Eddie Chacon

Singer and songwriter Eddie Chacon broke through in 1992 as one-half of Charles & Eddie, whose global smash "Would I Lie to You?" stuck out toward the end of the new jack swing gold rush with a makeover of '60s-styled pop-soul. Although that's easily the song for which he's most known, Chacon's career can be traced back deep into the previous decade, and involves songs co-written across the years for the vastly different likes of Chico DeBarge, Feargal Sharkey, and Eternal. After an extended absence from music, Chacon recorded and performed as part of another duo, the Polyamorous Affair, with wife Sissy Sainte-Marie. He reappeared at the dawn of the 2020s with Pleasure, Joy and Happiness, a concise set of modest and intimate ballads made with John Carroll Kirby. Intended to be his final recording, it was received so well that Chacon has continued with 2023's Sundown, another Kirby collaboration.