[2] He received his first drum in 1899 at the age of 5 and was taught basic music reading by his mother, a piano teacher.
[2] Charles was a member of the touring orchestra for the D.W. Griffith movie “Intolerance.”[3] From 1922 to 1933 he played at The Palace in Cleveland, as the house drummer.
"[2] Charley was inducted into the Percussive Arts Society Hall of Fame in 1981 in the categories of Author, Education, Radio/TV, Rudimental, and Industry.
[5] William J. Schinstine dedicated a solo to Wilcoxon in 1968 called Charlie's Horse.
[7] Wilcoxon's students include drum set players like Philly Joe Jones, Joe Morello,[8][9][10] Steve Smith (musician), John Bernard Riley, and Sadiq Abdu Shahid (formerly Archie Taylor Jr.),[4] and orchestral percussionists such as Alan Abel (musician),[11] Joseph Parlink [12] and Robert Hohner.