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CHARLIE ALLEN

About Me


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Bristol, Tennessee, is a town best known today for its motor speedway. But, historically, its real claim to fame is as the birthplace of modern Country music. For it was there that Ralph Peer first recorded The Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers - creating what is today known as the “Big Bang” of Country music. Charlie Allen was born there into a family steeped in Country music. Allen’s mother, Louise Bouton was a regular on WCYB radio’s “Fun and Farm Time,” and she is a member of the Bristol Hall of Fame. His father, Charles D. Bouton, was an artist manager.

Singing and performing was the family business, and Allen and his brothers, William and Robert, learned from the best. Just as some mothers give their child a toy to play with, Allen’s mom gave him a broom, and taught him to pretend that it was a microphone. Eventually, he would learn to play the guitar, piano, steel guitar and drums. When most of his friends were getting on a school bus, Allen was getting on a tour bus.

Allen’s uncle, Jim Harless, was also in the music business in Ft. Worth, Texas. It was there, at age seven, that Allen began to hone his skills as a singer and performer with his family at the legendary Panther Hall. The stage was his classroom, and his teachers were the pillars of Country music; Loretta Lynn, Hank Williams, Jr., Waylon Jennings, and Jerry Lee Lewis, are just a few of the touring performers that Allen fronted for, and worked with. It was during this time that Allen signed his first recording contract with Decca Records.

By age fifteen, Allen was fronting his own group, The Bouton Brothers. They appeared on various television shows in the Bristol and Kingsport area, opening for the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Charley Pride and others. He also hosted his own television show, sponsored by Martha White.

Later on, Allen was signed to Parc Records, an independent label and publishing company with offices in Orlando, Florida, and Nashville. Parc, and their affiliate, Parc Studios, boasted a stellar list of clients such as The Backstreet Boys, ‘N Snyc, Britney Spears, and Mariah Carey, among others. Commuting between Nashville and Orlando, Allen wrote and recorded many songs, including “Better Said Than Done,” co-written with Earl Thomas Conley. That song garnered Allen his first critical acclaim from Music Row’s toughest critic, Robert K. Oermann, who has been an ardent supporter of Allen ever since. He also made fans of the nationally syndicated radio show hosts, John Boy and Billy, who had this to say: “We believe that Charlie is destined for stardom. He has a heart as big as Tennessee and a voice to match it.”

Allen’s latest CD, That Was Then, This Is Now, on River Run Records, was released on June 17, 2008. Three singles, “See If I Care,” “I Did This To Me” and “Can’t Take Him Out of Me” have paved the way for the CD, and Allen has just released his latest single, “Why Ask Why.”

In a recent interview, Allen summed his career up: “When you write a song – especially when you have a ‘hook’ that speaks to people’s hearts, well, that’s the thing that keeps you going.” It is this real and genuine down-to-earth attitude, coupled with a phenomenal talent, that will keep Charlie Allen’s voice on the radio for a long time to come.

Media contact: Clif Doyal, CDA Promotions-Nashville
Phone: 615.319.1863 E-mail: [email protected]

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 23/05/2006
Band Website: http://www.riverrunrecords.com
Band Members: CHARLIE ALLEN- Lead Vocals, Rhthym Guitar

JIMMY GUNN- Drums
STEVE GRISHAM- Lead Guitar
CHARLIE HARRISON- Bass
BARRY LEDERE- Key Board
BRIAN GOODPASTER- Steel and Fiddle
RACHELE- Background Vocals
JENNIFER ZUFFINETTI- Background Vocals

Influences: Skynyrd, Hank Williams, Hank Williams Jr.,Marty Robbins, Merle Haggard, Joe Stampley,Charley Pride, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson
Sounds Like:

Radio Request Lines

ALASKA
Anchorage - KRUP 99.1 FM Request Line: (907)842-2333
Anchorage - KBRJ 104.1 FM Request Line: (907)344-1041

