Charles Hodges


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American organist and songwriter.
Born : June 29, 1947 in Memphis, Tennessee.

Member of the rhythm section at Hi Records in the 1970s, along with his brothers Leroy Hodges and Mabon Teenie Hodges.
Charles played (and recorded) also with : Al Green, James Carr, Willie Cobbs, Albert Collins, Boz Scaggs and others.

For the New York-based soul singer, see Charlie Hodges.

APPEARANCES +


Bobby Rush & Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Young Fashioned Ways
2025
Vanessa Collier
Do It My Own Way
2024
Rob Picazo
Soothe My Soul
2023, LP, Album, Court Square Recordings (2)
Bettye Lavette
LaVette!
2023, 11x File, ,
Rhythm & Blues
Shemekia Copeland
Done Come Too Far
2022,
Ann Peebles & The Hi Rhythm Section*
Live In Memphis
2022, ,
Soul
Sue Moreno
The Memphis Soul Sessions
2021, File, AAC, Album, 320, Heavenly Records (8),
Sue Moreno
The Memphis Soul Sessions
2021, CD, Album, Heavenly Records (8),
Alex Chilton and Hi Rhythm Section*
Boogie Shoes: Live On Beale Street
2021,
O.V. Wright
Nickel And A Nail And Ace Of Spades And Everybody Knows The Best Of O.V. Wright
2021, ,
Soul
Don Bryant
You Make Me Feel
2020
Tito Lopez Combo
Harbans Srih's Tito Lopez Combo
2020
Lisa Mills
The Triangle
2020,
Various
Stone Crush (Memphis Modern Soul 1977-1987)
2020, CD, ,
Soul/Funk/Disco
The Mountain Goats
Getting Into Knives
2020
Al Green
The Hi Records Singles Collection
2019, 26x7", Single, Comp, RE, RM + Box, RSD, Ltd, Fat Possum Records, ,
Funk/Soul
Tad Robinson
Real Street
2019, CD, Album, Severn Records, ,
Harmonica Blues/Memphis Blues/Soul
Vaneese Thomas
Down Yonder
2019, CD, Album, Segue Records (2), ,
Memphis Blues
Reverend John Wilkins*
Trouble
2019, CDr, ,
Gospel
Sheryl Crow
Threads
2019, ,
Country/Pop Rock
Luther Dickinson And Sisters Of The Strawberry Moon
Solstice
2019
Samantha Fish
Kill Or Be Kind
2019
North Mississippi Allstars
Up And Rolling
2019, CD, ,
Blues Rock
Michael Lington
Silver Lining
2018, CD, Album, Copenhagen Music, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Smooth Jazz
Patrick Sweany
Ancient Noise
2018, ,
Memphis Blues
Frazey Ford
Can You Get To That
2018, ,
Indie Rock
Dana Fuchs
Love Lives On
2018,
US Rails
We Have All Been Here Before
2018, CD Digipak, ,
Blues Rock/Country Rock
Seasick Steve
Can U Cook?
2018, CD,
Vanessa Collier
Meeting My Shadow
2017, CD, Album, Ruf Records,
John Németh
Feelin' Freaky
2017
Robert Cray & Hi Rhythm
Robert Cray & Hi Rhythm
2017, Vinyl,
Ronnie Baker Brooks
Times Have Changed
2017, CD,
Dee Dee Bridgewater
Memphis... Yes, I'm Ready
2017, CD,
Rev. Sekou* Feat. Luther* And Cody Dickinson
In Times Like These
2017, 2x Vinyl, ,
Gospel/Blues Rock
Don Bryant
Don't Give Up On Love
2017, ,
Soul
Luther Dickinson
Blues & Ballads (A Folksinger's Songbook: Volumes I & II)
2016
Melissa Etheridge
Memphis Rock And Soul
2016, CD,
Keith Richards
Crosseyed Heart
2015, 2x Vinyl, ,
Blues Rock
Dave Keller
Soul Changes
2014, CD, Album, Tastee-Tone Records, ,
Country Blues/Soul
Mark "Muleman" Massey*
One Step Ahead Of The Blues
2014, CD, Album, Icehouse Records,
The Memphis Dawls
Rooted In The Bone
2014, ,
Country/Folk/Rhythm & Blues/Country Blues/Bluegrass
Paul Rodgers
The Royal Sessions
2014, CD, ,
Rhythm & Blues
You Me & Apollo
Sweet Honey
2014,
Wu-Tang Clan
A Better Tomorrow
2014, ,
Conscious
The Revelations
