Tina Charles (born Tina Hoskins, 10 March 1954, Whitechapel, London[LINK: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1659344/bio] IMDb birth details) is an English singer, who achieved success as a disco artist in the mid to late 1970s. Career Charles began her career as a backing singer and session musician, and recorded her first solo single in 1969 with a then unknown Elton John singing backing vocals. In 1971 she recorded a record called "Joe" (about a little puppy); the same year she made appearances in the first series of The Two Ronnies, the famous BBC One sketch show starring Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett.[LINK: http://www.bbc.co.uk/england/essex/johns_journey_archive/johns_journey_26_12_76.shtml] BBC website - accessed January 2008 In 1974 Charles and her friend Linda Lewis were backing vocalists on the Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel chart topping song, "Make Me Sm

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