Dick Charles was the psuedonymn of both Richard Charles Krieg and Richard Charles Waldspurger. Both were known as brillant minds in the New York music industry. Their combined careers could be summed up in three parts - COMPOSER, RECORDER, and MASTER
DICK CHARLES - THE COMPOSER
Dick Charles was a prolific composer of music during the 1940s and 50s. He was perhaps best known for "Along the Navajo Trail," which was used in the movie of the same name. However, he composed far more than that classic Western song.
Compositions and Songs by Dick Charles Not a complete listing
"Mad About Him, Sad About Him, How Can I Be Glad About Him Blues" (1942) with Larry Markes
"Corns For My Country" (1944) with Leah Worth and Jean Barry
"I'm on the Level With You " (1945) with Eddie Waldman
Along the Navajo Trail" (1945) with Larry Markes and Edgar De Lange
"I Tipped My Hat and Slowly Walked Away" (1946) with Larry Markes
"A Nightingale Can Sing the Blues" (1946) with Larry Markes
"It Takes a Long, Long Train (With a Red Caboose" (1946) with Larry Markes
"Casanova Cricket " (1947) with Hoagy Carmichael and Larry Markes
"This Is My Song" (1950) - Theme song of the TV show "The Patti Page Show"
"May You Always" (1957) with Larry Markes
"As The World Turns" (1961) with Fay Tishman - used for one season as the theme song for the TV show "As The World Turns"
"The Man on the Carousel" (Unknown) with James Cavanaugh, Jack Allison and Virgil Davis
Famous Performers of Dick Charles' Songs Not a complete listing
Perry Como
Bing Crosby
Gene Autry
The Andrews Sisters
The Modernaires
Bob Eberly
The McGuire Sisters
Dinah Shore
Roy Rogers and the Sons of the Pioneers
John Neves
Peggy Lee
DICK CHARLES RECORDING
By the 1950s, Dick Charles had opened a recording studio on Seventh Avenue in New York City, a block away from Broadway. It was here that a good number of demos of up and coming stars were cut before the stars were signed by the big record labels. Here, both Dick Charles (Richard Krieg and Richard Waldspurger) worked with many famous and not quite so famous musicians and performers, such as:
Neil Diamond
Hank Davis
Carole King
Little Eva
Bill Symczak
Paul Simon
Tommy Ramone
Kay Swift
Eddie Condon
Steve Evans
Joey Rich and the Vermillions
Chuck Bene
Fred Neil
Doc Pomus
Gary Goffin
Barry Manilow
DICK CHARLES MASTERING
By the 1980s, Dick Charles (Richard Waldspurger) was running the company, now titled Dick Charles Mastering, and was considered to be one of the best in the record industry at his work. He mastered cds for many, many groups - some good, some bad - in his career, such as:
Sean Driscoll Group
Jon Kent Soleather
Jungle Brothers
Jason Wallach
Larry Levan
Carol Bayer Sager
MC Serch
Kevin McLeod
Melissa Manchester
This page is still a work in progress and was created as a tribute to my late cousin, Dick Charles Waldspurger - if you have something you would like me to add to this page or a correction to be made, pleasea href="mailto:kelimadera@sbcglobal.net">send me an email with the corrections or additions.
