Charles James (Fox) Foxx (1933 - 1998)

Born 23 Oct 1933 in Alamance, Alamance, North Carolina, United States

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Died 18 Sep 1998 at age 64 in Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, United States

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Biography

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Charlie Foxx was an American songwriter, singer, and producer.^[1]

Charles James Fox was born in 1933.^[2][3] He was the son of John Fox and Peggy Goins. He first sang at Dudley High School and with the Gospel Tide Choir in his native Greensboro, North Carolina, where he was born. He played football and basketball in his early years and later was known to play golf. He and his sister Inez shared an interest in music early on as well.

By 1959, both Charlie and Inez started to compose and perform in local North Carolina venues together. His sister began recording first with "A Feeling" for the Brunswick label in 1962 prior to joining with him as a duo when they moved to New York in 1963. Both became well known in the United States and in Europe. Charlie was a producer and writer for Music Core Records

Their Billboard music chart top 10 hit song in June of 1963, "Mockingbird", went on to become a number 1 song in 1970 when remade by Carly Simon and James Taylor. “Mockingbird” later made it to the UK top 40 by 1969. Other hit songs they created in the same time period included "Ask Me" (1964), "I stand Accused" (1967), and "No Stranger to Love" (1966), just to name a few. He and his sister also toured with other singers of the time including Sam Cooke, Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding, and Stevie Wonder, and at one time, their backup band was a group from Alabama that went on to become the Commodores.

In 1967, they switched to Musicor's soul-subsidiary Dynamo, producing songs such as "I Ain't Going for That" (1968), "Come By Here”, a nice album containing stand-out tracks such as "No Stranger To Love", a dramatic cover of Jerry Butler's "I Stand Accused" (1967), "Count The Days 1-2-3-4-5-6-7" (1967), and "I Love You 1,000 Times" (later adapted by the vocal group the Platters), all issued in Britain on Direction, a CBS budget label. Later they produced "Baby Give It To Me" (1969) and the self-produced "You Fixed My Heartache".

He also was known for writing and producing for other groups and including co-writing with Jerry Williams Jr. (Swamp Dogg) for Gene's Pitney’s 1968 hit "She's a Heartbreaker". The brother/sister duo separated in 1969/1970 with his sister pursuing a career as a solo singer while he continued to pursue his writing and producing career. Charlie developed leukemia, and he passed away in 1998.^[4] He is buried in Oaklawn Memorial Cemetery in Mobile, Alabama.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inez_and_Charlie_Foxx
2. ↑ "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHRG-TNT : 8 December 2014), Charlie James Fox, 1933; from "North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes, 1800-2000," database and images, Ancestry.
3. ↑ "North Carolina, Department of Archives and History, Index to Vital Records, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:76DF-6Y2M : 3 September 2021), Charlie James Fox, 1933; citing Birth, North Carolina, United States
4. ↑ *"United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q5M5-DSJD : 18 July 2020), Charlie Fox in entry for John Luther Fox, 1974
5. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #82553591 memorial page for Charlie J. Fox (23 Oct 1933–18 Sep 1998), Find a Grave Memorial ID 82553591, citing Oaklawn Memorial Cemetery, Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by Find a Grave

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWQ4-1JN : 9 January 2021), Chas Fox in household of John Fox, Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 41-19, sh...

See also:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g47_NI1CWNQ
• http://www.soulwalking.co.uk/Charlie%20And%20Inez%20Foxx.html