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  1. Billy Crash Craddock Pictures, Images and Photos
  2. Billy "Crash" Craddock (b. June 16, 1939 in Greensboro, North Carolina) is an American country music singer who gained popularity in the 1970s with a string of country music hits.
  3. Known to fans as "Mr. Country Rock" for his uptempo, rock-influenced style of country, he was the youngest of 13 children. He began his career in the 1950s, recording rockabilly and pop tunes, being marketed as a teen idol by his label Columbia records. He appeared twice on American Bandstand but failed to have a hit in the states. He recorded one album on King Records in 1964. He also recorded on Chart Records between 1966 and 1968.
  4. After several years out of the music business, he returned to recording, now as a country singer. Signed with Cartwheel Records, his first #1 hit was 1971's "Knock Three Times," a cover of the Tony Orlando and Dawn pop hit. The song also reached the top five of the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart that spring, beginning a streak of hits that continued throughout the 1970s. Other hits he had for Cartwheel, all during 1971-1972, included "Dream Lover", "You Better Move On", "Ain't Nothin' Shakin' (But the Leaves on The Trees)", and "I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door", were all top 10 hits in 1971 and 1972.
  5. In 1973, Craddock signed with ABC-Dot Records, where he enjoyed his biggest hits. One was "Sweet Magnolia Blossom", but his biggest hit, 1974's "Rub It In", was also a modest pop hit. Today, several bars from the song are featured in commercials for Glade Plug-In products. He recorded a total of nine #1 hits.
  6. Craddock consistently hit the country top ten in the 1970s and he became one of country music's first male sex symbols, unusually handsome for a male country star of the era and dressed in stage clothes exposing his hairy, muscular chest as he growled his way through rockin' numbers and love songs with a stage persona strongly influenced by Elvis Presley.
  7. By the late 1970s, Craddock was recording for Capitol Records, where he had his last two top 10 hits: "I Cheated on a Good Woman's Love" (1978) and "If I Could Write a Song as Beautiful as You" (1979). He later recorded for Atlantic Records in the late 1980s.

  8. CD's

  9. Knock Three Times 1971
  10. You Better Move On 1972
  11. Mr. Country Rock 1973
  12. Rub It In 1974
  13. Still Thinkin’ Bout You 1975
  14. Crash 1976
  15. Easy As Pie 1976
  16. Live (Ivanhoe Theatre) 1977
  17. Live (sold at concert) 1977
  18. Billy “Crash” Craddock 1978
  19. The First Time x 1978
  20. Turning Up And Turning Down 1978
  21. Changes 1980
  22. Crash Craddock 1981
  23. Greatest Hits x 1987
  24. Back On Track 1989
  25. Boom Boom Baby 1992
  26. Crash’s Smashes:“The Hits Of Billy “Crash” Craddock” x 1996
  27. MISSING
  28. I'm Tore Up 1964
  29. Two Sides Of Crash 1973
  30. Laughing And Crying, Living And Dying 1974
  31. The New Will Never Wear Off You 1982
  32. x- Compilation CD