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lead too short|date=January 2012Infobox musical artist|name =Eddy Grant|image =Eddy Grant at Supreme Court Gardens cropped.jpg|background =solo_singer|birth_name =Edmond Montague Grant|birth_date =Birth date and age|1948|3|5|df=y|Birth_place = Plaisance , Guyana |origin = London , England |genre = Reggae |occupation = Musician |instrument = Vocals , Guitar , Bass Guitar|Bass , Drum Kit|Drums , Keyboards |years_active =1968–present|label = Ice Records|Ice , Capitol Records|Capitol Edmond Montague "Eddy" Grant (born 5 March 1948) is a musician , born in Plaisance, Guyana|Plaisance , Guyana .Gregory, Andy (2002) ''International Who's Who in Popular Music 2002 , Europa, ISBN 1-85743-161-8, p. 202

Life and career



When he was still a young boy, his parents emigrated to London , United Kingdom|UK , where he settled. He lived in Kentish Town and went to school at the Acland Burghley Secondary Modern at Tufnell Park . He had his first record chart|number one hit in 1968, when he was the lead guitarist and main songwriter of the musical group|group The Equals , with his self-penned song " Baby Come Back (The Equals song)|Baby Come Back ".cite book
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| last= Roberts
| year= 2006
| title= British Hit Singles & Albums
| edition= 19th
| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited
| location= London
| isbn= 1-904994-10-5
| page= 185 The tune also later topped the UK Singles Chart again when covered by Pato Banton .cite book
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| last= Roberts
| year= 2006
| title= British Hit Singles & Albums
| edition= 19th
| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited
| location= London
| isbn= 1-904994-10-5
| page= 42 Notably, he openly used his songwriting for political purposes, especially against the then-current apartheid regime of South Africa . The Clash recorded a version of "Police On My Back" for their Sandinista! set.

Musical achievements


  • In 1982, his solo recording of " I Don't Wanna Dance (Eddy Grant Song)|I Don't Wanna Dance " spent three weeks at Chart-topper|Number one in the UK Singles Chart." http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php? id=10206 I Don't Wanna Dance", Chart Stats, Retrieved 19 July 2010 He scored a Record chart|Top Ten record album|album in the same year, with Killer on the Rampage ." http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php? id=3132 Eddy Grant", Chart Stats, Retrieved 19 July 2010

  • " Electric Avenue (song)|Electric Avenue " was both a UK and United States|US number 2 in 1983, selling over a million copies. A later remix also made the UK Top Ten, in 2001.

  • In 1984 Grant had a minor hit single in the United States|US with his original song written to accompany the Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner motion picture|film , Romancing the Stone . Despite being commissioned by the film's producers, all but the guitar solo (which played when Douglas and Turner were in a small house in the jungle) would be cut from the film during its final edit. The song, which was Grant's last Hot 100 hit, did not appear on its soundtrack. Grant released the song as a single with the original video that featured scenes from the film. Later the video was re-edited without the Romancing the Stone clips.

  • His later single, " Gimme Hope Jo'anna ", during the apartheid regime ("Joanna" stands for Johannesburg , South Africa) was a song about apartheid in that country, and was subsequently banned in South Africa. This song was later adapted for use on a commercial for Yop , a commercially available yogurt-based drink, with the altered non-political lyrics "give me Yop (me mama) when the morning come".

  • Other songs, such as "War Party" were also political protest songs. "The only decoration is the one upon the grave" . "Living On The Front Line" was another. "They got me living on top of my existence, oh appreciating my resistance" .

  • Defined a Caribbean music meta- Music genre|genre and philosophy called ringbang ,cite web |url= http://www.zeeburgnieuws.nl/kofi/kofi-ringbang2.html |title=Eddy Grant Talks About Ringbang |last=Rollins |first=Scott |date= |work= http://www.zeeburgnieuws.nl/kofi/kofi.html Kofi's Page |publisher= |accessdate=23 April 2012 which he first described in 1994.


    • Ice Records


    Grant set up his own recording company, Ice Records and the Coach House studio, but more recently has returned to the West Indies from London , choosing Barbados as a more realistic venue for a recording company, rather than his country of origin. He has also produced for the likes of Sting (musician)|Sting , Mick Jagger and Elvis Costello .

