Clay Eager (August 8, 1925 – March 7, 1995) was the stage name of Wilbur Clay Eagy Jr., a rockabilly and country music singer of the 1950s.

Biography

Eager was born in

Lima, Ohio Lima ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Allen County, Ohio, United States. The municipality is located in northwest Ohio along Interstate 75 in Ohio, Interstate 75 approximately north of Dayton, Ohio, Dayton, southwest of Toledo, Ohio, T ...

. He owned his own record label,

Karl Records Karl Records was a United States based record label active in the late 1950s and early 1960s. History The Karl label was owned by rockabilly and country singer Clay Eager. The label specialized in rockabilly music and country and western musi ...

, in which he released records by rockabilly recording artists such as Ray King,

Bo Ratliff Bo Ratliff (born James Richard Ratliff; 1933 in Logan County, West Virginia) was a rockabilly and country music singer of the 1950s and 1960s. Biography Ratliff has also recorded under the name Jim Ratliff. His first record was a rockabilly r ...

, Little Dickie Chaffin, Archie Poe, Von Stephens, Deacon Morris, and Larry Edwards. The label was based out of

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. Eager appeared on radio stations WFTW out of Fort Wayne, Indiana and WLOK out of

in 1950. In addition he also worked as a DJ and Program Director at WHOK in Lancaster, Ohio. He also appeared on radio shows Renfro Valley Barn Dance and Midwestern Hayride on WLW out of Cincinnati, Ohio in 1951.

Discography

Singles

* "Don't Come Crying on My Shoulder" / "Babaloo" (Republic No. 7077) (1954) * "Railroader's Blues" / "I'm A Lookin' Fer Some Lovin'" (Clay Eager No. 100) (1956) * "My Guitar And Me" / "Just Like Tonight" (Sage & Sand No. 254) (1957) * "Mu Mu Mix" / "That's What I Made" (BW Label) (12" Single) (as Clay Eager Family)

EP's

* Side A: "Forgotten Blues" / "Helen Jo" / Side B: "Skidrow" / "Never Ramble" (Karl EP CE-22) (1956)

Albums

* ''Clay Eager Family'' (Gloryland GSP1133)

Various artists compilations

* ''Crazy Wild Rockin (White Label WLP 8976) (LP) * ''Nasty Rockabilly Volume 8'' (B-Sharp 666/11) (LP) * ''Rocky Hoodlums Go Maximum'' (Collector #CLCD 4458) (CD) * ''More Slow Boogie And Rockin (Collector/Hepcat) (2005) (CD) (includes "TV Boogie" by Clay Eager)

References

External links

Hillbilly Music

Ohio Local Labels
{{DEFAULTSORT:Eager, Clay American country singers American country rock singers American rockabilly musicians 1995 deaths 1925 births People from Lima, Ohio 20th-century American singers Songwriters from Ohio Country musicians from Ohio