Everything about James Morrison Singer totally explained
James Morrison (born
James Morrison Catchpole on
13 August 1984) is an
English singer,
songwriter, and
guitarist born in
Rugby,
Warwickshire,
England.
In 2006, he debuted with the single "
You Give Me Something" which became a huge hit around
Europe,
Australia, and
Japan. His debut album,
Undiscovered, went straight to number one in the
UK and has sold more than two million copies worldwide.
Morrison performed at the
Concert for Diana on July 1, 2007. He performed the songs "
Wonderful World" and "You Give Me Something" in honour of
Princess Diana.
Early life
At age 13, Morrison began to learn guitar, inspired by local artist Alan Deane, when his uncle Joe showed him how to play a blues riff. He started
busking when he lived in the village of
Porth, near
Newquay,
Cornwall. After years of playing other musicians' songs, he eventually started to compose his own. His favourite artists are
Otis Redding,
Al Green,
Cat Stevens,
The Kinks and
Van Morrison. He puts his distinctive, husky voice down to a severe bout of
whooping cough that nearly killed him when he was a baby.
Music career
Whilst visiting Derby with long time girlfriend from the city he came across a now renowned Open Mic night at Ryans Bar. Morrison spent best part of 2 years developing there
a platform .Spotted by local composer/Guitarist Kevin Andrews who ran the night.Mr Andrews recorded first demos and introduced James to first manager Spencer Wells.Andrews went on to Work for Warner Bros publishers.
Polydor Productions took the chance and signed him. He became the supporting artist for
Corinne Bailey Rae on her tour supporting her debut album.
He got his worldwide success with début single "
You Give Me Something" which reached the #2 spot in
Holland and the #5 spot in the
UK. He released his debut album
Undiscovered on
July 31,
2006. He got great reviews from different papers.
"There isn't a bad track on it" (
The Sun),
"Undiscovered may prove to be the least apposite album title for years" (
The Times). a contest that was voted by fans.
During the summer of 2007, Morrison headlined the Forestry Commission's Forest Tour.
His fifth UK single,
One Last Chance was released on
July 2,
2007 as a download only. The video is being shown on
The Hits,
The Box and
Smash Hits music channels. The video was shot in Canada in April 2007.
On
November 29,
2007, he performed in KL Convention Center for the Acoustic
Live&Loud KL '07; a music festival in
Malaysia. James had performed alongside
Rick Price and local singer Dayang Nurfaizah. The audiences had gotten more than they expected when he performed a brand new song that's going to be in his next album.
James is currently writing and producing music for his new album, which will feature songs that have been co-written by
Gary Barlow, lead singer of Take That,
Tim Kellett, songwriter and former trumpeter with Simply Red and legendary singer and song writer
Judie Tzuke (now co-writer for many of Polydor's young song writers).
James performed a duet with
Jason Mraz called "Details In The Fabric" on his new studio album,
We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things, which was released on
May 13,
2008.
Discography
Albums
All released albums and their chart positions in the United World Chart (
UWC), United Kingdom (
UK), Australia (
AUS), the Netherlands (
NL), New-Zealand (
NZ), Norway (
NO), Denmark (
DK), Ireland (
IR) and Germany (
GER).
| Year |
Album |
Chart positions |
Sales |
| UWC |
UK |
US |
AUS |
NL |
NZ |
NO |
DK |
IR |
GER |
ITA |
| 2006 |
Undiscovered
|
13 |
1 (2) |
24 |
17 |
5 |
4 |
14 |
6 |
13 |
13 |
16 |
US Sales: 82,973
UK Sales: 1,200,000+
World Sales: 3,500,000
|
Singles
All released singles and their chart positions in the United World Chart (
UWC), United Kingdom (
UK), Australia (
AUS), the Netherlands (
NL) and Norway (
NO).
B-sides
From "You Give Me Something"
- "Is Anybody Home"
- "Burns Like Summer Sun"
From "Wonderful World"
From "The Pieces Don't Fit Anymore"
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