March 28, 2024
Legendary country rocker Charlie Daniels dies at 83
NASHVILLE – Charlie Daniels was the legendary country rocker known for the hit song “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” has died.

- Died: July 6, 2020
- Details of death: Died after suffering a hemorrhagic stroke at the age of 83.

Daniels’ biggest hit, driven by a furious fiddle solo, was recorded in 1978 with the Charlie Daniels Band.

Released in the summer of 1979, it quickly climbed the charts, bringing Daniels a No. 1 country music single and a No. 3 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. It was featured in the hit 1980 movie “Urban Cowboy,” driving its mainstream popularity. Daniels won a Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal Performance for the track. CMT ranked “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” No. 5 it its 2006 list, “20 Greatest Southern Rock Songs,” and a cover of the song was featured in “Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock.”

Other career highlights

Before Daniel’s great success with “The Devil Went Down to Georgia,” he was a respected session musician in Nashville. He played guitar and bass on several Bob Dylan albums, including the legendary “Nashville Skyline,” as well as on albums by Ringo Starr and Leonard Cohen (1934 – 2016). Daniels had his first solo hit in 1973 with “Uneasy Rider,” which rose to No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Story Date: July 14, 2020
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