    Discography


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    | Live = 1
    | Compilation = 8
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    Studio albums


    Year Information Chart positions
    UK
    cite book    		NZ
    cite web    		US
    1977 Message Man
  • Label: Ice Records
    		• - - -
    1979 Walking on Sunshine (Eddy Grant album)
  • Label: Ice Records
    		•  - - -
    1980 Love in Exile
  • Label: Ice Records
    		•  - - -
    1981 '' Can't Get Enough (Eddy Grant album)
  • Label: Ice Records
    		•  39 43 -
    1982 Killer on the Rampage
  • Label: Ice Records
    		•  7 9 10
    1984 Going for Broke (album)
  • Label: Ice Records
    		•  - - 64
    1986 Born Tuff
  • Label: Ice Records / Portrait
    		•  - - -
    1988 File Under Rock
  • Label: Parlophone / Blue Wave Records
    		•  - 24 -
    1990 Barefoot Soldier
  • Label: Capitol Records (US)
    		•  - - -
    1992 Paintings of the Soul
  • Label: Ice Records
    		•  - - -
    1993 Soca Baptism
  • Label: RAS
    		•  - - -
    2001 Hearts and Diamonds
  • Label: Ice Records
    		•  - - -
    2006 Reparation (album)
  • Label: Ice Records
    		•  - - -


    Live albums


  • Live at Notting Hill (1981, Ice Records)


    • Compilation albums


  • All The Hits (1984, K-tel ) UK #23

  • Walking on Sunshine (The Best of Eddy Grant) (1989, Parlophone Records ) UK #20

  • Greatest Hits (1997, EMI )

  • Hits From the Frontline (1999, MCI)

  • Hit Collection (1999, Wagram Records)

  • The Greatest Hits (2001, Sire Records ) UK #3, NZ #3

  • Greatest Hits Collection (2001, Ice/Sequel-Castle) UK #94

  • The Very Best of Eddy Grant - Road To Reparation (2008, Greenheart Music) UK #14


    • Singles


    Year Single Peak chart positionsCertifications
    ( List of best selling music artists    		 Album
    UK
    cite web    		GER
    cite web    		IRE
    cite web    		NL
    cite web    		NZ
    cite web    		US
    cite web    		US Dan
    cite web    		US R& B
    cite web
    1979 11 — — — — — — — Walking on Sunshine
    "Walking on Sunshine"
    1980 8 12 16 8 3 — — — align="left"
  • British Phonographic Industry|UK : Silvercite web|url= http://www.charts.org.nz/search.asp? search=Eddy+Grant& cat=s|title=BPI Search Results|publisher= British Phonographic Industry |accessdate=17 May 2011
    		•  ''Can't Get Enough
    1981 13 22 19 — 26 — — —
    "I Love You, Yes I Love You"
    1982 1 7 1 2 1 53 — — align="left"
  • UK: Silver
    		•  Killer on the Rampage
    1983 2 9 3 8 32 2 6 18 align="left"
  • UK: Silver
  • Recording Industry Association of America|US : Platinumcite web|url= http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php? content_selector=gold-platinum-searchable-database|title=RIAA - Recording Industry Association of America - Searchable Database|publisher= Recording Industry Association of America |accessdate=17 May 2011
    • "War Party"
    "Till I Can't Take Love No More"
    1984 52 42 — — 28 26 12 —
    "Boys in the Street"
    1988 7 4 — 1 3 — — — File Under Rock
    "Harmless Piece of Fun"
    "Put a Hold on It"
    1989 63 — — — — — — — The Best of Eddy Grant
    2001 5 68 11 31 — — 16 — The Greatest Hits
    "Walking on Sunshine" (remix)
    "—" denotes releases that did not chart


    Other charted songs


    Year Single Peak positions Album
    UK
    1984 47 Non-album song


    See also


  • List of black Britons

  • List of disco artists (A-E)

  • List of Eastern Caribbean people

  • List of reggae musicians

  • Afro-Guyanese

  • Culture of Guyana

  • Music of Guyana

  • Caribbean music in the United Kingdom


    • References


    Reflist

    External links


  • http://www.icerecords.com/ Ice Records

  • http://www.bluesandsoul.com/feature/297/eddy_grant_electric_interview/ Eddy Grant interview by Pete Lewis, 'Blues & Soul' June 2008


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