Pierre de Charmoy is a

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singer/songwriter. Born in

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1 February 1961, An interest in music began from an early age while attending St Charles College,

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. He had a number 1 hit on the South African charts with his song ''Live On'' in 1983. ''Reaching Out'' 1984, ''You're my Lady'', also featured in the comedy film ''Tawwe Tienies'', ''The long Road'', ''Don't Girls get Lonely'', 1985, ''We'll find a way , Naked Hearts'', ''Fell in love with you for life'', 1986, ''Attitude'', 1990, ''April Rain'', 1994. He won the ''South African SARIE Award'' for best male singer in 1983, 1984 and 1985, as well as ''The Scotty 3M Best Album Award'' prize for “Album of the Year” in 1986 and 1987. Music remains his passion between his family and farming. He moved to

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in the late 1970s where he signed with RPM Records. His first single Lonely Hearts'' was released in December 1981. He was subsequently awarded the 'Most Promising New Artist' accolade at the annual

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. He went on to release a number of albums and singles, appeared in the movie 'Tawwe Tienies', and hosted a number of television shows, including 'Prime Time', 'Graffiti' and 'No Jacket Required'. He performed at

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pageants and presented the radio programme: Southern Sounds Top Twenty. He also performed in the theatre production of

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'. On January 12, 1985, he was part of the historic ' Concert in the Park', the first, fully multi-racial, mega-music event in South Africa; attracting 120,000 people to Ellis Park, raising funds for NGO Operation Hunger. Pierre has sold roughly 1 million records Worldwide.

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