Charles Blackwell
Biography
Charles Blackwell (born Ramsey 20 May 1940 – 14 August 2024) was an English arranger, record producer and songwriter. He began his career in music publishing offices in Denmark Street, London. At the age of 18 he was music director of Joe Meek's record label. He became a prolific studio arranger and record producer in the 1960s and 1970s with a string of hits, and recorded with many famous artistes. He was later commissioned to orchestrate Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" for a recording to be played at every sitting of the European Parliament.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Lost Highway
1997
Taj Mahal
1968
Live In Las Vegas
1969
Tom Jones' Greatest Hits
1973
This Is Tom Jones
1969
Tom
1970
Help Yourself
1968
Françoise Hardy
1965
This Way
2004
Bluejeans & Moonbeams
1974
His Greatest Hits
1974
Release Me (And Let Me Love Again) / Ten Guitars
1967
From The Heart
1966
Françoise Hardy
1964
The Vogue Years
2001
Oedipus Schmoedipus
1996
Looking For Freedom
1989
Deccade Of Instrumentals 1959-1967
1987
Summernight In Rome
1985
Playa Blanca
1984
Wo Der Südwind Weht
1984
Manuel Goodbye
1983
Boogie Down!
1978
Françoise
1970
Credited work
3,739 releases · 691 albums · active 1960–2026
- Performance · 3,478
- Other credits · 1,902
- Production · 214
- Engineering · 8
Studios: Hansa Tonstudios · Flamingo Las Vegas · Smash Tonstudio · Paradise Studio
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Françoise Hardy
- Tom Jones
- Kathy Kirby
- David Hasselhoff
- Art Sullivan
- John Leyton
- Engelbert Humperdinck