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Occupation(s)
  
Role
  
Singer

Name
  
Sonny Charles

Years active
  
1960–present

Instruments
  
Vocals


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Born
  
4 September 1940 (age 84) Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States (
1940-09-04
)

Associated acts
  
Checkmates, Ltd., Steve Miller Band

Music groups
  
Checkmates, Ltd., Steve Miller Band (Since 2008)

Albums
  
Love Is All We Have to Give, Let Your Hair Down, Bingo!

Similar People
  
Gordy Knudtson, Steve Miller, Norton Buffalo, Phil Spector, Boz Scaggs

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Sonny Charles (born Charles Hemphill, 4 September 1940) is an American soul singer from Fort Wayne, Indiana. He was the lead singer of Checkmates, Ltd. in the 1960s and 1970s, and it is his vocals that are heard out front on their 1969 Phil Spector-produced hit, "Black Pearl." Charles launched a solo career in the early 1970s, and had a brief reunion with the Checkmates during the 1980s. Thereafter, from the mid- to late 1990s, he toured with another member of the Checkmates, Ltd., Marvin "Sweet Louie" Smith, under the Checkmates name.

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Charles' 1982 album, The Sun Still Shines, recorded on Highrise Records, hit #136 on the Billboard album chart and #14 on the U.S. Black Albums chart on the strength of the single "Put It in a Magazine." Written by Charles with producer Bobby Paris, the song went to #2 on the R&B Singles chart and reached #40 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1983. The follow-up single, "Always on My Mind," peaked at #53, but Charles quickly fell from view.

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In 2008, Sonny Charles joined the Steve Miller Band and toured with them.

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References

Sonny Charles Wikipedia


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