Career
His career started by playing the piano for, composing and arranging for artists such as Ray Barretto, Joe Quijano and Tito Puente. He also wrote theme music and arranged for Skitch Henderson and The Tonight Show Orchestra. Fox worked under the banner of Bob Israel's Score Productions where he composed the themes for several Goodson-Todman game shows including NBC's version of the Match Game, the syndicated version of What's My Line?, and To Tell The Truth, whose lyrics were written by Goodson-Todman director Paul Alter. He co-composed the theme song and all the original scores for Love, American Style, along with Arnold Margolin.
Fox also co-composed "Killing Me Softly with His Song" with Norman Gimbel in 1972 which become an international #1 hit for Roberta Flack in 1973 and again for The Fugees in 1997. The song won the Grammy for Best Song 1973). Fox & Gimbel later wrote the themes for many films such as Last American Hero ("I Got A Name," sung by Jim Croce), "Foul Play" ("Ready to Take a Chance Again", sung by Barry Manilow) and many long-running television series, among them Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley, Angie ("Different Worlds" sung by Maureen McGovern), The Paper Chase ("The First Years" sung by Seals and Crofts; Emmy-nominated Best Song), and Wonder Woman. He also composed "The Love Boat" theme with Paul Williams, sung by Jack Jones and later, by Dionne Warwick.
Fox's memoirs: "KILLING ME SOFTLY; MY LIFE IN MUSIC by Charles Fox" was published in 2010 by Scarecrow Press.
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