Charles G. Hayes

Charles George Hayes (December 10, 1937 – February 12, 2014) was an American gospel musician and founding pastor of Cosmopolitan Church of Prayer.

He enjoyed a career spanning over 50 years as a musician with the Cosmopolitan Church of Prayer Choir that would be showcased on the church's radio programs. He would release over 30 albums with several labels including Savoy Records Word Records, Epic Records, Intersound Records, Meek Records, Utopia Music Group, Icee Records, MCG Records, Cosmo Sounds Music Group, and Grammercy Records.

Hayes released five albums that charted on the Billboard magazine Gospel Albums chart, Turn It over to Jesus in 1989 with Intersound Records, 1992's I'll Never Forget with Savoy Gospel Records, 2002's Rise & Sing Forever with Meek Records, The Remix in 2005 with Icee Records, and 2012's Back Again with Cosmo Sounds Music Group. The album, The Remix, placed on three more Billboard charts R&B Albums, Independent Albums, and Heatseekers Albums.

Early life Hayes was born on December 10, 1937, in Verbena, Alabama, as Charles George Hayes to parents Will Hayes and Mamie Lee Hayes. He was a graduate of Siluria Jr. High School and Prentice High School in Montevallo, Alabama. He and the choir recorded over 30 albums and releases 5 single 45's in over 50 years. Out of them, he made the Billboard magazine Gospel Albums chart, for five of those releases. Those releases are the following; Turn It over to Jesus in 1989 with Intersound Records at No. 12,

Discography + List of selected studio albums, with selected chart positions Title Album details Peak chart positions USGosTurn It over to Jesus Released: 1989

CD, digital download 12I'll Never Forget Released: 1992

CD, digital download 6Rise & Sing Forever Released: 2002

CD, digital download 22The Remix Released: 2005

CD, digital download 3Back Again Released: 2012

CD, digital download 21