Charles
grew up in Detroit (“The Motor City”) as a teenager during
the fifties and sixties and his first and foremost love has always
been music. He loves to talk about the many musical
influences in his life, the greatest of which has been the Motown
sound. Charles says, “I would put on some Smokey Robinson or
the Temptations and sing along with their records. That is essentially
how I learned to sing.” The two vocal groups who were most influential
in his formative years were the “Temptations” and “The
Drifters”…and as if it were a “dream come true”,
Charles has had the opportunity recently to open for and meet both
of these well-known national and international acts. Charles
performs at various types of venues. He has performed for nightclubs,
country clubs, weddings, receptions, open houses, coffeehouses,
city festivals, county fairs, private parties and reunions. He has
also performed for community benefits and fund-raisers, retirement
facilities, public concerts, dances and dinner cruise lines. Charles
has appeared on various television and radio shows, both as a guest
and as a host.
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