ALABAMA
Birmingham - WDXB 102.5 the Bull FM Request Line: (205) 323-1025
Dothan - WTVY FM Request Line 800-342-3695
Mobile - WKSJ 94.9 FM Request Line: (334) 770-9536
Greenville - WQZX 94.3 FM Request Line: (334) 382-6633
Montgomery - WLWI 92.3 FM Request Line: (334)860-9200

ARIZONA
Phoenix - KMLE Country 108 FM Request Line: (602) 260-0108
Phoenix - KNIX 102.5 FM KNIX Country Request Line: (602) 260-5649
Tucson - KiiM FM 99.5 Request Line: (520) 880-KiiM (5446)

ARKANSAS
Little Rock - KSSN 96 FM Request Line: (501) 433-0960

CALIFORNIA
Bakersfield - KUZZ AM 55 FM 107.9 Request Line: (661) 842-5555
Fresno - KSKS 93.7 FM Request Line: (559) 247-5000 or 1-800-767-KISS (5477)
Los Angeles - KZLA 93.9 FM Request Line: (800) 977-1939
Modesto-Stockton - KATM FM 103 Cat Country Request Lines: Modesto: (209) 766-5103
Stockton: (209) 956-5103 Toll-Free: 1-800-499-5103
Monterey-Salinas-Santa Cruz - KTOM The New 92.7 Request Line: (800) 660-KTOM
Riverside, CA - KFRG 95.1FM Request Line: (909) 431-3764
Sacramento -KNCI 105.1 FM Request Line: (916) 766-5105
Sacramento- KNTY 101.9 FM Request Line: (916) 766-WOLF(9653)
San Diego - KSON FM 97.3 & 92.1 Request Line: (619) 570-1973 or (800) 243-1973
San Diego - KUSS 95.7 FM Request Line: (858) 570-1957
San Jose - KRTY 95.3 FM Request Line: (408) 575-5789
Visalia - KJUG FM 106.7 Request Line: (559) 627-KJUG

COLORADO
Colorado Springs - KCCY 96.9 FM Request Line:
Colorado Springs (719) 573-KCCY (5229);
Colorado Springs KATC 95.1 Request Line: (719) 528-8228
Pueblo (719) 544-KCCY (5229)
Denver - KYGO 98.5 FM Request Line: (303) 631-2985 or on your Sprint PCS Wireless phone

CONNECTICUT
Hartford - WWYZ - Country 92.5 FM Request Line: (860) 249-9250

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington - WMZQ FM 98.7 Request Line: (800) 505-0098

FLORIDA
Fort Myers - WWGR Request Line: 941-963-1019 877-787-1019
Fort Myers - WCKT FM 100 Request Line: (800) 827-1071
Gainesville/Ocala - WOGK 93.7 K-Country Request Line: (877) 937-7883
Jacksonville - WGNE 99.9 Gator Country Request Line: (800) 725-9990 or (904) 725-9990
Lakeland - WPCV 97.5 FM Request Lines: (863) 683-9797 or (863) 293-9797 or (800) 227-9797
Miami - WKIS 99.9 KISS Country Request Line: (954) 550-9999
Tampa - WQYK 99.5 FM Request Line: (813) 990-9999 or (800) 992-1099
West Palm Beach - WIRK The Country K 107.9 FM Request Line: (800) 919-1079

GEORGIA
Atlanta - WKHX KICKS 101.5 FM Request Line: (404) 741-0101
Columbus - WKCN Kissin' 99.3 FM Request Line: (706) 327-0993
Baxley - WBYZ Z-94 Request line: (912) 267-3000
Valdosta - WAAC 92.9 FM Request Line: (912) 242-4513

IDAHO
Boise - KIZN 92.3FM Request Line: (208) 424-9292
Boise - KQFC 98 FM Request Line: (208) 336-3298

ILLINOIS
Chicago -US -99 Request Line: (312) 591-8799

INDIANA
Fort Wayne - WQHK 105 FM Request Line: (260) 447-5105
Indianapolis - WFMS FM 95.5 Request Line: (317) 255-WFMS (9367)
Terre Haute - WTHI HI-99 Request Line: 1-800-686-9844 Tell Diane Hello

