My Story | Charlesy

MY STORY

Firstly, thanks for your interest in checking out my website, it is very much appreciated in these busy times.

I write and produce my own songs, with all of my songs now recorded in Nashville. I release these songs under the artist name of The Charlesys although my goal with each song is to get it covered by a quality artist. In addition I am looking to place my songs in adverts/Tv/Films etc.

So far I have released two albums by The Charlesys of which the latest `Will It Be You`, was released on 9th February 2025. It contains the song `Whenever You`re Around` which reached the final of the internationally renowned UK Songwriting Contest in December 2024.

The song Slapton Sands (Exercise Tiger) is also on the `Will It Be You` album. It was written about the disaster which befell US troops during secret training for D-Day in April 1944 where an estimated 946 men were killed in 24 hours. I was privileged to asked for permission for the song to used on a permanent loop at the memorial at Fort Taber-Fort Rodman Military Museum US military museum in Massachusetts.

The first Nashville recorded album by The Charlesys is `Nine Country Nuggets`. It was one of 5 nominations for UK Country Album of the year 2024.

I am delighted to report that the music of the Charlesys is receiving worldwide airplay and that work on a third album is well underway with an expected release date in early 2026.

Prior to focussing on writing I was a founder member of The Accelerators. We were based in the south-west of the UK and enjoyed 21 years of gigging.

The Accelerators enjoyed airplay on BBC Radio 2 (Johnnie Walker) and top UK soap Emmerdale Christmas Day show.

I also played shows in the Dominican Republic with Los Tres Rebeldes including 3 memorable gigs in the women`s prison at Najayo to publicise prison reforms which were put in place to make them more humane.

Some years ago I was stuck in the corporate rut and hating every minute. The dull meetings, long hours, corporate politics, tedious presentations and Sunday evenings spent dreading the week ahead. It was like wishing your life away. The fact is that it is so difficult to make the break from the grind, downsize, do what you want to do and still be able to pay the bills.

After `dropping out ` of corporate work one way that I found to pay the bills was to take and sell photographs. That gave me a great opportunity to indulge a love of travel and spending time in my beloved campervan. To date I have now sold over 65,000 photos. You`ll see some of those photos here.

Please have a listen to my songs and if you like them like and share if possible.

Thank you for your interest

Best wishes

Charlesy