Charlie Dore was born on 1956 and is an English singer-songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, and actress.
13 Facts About Charlie Dore
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Charlie Dore studied drama at the Arts Educational School, Tring and London.
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Charlie Dore worked for two years in repertory in Newcastle at the Tyneside Theatre Company, starting in the touring company, Stagecoach, where she performed in theatres, schools, streets, a psychiatric hospital, Oxford University, and the Swan Hunter shipyard canteen.
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Charlie Dore co-opted Julian Littman and Karl Johnson to help pad out the long sets required and the band grew, eventually including Karl's brother Stuart Johnson on banjo and dobro, and various guests on fiddle, mandolin, and guitar.
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The band played a selection of bluegrass, western swing, and hillbilly music, as Charlie Dore was yet to start her own songwriting.
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Charlie Dore was spotted by Island Records and signed to a solo recording and publishing deal by Chris Blackwell in 1978, later that year being flown to Nashville, Tennessee to work with producer Audie Ashworth at his Crazy Mama's studio.
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The single reached number 66 on the UK Singles Chart, and Charlie Dore left Island for a deal with Chrysalis Records.
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Charlie Dore toured with her UK band throughout 1981 and 1982, representing the UK in Tokyo at the Yamaha Song Festival and won the Silver prize at the Seoul Song Festival with her song "Sister Revenge".
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Charlie Dore appeared in Eric Idle's comedy for BBC radio, Behind the Crease, directed by Harry Thompson.
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In 1995, Charlie Dore ventured back into the recording studio to record her own album, Things Change, which included the original version of "Refuse to Dance", featuring actor Alan Rickman.
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In 2005, Charlie Dore released Sleep All Day and Other Stories, a return to her acoustic country-folk roots, followed by Cuckoo Hill in 2006.
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In 2008, Charlie Dore won Overall Grand Prize as well as Best Folk Award at the 4th Annual International Acoustic Music Awards.
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In October 2009, Charlie Dore's cover of "Here Comes the Sun", a Hawaiian reggae version produced with Littman, was included in Mojo magazine's tribute album, Abbey Road Revisited.