Carl Belew

Carl Belew is one of a long list of performers who moved on from making small rockabilly records to country music fame as both a singer and songwriter.

His big breakthrough came when Johnnie And Jack took Belew's Stop The World (And Let Me Off) into the charts in 1958. It was covered in blistering style by Waylon Jennings for an early RCA single. Lonely Street was also a turning point for him, the ballad becoming a Top 10 hit for Andy Williams, and covered in fine style by Gene Vincent.

Strangely for such a great writer, he scored two hits with Crystal Chandeliers and Hello Out There, neither of which he penned, however other songwriting success came with Eddy Arnold's US country number 1, What's He Doing In My World? in 1965.

Two years after his death in 1990 Belew won the Music City News award for Best Song with Look At Us which became a massive hit for Vince Gill.

Carl Belew

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