Real name: Charles Edwin "Charlie" Applewhite

Effective period / Period of releases: 1954 - 1958

(1932 - 2001) American singer and radio host Fort Worth known as "the little man with the big voice," was famous for his 1950s hits. The height of his fame came as a regular on the Milton Berle show in the mid 1950s, and he became a highly-paid entertainer, performing on records, radio, and television. The advent of the Rock era and a plane crash that left him severely injured curtailed his career.