The Sheik of Scrubby Creek [SEP] performer
The Sheik of Scrubby Creek
The Sheik of Scrubby Creek is the debut album of country singer Chad Morgan, released in 1958 through Columbia Records. It is also Morgan's well known nickname.
Track listing.
Side One
1. "I'm the Sheik of Scrubby Creek" – 2:23
2. "You Can Have Your Women, I'll Stick to My Booze" – 2:17
3. "The Bachelor's Warning" – 2:27
4. "The Shotgun Wedding" – 2:27
5
Hopkins. After his grandfather died in 1945, he and his grandmother moved back to Scrubby Creek to live with his parents and siblings. Morgan left school at age 12 and found work cutting timber.
Morgan was discovered through "Australia's Amateur Hour", a radio talent contest, where he sang his original song "The Sheik of Scrubby Creek" and was a finalist. He began recording with Regal Zonophone Records (a subsidiary of EMI) in 1952, while completing his national service obligation in the Royal Australian Air