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Charlie Smalls(1943-1987)

  • Music Department
  • Composer
  • Soundtrack
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Charlie Smalls in The Monkees (1965)
Charlie Smalls was born on 25 October 1943 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a composer, known for The Wiz (1978), Faces (1968) and The Marc Pease Experience (2009). He died on 27 August 1987 in Belgium.
BornOctober 25, 1943
DiedAugust 27, 1987(43)
BornOctober 25, 1943
DiedAugust 27, 1987(43)
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  • Awards
    • 1 win & 2 nominations total

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Known for

Michael Jackson, Diana Ross, Ted Ross, and Nipsey Russell in The Wiz (1978)
The Wiz
5.7
  • Music Department
  • 1978
Faces (1968)
Faces
7.4
  • Soundtrack
  • 1968
The Marc Pease Experience (2009)
The Marc Pease Experience
4.1
  • Soundtrack
  • 2009
Events (1970)
Events
4.8
  • Music Department
  • 1970

Credits

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Music Department

  • Stage-To-Screen (2020)
    Stage-To-Screen
    TV Series
    • written by
    • 2021
  • Pamilya ko (2019)
    Pamilya ko
    TV Series
    • theme music composer (as Charles Emmanuel Smalls)
    • 2019–2020
  • Stephanie Mills: Home
    Music Video
    • music and lyrics by
    • 1989
  • The Wiz
    7.0
    Video
    • music and lyrics by
    • 1983
  • Michael Jackson, Diana Ross, Ted Ross, and Nipsey Russell in The Wiz (1978)
    The Wiz
    5.7
    • music and lyrics by
    • 1978
  • Diana Ross in Wiz on Down the Road (1978)
    Wiz on Down the Road
    6.6
    Short
    • songwriter: from "The Wiz"
    • 1978
  • Events (1970)
    Events
    4.8
    • lyrics by
    • 1970

Composer

  • The Wiz
    7.0
    Video
    • Composer
    • 1983
  • Michael Jackson, Diana Ross, Ted Ross, and Nipsey Russell in The Wiz (1978)
    The Wiz
    5.7
    • original musical score by
    • 1978
  • Diana Ross in Wiz on Down the Road (1978)
    Wiz on Down the Road
    6.6
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1978
  • Pam Grier, Ken Norton, and Warren Oates in Drum (1976)
    Drum
    5.5
    • Composer
    • 1976

Soundtrack

  • Great Performances (1971)
    Great Performances
    7.9
    TV Series
    • lyrics: "Home"
    • music: "Home"
    • 2024
  • Tore (2023)
    Tore
    6.9
    TV Series
    • writer: "Home"
    • 2023
  • Ted Lasso (2020)
    Ted Lasso
    8.7
    TV Series
    • writer: "Home"
    • 2023
  • AiAi Delas Alas, Rayver Cruz, Lani Misalucha, Christian Bautista, and Julie Anne San Jose in The Clash (2018)
    The Clash
    7.1
    TV Series
    • writer: "Home (Wizard of Oz)"
    • writer: "Home"
    • 2018–2023
  • Jennifer Hudson in The Jennifer Hudson Show (2022)
    The Jennifer Hudson Show
    4.5
    TV Series
    • writer: "Home", "Be a Lion"
    • 2023
  • Naomi Ackie in Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022)
    Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
    6.6
    • writer: "Home"
    • 2022
  • Ashley Thomas and Deborah Ayorinde in Them (2021)
    Them
    7.5
    TV Series
    • writer: "Home"
    • 2021
  • MsMojo (2016)
    MsMojo
    4.6
    TV Series
    • writer: "Ease On Down The Road"
    • 2021
  • Beyoncé in Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé (2019)
    Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé
    7.6
    • writer: "Emerald City Sequence"
    • 2019
  • Pose (2018)
    Pose
    8.6
    TV Series
    • writer: "Home"
    • 2018
  • Whitney Houston in Whitney (2018)
    Whitney
    7.3
    • writer: "Home"
    • 2018
  • The Chi (2018)
    The Chi
    7.5
    TV Series
    • writer: "Slide Some Oil to Me"
    • 2018
  • Michael Jackson in Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall (2016)
    Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall
    7.4
    • writer: "Ease On Down The Road", "He's The Wizard", "Home", "You Can't Win " (uncredited)
    • 2016
  • The Wiz Live! (2015)
    The Wiz Live!
    7.1
    TV Movie
    • writer: "The Feeling We Once Had", "He's the Wizard", "Soon As I Get Home", "You Can't Win", "Ease on Down the Road", "Slide Some Oil to Me", "Mean Ole Lion", "Be a Lion", "So You Wanted to See the Wizard", "What Would I Do if I Could Feel", "Don't Nobody Bring Me No Bad News", "A Brand New Day", "Believe in Yourself, "Home"
    • 2015
  • 2014 Soul Train Awards (2014)
    2014 Soul Train Awards
    6.4
    TV Special
    • writer: "Home"
    • 2014

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Charles Emmanuel Smalls
  • Born
    • October 25, 1943
    • New York City, New York, USA
  • Died
    • August 27, 1987
    • Belgium(cardiac arrest)
  • Other works
    His musical, "The Wiz," was performed at the Theatre at the Center in Chicago, Illinois with James Earl Jones II in the cast.

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Won Broadway's 1975 Tony Award as Best Score, both music and lyrics, for "The Wiz."

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