Charlie Winston
Encyclopedia
Charlie Winston is an English
singer-songwriter
.
Winston started performing under the monikor "Charlie Winston and the Oxymorons" after recording and touring with Tom Baxter
on Baxter's Feather and Stone album. The Oxymorons consisted of harmonicist Benjamin 'Gob Iron' Edwards, bass guitar
ist Elf Lord Taylor, and drummer
Jamie Morrison.
Make Way
Winston's debut album, Make Way
was recorded at Real World Studios in 2006. Described as "inspired and seductive". Winston supported Peter Gabriel
. on his 2007 European tour.
Hobo
His second album, Hobo
, entered the French charts at #3 on 31 January 2009, and peaked at #1 in its 25th charting week where it stayed for 4 weeks and, , spent 30 weeks in the Top 10. His debut album has also been certified as being platinum
.
The first single, "Like a Hobo
", also topped the French SNEP charts for one week on 11 April 2009.
In 2010, Winston won an European Border Breakers Award
for 'Best UK artist in Europe'.
Running Still
Winston's third album "Running Still" is due for release in France on 21 November 2011
of The Spencer Davis Group's song "I'm a Man
" appeared in an television advertisement
for the Volkswagen Polo
. The advert, which featured a dog miming the words, was banned after complaints from the RSPCA and over 750 viewers.
, Suffolk
where his parents owned the King's Head Hotel. His older brother, Tom Baxter
, and younger sister, Vashti Anna, are also musicians and all use their middle name as a stage surname. Charlie Winston lives in Paris
, France
.
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English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
.
Music Career
Early CareerWinston started performing under the monikor "Charlie Winston and the Oxymorons" after recording and touring with Tom Baxter
Tom Baxter
Tom Baxter is an English singer-songwriter based in London. He was born in Ipswich, Suffolk, and grew up in Cornwall with his sister Vashti Anna, two brothers, Jo Spencer and Charlie Winston, and parents Jeff and Julie Gleave...
on Baxter's Feather and Stone album. The Oxymorons consisted of harmonicist Benjamin 'Gob Iron' Edwards, bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
ist Elf Lord Taylor, and drummer
Drummer
A drummer is a musician who is capable of playing drums, which includes but is not limited to a drum kit and accessory based hardware which includes an assortment of pedals and standing support mechanisms, marching percussion and/or any musical instrument that is struck within the context of a...
Jamie Morrison.
Make Way
Winston's debut album, Make Way
Make Way (Charlie Winston album)
Make Way is the first album by British singer-songwriter Charlie Winston. It was released in 2007.-Track listing:# Like A Hobo # Generation Spent # Boxes # Nine Year Old Friend # My Life As A Duck...
was recorded at Real World Studios in 2006. Described as "inspired and seductive". Winston supported Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel
Peter Brian Gabriel is an English singer, musician, and songwriter who rose to fame as the lead vocalist and flautist of the progressive rock group Genesis. After leaving Genesis, Gabriel went on to a successful solo career...
. on his 2007 European tour.
Hobo
His second album, Hobo
Hobo (Charlie Winston album)
Hobo is the first album by British singer-songwriter Charlie Winston. It was released by Real World Records in 2009.The first single was "Like a Hobo".-Track listing:# "In Your Hands" # "Like a Hobo" # "Kick the Bucket"...
, entered the French charts at #3 on 31 January 2009, and peaked at #1 in its 25th charting week where it stayed for 4 weeks and, , spent 30 weeks in the Top 10. His debut album has also been certified as being platinum
Music recording sales certification
Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,...
.
The first single, "Like a Hobo
Like a Hobo
"Like a Hobo" is a 2009 song recorded by British singer-songwriter Charlie Winston. It was the lead single from his second album Hobo on which it appears as the second track. Released in April 2009, the song achieved great success in Belgium where it was ranked since January thanks to downloads,...
", also topped the French SNEP charts for one week on 11 April 2009.
In 2010, Winston won an European Border Breakers Award
European Border Breakers Award
-Organization:The EBBA Awards were launched by the European Commission and are a European Union award. Selection and the award ceremony of the EBBA Awards are organized by Noorderslag Foundation, which has the mission to encourage the circulation of European pop music.-Partners:*European...
for 'Best UK artist in Europe'.
Running Still
Winston's third album "Running Still" is due for release in France on 21 November 2011
Controversy
In 2008, his coverCover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
of The Spencer Davis Group's song "I'm a Man
I'm A Man (Spencer Davis Group song)
"I'm a Man" is a song written by Spencer Davis Group singer-songwriter Steve Winwood and record producer Jimmy Miller.-Original version by the Spencer Davis Group:...