The Cost Of Living
2014, CD, ,
Funk/Contemporary R&B
Frazey Ford
Indian Ocean
2014
Boz Scaggs
Memphis
2013, ,
Electric Blues/Modern Electric Blues/Rhythm & Blues
The Revelations Feat. Tre Williams
Concrete Blues
2011, CD, Album, Decision Records (2)
Bettye Lavette
Nearer To You
2011
Mike Andersen Band
Tomorrow
2011
Denise LaSalle
Trapped By A Thing Called Love / On The Loose
2011, ,
Rhythm & Blues/Soul
Cliff Richard
Soulicious
2011, CD, Box Set, ,
Soul
James Cotton
Giant
2010, CD, Album, Alligator Records, ,
Harmonica Blues
Ruthie Foster
The Truth According To Ruthie Foster
2009
Rod Stewart
Soulbook
2009, CD, ,
Pop Rock/Soul
Andy Santana
Take Me With You
2007, CD, Album, Not On Label (Andy Santana Self-released), ,
Electric Blues
Contagious Blues Band
Ride
2007, CD, Not On Label, ,
Southern Rock
Gene Anderson
The Hi-Rhythm Sessions
2006, LP, Album, Soul-Tay-Shus
Bettye Lavette
Take Another Little Piece Of My Heart
2006, CD, Comp, Varèse Vintage, Varèse Sarabande, ,
Soul
Al Green
The Legendary Hi Records Albums, Volume 2
2006, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Edsel Records, Hi Records
The Derek Trucks Band
Selections From The DVD Songlines Live!
2006, CD, Promo, Smplr, Legacy
Buddy Guy
Can't Quit The Blues
2006, ,
Chicago Blues
The Derek Trucks Band
Songlines Live
2006, DVD, ,
Blues Rock/Electric Blues/Rhythm & Blues/Soul
The Derek Trucks Band
Songlines
2006, CD, ,
Blues Rock
Various
It Came From Memphis (The Legendary Sounds Of Memphis)
2005, 2xCD, Comp, Manteca, ,
Garage Rock/Rock & Roll/Country Rock/Blues Rock/Soul/Electric Blues/Country Blues/Rhythm & Blues/Rockabilly/Delta Blues/Modern Electric Blues/Memphis Blues
Doyle Bramhall
Fitchburg Street
2003, CD, Album, Yep Roc Records
Lou Pride
The Memphis/El Paso Sessions 1970-73
2003, CD, Comp, RM, Severn Records
Various
Delmark Records 50 Years Of Jazz And Blues - Blues
2003, 2xCD, Comp, Delmark Records,
Various
Highway 60's / 70's Blues Revisited
2003, CD, Comp, DixieFrog, ,
Electric Blues/Chicago Blues/Rhythm & Blues/Gospel/Harmonica Blues/Soul
Various
Highway 60's / 70's Blues Revisited Vol. 2
2003, CD, Comp, DixieFrog,
Ranking Miss P
Sweet Harmony
2003, ,
Reggae/Roots Reggae/Ska/Dub/Rocksteady
Ann Peebles
The Complete Ann Peebles On Hi Records Volume 1: 1969 - 1973
2003, 2x CD, ,
Soul/Gospel
Various
Trojan Originals Box Set
2003, 3x CD, Box Set, All Media, ,
Reggae
Al Green
L-O-V-E: The Essential Al Green
2002, 2x CD, ,
Rhythm & Blues/Soul
Various
Big Bad Love (Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2001, ,
Blues Rock/Soundtrack
Otis Clay
The Complete Otis Clay On Hi Records
2000, 2xCD, Comp, Hi Records, ,
Soul
Bananas*
País Tropical
2000, CD, Album, Codiscos, Zeida
Syl Johnson
The Complete Syl Johnson On Hi Records
2000, ,
Soul/Funk/Disco
Lonnie Shields
Midnight Delight
2000, ,
Rhythm & Blues
Willie Cobbs
Jukin'
2000, ,
Harmonica Blues
Al Green
The Hi Singles As And Bs (The Willie Mitchell Productions)
2000, ,
Soul
Various
Trojan Lovers Box Set
1999, 3x CD, Box Set, All Media, ,
Reggae/Lovers Rock
Various
Tangled Up In Blues - Songs Of Bob Dylan
1999, CD, ,
Modern Electric Blues/Soul/Rhythm & Blues
Syl Johnson
Talkin' Bout Chicago!
1999, ,
Chicago Blues
Rufus Thomas
Swing Out With Rufus Thomas
1999
Otis Clay
This Time Around
1998, CD, ,
Soul
Various
Greatest Love
1997, 3xCD, Comp, Crimson,
King Soul
Work Your Show!
