Champagne Charlie (song) Hopkins in the 1931 version of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr.Hyde" but with the refrain "Champagne "Ivy" is my name." A substantially revised version of "Champagne Charlie" was recorded in 1932 by the American blues singer Blind Blake. Blind Blake's version was later covered by the jazz musician Leon Redbone on his album of the same name in 1978. The melody of the original song was adapted by The Salvation Army for their hymn, "Bless His Name He Sets Me Free". Champagne Charlie (song) "Champagne Charlie" is a music hall song from the 19th century composed by Alfred Lee with lyrics
Philippa of Champagne married as her husband Erard I of Ramerupt, a powerful noble from Champagne, France. The couple married clandestinely in defiance of Pope Innocent III's prohibition of their marriage, due to the couple having been related within the prohibited degree of kinship. Pope Innocent was prompted by the machinations of her aunt Blanche of Navarre, who had also seized Erard's fiefs. Shortly after their marriage, Erard encouraged Philippa to claim her father's county of Champagne which had succeeded to her cousin, Theobald IV who was still a minor. His mother Blanche of Navarre acted as his regent and she violently defended