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Charles Hemphill born to a sharecropping family at Blytheville, Arkansas.At the age of 10. he moved with his parents and six sisters to Fort Wayne, Indiana. He was the lead singer of the Checkmates, Ltd. in the 1960s and 1970s, and it is his vocals that are heard out front on their 1969 Phil Spector-produced hit, "Black Pearl".
The Checkmates, Ltd. were an American R&B group from Fort Wayne, Indiana. [1] The group, discovered by Nancy Wilson , was named such because the group included both black and white members, and their various skin tones evoked a chessboard ; [ 1 ] their one major hit was 1969's " Black Pearl ", produced by Phil Spector . [ 1 ]
"Black Pearl" is a song written by Phil Spector, Toni Wine and Irwin Levine, and performed by Sonny Charles and the Checkmates, Ltd. It was inspired by the 1968 Sidney Poitier film For Love of Ivy about Ivy Moore, a maid who after nine years of service leaves to go to secretarial school. [1]
Checkmates, Ltd. recorded a version of "Proud Mary" featuring Sonny Charles, which was produced by Phil Spector in 1969. [42] The single was released on A&M Records in September 1969. [54] It reached No. 69 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and No. 30 on the U.K. Singles Chart. [55] Chart performance
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Love Is All We Have to Give is the first studio album by Checkmates, Ltd., released in 1969, and their second overall album after the 1967 live album Live! at Caesar's Palace. Love Is All We Have to Give reached No. 178 on the Billboard Top LPs chart.