IOWA
Des Moines - KHKI FM 97.3 the Hawk Request Line: (515) 312-0973
Des Moines - KJJY 92.5 FM Request Line: (515) 312-0925

KANSAS
Wichita - KFDI FM 103.3 Request Line: (316) 436-1013
Wichita - KZSN 102.1 FM Request Line: (316) 436-1021

KENTUCKY Lexington - WBUL FM 98.1 The Bull Request Line: (859) 280-9898
Lexington - WLXX FM 92.9 The Bear Request Line: (859) 280-2929 or (877) 777-9929
Louisville - WAMZ 97.5 Request Line: (502) 571-9736 or (800) 866-9736

LOUISIANA
Baton Rouge - WYNK 101.5 FM Request Line: (225) 499-WYNK (9965)
Baton Rouge - WYPY New Country 100.7 FM Request Line: (225) 499-1007
Lafayette - KMDL 97.3 Request Line: (318) 261-9797
Lafayette - KXKC 99.1 Request Line: (337) 920-KXKC (5952) or (866) 539-KXKC (5952)

MAINE
Portland - WPOR FM 101.9 Request Line: (207) 792-9767

MARYLAND
Baltimore - WPOC 93.1 FM Request Line: (410) 481-9762

MASSACHUSETTS
Boston - WKLB 99.5 FM Request Line: (617)931-1150
Springfield - WPKX KIX 97.9 Request Line: (800) 345-9759 or (413) 736-9759

MICHIGAN
Detroit - WYCD 99.5 FM Request Line: (313) 298-1999
Flint - WFBE 95.1 FM Request Line: (877)-HIVE-B95 (877)-448-3295
Grand Rapids - WBCT B-93.7 FM Request Line: (616) 242-9393 or (800) 633-9393
Grand Rapids - WTNR Thunder 94.5 FM Request Line: (800) 968-9450 or (616) 774-9450
Lansing - WITL 100.7 FM Request Line: (517) 363-2233 or (800) 968-WITL (9485)
Muskegon - WMUS FM Request Line: (817) 222-WMUS (9687) Saginaw - WKCQ 98 FM Request Line: (989)835-4698

MISSISSIPPI
Biloxi - WZKX 107.9 FM Request Line: (228) 896-4530 or (888) 343-4530

MISSOURI
Branson - KRZK 106.3 FM Request Line: (417) 334-6003
Kansas City - WDAF Country 106.5 FM Request Line: (816) 576-7000
Kansas City - KBEQ FM 104 Request Line: (816) 576-7104 Request Fax: (816) 531-7327 or Verizon Cell: *104
St. Louis - KSD 93.7 the Bull Request Line: (314) 969-BULL (2855)

NEBRASKA
Omaha - KXKT Kat 103 Request Line: (402) 962-1037
Omaha - KHUS 93.3 FM Request Line: (402) 962-9333
Lincolin - KZKX 96.9 FM Request Line: (402) 488-9604

NEW HAMPSHIRE
Portsmouth/Dover - WOKQ 97.5 FM Request Line: (800) 370-0975

NEVADA
Las Vegas - KWNR 95.5 FM Request Line: (702) 798-9500
Reno - KBUL 98.1 FM Request Line: (775) 793-1098

NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque/Santa Fe - KBQI 107.9 FM Request Line: (505) 875-1079
Albuquerque KRST 92.3 FM Request Line: (505) 243-9292

NEW YORK
Albany - WGNA 107.7FM Request Line: (518) 476-1077 or (800) 476-1077
Rochester - WBEE Today's Country 92.5 FM Request Line: (585) 222-WBEE (9233)
Syracuse - WBBS FM B-104.7 Request Line: (315) 421-1047

