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50s Hillbilly Bopper - Sci-Fi Novelty Song (Audition Session) Recorded (possibly) Nesman's Studio, Witchita falls, Texas (1956) released in 2002 (Bear family Records)
According to popular legend the song "The Last Song I’m Ever Gonna Sing" was indeed the last one performed by Joe Carson before he packed up and headed out on that fateful February night.
It’s known that Carson had a few troubles in mind that night,
he was involved in a bitter pay dispute with his band and his little boy, Randy, was in hospital fighting meningitis.
Was it a case of one too many drinks in an effort to forget?
Or would the accident have happened anyway?
All we know is that a brilliant musical career ended that night of 1964 he was 27 years.
And all that remains now is Carson’s musical legacy… but what a legacy!
Born in 1937, this musician wasted little time beginning his professional singing career. By the age of 16, "Little" Joe Carson was performing and writing his own material.
In 1956, he signed a recording contract with Capitol Records. Performing around Nashville and the southern United States, Carson was known as a great yet classic country singer.
In 1963, he released his biggest hit, "I Gotta Get Drunk,"
a song that was penned by a young and promising songwriter at the time named Willie Nelson.
Tragically, Carson was killed in a car accident in 1964.
That same year, a memorial album was released.
Carson worked with the Mercury, Capitol, Liberty, and "D" Record labels.
His other big hits were "I Don't Have a Contact With You" and "Helpless."
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/joe-carson-mn0001259892/biography
http://www.bopping.org/the-polished-hillbilly-of-joe-carson-1954-1963/