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  • 1981 births
  • English rhythm and blues singers
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  • English male singer-songwriters
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  • Born: May 5, 1981, Southampton, Hampshire, EnglandSoulful vocalist whose early releases were a defining factor in the UK garage sound. More recently he has been moving towards a standard RNB style.David was born in Holyrood, Southampton, Hampshire, the son of Tina (née Loftus), a retail assistant at Superdrug, and George David, a carpenter. David's father is a Grenadian and David's mother is an English Jew related to the founders of the Accurist watch-making company; David's maternal grandfather was an Orthodox Jew and his maternal grandmother a convert to Judaism. David's parents separated when he was eight and he was raised by his mother. He attended Bellemoor School.David's father played bass in a reggae band called Ebony Rockers. As a teen, David began accompanying his father to local dance clubs, where DJs let him take the microphone.David's earliest exposure came when he worked on a b-side to British group Damage's cover of %22Wonderful Tonight%22. He then started doing vocals for a few tracks with garage act Artful Dodger. The song %22Re-Rewind%22, from the Artful Dodger album It's All About the Stragglers, hit Number 2 on the UK charts in 1999; thus, paving the way for a solo career. David's first single, %22Fill Me In%22, released on Colin Lester's and Ian McAndrew's Wildstar Records made him the youngest solo male artist ever to reach Number 1 in the United Kingdom (he was 18 years old at the time). This was the first of a string of four Top 10 singles from his debut album Born To Do It, which eventually sold more than seven million units worldwide, earning multi-platinum status in more than 20 countries. The song %22Key To My Heart%22, taken from the US version of the album, was also featured on the award-winning Warner Brothers animated film Osmosis Jones.
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  • Craig Ashley David (born 5 May 1981) is a British singer-songwriter who rose to fame in 1999 featuring on the single %22Re-Rewind%22 by Artful Dodger. David's debut album, Born to Do It, was released in 2000, after which he has released a further five studio albums and worked with a variety of artists such as Tinchy Stryder, Kano, Jay Sean, Rita Ora and Sting.David has been nominated for twelve Brit Awards: three times for Best British Male, and twice received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance.
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