Charles Christopher Parker Jr. was born on August 29, 1920, in a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri, to Charles Parker Sr. and his 18-year-old wife Addie. His father ran out on the family when Charlie was just a little boy. When he was 11 his mother bought him an alto saxophone for his birthday. By the time he was 15 Charlie was working as a musician in the flourishing Kansas City jazz scene. He also began drinking heavily and using drugs, which were also a part of the KC jazz scene, as were illega...
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Charlie Parker Soundtracks
Known for
Filmography: Charlie Parker songs
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Confirmation | Next Stop, Greenwich Village | performer, writer | |
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Now's the Time | Se7en | performer, writer | |
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Parker's Mood | Love Jones | performer, writer | |
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YARDBIRD SUITE | The Marrying Man | writer, performer | |
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Koko | Basquiat | writer, performer | |
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My Little Suede Shoes | Sylvie's Love | writer, performer | |
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Ornithology | Joe Albany... a Jazz Life | writer, performer | |
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Ornithology | The Man Who Fell to Earth | performer, writer | |
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April in Paris | Basquiat | performer | |
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April in Paris | Bird | performer | |
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Billie's Bounce | Joe Albany... a Jazz Life | performer | |
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Blues for Alice | Roland Kirk: Live in '64 & '67 | composer | |
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Confirmation | Joe Albany... a Jazz Life | performer | |
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Cool Blues | Bird | performer | |
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Cool Blues | Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music | performer | |
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Groovin' High | The Last Time I Committed Suicide | performer | |
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Now's The Time | Bird | performer | |
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Parker's Mood | Bird | performer | |
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Cheryl | Let's Get Lost | performer | |
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Chi Chi | American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story | writer, performer | |
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Crazeology | Transmissions | performer | |
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Embraceable You | Crossing Jordan | performer | |
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Embraceable You | Edge of Darkness | performer | |
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Embraceable You | Joe Albany... a Jazz Life | performer | |
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Embraceable You | Jimmy Scott: If You Only Knew | performer | |
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Hot House | Stage Entrance | performer | |
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Ko Ko | Bird | performer | |
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Laird Baird | Ray Donovan | writer, performer | |
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Lover Man | Bird | performer | |
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Lover Man | The Ditchdigger's Daughters | performer | |
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My Little Suede Shoes | Joe Albany... a Jazz Life | performer | |
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Ornithology | Bird | performer | |
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Ornithology | Forever | writer, performer | |
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Scrapple From The Apple | On the Road | performer | |
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Shaw 'nuff | Jivin' in Be-Bop | writer | |
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Shaw 'Nuff' | The Last Time I Committed Suicide | performer, writer | |
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The Nearness of You | Joe Gould's Secret | performer | |
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All of Me | Bird | performer | |
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Barbados | Low Down | writer | |
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Cool Blues | Marsalis on Music | performer | |
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Hootie's Blues | The Blues | writer | |
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I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me | Bird | performer | |
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I Got Rhythm | Un bonheur n'arrive jamais seul | performer | |
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I'll Remember April | Sorcerer | performer | |
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I'll Remember April | The Color of Money | performer | |
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Ko-Ko | Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music | writer | |
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Ko-Ko | On the Road | performer | |
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KO-KO | The Talented Mr. Ripley | performer | |
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Laura | Bird | performer | |
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LAURA | Mac | performer | |
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Lester Leaps In | Bird | performer | |
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Oop Pop A Da | L.A. Noire | performer | |
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Ornithology | Jivin' in Be-Bop | writer | |
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This Time The Dream's On Me | Bird | performer | |
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Tiger Rag | Big Sur | performer | |
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Why Do I Love You | Fallen Angels | performer | |
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Big Foot | Jazz 625 | writer | |
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Bird Gets the Worm - Take 1 | Ginger & Rosa | writer, performer | |
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Bloomdido | American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story | writer | |
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Confirmation | Sven Klangs kvintett | writer | |
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Cool Blue | Comment faire l'amour avec un nègre sans se fatiguer | writer | |
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Dewey Square | Jazz 625 | writer | |
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Donna Lee | Jazz 625 | writer | |
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Donna Lee | The Last Days of Chez Nous | writer | |
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Donna Lee | Sir John Dankworth at the BBC | writer | |
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Donna Lee | The Cool of the Evening | writer | |
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Embraceable You | Independent Lens | performer | |
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In the Still of the Night | Any Way the Wind Blows | performer | |
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John Travolta's Camel Toe | Nipples & Palm Trees | performer, writer | |
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La Cucaracha (Remastered) | Ugly Betty | performer | |
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My Little Suede Shoes | Capote | writer | |
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My Little Suede Shoes | A Dangerous Woman | writer | |
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My Little Suede Shoes | Half of a Yellow Sun | writer | |
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Night and Day | Grand Theft Auto IV | composer, performer | |
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Nips & Palms Overture | Nipples & Palm Trees | writer, performer | |
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Now is the Time | Professor Norman Cornett | writer | |
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Now's The Time | 'Round Midnight | writer | |
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Now's the Time | Sign 'o' the Times | writer | |
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Now's the Time | Darker Than You Think | writer, performer | |
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Now's the Time | Sven Klangs kvintett | writer | |
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Ornithology | Only Fools and Horses.... | performer, writer | |
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Relaxing with Lee | Motherless Brooklyn | writer, performer | |
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Scapple From The Apple | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | performer | |
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Segment | Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby | writer | |
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Si Si | Bi no tsubo | composer, performer | |
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Stupendous | Lena | performer, writer | |
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Tiger Rag | On the Road | performer |
