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Infobox musical artist| name = Eagle-Eye Cherry| image =| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Eagle-Eye Lanoo Cherry| alias =| birth_date = birth date and age|mf=y|1971|5|7| death_date =| origin = Stockholm , Sweden .| instrument = Vocals , guitar , triangle | genre = Pop music|Pop , Rock music|rock , alternative rock | occupation = Musician | years_active = 1997–present| label = MCA Records Diesel Records Sony Music Entertainment|Sony Music | associated_acts = Neneh Cherry | website = http://www.eagle-eye-cherry.com Eagle-Eye-Cherry.com| current_members =| past_members = Eagle-Eye Lanoo Cherry http://www.activemusician.com/music--eagle-eye_cherry Activemusician.com (born May 7, 1971) is a Swedish people|Swedish musician .
Life and career
Cherry was born in Stockholm , Sweden , the son of African American jazz artist Don Cherry (jazz)|Don Cherry and Sweden|Swedish painter/textile artist Monika "Moki" Cherry ( née Karlsson). He is half-brother of singer Neneh Cherry , his mother's daughter, and stepbrother to singer Titiyo .cite web |first= |last= |url=Allmusic|class=artist|id=p309955|pure_url=yes |title=Biography by Steve Huey |publisher=Allmusic.com |accessdate=20 January 2009 http://www.pauseandplay.com/titiyo.htm 'Come Along' with Titiyo, by Gerry Galipault, Nov. 27, 2002, retrieved Oct. 20, 2010. He was named Eagle-Eye because the first time he looked at his father, he did so with only one eye open. As children, Eagle-Eye and Neneh spent months on the road with their father. At the age of 12, Cherry was sent to school in New York City|New York , where he stayed on to work as an actor and a drummer in various musical ensemble|bands . In 1988, he was credited as "teenager" in the film Arthur 2: On the Rocks . In 1993 he starred on the short-lived NBC action/adventure television show South Beach (1993 TV series)|South Beach .
His father died in 1995. In 1996 Cherry moved back to Stockholm to focus on his music over the acting career that had taken precedence in his professional life.cite web |url= http://www.hitquarters.com/index.php3? page=intrview/opar/intrview_TManzi.html |title=Interview With Tommy Manzi |publisher= HitQuarters |date=May 7, 2001 |accessdate=May 6, 2011 He began writing and recording his debut album , Desireless (album)|Desireless in his bedroom studio on an acoustic guitar. According to manager Tommy Manzi, Cherry's perfectionism made him keep the recordings under wraps until the album was virtually complete. The album became a commercial success throughout the world during 1998 and 1999. Desireless went music recording sales certification|platinum in the United States , selling a total of four million copies worldwide.
Cherry co-wrote and sang on "Wishing It Was" on Santana (band)|Santana 's 1999 album Supernatural (Santana album)|Supernatural , as well as in film s such as Wim Wenders ' The Soul of a Man , Y tu mamá también , The Love of the Game , GO , Best Laid Plans , Holes (film)|Holes , Billy Elliot and Over Her Dead Body . Some of his best known songs include " Save Tonight ", "Falling in Love Again", "Are You Still Having Fun", "Long Way Around", "Feels So Right", "Skull Tattoo" and "Don't Give Up".
Persondata | NAME =Cherry, Eagle-Eye | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH =May 7, 1971 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Cherry, Eagle-Eye Category:1971 births Category:Living people Category:Singers from Stockholm Category:Swedish male singers Category:English-language singers
