Charlie Rich was bestowed with about as much musical talent as can be packed into the 6’ 2" frame of any one man. Sublimely honest singer. Gifted songwriter. An understated master of the keyboard.

For much of his career, however, Charlie’s achievements were neither the type recognized among black ties and camera glare nor the gold records and multi-platinum albums that should have obscured several very large walls. All that came later. Instead, Charlie received the terribly profound gifts of reflection and withering pain, of self doubt, of struggle, of longing and a sense of place, of the need to love and the need to be redeemed. Amid the turmoil--and the occasional hit--he received his greatest gifts: the unending loving relationship with his wife, Margaret Ann, and their four beautiful children.

But a talent like Charlie’s cannot go unappreciated forever. Eventually he hit it big, becoming a country music superstar. Did he hit ever! Take a look at this partial list of awards Charlie received once his talents were fully recognized:

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