Marvin Rainwater

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Marvin Rainwater, a rockabilly singer-songwriter, was born Marvin Karlton Percy on July 2, 1925 in Wichita, Kansas.

Marvin grew up in depression-era Oklahoma. His brother Ray got him a TV appearance with Arthur Godfrey in 1953 to sing I Gotta Go Get My Baby. (Despite the costume he adopted at the time, he is not an indian.) He appeared regularly on Godfrey's TV and radio shows in the 1950s. For four years he was a regular on Red Foley's Ozark Jubilee.

In the 1970s Marvin developed throat cancer, from which he slowly recovered, and moved to his current home, Aitkin, Minnesota.

A number of his songs charted in the 1950s; the most famous of them was Gonna Find Me A Bluebird, which reached US#18 in 1957, and Whole Lotta Woman, which made UK#1 for three weeks in April and May 1958. A second UK single, I Dig You Baby, made #19 in June 1958.

1 Discography
- 1.1 Singles
- 1.2 Albums
2 References
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Discography

[edit] Singles

1957 Gonna Find Me A Bluebird. US#18 (MGM 12412) Lyrics
Half-Breed
1957 Majesty Of Love, The. US#93; with Connie Francis (her first hit)
Mockingbird Hill. Cover of Patti Page's 1951 #1
1957 Whole Lotta Woman. US#60, UK#1. Covered by Johnny Kidd and the Pirates in 1964. Sung by Vanessa Redgrave in the movie Georgie Girl
So you think you've got troubles. Covered by Harry Nilsson in 1966

[edit] Albums

1957 Songs By Marvin Rainwater. (MGM E3534)
1958 Sings With A Heart - With A Beat. (MGM E3721)(1985:Bear Family BFX 15132)
1962 Gonna Find Me A Bluebird. (MGM E4046)
1985 Rockin' Rollin'. (Bear Family BFX15079)(MGM Whole Lotta Woman)
Marvin Rainwater. (Crown CST307)
Country's Favorite Country Singer. (Mount Vernon MVM146)