Charlie Winston

Winston played bass guitar for his brother Tom Baxter, appearing on Baxter's Feather and Stone album. As well as touring with Tom, much of Winston's early career saw him composing music for, and performing in, London-based contemporary theatre productions.

Winston's first ever unreleased and rarest record was Mischifus, a mix between beatbox, guitar, and piano, which appeared as a theatre/dance production that he had performed on stage in 2007, recorded under the Real World label.

Winston's unreleased debut album, Make Way, was recorded at Real World Studios in 2006. Described as "inspired and seductive".{{cite web|url=http://www.insideeonline.com/index.cfm?ci_id=3283|title=Make Way for Mr. Winston|last=Khan|first=Imran|publisher=Inside Entertainment|accessdate=31 October 2008}} Winston supported Peter Gabriel{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/norfolk/content/articles/2007/07/23/music_review_peter_gabriel_20070723_feature.shtml|title=Review: Peter Gabriel at Blickling|last=Issimdar|first=Mariam|date=24 July 2007|publisher=BBC Suffolk|accessdate=31 October 2008}} on his 2007 European tour. Tracks from Make Way would eventually find their way on to his first officially released album.

Winston's second and the first officially released album, Hobo, entered the French charts at No. 3 on 31 January 2009, and peaked at No. 1 in its 25th charting week where it stayed for 4 weeks and, {{As of|2011|7|5|lc=on}}, spent 30 weeks in the Top 10.{{cite web|url=http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Charlie+Winston&titel=Hobo&cat=a|title=Charlie Winston – Hobo|publisher=lescharts.com|language=French|accessdate=4 July 2009}} His debut album has also been certified as being platinum.{{cite web|url=http://realworldrecords.com/artists/charlie-winston/|title=Charlie Winston|publisher=Real World Records|accessdate=4 July 2009}}

The first single, "Like a Hobo", also topped the French SNEP charts for one week on 11 April 2009.{{cite web|url=http://lescharts.com/archive.asp?todo=show&day=11&month=04&year=2009&cat=s|title=Palmarès IFOP – Singles – 11/04/2009|date=11 April 2009|publisher=lescharts.com|language=French|accessdate=4 July 2009}}{{cite web|url=http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Charlie+Winston&titel=Like+A+Hobo&cat=s|title=Charlie Winston – Like a Hobo|publisher=lescharts.com|language=French|accessdate=4 July 2009}}

In 2010, Winston won a European Border Breakers Award for 'Best UK artist in Europe'.{{cite web | url=http://music.thedigitalfix.com/content/news/7806/2010-european-border-breakers-award-winners-announced.html | title=2010 European Border Breakers Award winners | date=10 November 2009 | accessdate=6 March 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131018022750/http://music.thedigitalfix.com/content/news/7806/2010-european-border-breakers-award-winners-announced.html# | archive-date=18 October 2013 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}

Winston's third album Running Still was released in France on 21 November 2011.

In 2012, Winston contributed the track "This Wheel's on Fire" to the compilation CD set for Amnesty International titled "Chimes of Freedom – The Songs of Bob Dylan".

"Lately", the first single from Winston's fourth album Curio City debuted on French radio station Virgin Radio on 13 October 2014. The album was released on 26 January 2015. In 2016, Winston released an EP with studio versions of songs he covered live during his concerts, called Under Cover.

The first single from Winston's fifth album was released on 8 June 2018. It's called "The Weekend". The album, entitled Square 1, was released on 28 September 2018.

On 17 September 2010, Winston headlined a global telecast for the international day of peace Peace One Day with Jude Law and Sharon Stone.{{Cite press release|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/peace-one-day-2010-star-studded-celebration-announced-for-september-17-in-paris-97919919.html|title=Peace One Day 2010 Star-Studded Celebration Announced for September 17 in Paris|first=Peace One|last=Day|website=Prnewswire.com|accessdate=18 July 2020}}

On 10 November 2011, the track "She Went Quietly" was used over the ending of the mid-season finale of Grey's Anatomy (Season 8, Episode 9 "Dark Was The Night").

In 2008, his cover of The Spencer Davis Group song "I'm a Man" appeared on a television advertisement for Volkswagen Polo. The ad featured a dog miming the words to the track,{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9beQh1yH5uU|title=(Banned) VW Polo Singing Dog ad|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=9 April 2010}} and received over 750 complaints from the RSPCA and TV viewers. The ad was not banned, despite the complaints.{{cite web|url=http://www.dogmagazine.net/archives/448/rscpa-complain-about-abused-dog-in-volkswagen-tv-advert-lets-get-our-priorities-right-shall-we/|title=RSCPA Complain About 'Abused' Dog in Volkswagen TV Advert – Let's Get Our Priorities Right Shall We?|last=O'Meara|first=Ryan|date=29 March 2008|work=K9 Magazine|publisher=K9 Media Ltd|accessdate=31 October 2008|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080920122401/http://www.dogmagazine.net/archives/448/rscpa-complain-about-abused-dog-in-volkswagen-tv-advert-lets-get-our-priorities-right-shall-we/|archivedate=20 September 2008}}{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/kiss-goodbye-to-your-sales-stonewall-tells-homophobic-heinz-after-advert-is-pulled-853510.html|title=Kiss goodbye to your sales, Stonewall tells 'homophobic' Heinz after advert is pulled|last=Judd|first=Terri|date=25 June 2008|work=The Independent|accessdate=2 November 2008}}

Winston was born to parents Jeff and Julie Gleave.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/suffolk/content/articles/2009/06/02/introducing_vashti_anna_feature.shtml|title=Doing it for herself|last=Woodger|first=Andrew|date=3 June 2009|publisher=BBC Suffolk|accessdate=4 July 2009}} At an early age he moved to Bungay, Suffolk where his parents owned the King's Head Hotel.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/suffolk/content/articles/2007/12/04/suffolk_sessions_charlie_winston_feature.shtml|title=Suffolk Sessions: The cat in the hat|date=4 December 2007|publisher=BBC Suffolk|accessdate=31 October 2008}} His elder brother, Tom Baxter,{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/suffolk/content/articles/2008/03/03/tom_baxter_nac_review_feature.shtml|title=Brothers in arms|last=Woodger|first=Andrew|date=3 March 2009|publisher=BBC Suffolk|accessdate=4 July 2009}} and younger sister, Vashti Anna, are also musicians and all use their middle name as a stage surname. Winston currently lives in the South of France on the French Riviera.

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*Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.

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• [http://www.davidmoulin.fr/?page_id=182 Charlie Winston – Live pictures in Paris (Olympia)]
• [http://newbeatsmedia.com/2009/07/24/every-step-chatting-to-charlie/ Personal Interview with Charlie Winston]

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