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Born 1919, Bournemouth
Died 1980.
BBC documentary radio producer, and a writer, singer, actor and founder member of the theatre company [l545862]. In 1954, he moved to Birmingham as a radio features producer creating the [l467497] with Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger. He was employed full-time by the BBC until 1972.

ALBUMS


Ewan MacColl, Charles Parker (2), Peggy Seeger
The Body Blow - A Radio Ballad About The Psychology Of Pain
2008, CD, Album, Topic Records
Ewan MacColl, Peggy Seeger, Charles Parker
Song Of A Road - A Radio Ballad About The Building Of The M1 Motorway
1999, CD, Album, Topic Records
Ewan MacColl, Peggy Seeger, Charles Parker
On The Edge (A Radio Ballad)
1970, Vinyl, ,
Folk
Ewan MacColl, Peggy Seeger and Charles Parker
The Travelling People (A Radio Ballad By Ewan MacColl, Peggy Seeger And Charles Parker)
1969, Vinyl, ,
Interview/Field Recording/Radioplay/Folk/Spoken Word
Ewan MacColl & Charles Parker (2), Peggy Seeger
The Ballad Of John Axon / The Golden Note
1967, LP, Mono, Transcription, BBC Transcription Services
Ewan MacColl, Charles Parker (2), Peggy Seeger
The Fight Game
1967
Charles Parker (2) & Ewan MacColl
The Big Hewer - A Radio Ballad
1967
Ewan MacColl, Charles Parker (2), Peggy Seeger
Singing The Fishing (A Radio Ballad)
1967
Tristram Cary / Charles Parker
Composer At Work / The Potter's Gift
1965, LP, Transcription, BBC Transcription Services, BBC Transcription Services
Matt McGinn (2), Stan Kelly, Johnny Handle, Alan Rogerson, Enoch Kent & Charles Parker
Revival In Britain Volume 1
1962, LP, Folkways Records, ,
Folk
Ewan MacColl & Charles Parker (2), Peggy Seeger
The Ballad Of John Axon
1958, Vinyl, ,
Spoken Word/Folk
Various
Sing Christmas And The Turn Of The Year
2000, CD, Album, Rounder Records, ,
Folk/Holiday
Ewan MacColl, Peggy Seeger, Harold Wilshaw
Song Of A Road / The Thousand-Horse Town
1963, LP, Mono, Transcription, BBC Transcription Services, ,
Folk
Various
The Fight Game / Marching to Glory
3xLP, Album, Mono, Transcription, BBC Transcription Service, ,
Radioplay/Field Recording
A. L. Lloyd, Harold Pinter
Bold Nelson's Praise / A Night Out
LP, Mono, Transcription, BBC Transcription Services

APPEARANCES +


Cecilia Costello
Old Fashioned Songs
2014, 2xCD, Album, Musical Traditions Records
Sam Larner
Cruising Round Yarmouth

2014, 2xCD, Album, Musical Traditions Records
Caroline Hughes
Sheep-Crook And Black Dog

2014, 2xCD, Musical Traditions Records
George Dunn
Chainmaker
2002, 2xCD, Album, Musical Traditions Records
Various
Poetry And Song 7
1968, LP, Argo (2)
Various
Poetry And Song 10
1968, LP, Argo (2), ,
Poetry/Folk
Various
Voices (The Third Book/Record Two)
1968
Various
Poetry And Song 1
1967, LP, Mono, Argo (2), ,
Poetry/Folk
Various
Poetry And Song 2
1967, LP, Argo (2), ,
Poetry/Folk
Various
Poetry And Song 4
1967, LP, Argo (2)
Various
Poetry And Song 11
1967, LP, Mono, Argo (2), ,
Poetry/Folk
Various
Poetry And Song 5
1967, LP, Argo (2)
Various
Poetry And Song 6
1967, LP, Mono, Argo (2), ,
Poetry/Folk
Various
Poetry And Song 7
1967, LP, Mono, Argo (2), ,
Poetry/Folk
Various
Poetry And Song 9
1967, LP, Mono, Argo (2)
Various
Poetry And Song 5
1967, LP, Argo (2), ,
Poetry/Folk
Various
Poetry And Song 6
1967, LP, Argo (2), ,
Poetry/Folk
Various
Poetry And Song 3
1967, Vinyl, ,
Poetry/Folk/Choral
Ewan MacColl, A. L. Lloyd, Peggy Seeger
Musical Score From The Film: Whaler Out Of New Bedford. Based On The Original Panorama Of Whaling Voyage Round The World And Other Songs Of The Whaling Era
1962
Robert Eggers
A Mixed Tape Made By Robert Eggers
2019, Cass, Mixtape, Sacred Bones Records
Various
The Best Of British Folk
2014, 2xCD, Comp, Not Now Music, ,
Folk/Folk Rock
Ewan MacColl, Vernon Scannell
Singing English / A Man's Game
LP, Mono, Transcription, BBC Transcription Services