In Pursuit of Romance, Thomas is the only credited band member, though there are some contributions made by session musicians. Thomas wrote, "This was basically a contractual album - Steve had gone off to work with Iron Maiden as a drum tech and John had a job in the telecommunications industry. I ended up making the whole album by myself - it put me in the hospital!" After a long lay off, in 2009 Charlie released the first album of new material in 23 years, Kitchens Of Distinction. It began life as a Terry Thomas solo project, but as the finished product included contributions from Martin Smith and Julian Colbeck amongst others, the decision was made to credit the CD to Charlie. Gadd died on 27 March 2013, after a year-long battle with cancer. Charlie released what was billed as a final album, Elysium, in late 2015. The band then consisted of Terry Thomas (vocals, guitar), Andy Bloom (guitar), Elliot Thomas (guitar), Martin Smith (steel guitar), Julian Colbeck (keyboards), Charlie Barratt (bass guitar) and Steve Alexander (drums). Discography Albums Fantasy Girls (1976) No Second Chance (1977) - #111 in US Lines (1978) - #75 in US Fight Dirty (1979) - #60 in US Good Morning America (1981) - #201 in US Here Comes Trouble (1982) Charlie (1983) - #145 in US In Pursuit of Romance (1986) Kitchens Of Distinction (2009) Elysium (2015) Compilation albums Charlie Anthology (2007) No Second Chance (Limited Edition Vinyl) (2020) Lines (Limited Edition Vinyl) (2020) Note that in earlier editions of Joel Whitburn's Billboard chart books, a Charlie album called Fifth Flight is listed as having charted in 1981 at #99. This album did not exist, and never charted — its inclusion in Whitburn's book is either an error or a deliberate copyright trap. In any event, later editions of Whitburn's books (post-2006) make no mention of it. Members Terry Thomas: lead vocals, guitar (1976-1984, 1986, 2009) John Anderson: backing vocals, bass guitar (1976–1984) Steve Gadd: drums (1976–1984) Martin Smith: backing vocals, guitar (1976–1977, 2009) Julian Colbeck: keyboards (1977–1980, 2009) Eugene Organ: guitar (1978–1980) Shep Lonsdale: drums (1979) Bob Henrit: drums (1981-1983) John Verity: lead vocals, guitar (1981) Terry Slesser: lead vocals (1982–1984) Graham Broad: drums (1986) Richard Cottle: keyboards, saxophone (1986) Felix Krish: bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals (1986) Linda Thomas: backing vocals (1986) References External links Charlie Forum fansite Classicwebs.com British rock music groups