About

CHARLIE SATTENFIELD

When Charlie was 5 years-old his mother said he borrowed a tune and a few words from a nursery
rhyme and wrote his first jingle: “Twinkle, Twinkle, Buy a Car.” His mother bought him his first guitar at
the age of 12 and he began to write songs. Charlie said he could not remember other peoples songs he
heard on the radio so he began to write his own songs. Charlie also said he became a songwriter for
other people because he could not sing the song himself. Charlie later learned to play the trumpet and
played in the High School marching band, as well as forming a combo with his cousins. His band “The
Superstitions” opened for a lot of R & B artists around North Carolina. Charlie and his high school best
friend formed a duo called “The Songs of Earth” and recorded two of Charlie’s original compositions,
“The Times Are Moving Forward” and “No, She Didn’t Stay” and auditioned for Screen-Gems Records in
Hollywood. After receiving his Master’s Degree from Rice Seminary, Charlie started to work at
WTQR/WSJS radio stations in Winston-Salem, NC. His first successful local jingle was written for the
Carolina Thunderbirds ice hockey team, “Flying High Now,” which later became a popular 45 RPM single
sung by Chuck Martin and produced in Nashville. Later, Charlie moved his jingle company Ad Jingles to
Nashville and he began to write local, regional, and national jingles for Chevrolet, Goodwrench,
Wrangler, Bud Light, Biscuitville, etc. AD Jingles biggest project was to co-write and produce a song and
video “RUN TO THE FRONT” for Winston Cup Racing (NASCAR) champion Dale Earnhardt, which was
played at the 1987 NASCAR banquet in New York and featured in the 1988 CBS broadcast of the
Daytona 500. The song was sung by Dave Gibson and Billy Dean. Terry McMillan, Warren Haynes, and
Lloyd Green played on the song which was co-written by Nashville Hall of Fame songwriter John Jarrard
who co-wrote “There’s No way” for Alabama. The video in 1988 was the #1 most watched country video
according to Billboard Magazine. It was aired on TNN, TBS, ESPN and on several Canada TV stations.
Charlie appeared on Nashville’s WSM’s Weekly Racing Show as well as on M.R.N., Eli Gold’s NASCAR
Live. Charlie appeared on Ned’s Jarrett World of Racing syndicated radio show. Charlie’s company has
been featured on TV’S PM Magazine and he was called “The Jingle Man.” He was a guest judge for a
week on TNN’S “You Can Be a Star,” with Lane Brody, Buddy Killen, and Mae Boren Axton, writer of
“Heartbreak Hotel,” by Elvis Presley and mother of Hoyt Axton. Charlie has been featured in several
magazines as well as newspapers. “RUN TO THE FRONT” has appeared on several TV and radio ads as
well as promotions for Winston Cup, Chevrolet, Goodwrench, and Wrangler Jeans in conjunction with
Dale Earnhardt. Billy Dean also performed a song for AD Jingles and Dale Earnhardt called “LEADER OF
THE PACK,” written by Charlie and Kent Blazy, co-writer of “If Tomorrow Never Comes” by Garth Brooks.
The song was commissioned by Chevrolet and Goodwrench, Dale’s sponsors at the time.

In 1990, Charlie sold his jingle company and studio in Nashville to pursue his dream of being a
songwriter. He signed a publishing deal (single song contracts) with Warner- Chappell Music and
Maypop Music (Alabama’s publishing company) before starting his own publishing company, Now Hear
This Music, BMI. Charlie co-wrote songs with Hall of Fame songwriters Bob Morrison, John Jarrard, Kent
Blazy, and Tommy “Leonard Sipes” Collins, and over a 10 year period had more than 20 songs recorded,

but no major hits. In 1984, as a result of working with Archie Bell on a Bud Light jingle, he produced a
beach music album with Archie, w ith songs written by him as well as Bruce “Hey Baby” Channel, Archie
Jordan, John Scott Sherrill, etc. While the record company was sold to another company, the album was
never released. In 2017, Craig Woolard of the famed beach music group The Embers (who Charlie
produced a jingle with in the 1980’s) asked to record one of the songs on the album, “BEACH
VACATION” written by Charlie and Archie and it appeared as a duo with Archie Bell and The Embers, ft.
Craig Woolard. The song was on the “TOGETHER” LP by the Embers as well as on an Archie Bell CD. It
stayed #1 on the charts for a total of 17 weeks and was nominated for a CBMA award as the duo of the
year. In 2019, “OCEAN DRIVE” by Archie Bell was released and became a #1 song and was the Song of
the Year in 2021 on Eric Bowman’s The Wave Countdown. “OCEAN DRIVE” was released in the U.K. on
vinyl and also charted in the U.K. In 2016, Charlie wrote a song called “damNation” which was recorded
by The Deplorables, Nashville session players, and it was released as a CD and became a popular protest
song. In 2019, Charlie also wrote another #1 song “LIVING IT UP (SINCE YOU LET ME DOWN)” by the
Randy Clay Band. He is the writer of “NEW LALITUDE,” “A BAR IN BELIZE,” and “OAK ISLAND GIRL” by
Calypso Joe and the Coconuts, a Nashville based group. Charlie has a dozen more beach songs recorded
and “SUMMERTIME MEMORIES” by Craig Woolard and Tim Cashion was on the charts for more than 14
months and continues to be a top ten song. It was #1 on Pat Gwinn’s At The Beach for April, 2022.
Charlie wrote this song with Craig Woolard and Alan Moore. It won the CBMA Duo/Collaboration Song
of the Year in2022. Charlie was nominated for the Songwriter of the Year as well for that song. “I MISS
YOU BABE” by Christina Cooper Black, another one of Charlie’s songs is a special song written
specifically for her husband Tommy Black. Currently, Charlie wrote the new Cat 5 song “NEVER GIVE UP
ON LOVE” with Tim Sidden, which has been a top ten song. Other songs are: “I KNEW GOD LOVED ME”
by Russell Henry (of Bill Pickney’s Original Drifters for over 50 years) went to #1 in November, 2022.
“NOT TONIGHT (I HAVE A HEARTACHE)” by Doyle Wood & Sylvia Richie and “BOYS WILL BE BOYS” by
Marsha Morgan & Sylvia Ritchie are on the charts. Later this month, Blackwater is releasing “GOIN’
PENTENCOSTAL. ” See videos under Charlie Sattenfield Songwriter on YouTube.

While Charlie has had over 20 country songs recorded ( See CD of 20 country songs, “Country
Songs…Take Me Home,” recorded by various artists) released in 2021, his main passion is to write beach
music. Charlie also had two Christian songs released in 2021 by Michael Lusk, “THE INVITATION” and
“THE EMPTY TOMB.” Charlie is a frequent guest on local radio stations and is not shy when it comes to
talking about his songwriting and experiencing success at a later age. NEVER TOO OLD TO DREAM.

Charlie and his wife Laurie live full-time at Lake Tillery, NC, and enjoy traveling in their spare time . They
both are imperfect Christians who are dedicated to serving the Lord, children, and the homeless.