McClain’s albums were beginning to become more successful as well. In 1981, McClain scored three Top-10 hits off her Surround Me with Love album: the title track, “Sleepin’ with the Radio On”, and “The Very Best is You”. This brought McClain breakthrough success for the 1980s. 1 on the Country charts in 1981 with “Who’s Cheatin’ Who”.
7 in 1980, and the Top-20 duet with Johnny Rodriguez, “I Hate the Way I Love It.” However, breakthrough success still eluded McClain. The Women Get Lonely album followed in 1980, featuring the Top 10 hit “Men”, which peaked at No. In 1979 McClain released Alone Too Long (1979), which included the Top-20 hits “When A Love Ain’t Right” and “You’re a Part of Me”. She hit country’s Top Ten for the first time in 1978 with “That’s What You Do to Me,” followed by two other Top 25 hits, “Let Me Be Your Baby,” and “Take Me Back.” McClain’s second album, Let Me Be Your Baby, was released in 1978. McClain’s initial singles in 19, from her debut album Here’s Charly McClain, failed to chart highly on the Country charts. McClain debuted in late 1976 with her first single, “Lay Down,” which peaked at No. McClain’s distinct vocal sound provided an edge in recognizability-as did her attractive appearance. By the age of seventeen, she was a regular on the club circuit, and appeared at the Memphis show Mid-South Jamboree from 1973–1975.Īt the age of twenty, McClain signed her first recording contract with Epic Records in 1976.
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Her first TV appearance was on the local WBBJ morning show in Jackson, Tennessee. The band would perform together for the next six years. She began her musical career at age twelve performing with her brother Mike and their band, Charlotte & The Volunteers.
As she was under age to comply with hospital visiting policy, she had to communicate with him through a tape recorder. Her first experience recording was when father Niles had tuberculosis when she was eight. McClain would later go on to use it when she began her career playing hotel lounges. The nickname “Charly” would come from the neighborhood friends that she played with as a child. McClain was born Mato Virginia Jo (née Wiggins – September 25, 2009) and Niles B. McClain’s biggest hits include “Who’s Cheatin’ Who,” “Sleepin’ with the Radio On,” and “Radio Heart.” (Photo courtesy of Jeff Moore.)Ĭharlotte Denise “Charly” McClain (born March 26, 1956) is an American country music singer, best known for string of country hits during the 1980s. Charly McClain performing at the Martin County Fair in Stuart, FL on March 9, 1989.
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