* 1964 – Charlie Wilson, one of the Great Train Robbers, escapes from Winson Green Prison in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom.

His many plays included Nobody's Widow ( 1910 ), starring Blanche Bates ; Fair and Warmer ( 1915 ), starring Madge Kennedy ( filmed in 1919 ); The Gold Diggers ( 1919 ), starring Ina Claire ( filmed in 1923 as The Gold Diggers, in 1928 as Gold Diggers of Broadway and also as Gold Diggers of 1933 ); Ladies ' Night, 1920, starring Charlie Ruggles ( filmed in 1928 ); the famous mystery play The Bat ( with Mary Roberts Rinehart ), 1920 ( filmed in 1926, 1930 and 1959 ); Getting Gertie's Garter ( with Wilson Collison ), 1921, starring Hazel Dawn ( filmed in 1927 and 1945 ); The Demi-Virgin, 1921, also starring Hazel Dawn ; The Alarm Clock, 1923 ; The Best People ( with David Gray ), 1924 ( filmed in 1925 and as Fast and Loose in 1930 ), the song-farce Naughty Cinderella, 1925, starring Irene Bordoni and The Garden of Eden in 1927 ( filmed in as 1928 ).

Notable performers there included among others: Pearl Bailey, Count Basie, Nat King Cole, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, Coleman Hawkins, Billie Holiday, Lena Horne, Burl Ives, Leadbelly, Anita O ' Day, Charlie Parker, Les Paul and Mary Ford, Paul Robeson, Kay Starr, Art Tatum, Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington, Josh White, Teddy Wilson, Lester Young, and The Weavers, who also in Christmas 1949, played at the Village Vanguard.

In response to the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, the Reagan administration in the U. S. increased arming and funding of the Mujahideen thanks in large part to the efforts of Charlie Wilson and CIA officer Gust Avrakotos.

Blues harmonica players who are primarily or mainly associated with the instrument include Norton Buffalo, Jerry Portnoy, Lazy Lester, Bob Dylan, Sugar Blue, Billy Branch, Charlie Musselwhite, Corky Siegel, Junior Wells, Ron " Pigpen " McKernan, Kim Wilson, Slim Harpo, Al " Blind Owl " Wilson of Canned Heat, Jack Bruce of Cream and John Sebastian of The Lovin ' Spoonful.

In 2007, Hanks starred in Mike Nichols's film Charlie Wilson's War ( written by screenwriter Aaron Sorkin ) in which he plays Democratic Texas Congressman Charles Wilson.

In 1981, following the election of US President Ronald Reagan, aid for the mujahideen through Zia's Pakistan significantly increased, mostly due to the efforts of Texas Congressman Charlie Wilson and CIA officer Gust Avrakotos.

Although the CIA in general and Charlie Wilson, a Texas Congressman, have received most of the attention, the key architect of this strategy was Michael G. Vickers, a young Paramilitary Officer.

George Crile III with Charles Wilson ( Texas politician ) | Charlie Wilson in Afghanistan.

Democratic congressman Charlie Wilson became obsessed with the Afghan cause, and was able to leverage his position on the House Appropriations committees to encourage other Democratic congressmen to vote for CIA Afghan war money, with the tacit approval of Democratic party House leader Tip O ' Neill, even as the Democratic party lambasted Reagan for the CIA's secret war in Central America.

" Angelina County was the seat of power of Charlie Wilson, a politician labeled the " liberal from Lufkin.

Company-owner Dickinson, the father of Charlie, hires three legendary frontier killers, Cole Wilson ( Lance Henriksen ), Conway Twill ( Michael Wincott ), and Johnny " The Kid " Pickett ( Eugene Byrd ) to hunt down Blake as the murderer of his son and Thel, although he seems to care most about recovering the stolen horse.

* Three Major League Baseball players were born in Clinton ... Chick Galloway ( 1896 ), Charlie Wilson ( 1905 ), and Johnny Riddle ( 1905 ).

* Charlie Wilson, Texas politician

The key field organisers were Gordon Goody, Buster Edwards and Charlie Wilson, with Brian Field being the key link between the robbers and the informant.

By 1983, James and Charlie Wilson had become involved in an attempt to import gold without paying excise duty.

This book serves as a biography for the train robber, Charlie Wilson.

Those arrested included Steve Sargent ( brother of Charlie Sargent ), David Myatt and two serving British soldiers, Darren Theron ( Parachute Regiment ) and Carl Wilson.

In 1985, she co-starred on the CBS sitcom Charlie & Co. with comedian Flip Wilson.

" Kim Wilson, Jeff Healey, Charlie Sexton, ZZ Top, Colin James, and Buddy Guy attended the event.

