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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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State Of Mind | 2000 | BUY
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State Of Mind vol 2 | 2005 | BUY
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Elements | 17th Jun 2011 | BUY
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Charles Simmons singles
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You Can Count On Me |
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Never Gonna Give You Up | 20th May 2011 |
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Now - I Was Made Made For Lovin' You | May 1993 |
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Now - Dance You Up | 24th Nov 1993 |
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The Free - Born Crazy | 10th Oct 1994 |
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Now - You Spin Me Round | 1995 |
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The Free - Dance the Night Away | 7th Feb 1995 |
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The Free - Lover On the Line | 9th Sep 1995 |
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Igloo - Wings Of Love | 1996 |
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Painted Love - You Can Do Magic | 1996 |
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The Free - Loveletter from Space | 1996 |
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The Free - Shout | 26th Feb 1996 |
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The Free - Crazy World (album) | 11th Mar 1996 |
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U-Nit - You | 13th Jan 1997 |
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Souldiers - This Is Not America | 1998 |
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Shane and Boo - Saturday Love | 1999 |
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Relounge - Loveletter From Space 2001 | 17th Jul 2001 |
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Niels van Gogh + Daniel Strauss - Emergency | Apr 2011 |
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Now - You Spin Me Round | 1995 |
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The Free - Born Crazy | 10th Oct 1994 |
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The Free - Dance the Night Away | 7th Feb 1995 |
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The Free - Lover On the Line | 9th Sep 1995 |
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The Free - Loveletter from Space | 1996 |
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The Free - Shout | 26th Feb 1996 |
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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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