Charlie Landsborough

Background

Soon after he was born, his mother (Aggie) moved the family back to Birkenhead after the World World War II bombing raids.

Career

He started singing professionally in the 1970s, although his major success didn"t come until 1994 with his song "" and since the hit in 1994 he is now one of the United Kingdom"s top country acts. He is also popular in Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. Born in Wrexham, Wales, Landsborough was the youngest of 11 children.

He was reared by the docklands of Birkenhead near the dumps, railway lines, coal wharf and oil factories.

He left school early and worked intermittently as an apprentice telephone engineer, on the railways, and in the flour mills before joining the army. He left after four years, in the early 1960s, and joined a group, The Chicago Section(s), in Dortmund, Germany.

While working as a teacher, he wrote songs and continued to perform on a semi-professional basis, with limited success. However, in 1994 his song "", which tells the story of a young blind child’s attempts to envision the world, began to be played in Ireland after a television appearance on Raidió Teilifís Éireann"s Kenny Live Show.

The song was used as the title track of Landsborough"s first album.

Following the album"s success in Ireland, Landsborough appeared on several television shows in the United Kingdom. Since then, he has released ten additional albums, including originals, greatest hits and double CDs of previous releases. Overall, sales of his albums have exceeded 700,000 units. He also has had two number ones singles in the Irish popular charts, and several of his albums have topped the British country charts.

One of his most successful releases, was recorded in Nashville in 1999 and resulted in Landsborough winning the BMCA Best Male Vocalist (2000) for the third year in succession, and the Southern Country Award for best album.

He has performed at most major concert halls and theatres in the United Kingdom, including the London Palladium. He also toured Australia and New Zealand in 2001.

Jamie Landsborough - Tour Manager Ken Davies - Manager Tony Ariss - Keyboards, Vocals Shane O"Borne Guitar, Vocals Philosophy Mcdonough - Guitar, Vocals Smithy - Merchandise.

Achievements

• "The greatest response ever on the show".Pat Kenny - Kenny Live Raidió Teilifís Éireann television "The biggest reaction for any artist on our last series".BBC television Pebble Mill "If you like warmth, honesty and credibility in a performer you"ll love Charlie Landsborough".Gerry Kelly - Kelly Ulster television "Incredible talent and unique style, deserves to be a major success".Sean Murphy - London Weekend television "Charlie"s like good wine, he matures quietly over a long period of time, when the cork was popped it was well worth the wait".Gerry Anderson - British Broadcasting Corporation television "A brand new album of brand new songs, all written and performed by a quiet, unassuming gentle man who could very well be Britain"s next country-folk superstar, internationally".George Hamilton IV.