Charlie is now one of a long line of local people to be awarded the Freedom of the Borough of Wirral.
Mayor Cllr Brian Kenny handed Charlie the award adding that he thoroughly deserved the honour.
Attendees of the event included his family, Ricky Tomlinson, Billy Butler and Stan Boardman amongst other local celebrities.
Charlie, who is not normally a fan of formal occasions, said he thoroughly enjoyed the day and was delighted with the free food and drink!
Charlie received the award on the 28th of April 2026 and is the latest addition to a long line of people receiving the Borough of Wirral''s highest civil award.
Charlie has said he is very grateful and humbled to have won this award.
As many of you will know, there is a mural of Charlie Landsborough on a wall of Birkenhead North station which is near to where Charlie grew up.
The mural was originally completed in 2022 but was sufferening from peeling paint. Charlie is pictured here with the renowned Liverpool artist Paul Curtis who is responsible for the artwork.
This time the wall was treated before Paul restored the image to its former glory.
You can see more of Paul Curtis's work all throughout Merseyside and further afield or by visiting his website www.paulcurtisartwork.com
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Hi! I'm new to this group. I recently joined because. I've always loved Charlie's music.
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25 years ago today In May 2001, Charlie Landsborough had just released his first album on the Telstar Label and the title single 'Once In A While'. Charlie was born in Wrexham on 26th October 1941 and grew up in Birkenhead. He started singing professionally in the 1970s, although his major success did not come until 1994 with his song "What Colour is the Wind". It was while working as a teacher, Charlie wrote songs and continued to perform on a semi-professional basis, with limited success. However, in 1994 his song "What Colour is the Wind", which tells the story of a young blind child's attempts to envision the world, began to be played in Ireland after a TV appearance on RTÉ's Kenny Live show. The song was also used as the title track of one of Charlie's albums. Following the album's success in Ireland, Landsborough appeared on several TV shows in the UK. Since then, he has released ten additional albums, including originals, greatest hits and double CDs of previous releases. Overall, sales of his albums have exceeded 700,000 units. He also has had two number ones singles in the Irish pop chart, and several of his albums have topped the British country charts. In this interview we discuss the release of this and his performances in Nashville.
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❤️ This lovely photo came up in our memories today& I was ther with the lovely Catherine Bennett rip. A great fan & a great friend. Who, drove all the way from Scotland to Liverpool to see CHARLIE on several occasions of his final tour in the YJ. On one occasion, I know she still had tubes & drainage paraphernalia about her person & gave no thought to her iwn cares & suffering but only that she had to attend the show. I also very fondly remember the final appearance at the Liverpool Philarmonic Hall when Catherine did it again& with her darling grandaughter Christine on tow as well… turned up & we all sat in our balcony seats together & sang our gears out & cried with laughter, when ‘our ChARLIE’ began his final song in the wrong key 👀🤣🤣 . In fairness he was visibly moved & a little choked by the end of his final performance in his local theatre. Emotional. Thank goodness he did shine your light afterwards.. as we had ALL our lights in full on show & we did him proud. We showed our love & devotion. We know he saw us, there was def no mistaking it lol. Were you there on that final Liverpool performance? Also, luckily my son Christopher was with us so he did shine little filming & got us all on camera for posterity. What a fabulous memory for us but also to remember our forever friend Catherine Bennett rip who sadly passed not too long afterwards. We miss her. We can look back & enjoy the fabulous memory of the event as it is on you tube somewhere. So were you there?
It is now possible to purchase karaoke videos of Charlie's songs. These videos were commissioned by Charlie and have been created by Grahame Tomlinson and contain backing tracks along with on-screen lyrics. Each download contains an mp4 video format as well as MP3 CD+G.
These Individual Songs - Sheet Music Booklets have been a great success for our Fans who want the enjoyment of playing Charlie’s music themselves. We have been selling them in the hard-copy format. Unfortunately, as we all know the world is being subject to rising costs, which are out of all proportion. We have investigated how we can keep these costs down, while being able to still supply what appears to be a great demand for these booklets and will still enable our Fans to obtain the sheet music of Charlie’s songs.
We are pleased to advise ALL our Fans that we have introduced onto our website a new download section totally for these Individual Songs - Sheet Music Booklets
The format of the packs is pdf. Each pack includes lyrics, piano and guitar chords as well as some insight from Charlie as to the inspiration and meaning behind the songs.
The following backting tracks of Charlie's cover version of Beatles songs are now available for purchase
I have known Charlie from the
beginning of his career and was one of the first to interview him. I had great pleasure in giving him the award on stage at
Salisbury City Hall and inducting him into The British Country Music Hall Of Fame. He is alongside some of the many British
Country Music greats who like Charlie have given so much talent to audiences all over the world, showing that Britain can
produce top class singers, songwriters, and musicians.