1997, CD, Album, Freedom Records (9)
Various
Traveller (Music From The Motion Picture)
1997, CD, ,
Country/Soundtrack
Boz Scaggs
Come On Home
1997, CD, ,
Electric Blues
Ann Peebles
The Best Of Ann Peebles (The Hi Records Years)
1996, CD, Comp, The Right Stuff, HI Records, ,
Rhythm & Blues/Soul
Ann Peebles
St. Louis Woman/Memphis Soul
1996, 3xCD, Comp, Hi Records, ,
Soul
The West Road Blues Band*
Live In New York
1996, CD, Zain Records
Syl Johnson
The Best Of Syl Johnson - The Hi Records Years
1996
Various
Cleveland International Records 1977-1983
1995, CD, ,
Hard Rock/Rock & Roll/AOR/Pop Rock
Alex Chilton
A Man Called Destruction
1995, CD, ,
Alternative Rock/Indie Rock
Big Daddy Kinsey
Ramblin' Man
1995,
Syl Johnson With Hi Rhythm
Back In the Game
1994, CD,
Dino
The Way I Am
1993
Little Milton
Waiting For Little Milton / Blues 'N' Soul
1992, CD, Album, Comp, Stax, ,
Rhythm & Blues/Soul
The Memphis Horns
Flame Out
1992
Otis Clay
I'll Treat You Right
1992
O.V. Wright
The Soul Of O.V. Wright
1992, CD Universal, Pinckneyville, IL, ,
Soul
Jimmy McCracklin
High On The Blues
1992, ,
Rhythm & Blues
Ann Peebles
Full Time Love
1992, CD,
Albert Collins
Travellin' South
1991, CD, Single, Promo, Pointblank, ,
Texas Blues
Albert Collins
Iceman
1991, ,
Texas Blues
3rd Bass
Derelicts Of Dialect
1991, 2x Vinyl,
The Bob Color*
Sweat
1989, CD, Album, Bald Win,
Syl Johnson
Stuck In Chicago
1989, LP, Comp, Hi Records, ,
Soul
Al Green
Love Ritual (Rare & Previously Unreleased 1968-76)
1989, ,
Soul
Ann Peebles
Greatest Hits
1988, CD, Comp, Hi Records
Various
The History Of Hi Records Rhythm & Blues Volume Two The Glory Years
1988
Ann Peebles
99 Lbs
1987, LP, Comp, Hi Records, ,
Soul
O.V. Wright
The Wright Stuff
1987, LP, Comp, Hi Records, Hi Records, ,
Soul
Otis Clay
Trying To Live My Life Without You
1987, LP, Comp, Hi Records
Al Green
Al Green Is Love & Full Of Fire
1986, CD, ,
Soul
Betty Lavette*
I'm In Love
1985, LP, Comp, Charly R&B, ,
Ballad/Soul/Vocal
Ann Peebles
I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down
1985, Vinyl, ,
Soul
Bryan Ferry
The Bride Stripped Bare
1985
Yvonne Gage
Virginity
1984
Otis Clay
Live Again! Otis Clay
1984, 2x Vinyl,
Billy Always
Billy Always
1982, Vinyl, ,
Funk/Ballad/Soul
O.V. Wright
Live
1979
Bryan Ferry
Hold On (I'm Coming) B/W Take Me To The River
1978, 12", Promo, Polydor, EG
Ann Peebles
Starportrait
1978, Vinyl, Vinyl, All Media, ,
Soul/Funk
Southwind Symphony
Your Love Is Fading / Coming Home
1977, 7", Single, Glolite Records
Otis Clay
I Can't Take It
1977, Vinyl, ,
Soul
Kippie Moketsi* - Hal Singer
Blue Stompin'
1977, Vinyl,
O.V. Wright
Into Something (Can't Shake Loose)
1977, Vinyl, ,
Soul
Ann Peebles
If This Is Heaven
1977, Vinyl, ,
Soul
Al Green
Al Green's Greatest Hits Volume II
1977
Ann Peebles
Part Time Love
1977, ,
Soul/Funk
Willie Mitchell
Willie Mitchell Live
1977, Vinyl, ,
Soul/Funk
Al Green
Tired Of Being Alone
1977
加川良*
南行きハイウェイ
1976,
Al Green
Full Of Fire
1976, ,
Soul
Al Green
Have A Good Time
1976, ,
Funk/Soul/Ballad/Disco
Syl Johnson
Total Explosion
1975
Ann Peebles
Tellin' It
1975, ,
Soul
O. V. Wright*
Nobody But You
1975
Al Green
Al Green Is Love
1975, ,
Rhythm & Blues/Soul
Al Green
Greatest Hits
