She was a regular on local Memphis show "Mid-South Jamboree" from 1973-1975. Her first appearance was on TV in Jackson, Tennessee, local station WBBJ morning show.
She began her musical career at age 12 with her brother in a band called "Charlotte & The Volunteers" for 6 years. She then gained a recording contract with Epic Records by the time McClain was almost twenty years old. She began singing in the club circuit by the time she was seventeen. McClain soon began performing in public regularly. McClain's use of the tape recorder with her father inspired her interest in singing. McClain's father had tuberculosis when she was eight, and, since she was under age for visitation rights at the hospital, she had to communicate with him through a tape recorder. When Epic Records decided it sounded catchier than Charlotte, it became a permanent professional banner. Originally named Charlotte, "Charly" was given her masculine moniker by neighborhood friends in Memphis, and she also used it when she started playing hotel lounges. Ĭharlotte Denise McClain was born in Memphis, Tennessee in 1956.
Early life Childhood & teen years Charlotte Denise McClain was born in Memphis, Tennessee in 1956.
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