<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> "Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues" (1972) </Td> <Td> "The Road" (1972) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> "Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues" (1972) </Td> <Td> "The Road" (1972) </Td> </Tr> <P> "Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues" is a song written and performed by Danny O'Keefe . </P> <P> It was first recorded by O'Keefe in 1967, but not released . It was recorded by The Bards and released in 1968 as the b - side to the song "Tunesmith" on Parrot Records . The Bards were a band from Moses Lake, Washington . The song was recorded by O'Keefe for his self - titled debut album in 1971 . The following year he re-recorded it (with a slower, more downbeat arrangement) for his second album, O'Keefe . The second version was issued as a single, reaching number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, number 5 on the adult contemporary chart, and #63 on the country chart . The song was also covered by Mel Tormé, especially for a 1986 episode of NBC's Night Court entitled "Leon, We Hardly Knew Ye". </P>

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