- Charles and Eddie
Charles and Eddie were an American vocal duo made up of
Charles Pettigrew andEddie Chacon .Career
The two originally met on a
New York City subway train. Chacon was holding a copy ofMarvin Gaye 's "Trouble Man ," and so the two struck up a conversation and later started performing together. Chacon had grown up in Oakland,California , where he was in a soul band, and later moved to Miami,Florida , where his recording career continued on projects with theDust Brothers andDaddy-O . Pettigrew, meanwhile, was raised inPhiladelphia , and went on to studyjazz vocals at theBerklee College Of Music inBoston , while also singing with the pop band, Down Avenue.Charles and Eddie enjoyed a worldwide
hit single in 1992 with "Would I Lie To You?"Their song "I Would Stop The World" was featured in the 1993
film , Super Mario Bros. based on the popular series ofvideo game s.Their song "Wounded Bird" was featured in the film
True Romance .After the hits faded away in 1996, Chacon worked as a
songwriter forEMI , writingsong s forgirl group Eternal , plusConner Reeves , Hanne Boel and others.A popular culture reference was made to Charles and Eddie in season 3 of the surrealist British Comedy
The Mighty Boosh Pettigrew died of
cancer on6 April 2001 at the age of 37.Discography
Albums
*1995: "Chocolate Milk"
*1992: "Duophonic"ingles
*1996: "24-7-365"
*1995: "Jealousy"
*1993: "House Is Not a Home"
*1992: "N.Y.C. (Can You Believe This City)"
*1992: "Would I Lie to You?"Others
*2005: "Would I Lie To You" (
remix ) (shown as Musikk feat. Eddie Chacon) - a #1 hit inEurope
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