Charlie Dore

Charlie Dore ( born 1956 in Middlesex, England) is an English singer, songwriter and actress.

Biography

During the visit of the Royal Shakespeare Company - drama school Charlie Dore Julian Littman met. The two musicians performed together as a folk duo. Dore was parallel to some theater engagements. She sang in the TV series Rainbow some songs they had written.

1976 began a new chapter in Dore's career, when she formed the blues band "Hula Valley." In 1977 he founded the country band " Charlie Dore 's Prairie Oyster ", the 1978 " Charlie Dore 's Back Pocket" renamed itself. A founding member was the later Dire Straits drummer Pick Withers.

The move to solo artist followed in 1979 with a recording contract with Iceland Records and the release of their debut album, Where to Now. The single release pilot of the airwaves reached the Top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100, but was also present in other countries in the charts, for example, in New Zealand at position 12 The Record World Magazine chose Charlie Dore for ' Best New Singer ' ( Best New Female Singer ).

Their second album list was published in 1981, followed by a tour of Australia and Japan. Dore represented her native country at the Tokyo Song Festival, but then returned back to acting and landed a role alongside Tim Curry and Frank Finlay in The Ploughman 's Lunch. In addition to other English productions television shows and theater engagements were scheduled. The late 1980s, Charlie Dore was a member of the comedy group Dogs on Holiday.

The third Charlie Dore Album Things Change was not published until 1995. An Italian production team remixed the title Time Goes By, and made him into a dance hit in Europe. Then Dore lent her voice to another electronic song productions. As a credible songwriter, she wrote songs, including for Tina Turner, Celine Dion, Barry Manilow and Yaz.

Discography

Albums

Singles

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