** Billy Sherrill & Norro Wilson ( songwriters ) for " A Very Special Love Song " performed by Charlie Rich

In addition to Orbison, Monument became home to a number of others including: Robert Knight, Kris Kristofferson, Jeannie Seely, Boots Randolph, Dolly Parton, Ray Stevens, Cindy Walker, Tony Joe White, Charlie McCoy, Willie Nelson, Tommy Roe, The Velvets, Connie Smith, Larry Jon Wilson, Larry Gatlin and Robert Mitchum.

* Dennis Bettis, Carl M. Days Jr., Wirlie Morris, Charlie Wilson & Mahin Wilson for You Are ( Charlie Wilson )

* 1951 – Charlie Dominici, American singer and musician ( Dream Theater and Dominici )

* 1974 – Charlie Yeung, Hong Kong actress and singer

* 1998 – Charlie Foxx, American singer and guitarist ( Inez and Charlie Foxx ) ( b. 1939 )

* December 20 – Charlie Callas, American comedian and singer ( d. 2011 )

Webb had already hired singer Charlie Linton to work with the band and was, The New York Times later wrote, " reluctant to sign her .... because she was gawky and unkempt, a diamond in the rough.

* Charlie Pride, country music singer

Other notable people born in or associated with Newcastle include: engineer and industrialist Lord Armstrong, engineer and father of the modern steam railways George Stephenson, his son, also an engineer, Robert Stephenson, engineer and inventor of the steam turbine Sir Charles Parsons, inventor of the incandescent light bulb Sir Joseph Swan, modernist poet Basil Bunting, Lord Chief Justice Peter Taylor, the Portuguese writer Eça de Queiroz who was a diplomat in Newcastle from late 1874 until April 1879 — his most productive literary period, The Prime Minister of Thailand Abhisit Vejjajiva, singers Eric Burdon, Sting and Brian Johnson, lead singer of AC / DC from 1980 to the present, actors Charlie Hunnam multiple circumnavigator David Scott Cowper, Neil Tennant, Alan Hull, Mark Knopfler, Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch, Cheryl Cole, entertainers Ant and Dec, and international footballers Peter Beardsley, Michael Carrick, Andy Carroll, Paul Gascoigne and Alan Shearer.

* Charlie Thomas, an American rhythm and blues singer best known for his work with The Drifters

* Charlie Sizemore, bluegrass music singer / songwriter and attorney

Created by Brown, Charlie Coffey, and director and executive producer David Mirkin, it was a comedy about actress Julie Robbins ( Brown ), who in this initial story, goes to great lengths to land an interview with teen singer Kiki ( played by Kim Walker ) in the hopes of getting hired as a tabloid-TV celebrity journalist.

It was the birthplace of country singer Charlie Rich.

* Birthplace of Charles " Charlie " Ryan ( December 19, 1915, Graceville, Minnesota – February 16, 2008, Spokane, Washington ), who was an American singer and songwriter, best known for co-writing and first recording the rockabilly hit single " Hot Rod Lincoln ".

Charlie Drake ( 19 June 1925 – 23 December 2006 ) was an English comedian, actor, writer and singer.

At Cairnduff ’ s suggestion, Milarky teamed up with two musicians he ’ d never worked with before – budding singer and lyricist Jim Kerr and guitarist Charlie Burchill.

Well-known Chicago blues players include singer / songwriters such as Muddy Waters, Howlin ' Wolf, Willie Dixon, and Koko Taylor ; guitar players such as Freddie King, Otis Rush, Luther Allison, Magic Sam, Syl Johnson, Jimmy Rogers, Buddy Guy, Robert Lockwood Jr., McKinley Mitchell, Bo Diddley, Mike Bloomfield and Elmore James ; harmonica players such as Big Walter Horton, Little Walter, Charlie Musselwhite, Paul Butterfield, Junior Wells and Jimmy Reed ; and keyboardists such as Marty Sammon.

* Charlie Allen ( 1942-1990 ), singer

Born in Mountain View, the seat of Stone County in northern Arkansas, Powell attended the former Little Rock College in the state capital, before he started his entertainment career as a singer with the Charlie Davis Orchestra, based in the midwest.

* " Charlie, Charlie ", a song by Swedish singer Nina Persson ( The Cardigans ) recorded as part of her solo project A camp, adapted and popularised by polish singer Ania Dabrowska

* Legendary soul singer Michael Jackson openly admitted his admiration for music hall performers such as Charlie Chaplin.

The only dubbing exceptions were the voice of the singer in the Sugartown Cabaret ( played by Robina Chaffey ), the voice of Charlie ( played by John Ley ) through the mechanical voice box, and Officer Jim Goose ( Steve Bisley ), singing as he drives a truck before being ambushed.

Following his exit from the United States Navy in 1984, Murphy's older brother Charlie Murphy, whose first post-Navy job was working as security for his famous brother, began hanging out with James, bonding with the singer.