Tina Charles truly is one of a kind: She has been described as one of the best voices of all time and has had a phenomenal rise to fame & stardom. Her celebrity status is not just confined to her native UK (where in 1976 she was easily the most successful female artist around appearing on Top Of The Pops and even The Two Ronnies) but also to the whole world. Tina has also provided vocals for huge hit records for other artists – including Buggles’ Video Killed The Radio Star,; Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me) and 5000 Volts' 1975 disco hit single I'm On Fire.

Elton John sang her backing vocals, she has sold 36 million records and all within such a short space of time, 1976-78.

Tina 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. she made appearances in the first series of The Two Ronnies, the famous BBC One sketch show starring Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett.

In 1974 Charles and her friend Linda Lewis were backing vocalists on the Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel chart topping song, Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me).

She also provided the lead vocals for 5000 Volts' 1975 disco hit single I'm On Fire. Although not publicly acknowledged as a group member at the time, Charles was considered to have a stronger voice. The song was a huge success and reached number 3 in the UK Singles Chart.
Charles' big break came in 1975, when Indian-British music composer and record producer Biddu, who had just enjoyed massive success worldwide writing the disco hit Kung Fu Fighting for Carl Douglas, produced the single I Love To Love (But My Baby Loves To Dance) for her. The single spent three weeks at number one on the UK chart in February 1976, and was a major hit around the world. Biddu's collaboration continued on a future album and other huge hits like Dance Little Lady Dance. In total, Charles spent 42 weeks on the UK Singles Chart in 1976 alone.

Further hits like Love Me Like A Lover, Dr Love, Rendezvous and Love Bug made her a pop star throughout Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. Her solo recording that charted significantly in the U.S. was You Set My Heart on Fire, which reached number 3 on Record World's "Disco File Top 20" chart in the autumn of 1975.

In 1978, Charles representing UK was the international winner at the World Popular Song Festival held in Tokyo, Japan, performing the tune, Love Rocks.

After Charles married and had a child, she devoted herself for some years to her family life, and carried on doing session work. In 1989 she had an resurgence with a remix of I Love To Love which reached #2 in France .