Richard Levin was Charlie's former booking agent. Levin played a big part in getting Charlie to cross over to white audiences. Charlie McClendon runs the music ministry at Goodwill Baptist Church in Hampton. McClendon was integral in ending music segregation in the Tidewater region with his group Charlie McClendon and the Magnificents in the 1960s. McClendon photographed on on Sunday Dec. 2, 2012.