NORTH CAROLINA
Charlotte - WKKT Request line:704-570-9690 800-570-9690
Greensboro - WTQR 104.1 FM Request Line: (336) 822-1041
Greenville - WRNS 95.1 FM Request Line: (888) 682-WRNS (9767)
Rocky Mount - WDWG The Big Dawg 98.5FM Request Line: (252) 985-3294

OHIO
Akron - WQMX FM 94.9 Request Line: (330) 370-2000
Cincinnati - WUBE B-105.1 FM Request Line: (513) 749-B105
Cleveland - WGAR 99.5 FM Request Line: (216) 578-0995 or (800) 222-WGAR (9427)
Columbus - WCOL 92.3 FM Request Line: (614) 821-WCOL (9265) or 1-800-899-WCOL (9265)
Toledo - WKKO K100 Country Request Line: (419) 240-1000

OKLAHOMA
Oklahoma City - KKNG 93.3 FM Request Line: (405) 616-5500
Tulsa - KVOO 98.5 FM Request Line: (918) 460-9898

OREGON
Portland - KWJJ Request Line:503-226-5955 800-456-5955

PENNSYLVANIA
Allentown - WCTO 96.1 FM Request Line: (610) 720-9696
Harrisburg - WRBT BOB 94.9 FM Request Line: (717) 671-9949 or (800) 257-9949
Lancaster - WIOV FM105 Request Lines: Lancaster: (717) 626-1700 Reading:(610) 678-9260
Philadelphia - WXTU 92.5 FM Request Lines: (PA) (215) 263-6700 (NJ) (856) 964-4300
Pittsburgh - WDSY Y108 FM Request Line: (413) 333-9108 or (800) 336-9108
Wilkes Barre - WGGY Froggy 101.3 FM Request Line: (800) 570-1013
Wilkes Barre - WSJR 93.7 FM Request Line: (800) 351-8372
York - WGTY 107.7 FM Request Line: (800) 351-8372

RHODE ISLAND
Providence - WCTK Cat Country 98.1 FM Request Line: (401) 224-1285

SOUTH CAROLINA
Columbia - WCOS 97.5 FM Request Line: (803) 742-1098
Greenville - WESC 92.5 FM Request Line: (864) 291-9372 or (800) 845-9372
Greenville - WSSL 100.5 FM Request Line: (864) 291-9775 or (800) 522-9775
N. Charleston - WNKT Cat Country 107.5 FM Request Line: (843) 721-1075

SOUTH DAKOTA
Chamberlain - KPLO FM Request Line: (605) 734-4000
TENNESSEE
Chattanooga - WUSY US-101 FM Request Line: (423) 642-9101
Jackson - WWYN 106.9 FM Request Line ( Toll Free) 866-996-1069
Johnson City - WXBQ 96.9 FM Request Line: (540) 669-3697 or (800) 332-3697
Knoxville - WIVK 107.7 FM Request Line: (865) 656-9485
Memphis - WGKX 105.9 FM, KIX 106 Request Line: (901) 535-9106
Nashville - WKDF 103 FM Request Line: (615) 737-1033
Nashville - WSIX The Big 98 FM Request Line: (615) 737-9800
Nashville - WSM FM 95.5 The Wolf Request Line: (615) 737-9500

TEXAS
Austin - KASE 101 FM Request Line: (512) 390-5273
Corpus Christi - KFTX 97.5 FM Request Line: (361) 560-KFTX (5389) or (877) 560-REAL (7325)
Dallas - KPLX 99.5 The Wolf Request Line: (214) 787-1995 or (888) 462-1995
Dallas - KSCS 96.3 FM Request Line: (214) 787-1963 or (817) 640-1963
Dallas - KTYS FM 96.7 The Twister Request Line: (214) 787-1967
El Paso - KHEY 96.3 FM Request Line: (915) 880-9696
Houston - KILT the New 100.3 FM Request Line: (713) 390-KILT (5458)
McAllen/Brownsville - KTEX 106.1 FM Request Line: (800) 259-1061

