Charles & Eddie

Charles & Eddie were an American soul music duo known principally for the single "Would I Lie to You", taken from their 1992 debut album, Duophonic. "Would I Lie to You?" won Ivor Novello Awards in 1993 in the Best Contemporary Song, Best Selling Song and International Hit of the Year categories.

Career

Charles Pettigrew and Eddie Chacon met on the New York subway. Chacon had grown up in Hayward and Castro Valley, California, where he had started his first band at age 12 with neighborhood friends Cliff Burton (Metallica) and Mike Bordin (Faith No More). Later Chacon moved to Los Angeles, Miami, London and Copenhagen where his career moved more into songwriting and production. He wrote several hit songs, mostly in Europe.

Pettigrew, meanwhile, was raised in Philadelphia, and went on to study jazz vocals at the Berklee College Of Music in Boston, while also singing with the Boston favorite, Down Avenue. Around the time of Charles' death he was recording with Tom Tom Club (Chris Franz and Tina Weymouth).

Would I

"Would I" is a song written by Mark Winchester and recorded by American country music artist Randy Travis. It was released in September 1996 as the second single from the album Full Circle. The song reached number 25 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.

Music video

The music video was directed by Marc Kalbfeld and premiered in 1996.

Chart performance

"Would I" debuted at number 67 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart for the week of October 5, 1996.

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I Lie

I Lie is a 1982 country music album by Loretta Lynn. The album's one single release, the title track "I Lie", proved to be the last Billboard solo country top ten record of Lynn's career.

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To You

"To You" is a 1939 song composed by Tommy Dorsey with Benny Davis and Ted Shapiro. The song was a top 10 hit on the Billboard charts.

Other recordings

"To You" was recorded by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra with vocals by Ray Eberle and released as an RCA Bluebird 78. Glenn Miller also performed the song at the 1939 Carnegie Hall Concert, which was released in 1958 by RCA Victor on the album The Glenn Miller Carnegie Hall Concert. "To You" appeared as part of a medley by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra, paired with "Stairway to the Stars", both sung by Ray Eberle at the live performance at Carnegie Hall on October 6, 1939. Glenn Miller recorded "To You" for Bluebird records on May 9, 1939 released as Bluebird 10276-B, with the "A" side, "Stairway To The Stars" both sung by Ray Eberle.Ella Fitzgerald and Paul Whiteman also recorded the song. The song was featured by Harry Richman in the International Casino Revue Hello Beautiful in 1939.

Harry James recorded the song with Frank Sinatra on vocals.

Would I Lie to You?

Would I Lie to You? may refer to: