Charlie Harper (born David Charles Perez, 25 May 1944) is a British singer, best known as the lead vocalist of the punk band UK Subs.

Charlie Harper was born in Barnsley but moved to the Sussex countryside when he was eight years old.

[1] Harper attended a "radical secondary school" where he was the Chairman of the Young Farmer's Club.

He left school at the age of 15 to start a job at Dodworth Colliery then went on to commence a hairdressing apprenticeship.

[5][6] Prior to performing as the UK Subs, he was the frontman and founder of The Marauders, who were a pub rock band.