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Birth name
  
Charles Whitehead

Associated acts
  
Swamp Dogg

Also known as
  
Raw Spitt

Name
  
Charlie Whitehead

Origin
  
Norfolk, Virginia

Role
  
Singer

Occupation(s)
  
Singer, songwriter


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Born
  
September 12, 1942 (
1942-09-12
)

Died
  
June 26, 2015, Flushing, New York City, New York, United States

Albums
  
Charlie Whitehead and the Swamp Dogg Band

Genres
  
Rhythm and blues, Soul music

Record labels
  
Island Records, United Artists Records

Similar People
  
Swamp Dogg, Brenda Lee Eager, Southside Movement, Dave Prater, The Softones

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Charlie Whitehead (September 12, 1942 – June 26, 2015) was a soul singer from Franklin, Virginia. Whitehead moved to New York City in 1968 and was subsequently signed to Musicor's R&B subsidiary, Dynamo Records, by Charlie Foxx. At Dynamo, Whitehead was paired with Jerry Williams, Jr., and the two wrote songs (often with Gary U.S. Bonds) for artists such as Dee Dee Warwick and Doris Duke, including Warwick's 1970 hit, "She Didn’t Know (She Kept on Talking)".

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Releasing only one single on Dynamo, Whitehead followed Williams when he left for Canyon Records. In 1970, using the name Raw Spitt, Whitehead released a self-titled album, produced and mostly written by Williams. An additional song recorded for, but not included on the album, "Songs to Sing" was also released as a single on United Artists.

Whitehead released some material under his own name on Williams' Stone Dogg Records and in 1973, the album Charlie Whitehead and the Swamp Dogg Band on Williams' Fungus Records.

In 1975, he made the Billboard R&B chart with "Love Being Your Fool" on Island Records. He released one more album, 1977's Whitehead at Yellowstone before dropping from view.

A CD compiling Raw Spitt, Charlie Whitehead and the Swamp Dogg Band, and various non-album tracks—called Songs to Sing: The Charlie Whitehead Anthology—was released by Ace Records in 2006. On June 26, 2015, Charlie Whitehead died.

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References

Charlie Whitehead Wikipedia