Background
Charles M. Mann was born on December 29, 1949 in Atlanta, Georgia.
musician singer songwriter record producer
Charles M. Mann was born on December 29, 1949 in Atlanta, Georgia.
He worked during the 1970s into the Philly Sound world. He should not be confused with its namesake, the swamp popular singer Charles Mann born in 1944. He built a robust reputation of writer and performer in the area of Atlanta, which allowed him to be spotted by Jay Lasker, president of American Broadcasting Company Records, who offers him to sign a contract with this company at the beginning of 1973.
As a songwriter, often paired with Dave Crawford, he wrote and composed for artists such as B.B. King, The Mighty Clouds of Joy and Nature"s Gift.
He thus obtained five hits in the Rhythm & Blues Top 100, including one hit in the Top 10 (I Like to Live the Love by BlackBerry King in 1973). As a singer, he has a minor hit in 1973 with the song ""lieutenant"s All Over" (extract from his album Say You Love Maine Too), which reached #36 on the Rhythm & Blues charts.
From 1977 he worked as a writer, arranger and producer for two labels owned by a company based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, who has to stop its activities in 1980 because it had illegally marketed bootleg recordings. His latest own record, "Shonuff Number Funny Stuff Love", produced by Dave Crawford, was released in 1981.
Mann died on April 24, 1991 in Atlanta (Fulton County), Georgia.