Songwriter, Singer, and Producer. According to interviews of the time with his wife, they used the spelling Foxx for their stage name. He first sang at Dudley High School and with the Gospel Tide Choir in his native Greensboro, North Carolina, where he was born. He played football and basketball in his early years and later was know to play golf. He and his sister, shared a an interest in music early on as well. By 1959, both graduated and started to compose and perform in local North Carolina venues together. His sister began recording first with "A Feeling" for the Brunswick label in 1962 prior to joining with him as a duo when they moved to New York in 1963. Both became well know both here and in Europe. He was a producer and writer for Music Core Records of New York and later associated with the Broadcast Music Industry, Inc., E.M.I. Music Industry of New York and London, England. He toured the world with his sister as the Inez and Charlie Foxx Singing Duo. He received many awards from the music industry, including being nominated 1970 for a Grammy as songwriter. In July 1964, they both promoted their Top 40 single "Hurt By Love" (1964) and "Mockingbird" album on a British tour, which was sponsored by the Spencer Davis Group. There they recorded "Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush". They appeared in Liverpool and on television "Ready, Steady Go!" to great success. They returned from their successful British Tour to become a part of the Rolling Stones first tour in September, 1964, and according to his family, they even jammed with Beatles stars Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr. Their Billboard music chart top 10 hit song in June of 1963, "Mockingbird", went on to become a number 1 song in 1970 when remade by Carly Simon and James Taylor. "Mockingbird" later made it to the UK top 40 by 1969. Other hit songs they created in the same time period included "Ask Me" (1964), "I Stand Accused" (1967), and "No Stranger to Love" (1966), just to name a few. He and his sister also toured with other singers of the time including Sam Cooke, Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding, and Stevie Wonder, and at one time, their backup band was a group from Alabama that went on to become the Commodores. In 1967, they switched to Musicor's soul-subsidiary Dynamo, producing songs such as "I Ain't Going for That" (1968), "Come By Here", a nice album containing stand-out tracks such as "No Stranger To Love", a dramatic cover of Jerry Butler's "I Stand Accused" (1967), "Count The Days 1-2-3-4-5-6-7" (1967), and "I Love You 1,000 Times" (later adapted by the vocal group the Platters), all issued in Britain on Direction, a CBS budget label. Later they produced "Baby Give It To Me" (1969) and the self-produced "You Fixed My Heartache". He also was known for writing and producing for other groups and including co-writing with Jerry Williams Jr. (Swamp Dogg) for Gene's Pitney's 1968 hit "She's a Heartbreaker". The brother/sister duo separated in 1969/1970 with his sister pursuing a career as a solo singer while he continued to pursue his writing and producing interests. Some recordings for Symbol Records, Dynamo Records, and Volt Records had him serving as producer and he went on later to record a gospel album, "Foxxhill" (1982). In 1995 he and his sister were recognized with the Rhythm 'n' Blues Foundation Pioneer Award which is given to to "artists whose lifelong contributions have been instrumental in the development of Rhythm & Blues music" (Rhythm & Blues Foundation). In January of 1998, he was diagnosed with leukemia and passed away in Mobile (Alabama) with his family at his side. Clarification note: Birth year appears in different biographical news items as being in 1934 and 1939; however, according to the North Carolina Birth Index, he was born in 1933 - Fox, Charlie James - parent John L Fox - Book 21 page 941. SSA application and claims index lists his year of birth as 1933. The same record includes an update to his file in 1998 with his name as Charlie J. Fox. Published stories also indicated that he died at age 64 which confirm this date of birth as well. His grave marker indicates the birth year as 1933 along with his birth record name as Charlie J. Fox. The same surname for his wife and sister as Fox appears on the vault cover of his grave.