Artist
Born: May 5, 1981, Southampton, Hampshire, England
Soulful 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 "Wonderful Tonight". He then started doing vocals for a few tracks with garage act Artful Dodger. The song "Re-Rewind", 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, "Fill Me In", 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 "Key To My Heart", taken from the US version of the album, was also featured on the award-winning Warner Brothers animated film Osmosis Jones.
Tracks
1
One More Lie (Standing In The Shadows)
03:04
2
Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours)
03:22
3
All Alone Tonight (Stop, Look, Listen)
03:31
4
I Heard It Through The Grapevine
03:39
5
Just My Imagination
04:05
6
For Once In My Life
03:36
7
(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay
03:25
8
Mercy Mercy Me
03:36
9
I Wonder Why
04:21
10
Papa Was A Rolling Stone
03:59
11
Let's Stay Together
03:37
12
This Could Be Love
03:25
Releases
Labels
Universal Music, Universal Music TV, Universal Music TV
Countries
Canada, Indonesia, Japan, Poland, Russian Federation, South Africa, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Europe