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Charlie was a British rock band formed in 1971 by singer/songwriter Terry Thomas. The group was most active as a recording unit from the mid-1970s to 1986. Charlie never charted in the UK but had four minor hits in the US InchTurning To YouInch (1977) InchShe Loves to Be In LoveInch (1978), InchKiller CutInch (1979) and InchIt's InevitableInch (1983).The group's second album, No Second Chance, began the practice of having a photograph of a female model as the album's cover. InchTurning To YouInch, from that album, was Charlie's first chart entry, peaking at #96 in the US. Eugene Organ was added as a fifth member on guitar for the following two albums, Lines in 1978 and Fight Dirty in 1979. The band had it's biggest hit in 1978 with InchShe Loves to Be In LoveInch, which peaked at #54 in the US. In the following year, the band had another minor hit with InchKiller CutInch, which rose to #60 in the US. Colbeck and Organ left in 1980 amid some turmoil, after having finished recording of the group's planned fifth album, Here Comes Trouble. Colbeck wrote, InchFinally, the touring band line-up of Terry Thomas, John Anderson, Eugene Organ, Steve Gadd, and myself ceased operations once Arista refused to Here Comes Trouble, and our caring, sharing management company immediately cut off all our money in 1980. That's a whole other story but, for the record, our final gig was in 1979 at the Civic Center in Providence, Rhode Island on Monday 29 October, alongside Foreigner.Inch Thomas commented, InchArista our new tag in the U.S. wanted more songs our company in the UK Trident Audio Productions refused to put us in the studio or spend any more money. The UK record company Polydor wouldn't it until it had a U.S. . Effectively Charlie had no record tag and no money to live on. Eugene and Julian decided to leave.InchIn 1981 a reorganised Charlie issued the album Good Morning Am
