ERNIE CHAFFIN

Chanteur Country US né le 1^er janvier 1928 à Water Valley (Mississippi). Ernie Chaffin a débuté en 1954 chez Hickory Records de Nashville.

En 1955, avec Marion Carpenter, il fonde le label Fine à Biloxi (56). Après, il passa à la Sun Records de Memphis (57) où il enregistra 4 singles.
Il enregistra par la suite chez River, Vernel, Village, Rite et Axent Records.
Il était un chanteur régulier sur la radio WVMI de Biloxi (Mississippi) en 1956.
Ernie a succombé à un accident de tracteur, sur sa ferme de Hattiesburg, Mississippi, le 16 avril 1997.


US Country singer born on January 1, 1928 in Water Valley (Mississippi). Ernie Chaffin began in 1954 at Hickory Records from Nashville. In 1955, with Marion Carpenter, it melts the label Fine in Biloxi (56). Afterwards, it passed to Sun Records of Memphis (57) where it recorded 4 singles. It recorded there after at River, Vernel, Village, Rite and Axent Records. He was a regular singer on the radio WVMI of Biloxi (Mississippi) in 1956. Ernie succumbed to an accident of tractor, on his farm of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, April 16, 1997.
http://www.myspace.com/erniechaffin

Talents : Singer, Guitar
Style musical : Traditional Country, Honky Tonk

DON'T EVER LEAVE ME FEELIN' LOW LAUGHIN' AND JOKIN' THE HEART OF ME

1955	SP HICKORY 45-1016 (US)	I'm Gonna Salt My Sugar Away / Lonely Wind
05/1955	SP HICKORY 45-1024 (US)	Get Me Off Your Mind / I Can't Lose The Blues
06/1956	SP FINE 1010 (US)	The Stop Look & Listen Song / The Heart Of Me
1957	SP QUALITY 1659 (CAN)	Laughin' And Jokin' / I'm Lonesome
02/1957	SP SUN 262 (US)	Feelin' Low / Lonesome For My Baby
04/1957	SP LONDON HLS 8409 (UK)	Lonesome For My Baby / Feelin' Low
09/1957	SP SUN 275 (US)	Laughin' And Jokin' / I'm Lonesome
1958	SP SUN 307 (US)	Nothing Can Change My Love For You / Born To Lose
05/1959	SP SUN 320 (US)	Don't Ever Leave Me / Miracle Of You
196?	SP RIVER 227 (US)	Phantom Rider / Be Faithful To Me
19??	SP VERNEL 1001 (US)	Married Man Blues / Woman, Can't You Understand
1962	SP VILLAGE 7778 (US)	Set'em Up Joe / Spare Me The Details
196?	SP RITE 240 (US)	Phantom Rider / Be Faithful To Me
196?	SP AXENT AX 138 (US)	Come Back To Me / Your Picture And My Bible
196?	SP RKP 01 (US)	Worried Mind / My Mary
1967 ?	SP JB 117 (US)	Born To Deceive You / Yes I'm To Blame
1967 ?	SP JB 118 (US)	Walk In My Shoes / You Walked In

2006

CD BEAR FAMILY BCD 16780 (D)

LAUGHIN' & JOKIN' - THE SUN YEARS - Feelin' Low / Lonesome For My Baby / I'm Lonesome / Laughin' And Jokin' / Born To Lose / (Nothing Can Change) My Love For You / Don't Ever Leave Me / Miracle Of You / The Heart Of Me / Linda / I Walk Alone / Born To Lose (alt) / Feelin' Low (alt-1) / My Heart Tells Me / No Fool Like An Old Fool / Be Faithful To Me / I'm Lonesome (alt-1) / Laughin' And Jokin' (alt) / Miracle Of You (undubbed master) / I Walk Alone (alt) / Got You On My Mind / The Heart Of Me (alt) / My Love For You (undubbed master) / Lonesome For My Baby (alt) / Born To Lose (undubbed master) / I'm Lonesome (alt-2) / Feelin' Low (alt-2) / Interview

