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She sang in her brother’s band, known as Charlotte and the Volunteers, had regular appearances on the local country music show “Mid-South Jamboree” and toured with artists such as O.B.

ěorn 26th March 1956 native Tennessean Charlotte Denise McClain’s country music preferences blended in well with the rock, jazz and blues sounds that surrounded her as she grew up in Memphis, a city that’s a real melting pot of music.

Why have a “Biggest Hits” in 1985 when a “Greatest Hits” came out three years earlier? But the releases, with different recordings, simply prove the immense success of this singer as she quickly piled one hit upon another.

The two albums twinned in this collection might cause slight confusion by their titles.

McClain debuted in late 1976 with her first single, Lay Me Down, which peaked at #67 on the Billboard Co.

Signed to her first recording contract in 1976, McClain's distinct vocal sound provided an edge in recognizability - as did her appearance. She was a regular on local Memphis show Mid-South Jamboree from 1973-1975. Her first appearance was on TV in Jackson, Tennessee, local station WBBJ morning show. She began her musical career at age 12 with her brother in a band called Charlotte & The Volunteers for 6 years. She then gained a recording contract with Epic Records by the time McClain was almost twenty years old. She began singing in the club circuit by the time she was seventeen. McClain soon began performing in public regularly. McClain's use of the tape recorder with her father inspired her interest in singing. McClain's father had tuberculosis when she was eight, and, since she was under age for visitation rights at the hospital, she had to communicate with him through a tape recorder. When Epic Records decided it sounded catchier than Charlotte, it became a permanent professional banner.

Originally named Charlotte, Charly was given her masculine moniker by neighborhood friends in Memphis, and she also used it when she started playing hotel lounges. Charlotte Denise McClain was born in Memphis, Tennessee in 1956.