Inez & Charlie Foxx
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Inez and Charlie Foxx were a sibling pop and soul duo best known for their 1963 hit single âMockingbird.â Initially, Charlie Fox â born October 23, 1933, in Greensboro, North Carolina â began singing with a gospel choir as a child and was soon joined by his younger sister Inez Fox, who was born on September 9, 1937, in Greensboro. In 1960, Inez pursued a solo career under her then-married name Inez Johnston. The duo decided to pursue music as a duo and met with the owners of Sue Records. After presenting their new arrangement of the traditional lullaby âHush, Little Baby,â the label signed the duo. Inez and Charlie Foxâs version of the lullaby was retitled âMockingbirdâ and released on Symbol Records â a subsidiary of Sue Records â in June 1963. The song was an enormous hit, reaching Number 7 on Billboardâs Hot 100 Singles chart and Number 2 on the R&B Singles chart. Selling over a million copies, the single earned the duo a gold record has since been covered by artists such as James Taylor & Carly Simon, Aretha Franklin, and many others. Unfortunately, the duo never achieved the same success with subsequent singles although two of them â âHi Diddle Diddleâ (1963) and â(1-2-3-4-5-6-7) Count the Daysâ (1967) â managed to land in the Top 100. Several of the duoâs recordings were released under Inez Foxâs name only including âHurt by Love,â which reached Number 54. While their fame dwindled in the US, Inez and Charlie Fox found continued success in Europe, where they would tour frequently. The duo eventually split up as a recording and touring act in 1971 and each sibling pursued their own musical paths. Charlie Fox died on September 18, 1998, at the age of 64. Inez Fox died on August 25, 2022, at the age of 84.
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- Track Popularity
- Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush
- Hurt By Love
- Searching For My C.C.
- Don't Do It No More
- Ask Me
- I Fancy You
- My Momma Told Me
- Sitting Here
- Confusion
- A Stanger I Didn't Know
- The Ball Game
- Tom and Jim
- If I Need Anyone (Let It Be You)
- Guilty
- I Wanna See My Baby
- Come by Here
- Mockingbird
- I Love You 1000 Times
- No Stranger to Love
- Down By The Seashore
- (1-2-3-4-5-6-7) Count the Days
- You Fixed My Heartache
- Broken Hearted Fool
- Tightrope