UTAH
Salt Lake City - KEGA 101.5 The Eagle- Request Line:
Utah County - 470-1015, Salt Lake County - 570-1015,
Weber/Davis County - 670-1015 Toll Free - (866) 551-1015
Salt Lake City - KSOP - The Cowboy 104.3 FM Request & Contest Lines: FM
(801) 570-KSOP (5767) AM
(801) 972-1370
Salt Lake City - KUBL - K-Bull 93 FM Request Line: (801) 570-9393

VIRGINIA
Norfolk - WGH 97.3 The Eagle Request Line: (757) 490-9797
Roanoke - WSLC 94.9 FM Request Line: (540) 767-STAR (7827) or (800) 949-STAR (7827)
Roanoke - WYYD 108 FM Request Line: (800) 521-1108

WASHINGTON
Seattle - KKWF 100.7 FM - Request Line: (206) 421-WOLF (9653) (866) 328-WOLF (9653)
Seattle - KMPS 94.1 FM - Request Line: (206) 421-5677
Spokane - KDRK Cat Country 94 FM Request Line: (509) 241-0094
Spokane - KIXZ KIX 96 FM Request Line: (509) 441-3296

WISCONSIN
Fond Du Lac - WPKR 99.5 The Wolf Request Line: (866) 996-WOLF (9653)
Green Bay - WNCY Y100 FM Request Line: (920) 444-1003 or (800) 359-1003
Greenfield - WMIL FM 106.1 Request Line: (414) 799-1061
Sparta - WCOW FM Cow 97 Request Line: (888) COWCOW9 (888-269-2699)

Record Label: River Run Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

BONNAROO

I will be playing Bonnaroo on the THAT TENT stage at 4:50pm  Thursday June 11th  Hope to see you'all there!!!!  Don't forget to download BONNAROO as a free ringtone--I'll be practicing tomorrow and th...
Posted by on Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:14:00 GMT

Geraldo Fox News Performance Posted!!!

Here is the link to check it out!!! http://www.foxnews.com/search-results/m/22370458/land -of-the-free.htm#q=Charlie+
Posted by on Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:39:00 GMT

Geraldo Appearance This Sunday

I'll be performing on the Geraldo show on Sunday (5/24) at 10:30EST.  Please tune in!!!
Posted by on Sun, 24 May 2009 11:17:00 GMT

New Cd

After I get back from Sedona I will be working on a new cd--writing in Nashville every day I can  I hope to dome up with some greata songs not only for myself but hopefully for some other artists that...
Posted by on Sun, 22 Feb 2009 11:08:00 GMT

Sedona

Hey thereIm gettin to go to Sedona Arizona for the first time and I am excited--I am going to visit a few stations along the way--I hear it is an incredible place to visit --So I'll post a few pics w...
Posted by on Sat, 21 Feb 2009 19:07:00 GMT

VALENTINTE'S DAY SONG

I put up a new song for Valentine's Day for the guys  and ladies to listen to--Please note guys that candy and flowers are nice --but what they really need is your attention and for you to remember wh...
Posted by on Fri, 13 Feb 2009 22:21:00 GMT

Music Video Shoot, New Photo’s and more!

Hey Everyone,It's been a busy few weeks. I've been out running around the country pushing my single at radio. Everyone has been very receptive but we're still seeing a few stations that aren't yet p...
Posted by on Sat, 25 Oct 2008 08:55:00 GMT

Some recent reviews and my trip to LA!

Hey everyone,I know it's been a long time since I've written a blog so I wanted to fill you in on some exciting things that have been happening. I just got back from London and LA. While I was in LA, ...
Posted by on Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:20:00 GMT

Charlie Allen Hangs and Twangs at Country Weekly

(L-R) Tenacity Management & Consulting President, Mike Kraski; River Run Records President, Diane Delena; Country Weekly Editor in Chief, Larry Holden; Charlie Allen; CDA Promotions-Nashville Presiden...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:23:00 GMT

www.ms2mr.com

Showing on www.ms2mr.com  now!! Everyone interested check it out and comment if you like the performance!!
Posted by on Thu, 15 May 2008 17:30:00 GMT