From:   "Dik de Heer" 
Date:  Fri May 24, 2002  1:13 am
Subject:  Born To Be With You : Rusty York

RUSTY YORK

Born Charles Edward York, 24 May 1935, Harlan County, Kentucky

Rusty York's brief moment in the spotlight revolved around his number 77
hit (!) Sugaree in 1959. Raised in rural Kentucky he messed around in
various bands, mainly bluegrass, before heading to Cincinnati where he
soon ventured into the King studios to record. After a couple of singles in
a more rocking vein he tried his luck with a cover of the Marty Robbins
number Sugaree, coupled with Red Rooster. The record came out on the
Note label of Columbus, but the master was quickly picked up by the
prominent Chess record label of Chicago. He was soon promoting the
single on Dick Clark's American Bandstand and playing venues like the
Hollywood Bowl with the Everly Brothers and the Coasters.
Follow-up singles proved unsuccessful and he drifted back to bluegrass and
country music, as well as developing his own studio and record label, Jewel
which allowed him to issue singles by Claude Ely and Jimmie Logsdon.
In 1971, he retired from active performing, although he did record an album
with Lonnie Mack two years later.

More info: http://www.rockabillyhall.com/RustyYork.html
CD: The Cincinnati Fireball (Gee Dee)