Simmons (Charles)

EuroDance member
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Latest Charles Simmons news

17/06/2022 : Former The Free member Charles Simmons will be part of the cast of the german version of the musical Hamilton. He will be playing George Washington

01/05/2022 : Former The Free rapper and singer Charles Simmons is jury member for a new german real-TV show, All Together Now which will air from May on Sat 1

25/02/2017 : Charles Simmons and Natascha Wright are among the many members of the Urban Club Band . Based in Francfort, Germany, they play club and house music in Gibson Club every Thursday, and also as support act for Mousse T.

03/07/2016 : Did you know that Charles Simmons was not only The Free's former frontman and singer, but also a personal fitness coach and trainer ?

29/04/2016 : Charles Simmons (The Free) recorded a tribute to Prince, a cover I Wanna B Your Lover.

18/12/2011 : Charles Simmons is also among the candidates for The Voice Of Germany. And he won the first song battle...

01/06/2011 : Charles Simmons (The Free, Now) is back with a new album planned for release on June 17th. First single Never Gonna Give You Up (cover version of Rick Astley's hit) has just been released. Charles was also featured on the latest club hit from Niels van Gogh + Daniel Strauss, titled Emergency.

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Charles Simmons albums

	State Of Mind	2000	BUY X
	State Of Mind vol 2	2005	BUY X
	Elements	17th Jun 2011	BUY X

Charles Simmons singles

	You Can Count On Me		BUY X
	Never Gonna Give You Up	20th May 2011	BUY X

Featurings and collaborations

	Now - I Was Made Made For Lovin' You	May 1993	BUY X
	Now - Dance You Up	24th Nov 1993	BUY X
	The Free - Born Crazy	10th Oct 1994	BUY X
	Now - You Spin Me Round	1995	BUY X
	The Free - Dance the Night Away	7th Feb 1995	BUY X
	The Free - Lover On the Line	9th Sep 1995	BUY X
	Igloo - Wings Of Love	1996	BUY X
	Painted Love - You Can Do Magic	1996	BUY X
	The Free - Loveletter from Space	1996	BUY X
	The Free - Shout	26th Feb 1996	BUY X
	The Free - Crazy World (album)	11th Mar 1996	BUY X
	U-Nit - You	13th Jan 1997	BUY X
	Souldiers - This Is Not America	1998	BUY X
	Shane and Boo - Saturday Love	1999	BUY X
	Relounge - Loveletter From Space 2001	17th Jul 2001	BUY X
	Niels van Gogh + Daniel Strauss - Emergency	Apr 2011	BUY X

Productions, co-production, executive production

Now - You Spin Me Round

1995

BUY X

Songwriting

	The Free - Born Crazy	10th Oct 1994	BUY X
	The Free - Dance the Night Away	7th Feb 1995	BUY X
	The Free - Lover On the Line	9th Sep 1995	BUY X
	The Free - Loveletter from Space	1996	BUY X
	The Free - Shout	26th Feb 1996	BUY X

Charles Simmons biography

Charles comes from Kansas City. Of classic formation, he taught himslef piano, drums, guitar, bass and various percussion instruments at an early age. He became The Free's rapper and male singer, he was also co-writer for the project's lyrics. He also took part to the eurodance project Now along with Melissa Goodlitt.

After The Free stopped, he took part in 1997 to the project U-Nit for the single You, in collaboration with Nico Herz and Zeljiko Lapierre.

Charles also recorded many TV commerical jingles, for instance for Langnese "Magic of Home" campaign for ice creams brands. He also performed with many top artists and producers, including Mary J. Blige, Shaggy, Stefan Raab, Xavier Naidoo, Sasha, Bryan McKnight, the Weather Girls, Crystal Waters, Sonique and the Backstreet Boys.

In 2002, Charles started working with the artists Sabrina Setlur, Glashaus and Moses Pelham (label 3P, same label as Linda Carriere).

Charles Simmons nowadays does a lot of songwriting and some producing for R&B, Hip-Hop and Pop projects. He also does lots of live gigs in Germany.

He has a daughter called Tamica and a son called Tamik.

2005 : he created his own label.

2006 : Charles founded the alternative rock band iO, together with ex-Guano Apes members Dennis Poschwatta, Henning Rümenapp and Stefan Ude. Their debut CD, For The Masses, was released worldwide on August 1st, 2008.

2008 : Charles became an instructor at two music schools: the Performing Arts Academy of Baden-Würrtemberg (aka Popakademie) in Mannheim, and the Modern Music Center in Stuttgart

2010 : he was hired as a vocal coach on the German version of the casting show "X-Factor". He also became one of the members of band Max&Friends.

2011 : Charles is back with a new solo album planned for release on June 17th. First single Never Gonna Give You Up (cover version of Rick Astley's hit) has just been released. Charles was also featured on the latest club hit from Niels van Gogh + Daniel Strauss, titled Emergency. He appeared in th casting-show "My Name Is". Then he took part as a candidate on German real-TV show "The Voice of Germany" on Pro7 and Sat1.

2017 : Charles Simmons and Natascha Wright are among the many members of the Urban Club Band.

2019 : he worked as a vocal cloach in the music show United Voices on Sat 1.

2021 : Charles was a member of the cast of the musical Tina Hamburg

2022 : he is a member of the jury on real-TV casting show All Together Now on Sat 1

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Charles Simmons biography was last updated Sun, March 14th 2021

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