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Biography
BLP sources|date=July 2010Infobox musical artist| image =| caption =| image_size =| background = solo_singer| birth_name =| alias =| birth_date = birth date and age|1974|03|25|df=y|birth_place = Edinburgh , Scotland | death_date =| origin =| instrument =| genre =| occupation =| years_active = 1993& ndash;present| label =| associated_acts =| website = http://www.finleyquaye.com/| notable_instruments =Finley Quaye (born 25 March 1974, Edinburgh , Scotland ) http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/musicscotland/thevault/biogs/index.shtml? q/quaye_finley BBC Music is a Scottish people|Scottish musician . He won the 1997 Mobo Award for best reggae act, and the 1998 BRIT Awards|BRIT Award for Best British Male Solo Artist.
Life
Quaye is the youngest son of jazz musician Cab Kaye , the half- sibling|brother of guitarist Caleb Quaye , and half- sibling|brother of jazz musician Terri Quaye .
Born in Edinburgh, Quaye went to school in London , Manchester and Edinburgh. However, he left school with no qualifications. Before making records he took employment spraying cars, smoking fish, making futons and as a stage-rigger and scaffolder.
His father was born in London , but considered himself as African . Although known as Cab Kaye, his full name was Nii Lante Augustus Kwamlah Quaye and he was a Chief of the GA tribe centralized in Jamestown, Accra . Kaye was the son of the pianist Caleb Jonas Quaye a.k.a. Mope Desmond, who was born in Accra, Ghana . Kaye did not grow up with his father and only found out, in his twenties, about his father's history as a musician. Mope Desmond, Cab Kaye and Finley Quaye have all played Glasgow 's Barrowlands , Wolverhampton 's Wulfrun Hall and London 's Cafe d'Paris. Finley was on tour with his band (music)|band when he met his father for the first time in Amsterdam .Citation needed|date=July 2010 Finley Quaye was inspired early on in his childhood by jazz musicians Pete King, Ronnie Scott , who started his musical career making tea and running errands in Finley's father's band, and Lionel Hampton . Additionally, Duke Ellington was Finley Quaye's godfather.Citation needed|date=August 2009 Quaye heard jazz as a child living in London with his mother, who would take him with her to Ronnie Scott 's jazz club to catch performances of American jazz musicians touring Europe such as Buddy Rich , who recorded his live album there in 1980. His mother introduced him to Lionel Hampton in Edinburgh.
He has two children: Theo and Caleb Quaye.
Career
Quaye made a solo (music)|solo recording contract with Polydor Records and moved to New York City|New York . He began working with Epic Records|Epic / Sony when Polydor let him out of contract, and in late 1997 he reached the United Kingdom|UK Top 40|Top 20 twice, with "Sunday Shining" and "Even After All". His reputation was established by Maverick A Strike , released in September 1997. It went music recording sales certification|gold in less than three weeks later, and led directly to the BRIT Awards|BRIT Award victory. The album is now certified multi platinum. In 1998, Quaye performed George Gershwin 's " It Ain't Necessarily So " for the Red Hot Organization 's compilation album Red Hot + Rhapsody , a tribute to George Gershwin , which raised money for various charities devoted to increasing AIDS awareness and fighting the disease. Two more albums were released on Epic Records|Epic , Vanguard (2000) and Much More Than Much Love (2004). "Spiritualized" became his last single to score a top 40 landing in the UK charts when it was released in September 2000, reaching number 26. In 2004 the single " Dice (Finley Quaye)|Dice " was released in collaboration with William Orbit and featuring Beth Orton .
Quaye has been living and working in Berlin since 2005. He released the EP "Pound for Pound" with Intune Records in 2008 with Norman Grant of the Twinkle Brothers featuring Sly Dunbar and Lloyd Parks . He is currently working on a new album with A Guy Called Gerald and The Stereo MCs .
Quaye has also worked with Osibisa, both on stage and in the recording studio , as well as Iggy Pop , Tricky , Randy Savage , Primal Scream , Lee Scratch Perry and Buju Banton . He has supported James Brown , Luciano (singer)|Luciano , Weller, The Verve , Ben Harper , Fun Loving Criminals , Robbie Williams and The Stereo MCs, and has been supported by Amy Winehouse , Natty (artist)|Natty , Ken Boothe and Cath Coffey of the Stereo MCs.
Discography
Singles and other contributions
"Finley's Rainbow" - White Label (1993)
"Finley's Rainbow" on A Guy Called Gerald 's Black Secret Technology (1995)
"Sunday Shining" (1997)
"Even After All" (1997)
"It's Great When We're Together" (1997)
"Your Love Gets Sweeter" (1998)
"Ultra Stimulation" (1998)
" It Ain't Necessarily So " album Red Hot + Rhapsody (1998)
http://www.finleyquayeusa.com Finley Quaye – official US website
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Finlay-Quaye-official/181930681852373 Finlay Quaye Facebook – official facebook
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Use dmy dates|date=August 2010 Persondata | NAME =Quaye, Finley | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH =25 March 1974 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Edinburgh , Scotland | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Quaye, Finley Category:1974 births Category:Living people Category:Scottish pop musicians Category:Black Scottish people Category:Ghanaian people of Scottish descent Category:Brit Award winners Category:People from Edinburgh
