Name	Charlie Winston
Height
Naionality	English
Date of Birth	14-September-1978
Place of Birth	Cornwall, England
Famous for	Singing

Charlie Winston is an English singer-songwriter. Winston has had his most significant commercial success in France, where he is now based. Winston started performing under the moniker "Charlie Winston and the Oxymorons" after recording and touring with Tom Baxter on Baxter's Feather and Stone album.

The Oxymorons consisted of harmonicist Benjamin 'Gob Iron' Edwards, bass guitarist Elf Lord Taylor, and drummer Jamie Morrison. Winston's debut album, Make Way was recorded at Real World Studios in 2006. Described as "inspired and seductive". Winston supported Peter Gabriel. on his 2007 European tour. His second album, Hobo, entered the French charts at No. 3 on 31 January 2009, and peaked at No. 1 in its 25th charting week where it stayed for 4 weeks and, as of 5 July 2011, spent 30 weeks in the Top 10. His debut album has also been certified as being platinum. The first single, "Like a Hobo", also topped the French SNEP charts for one week on 11 April 2009. In 2010, Winston won an European Border Breakers Award for 'Best UK artist in Europe'. Winston's third album Running Still was released in France on 21 November 2011. In 2012, Winston contributed the track "This Wheel's On Fire" to the compilation CD set for Amnesty International titled "Chimes of Freedom - The Songs of Bob Dylan".

In 2008, his cover of The Spencer Davis Group song "I'm a Man" appeared on a television advertisement for Volkswagen Polo. The ad featured a dog miming the words to the track, and was banned after complaints from the RSPCA and over 750 viewers.