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Baby Charles

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Baby Charles are a British Deep Funk band fronted by soul sensation Dionne Charles; backed by Toby Sendall - guitar, Simon Hill - bass, Graham Sowerby - drums, Georgina Carroll - flute, Sigi Beare - bari / alto sax, Lee Nicklen - keys and Will Rumfitt - trombone. They have been inspired by the late-sixties sounds from the likes of The J.B.’s and The Meters

This band knows how to play a fine repertoire of songs, ranging from covers of old soul-funk classics to other more obscure grooves. They also have their own material, including their debut album which was released in 2008 and three 45’s: ‘No Controlling Me’, ‘Back of My Hand’ and ‘I Bet You Look Good on the Dance Floor’, released in 2006, 2007 and 2008 respectively.

They received immediate praise from the highest ranking funk djs including: Snowboy, Keb Darge, Jazzman Gerald, Monk One, and especially Andy Smith, who snapped up their debut 45 for his ‘Let’s Boogaloo Vol 4’ compilation, and got them to play at the album’s launch party at Cargo in 2007. Mark Lamarr was so impressed by their debut single, he invited the band to record six tracks live in session for his God’s Jukebox show on BBC Radio 2. Baby Charles’ music can be heard on radio stations world-over.

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soul, funk, deep funk, groove, broken beat
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1	The Sphinnx full track	103
2	Comin from higher place full track	91
3	No controllin me full track	83
4	I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor	48
5	Coming From A Higher Place	35
6	Invisible	34
7	Treading Water	33
8	Back Of My Hand	25
9	Life's Begun	24
10	No Controlling Me	23
11	Indecision	21
11	Hard Man To Please	21
13	This Time	20
13	Step On	20
15	The Sphinx	19

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kuraivu wrote:
April 2009

Funky funky stuff!

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OnyxLilninja wrote:
April 2009

do want to see live!

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alandres wrote:
February 2009

I like!!!!

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mad_tea wrote:
February 2009

so funky. love the album.

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FosterMcGinty wrote:
October 2008

sick record. And Dionne is singing with The New Mastersounds next month in NYC. Check her out! Sullivan Hall.. Nov. 7th and 8th.

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recordkicks wrote:
September 2008

RK45021 BABY CHARLES "Hard man to please" / "Jackson fingers" - 45/DIGI New single from the awesome debut lp and brand new unreleased track out now at www.recordkicks.com!

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ghindo wrote:
August 2008

Their cover of "This Time" is incredible.

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mrbmatt wrote:
August 2008

Badass deep soul, nothing else to say.

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SimeiDublinski wrote:
June 2008

sweeeet

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Chilou wrote:
June 2008

pretty good stuff !

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corrinagreyson wrote:
March 2008

Advanced tickets for the Baby Charles album launch party are now available at www.myspace.com/corrinagreysonmusic

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