Tina Charles The CBS Years 1975 - 1980 (2-CD)

(Cherry Pop) 40 tracks, digipack edition includes a 20-page booklet with a UK discography and cover notes written by Lois Wilson.

4 studio albums recorded by British singer and performer Tina Charles during her highly successful time with CBS Records in the mid to late 1970s.

- All four CBS albums are combined here for the first time: "I Love To Love" (1976), "Dance Little Lady" (1976), "Heart "N" Soul" (1977) and "Just One Smile" (1980).

15 tracks appear on CD for the first time. The recordings are from the restored original production masters and are presented in the order of their original release, with many tracks appearing on CD for the first time in Europe.

Tina Charles scored four hit singles in the UK in 1976, including the number 1 hit "I Love To Love" and two top 10 hits with "Dance Little Lady Dance" and "Dr. Love". In the same year, she also released two albums and became a successful artist in Europe. Two more albums were released on CBS in 1977 and 1980. The producer Biddu was always present and accompanied and developed her sound over the four albums.

Tina Charles had her biggest hit in the US charts in 2006 with the song "Higher" by Sanny featuring Tina Charles, which landed in the Top 5 of the Billboard charts nationwide and increased her fame even further.

CD 1 focuses on her ten track debut album "I Love To Love" and her nine track follow-up album "Dance Little Lady", both released in 1976. The tracks include the hits "I Love To Love", "Dance Little Lady" and "Dr. Love".

CD 2 contains the album "Heart "N" Soul", originally released in 1977, and "Just One Smile" from 1980, including the singles "Fallin' In Love In Summertime", "Love Bug Sweets For My Sweet", "I'll Go Where Your Music Takes Me", "Fire Down Below" and "Makin' All The Right Moves". Also included is Sondheim and Bernstein's West Side Story classic "Somewhere".