Sang with Chinese Charlie and Edward (7)

I believe the answer is:

chanted

'sang' is the definition.
(chanting is a kind of singing)

'with chinese charlie and edward' is the wordplay.
'with' is an insertion indicator.
'chinese' becomes 'han' (Chinese dynasty).
'charlie' becomes 'c' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'edward' becomes 'ted'.
'c'+'ted'='cted'
'han' put inside 'cted' is 'CHANTED'.

(Another definition for chanted that I've seen is " Intoned".)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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