Buddy Wayne Knox (July 20, 1933 – February 14, 1999) was an American singer-songwriter, best known for his 1957 rock and roll hit song, "Party Doll".
wife: Glenda Etheridge 1959-1972, Lee Ann Bowman, Mitzi Shelby
Early life
Knox was born on July 20, 1933, in the tiny farming community of Happy, Texas, United States, and learned to play the guitar in his youth.
In his teens, some high-school friends and he formed a band called the Rhythm Orchids. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc by the Recording Industry Association of America. This success was followed by "Rock Your Little Baby To Sleep", a number-17 hit, and "Hula Love", a number-9 hit. and toured primarily in Western Canada and upper Midwest U.S., with occasional European appearances. In 1981, he starred in an independent Canadian movie Sweet Country Road.
Personal life
Knox said the fame took a toll on his family life. Traveling 250 days a year for 35 years, he was voted "the most traveling entertainer in the world" by Billboard magazine, but he said it cost three marriages for him.
His son, Michael Knox, is a record producer.
Later life and death
In 1992, he divorced and moved to British Columbia, where he was involved in several business ventures, including a partnership in a local British Columbia nightclub.
Moving to Port Orchard, Washington, in 1997 to be with his fiancée, he experienced a fall and injured his hip. The doctor informed him at that time that he had terminal lung cancer.
Knox died on February 14, 1999, in Bremerton, Washington. He is interred in Dreamland Cemetery, in Canyon, Texas.
Discography
Compilation albums
Buddy Knox — Greatest Hits — all the Roulette and Liberty recordings
- "Party Doll" (1957, US number one, UK no. 29)
- "Storm Clouds" (1957)
- "That's Why I Cry" (1959, US number 88)
- "Hula Love" (1957, US number 12)
- "C'mon Baby" (1959)
- "All For You" (1959)
- "I Think I'm Gonna Kill Myself" (1959, US number. 55)
- "Lovey Dovey" (1961, US number 25)
- "Ling-Ting-Tong" (1961, US number 65)
- "Somebody Touched Me" (1958, US number 22)
- "Rock Your Little Baby to Sleep" (1957)
- "Cause I'm In Love" (1957)
- "Swinging Daddy" (1958, US number 80)
- "The Girl with the Golden Hair" (1959)
- "Devil Woman" (1957)
- "Mary Lou" (1957)
- "Rock House" (1957)
- "Maybelline" (1957)
- "Rock Around the Clock" (1957)
- "She's Gone" (1962, UK number 45)
- "Slippin' and Slidin'" (1962)
- "Chi-Hua-Hua" (1962)
- "Open Your Lovin' Arms" (1962)
- "Dear Abby" (1962)
- "Three Eyed Man" (1962)
- "Tomorrow is a Comin'" (1963)
- "Hitch Hike Back To Georgia" (1963)
- "I Got You" (1960)
- "I Ain't Sharin' Sharon" (1959)
- "I'm in Love With You" (1957)
- "Long Lonely Nights" (1960)
- "Good Time Girl" (1965)
- "Livin' in a House Full of Love" (1965)
- "Love Has Many Ways" (1965)
- "Teasable, Pleasable You" (1959, US number 85)
Singles
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Titles<br /><small>Both sides from same album except where indicated</small>
! colspan="4"| Chart positions
! rowspan="2"| Album
|-
! style="width:45px;"|<small>US</small>
! style="width:45px;"|<small>US R&B</small>
! style="width:45px;"|<small>CAN</small>
! style="width:45px;"|<small>UK</small>
|-
|rowspan="3"| 1957
|"Party Doll"<br /><small>b/w "My Baby's Gone" (Non-album track)</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| 1
| style="text-align:center;"| 3
| style="text-align:center;"| 17
| style="text-align:center;"| 29
|align-"left" rowspan="3"|Buddy Knox
|-
|"Rock Your Little Baby To Sleep"<br /><small>b/w "Don't Make Me Cry"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| 23
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| 12
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
|"Hula Love"<br /><small>b/w "Devil Woman"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| 12
| style="text-align:center;"| 13
| style="text-align:center;"| 3
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1958
|"Swingin' Daddy"<br /><small>b/w "Whenever I'm Lonely"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| 80
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|align="left"|Non-album tracks
|-
