Charlie - Love Sets You Free
Feb 16, 2009 14:41:58 GMT -5
Post by 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 on Feb 16, 2009 14:41:58 GMT -5
from her MySpace:
With a voice so versatile it’s hard to pick an exact description, there is one characterization everyone who’s ever heard Charlie sing agrees upon - and that’s Powerful. Strong and in control whenever she’s performing, Charlie ranges from raspy to sultry, from gentle to coy, from an intimate whisper to belting it out as she plays her full keyboard of musical styles.
Charlie’s confident and outgoing nature developed starting with the first guitar she picked up as a seven year old school girl in a little country town in Ohio where she was born and raised. From singing in church with her five sisters by the age of ten to entertaining the governor of Ohio and other dignitaries at private functions as a young teenager, Charlie honed her musical skills and that distinctive voice. In the early 1990’s, Charlie moved to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina and became a local celebrity in a group known as Seabreeze with a CD that enjoyed popularity across the state.
Next it was on to Los Angeles where, much like Bette Midler, Charlie achieved fame in the adult entertainment industry as part of the first live singing and dancing act. Charlie became a double key holder for Pure Platinum, Solid Gold and The Dollhouse in recognition of her work with the Platinum Dolls, a group produced by Michael J. Peter. As a staff backup singer in the clubs, Charlie also performed on stage with a host of major entertainers including The Temptations, The Supremes, Supertramp, Steve Miller Band and Rick James. It was her friendship with the legendary Rick James that prompted Charlie to begin writing more of her own lyrics and perform music with an R&B flavor. “He guided me down the right path musically,” she says.
Charlie’s writing and performing abilities show through brilliantly in her recently finished new CD “Under My Skin,” produced by Tony Coluccio of New York City. “I’ve been waiting for years for the opportunity to work with a voice as rich as Charlie’s”, says Tony. To be released later this year, “Under My Skin” is a musical festival of the personal magnetism Charlie’s unique voice and style convey. Charlie wrote eight of the ten songs on the CD, including an especially moving celebration of her relationship with her daughter, Alexis. Taken from letters Charlie and Alexis wrote to each other while apart, Charlie’s “My Child” includes the striking voice of her daughter singing the words she had written.
Charlie currently resides in South Florida, but spends most of her time on the road performing live or recording. She appears regularly in Las Vegas, New York, Las Angeles, and other major performing venues across North America. When her new CD is released, Charlie will be touring the entire U.S. to share her joy with her music. “I’m so excited for everyone to hear this new work,” she says. And everyone who’s experienced her music so far thinks you’ll agree.
Her single "Love Sets You Free" has remixes by DJ Escape & Tony Coluccio, Dave Rose, Nick Harvey, and Dom Capello. Per Nick's website, this is supposed to be coming out on Tommy Boy Entertainment.
Hear some of the Escape/Coluccio here.
So far, I have only heard Escape/Coluccio and the Nick Harvey mixes. Both are quite good. Nick's is a bit more big room-ish than Escape/Coluccio's. The synth riff is just massive.
With a voice so versatile it’s hard to pick an exact description, there is one characterization everyone who’s ever heard Charlie sing agrees upon - and that’s Powerful. Strong and in control whenever she’s performing, Charlie ranges from raspy to sultry, from gentle to coy, from an intimate whisper to belting it out as she plays her full keyboard of musical styles.
Charlie’s confident and outgoing nature developed starting with the first guitar she picked up as a seven year old school girl in a little country town in Ohio where she was born and raised. From singing in church with her five sisters by the age of ten to entertaining the governor of Ohio and other dignitaries at private functions as a young teenager, Charlie honed her musical skills and that distinctive voice. In the early 1990’s, Charlie moved to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina and became a local celebrity in a group known as Seabreeze with a CD that enjoyed popularity across the state.
Next it was on to Los Angeles where, much like Bette Midler, Charlie achieved fame in the adult entertainment industry as part of the first live singing and dancing act. Charlie became a double key holder for Pure Platinum, Solid Gold and The Dollhouse in recognition of her work with the Platinum Dolls, a group produced by Michael J. Peter. As a staff backup singer in the clubs, Charlie also performed on stage with a host of major entertainers including The Temptations, The Supremes, Supertramp, Steve Miller Band and Rick James. It was her friendship with the legendary Rick James that prompted Charlie to begin writing more of her own lyrics and perform music with an R&B flavor. “He guided me down the right path musically,” she says.
Charlie’s writing and performing abilities show through brilliantly in her recently finished new CD “Under My Skin,” produced by Tony Coluccio of New York City. “I’ve been waiting for years for the opportunity to work with a voice as rich as Charlie’s”, says Tony. To be released later this year, “Under My Skin” is a musical festival of the personal magnetism Charlie’s unique voice and style convey. Charlie wrote eight of the ten songs on the CD, including an especially moving celebration of her relationship with her daughter, Alexis. Taken from letters Charlie and Alexis wrote to each other while apart, Charlie’s “My Child” includes the striking voice of her daughter singing the words she had written.
Charlie currently resides in South Florida, but spends most of her time on the road performing live or recording. She appears regularly in Las Vegas, New York, Las Angeles, and other major performing venues across North America. When her new CD is released, Charlie will be touring the entire U.S. to share her joy with her music. “I’m so excited for everyone to hear this new work,” she says. And everyone who’s experienced her music so far thinks you’ll agree.
Her single "Love Sets You Free" has remixes by DJ Escape & Tony Coluccio, Dave Rose, Nick Harvey, and Dom Capello. Per Nick's website, this is supposed to be coming out on Tommy Boy Entertainment.
Hear some of the Escape/Coluccio here.
So far, I have only heard Escape/Coluccio and the Nick Harvey mixes. Both are quite good. Nick's is a bit more big room-ish than Escape/Coluccio's. The synth riff is just massive.
