Hot Springs in Garland County, Arkansas — The American South (West South Central)

Charlie Rich

Country Music

— Hot Springs Arkansas Walk of Fame —

Charlie Rich Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, September 13, 2024

1. Charlie Rich Marker

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No. 1 hits include the Most Beautiful Girl and Behind Closed Doors • ’73 received a Grammy and Hall of Fame Award, Academy of Country Music single and album of the year and Male Vocalist of Year • Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year ’74 • Golden Globe for Original Song movie Benji • Nicknamed The Silver Fox

Colt, Arkansas • Inducted 2009

Erected by Hot Springs Arkansas Walk of Fame.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment. A significant historical year for this entry is 1973.

Location. 34° 30.628′ N, 93° 3.222′ W. Marker is in Hot Springs, Arkansas, in Garland County. It is at the intersection of Spring Street and Central Avenue (State Highway 7), on the right when traveling west on Spring Street. The marker is embedded in the sidewalk on the south side of the Hot Springs City Visitor Center. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 629 Central Avenue, Hot Springs National Park AR 71901, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Arkansas’ Ouachita Mountains.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Glen Campbell (here, next to this marker); Bobby Mitchell (here, next to this marker); Edward Durell Stone (here, next to this marker); Chester Lauck & Norris Goff

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(here, next to this marker); Dizzy and Daffy Dean (here, next to this marker); Jimmy Driftwood (here, next to this marker); Jay Hanna Dizzy Dean & Paul Dee Daffy Dean (here, next to this marker); Patsy Montana (here, next to this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hot Springs.

Also see . . . Charles Allan Rich (Wikipedia).

Excerpt: His eclectic style of music blended influences from country, rockabilly, jazz, blues, soul, and gospel. In the later part of his life, Rich acquired the nickname the Silver Fox. He is perhaps best remembered for a pair of 1973 hits, "Behind Closed Doors" and "The Most Beautiful Girl", which topped the U.S. country singles charts as well as the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles charts and earned him two Grammy Awards. Rich was inducted into the Memphis Music Hall of Fame in 2015. In 2023, Rolling Stone ranked Rich at number 120 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time.

(Submitted on January 14, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, September 13, 2024

2. Charlie Rich Marker

Looking north from Spring Street; it is the center one of five markers in this photo. The Hot Springs City Visitor Center is in the background.

Credits. This page was last revised on January 14, 2025. It was originally submitted on January 14, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 133 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 14, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.