Chaffin, Ernie



Born 1928 in Water Valley, Miss. A regular on WVMI (Biloxi, Miss.) in 1956. Died in 1997.
Original Releases



Discography is not intended to be complete

Date & Source	Label & Number	V	Titles {& References to LP/CD List}	As By	Matrix Numbers
1956/June 9 Bb c&w rev.	Fine 1010		The Stop Look & Listen Song The Heart Of Me	1 1	G8OW-648 G8OW-649
1957/Feb. 16 Bb c&w rev.	Sun 262		Feelin' Low {b,c,e,h,i,l} Lonesome For My Baby	1 1	U-227 U-228
Additional Tracks on Comps
1956 (Sun Rec.)	Sun unissued		Lonesome For My Baby [alt. vers.] {a}
1957 (Sun Rec.)	Sun unissued		Linda {d,f} My Heart Tells Me {e} No Fool Like An Old Fool {e}

References in "As By" Column:

1. as by Ernie Chaffin
   

Collector-Oriented Compilation LPs and CDs Containing Tracks

a.	Bopcat 400 (lp)	Goin' Back To Memphis
b.	Charly Box 100 (lp)	The Sun Box
c.	Charly CR 30104 (lp)	Sun - The Roots Of Rock, Vol. 4: Cotton City Country
d.	Charly CR 30128 (lp)	Sun - The Roots Of Rock, Vol. 13: Rockabilly Sundown
e.	Charly CPCD 8181 (cd)	Sun Hillbilly
f.	Charly CPCD 8236 (cd)	Essential Sun Rockabillies, Vol. 4
g.	DJM 22069 (lp)	Hillbilly Rock
h.	Disky DCD 5201 (cd)	Ultimate Sun Country Collection
i.	Instant CD INS 5040 (cd)	The Sun Story, Vol. 2: Rockabilly Rhythm
j.	Magnum Force CDMF 034 (cd)	Hillbilly Rock: 20 Rare Tracks From The Hickory Vaults
k.	Magnum Force MFLP 034 (lp)	Hillbilly Rock: 20 Rare Tracks From The Hickory Vaults
l.	[SERD?] SERD 12698 (lp)	Rockabilly Rhythm

Deke Dickerson - Feelin' Low




Feelin' Low original recorded for Sun Records back in 1956 by Ernie Chaffin.
A rockabilly performer with a mile-wide country streak,
Ernie Chaffin was one of the few Sun artists from the golden era to have recorded before he went to Sun.
Born in 1928 in Northern Mississippi, he traveled to the Gulf coast as a teenager to get his start in the music business.
By 1956, he had found his way to 706 Union Avenue in Memphis. But despite pressure from label owner Sam Phillips,
Jack Clement and Bill Justis, Chaffin was never into real rockabilly.
What he did find was a country sound so unique and starkly beautiful that Sam Phillips -- a big fan of originality --
had no choice but to let Ernie Chaffin go his own way in the studio.
Chaffin's first two records for Sun are as haunting and unusual as anything recorded for the label. Nothing sounds like them --
before or since.
However, Deke's version is also a one of a kind. As always.
The real deal. Just sit back and listen...

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Feelin' Low
Lyric by Ernie Chaffin

Went uptown, looking round, but you could not be found
Might as well let you go
Baby you sure got your man feelin' low

Always take, never give, losin' my will to live
Just 'cause I love you so
Baby you sure got your man feelin' low

Makes me mad, makes me sad, feelin' low
Got the blues I can't lose, feelin' low
Why do I love you so
Baby you sure got your man feelin' low

There ain't no use hangin' round, while you paint up the town
Crazy me learnin' slow
Baby you sure got your man feelin' low

I'm the king of all fools, for you break all the rules
And let my heart take the blow
Baby you sure got your man feelin' low

Makes me mad, makes me sad, feelin' low
Got the blues I can't lose, feelin' low
Why do I love you so
Baby you sure got your man feelin' low