" appeared in an television advertisement
Television advertisement
A television advertisement or television commercial, often just commercial, advert, ad, or ad-film – is a span of television programming produced and paid for by an organization that conveys a message, typically one intended to market a product...
for the Volkswagen Polo
Volkswagen Polo
The Volkswagen Polo is a supermini car manufactured by Volkswagen. It is sold in Europe and other markets worldwide in hatchback, saloon, coupé and estate variants....
. The advert, which featured a dog miming the words, was banned after complaints from the RSPCA and over 750 viewers.
Personal life
Winston was born to parents Jeff and Julie Gleave. At an early age he moved to BungayBungay, Suffolk
Bungay is a market town in the English county of Suffolk. It lies in the Waveney valley, west of Beccles on the edge of The Broads, and at the neck of a meander of the River Waveney.-Early history:...
, Suffolk
Suffolk
Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...
where his parents owned the King's Head Hotel. His older brother, Tom Baxter
Tom Baxter
Tom Baxter is an English singer-songwriter based in London. He was born in Ipswich, Suffolk, and grew up in Cornwall with his sister Vashti Anna, two brothers, Jo Spencer and Charlie Winston, and parents Jeff and Julie Gleave...
, and younger sister, Vashti Anna, are also musicians and all use their middle name as a stage surname. Charlie Winston lives in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.
Albums
| Year | Album | Peak chart positions | ||||||
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| FRA | FRA (DD)1 | BEL (WA) Ultratop Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium, and it is also the name of most of those charts... |
SUI | GER Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie... |
AUT Ö3 Austria Top 40 Ö3 Austria Top 40 is the name of the official Austrian singles chart, as well as the radio show which presents it, aired Fridays on Hitradio Ö3. The show presents the Austrian singles, ringtones and downloads chart. It premiered on 26 November 1968 as Disc Parade and was presented by Ernst Grissemann... |
GRE IFPI The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry is the organisation that represents the interests of the recording industry worldwide. It is a not-for-profit members' organisation registered in Switzerland... |
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| 2007 2007 in music This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2007.-January:*January 1 - George Shearing is knighted for services to music in the Queen's New Year Honours List. Evelyn Glennie becomes a Dame... |
Make Way Make Way (Charlie Winston album) Make Way is the first album by British singer-songwriter Charlie Winston. It was released in 2007.-Track listing:# Like A Hobo # Generation Spent # Boxes # Nine Year Old Friend # My Life As A Duck... |
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| 2009 2009 in music The following is a list of notable events and releases in 2009 in music. Susan Boyle's album I Dreamed a Dream became the biggest selling album in the world for 2009, selling 8.3 million copies in five weeks; more than any other artist's in the whole year... |
Hobo Hobo (Charlie Winston album) Hobo is the first album by British singer-songwriter Charlie Winston. It was released by Real World Records in 2009.The first single was "Like a Hobo".-Track listing:# "In Your Hands" # "Like a Hobo" # "Kick the Bucket"... |
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRA | FRA (DD)1 | BEL (WA) Ultratop Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium, and it is also the name of most of those charts... |
SUI | GER Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie... |
AUT | UK | ||
| 2009 2009 in music The following is a list of notable events and releases in 2009 in music. Susan Boyle's album I Dreamed a Dream became the biggest selling album in the world for 2009, selling 8.3 million copies in five weeks; more than any other artist's in the whole year... |
"Like a Hobo Like a Hobo "Like a Hobo" is a 2009 song recorded by British singer-songwriter Charlie Winston. It was the lead single from his second album Hobo on which it appears as the second track. Released in April 2009, the song achieved great success in Belgium where it was ranked since January thanks to downloads,... " |
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| 2009 2009 in music The following is a list of notable events and releases in 2009 in music. Susan Boyle's album I Dreamed a Dream became the biggest selling album in the world for 2009, selling 8.3 million copies in five weeks; more than any other artist's in the whole year... |
"In Your Hands" | |||||||
| 2009 2009 in music The following is a list of notable events and releases in 2009 in music. Susan Boyle's album I Dreamed a Dream became the biggest selling album in the world for 2009, selling 8.3 million copies in five weeks; more than any other artist's in the whole year... |
"Kick The Bucket" | |||||||
| 2010 2010 in music 2010 in music may refer to:*2010 in American music*2010 in Australian music*2010 in British music*2010 in Canadian music*2010 in European music *2010 in Irish music*2010 in Japanese music*2010 in New Zealand music... |
"I Love Your Smile" | |||||||
| 2010 2010 in music 2010 in music may refer to:*2010 in American music*2010 in Australian music*2010 in British music*2010 in Canadian music*2010 in European music *2010 in Irish music*2010 in Japanese music*2010 in New Zealand music... |
"Tongue Tied" | |||||||
| 2011 | "Secret girl" | |||||||
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External links
- The official Charlie Winston website
- Charlie Winston's profile on MySpaceMySpaceMyspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
- Charlie Winston - Live pictures in Paris (Olympia)
- Personal Interview with Charlie Winston