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Plaisance, British Guiana
Edmond Montague Grant (born 5 March 1948) is a Guyanese-British singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, known for his genre-blending sound; his music has blended elements of pop, British rock, soul, funk, reggae, electronic music, African polyrhythms, and Latin music genres such as samba, among many others. In addition to this, he also helped to pioneer the genre of "Ringbang". He was a…
Known for
- Mustard Bath — Rasta fad'dah1993
- Shooting Stars — Self1993
- Le monde est à vous — Self1987
- Sacrée soirée — Self1987
- Bananas — Self1981
- Saturday Night Live — Self - Musical Guest1975
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche — Self1975
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Key facts
- Born
- Edmond Montague Grant , ( 1948-03-05 ) 5 March 1948 (age 78) , Plaisance , British Guiana
- Origin
- London , England
- Genres
- Reggae calypso soca rock ringbang pop
- Occupations
- Singer songwriter musician record producer
- Instruments
- Vocals guitar bass drums keyboards
- Years active
- 1965–present
- Labels
- Ice Portrait Epic Enigma Parlophone
- Formerly of
- The Equals
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Guyana
- Occupation
- composer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- reggae
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- www.eddygrant.com
- Image
- Eddy Grant at Supreme Court Gardens cropped.jpg
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- name in native language
- Eddy Grant
- date of birth
- 1948-03-05
- Commons category
- Eddy Grant
- start of work period
- 1965-00-00
- birth name
- Edmond Montague Grant
- social media followers
- 5331
- member of
- The Equals
- online catalog URL
- gnudb.org/artists/578540-eddy-grant
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Encyclopedic overview
Edmond Montague Grant (born 5 March 1948) is a British singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. Noted for his genre-blending style and socially conscious lyrics, he is the creator of the musical genre known as ringbang.
Grant rose to prominence as a founding member of the Equals, one of the UK's first racially mixed bands who are best remembered for the hit song "Baby, Come Back" (1967), which Grant wrote and performed lead guitar and backing vocals on. His subsequent solo career spawned songs such as "I Don't Wanna Dance" (1982), "Electric Avenue" (1983), and the anti-apartheid anthem "Gimme Hope Jo'anna" (1988). "Electric Avenue" reached platinum status, became his biggest international hit, and earned a Grammy Award nomination.
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