Charline Arthur (also Charlene Arthur, nee Charline Highsmith; September 2, 1929 – November 27, 1987) was an American singer of boogie-woogie, blues, and early rockabilly. In 1950, Arthur began work as a singer and a disc jockey at the Texas radio station KERB. She left three years later after the impresario Colonel Tom Parker discovered her, signing her with RCA Records. She was a regular performer on the Big D Jamboree radio program throughout the 1950s and 1960s. She also performed and toured with Elvis Presley and others, but in 1956 RCA dropped her from the label and her career declined. Described as a "flash in the pan" and a "woman before her time", Arthur was inducted into the Rockabilly Hall of Fame and has, since the 1980s, found favor with critics who praise her vocal style, her stage presence, and her influence on artists such as Elvis Presley and Patsy Cline. 　　After RCA dropped her, she divorced her husband. In 1957 she recorded a few songs for the Coin label in Los Angeles. In the late 1950s she played and sang wherever she could and for a while had a trio with her sisters Betty Sue and Dottie, but success eluded them. Afterward, she moved to Salt Lake City and then, with the help of an old fan, she got a regular gig in Idaho where she played until the mid 1960s. In her later career, Arthur recognized that her image, one which did not reflect femininity or domestic problems women encountered, was causing a disconnect with her fans and she became more subdued, altering her image to be more conventional. 　　In the late 1970s she performed for Ernest Tubb's Midnight Jamboree show, and she retired in 1978, living near her sister in Pocatello, Idaho on a disability check. She died there on November 27, 1987, aged 58.