Charlie Dore

Charlie Dore

Charlie Dore is a singer-songwriter and actor from Pinner, United Kingdom, born in 1956. She studies drama in Newcastle and appears briefly on the television programme Rainbow before moving into music.

Early music career

Dore first forms a country band called Prairie Oyster, which attracts interest from Island Records, but the group breaks up before a deal is completed. She then signs as a solo artist. Her debut album, Where To Now, is recorded in Nashville and London and appears in 1979. The first single from it, “Pilot of the Airwaves”, becomes her best-known release in the United States, reaching number 13 on the Billboard chart, and also charts in the UK. The follow-up single, “Fear of Flying”, does not achieve the same success. Her second album, Listen, fails to gain much attention and her performing career slows.

Acting and songwriting

After her early recording career stalls, Dore returns to acting. She appears in the 1984 film The Ploughman’s Lunch with Tim Curry and Jonathan Pryce, and also appears in television programmes including South of the Border and Hard Cases. Alongside this, her songwriting becomes more prominent, and she writes songs for Tina Turner, Celine Dion, Barry Manilow and other major artists.

Later recordings

Dore returns to recording as a performer with Things Change, an album that is particularly noted in Europe. She later releases Sleep All Day and Other Stories in 2004, and Cuckoo Hill on Black Ink Music in 2006.