Eddy Grant Discography at Discogs. Home Again - Michael Kiwanuka. Rdio. Eddy Grant. Eddy Grant. Eddy Grant on Spotify. Eddy Grant Free MP3, Song Download, Lyrics, Music Videos. Eddy Grant - I don't wanna dance. Eddy grant - gimme hope joanna. Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue. Eddy Grant- Time Warp (12'' VERSION) Eddy Grant. Eddy Grant. Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre. Pour les articles homonymes, voir Grant. Eddy Grant en concert en 2009 Eddy Grant, né Edmond Montague Grant le 5 mars 1948 à Plaisance au Guyana est un chanteur de reggae anglais. Biographie[modifier | modifier le code] Né en Guyana, le jeune Eddy Grant et ses parents s'installèrent à Londres en Angleterre, plus précisément dans le quartier de Kentish Town. Auteur, compositeur et guitariste du groupe The Equals, Eddy Grant connaît son premier succès avec le titre "Baby Come Back".
En homme d'affaires avisé, Eddy Grant possède son propre studio d'enregistrement et un label de disque appelé Ice Records. Sa carrière solo est à son apogée dans les années 1980 avec "Do You Feel My Love" en 1980, "Electric Avenue" en 1983. "Gimme Hope Jo'anna" en 1988, est dédié à Nelson Mandela, qui est à cette époque en prison. Eddy Grant est aussi connu pour avoir écrit "Police On My Back" repris par The Clash sur leur album Sandinista. Welcome to the ice records website! Eddy Grant. EDDY GRANT: ELECTRIC INTERVIEW. He may have been based in Barbados for the last 26 years. Nevertheless, multi-million-selling legendary singer/songwriter/ producer/multi-instrumentalist/record-label-owner Eddy Grant will unquestionably go down in history as one of the most influential and pioneering figures in Britsh black music of the late Twentieth Century.
Born in the Caribbean nation of Guyana in 1948, Eddy emigrated to Britain in 1960 when his musician father moved his family to Kentish Town, North London. Combining his early Caribbean musical influences with the rock`n`roll of Chuck Berry and the nascent London pop music scene of the early Sixties, in 1966 a guitar-playing Eddy founded the then-groundbreaking multi-racial pop/rock/soul band the Equals. Immediately cancelling all touring activities, Eddy at first returned to Guyana to recuperate before eventually returning to London. All of which tracks, and more, are this month included on a new 18-track comp-ilation 'The Very Best Of Eddy Grant'. Eddy Grant. Edmond Montague "Eddy" Grant (born 5 March 1948) is a Guyanese British musician. The Allmusic journalist Jo-Ann Greene noted: "Eddy Grant stands among an elite group of artists as one who has not just merely moved successfully across the musical spectrum, but has actually been at the forefront of genres and even created one of his own.
From pop star to reggae radical, musical entrepreneur to the inventor of ringbang, the artist has cut a swath through the world of music and made it his own. "[1] Early life[edit] Grant was born in Plaisance, Guyana.[2] When he was a young boy, his parents emigrated to London, England, where he settled. Career[edit] Musical achievements[edit] Ice Records[edit] Discography[edit] Studio albums[edit] Live albums[edit] Compilation albums[edit] Singles[edit] See also[edit] References[edit] Jump up ^ Greene, Jo-Ann (1948-03-05).
External links[edit] Eddy Grant web site. (1) Eddie Grant.