Her first TV appearance was on the local WBBJ morning show in Jackson, Tennessee. The band performed together for the next six years. She began her musical career at age 12 performing with her brother Mike and their band, Charlotte & the Volunteers.
As she was under age to comply with hospital visiting policy, she had to communicate with him through a tape recorder. Her first experience recording was when father Niles had tuberculosis when she was eight. McClain used it when she began her career playing hotel lounges. The nickname "Charly" would come from the neighborhood friends that she played with as a child. McClain was born in Memphis, Tennessee, United States, to Virginia (née Wiggins 1934–2009) and Niles McClain.
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