1975, Vinyl W - Waddell Press, ,
Soul
Fred Wesley & The J.B's*
Damn Right I Am Somebody
1974
Syl Johnson
Diamond In The Rough
1974
Ann Peebles
I Can't Stand The Rain
1974, Vinyl AL Pressing, ,
Soul
Syl Johnson
Let Yourself Go / Please Don't Give Up On Me
1974
Al Green
Explores Your Mind
1974
Little Milton
Waiting For Little Milton
1973, Vinyl, ,
Rhythm & Blues
Syl Johnson
Back For A Taste Of Your Love
1973
O. V. Wright*
I'd Rather Be (Blind, Cripple & Crazy)
1973
Denise La Salle*
On The Loose
1973, ,
Soul
O.V. Wright
Memphis Unlimited
1973
Teresa Brewer
Music, Music, Music
1973
Al Green
Call Me
1973, ,
Rhythm & Blues/Soul
Al Green
Livin' For You
1973
Denise LaSalle
Doin' It Right
1972, LP, Comp, Westbound Records, ,
Soul
Al Perkins
I'm So Thankful
1972
O. V. Wright*
A Nickel And A Nail And Ace Of Spades
1972
Ann Peebles
Straight From The Heart
1972
Otis Clay
Trying To Live My Life Without You
1972
Al Green
I'm Still In Love With You
1972, Vinyl W - Waddell Press, ,
Soul
Al Green
Let's Stay Together
1972, ,
Soul/Funk
Charlie Hodges
I'll Never Fall In Love Again
1971
The Duke Of Burlington
The Duke Of Burlington - The Pressed Piano
1970, Vinyl, ,
Space-Age/Jazz-Funk/Psychedelic Rock
Charlie Hodges
What's Gonna Happen To Me / Let's Do It Again
1970
Willie Mitchell
On Top
1968,
Al Green
Livin' For You & Explores Your Mind
CD, Comp, Hi Records
Various
Memphis Sounds Special Digest
LP, Comp, Promo, Smplr, Hi Records
Karl-Jürgen Kemmelmeyer, Rolf Wehmeier
Der Schlager - Handbuch Für Unterricht Und Praxis
7", bme (4), Musicaphon, ,
Schlager/Education
Al Green
I'm Still In Love With You & Call Me
CD, ,
Soul
Tom Jones
Don't Let Our Dreams Die Young
Various
Modernity
2021, CD, Comp, Kent Dance, ,
Rhythm & Blues/Soul
Various
New York Soul '69
2020, LP, Comp, History Of Soul, ,
Soul
Various
New York Soul ‘66
2017, ,
Soul
DJ Nutty Nut Cracker
Fantastic Breaks 8
2014, CD, Mixed, Atimeinyourlife Recordings
Various
Soul Selections
2005, CD, Comp, RM, Empire Musicwerks,
Various
Funk Elements: Rare Grooves & Jazzy Vibes
2005, CD, Album, Dig, Empire Musicwerks,
Various
The !!!! Beat (Vol. 2 / Shows 6 to 9)
2005, DVD-V, Comp, NTSC, Bear Family Records, ,
Rhythm & Blues/Texas Blues
Various
The !!!! Beat (Vol. 3 / Shows 10 to 13)
2005, DVD-V, Comp, NTSC, Bear Family Records, ,
Rhythm & Blues/Texas Blues
Various
Jookin' 3 / 27 Raw Slices Of Maximum R&B
CD, Comp, Jookin' Records, ,
Rhythm & Blues/Soul
Various
Jookin' 2 / 27 Raw Slices Of Maximum R & B
CD, Comp, Jookin' records
Dana Fuchs
Love Lives On
2018
Robert Cray & Hi Rhythm
Robert Cray & Hi Rhythm
2017
Keith Richards
Crosseyed Heart
2015, ,
Blues Rock
Paul Rodgers
The Royal Sessions
2014
Boz Scaggs
Memphis
2013, CD, ,
Electric Blues/Modern Electric Blues/Rhythm & Blues
The Derek Trucks Band
Songlines
2006, CD, ,
Blues Rock
Various
All Blues'd Up! - Songs Of Bob Dylan (This Ain't No Tribute Serie)
2003, ,
Modern Electric Blues/Soul/Rhythm & Blues
Al Green
Call Me
1973
Al Green
I'm Still In Love With You
1972, ,
Rhythm & Blues/Soul
Albert Collins
Iceman
CD, ,
Texas Blues
Boz Scaggs
Come On Home
CD, ,
Electric Blues
Talking Heads
Take Me To Boston
Al Green
Greatest Hits
Al Green
Al Green's Greatest Hits (Volume II)
,
Soul