|"Somebody Touched Me"<br /><small>b/w "C'mon Baby"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| 22
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| 22
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|align="left" rowspan="3"|Buddy Knox & Jimmy Bowen
|-
| rowspan="4"| 1959
|"That's Why I Cry" /
| style="text-align:center;"| 88
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
|"Teasable, Pleasable You"
| style="text-align:center;"| 85
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
|"I Think I'm Gonna Kill Myself"<br /><small>b/w "To Be With You"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| 55
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|align="left" rowspan="3"|Non-album tracks
|-
|"Taste Of The Blues"<br /><small>b/w "I Ain't Sharin' Sharon"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
| rowspan="2"|1960
|"Long Lonely Nights"<br /><small>b/w "Storm Clouds"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
|"Lovey Dovey"<br /><small>b/w "I Got You" (Non-album track)</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| 25
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|align="left" rowspan="2"|Buddy Knox's Golden Hits
|-
| rowspan="2"|1961
|"Ling, Ting, Tong"<br /><small>b/w "The Kisses (They're All Mine)" (Non-album track)</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| 65
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
|"Three Eyed Man"<br /><small>b/w "All By Myself" (from Buddy Knox's Golden Hits)</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| align="left"|Non-album track
|-
| rowspan="3"|1962
|"Chi-Hua-Hua"<br /><small>b/w "Open Your Lovin' Arms"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|align="left" rowspan="2"|Buddy Knox's Golden Hits
|-
|"She's Gone"<br /><small>b/w "Now There's Only Me" (Non-album track)</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| 45
|-
|"Three Way Love Affair"<br /><small>b/w "Dear Abby" (from Buddy Knox's Golden Hits)</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|align="left" rowspan="9"|Non-album tracks
|-
| rowspan="2"|1963
|"Tomorrow Is A Comin'"<br /><small>b/w "Shadaroom"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
|"Thanks A Lot"<br /><small>b/w "Hitchhike Back To Georgia"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
|rowspan="2"|1964
|"Good Lovin'"<br /><small>b/w "All Time Loser"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
|"Jo Ann"<br /><small>b/w "Don't Make A Ripple"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
| rowspan="2"|1965
|"Good Time Girl"<br /><small>b/w "Livin' In A House Full Of Love"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
|"A Lover's Question"<br /><small>b/w "You Said Goodbye"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
| rowspan="2"|1966
|"That Don't Do Me No Good"<br /><small>b/w "A White Sport Coat (and A Pink Carnation)"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
|"Sixteen Feet Of Patio"<br /><small>b/w "Love Has Many Ways"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
| rowspan="2"|1968
|"Gypsy Man"<sup>A</sup><br /><small>b/w "This Time Tomorrow"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|align="left" rowspan="2"|Gypsy Man
|-
|"Today My Sleepless Nights Came Back To Town"<br /><small>b/w "A Million Years Or So"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
| rowspan="2"|1969
|"God Knows I Love You"<br /><small>b/w "Night Runners" (from Gypsy Man)</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|align="left" rowspan="5"|Non-album tracks
|-
|"Salt Lake City"<br /><small>b/w "I'm Only Rockin'"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
| rowspan="2"|1970
|"Back To New Orleans"<br /><small>b/w "Yesterday Is Gone"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
|"Glory Train"<br /><small>b/w "White Dove"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
| 1971
|"Travelin' Light"<br /><small>b/w "Come Softly To Me"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
|}
- <sup>A</sup>"Gypsy Man" peaked at number 64 on a Billboard country chart
References
External links
- Rockabilly Hall page
- [ Allmusic]