.
Repeat chorus.
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