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Finley Quaye & William Orbit
12+ albums
indieelectronicindie poppopthe oc
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Finley Quaye (born on 25 March 1974) is a Scottish musician. He won the 1997 Mobo award for best Reggae act, and the 1998 Brit Award for Best British Male Solo Artist. Quaye was born in Stockbridge, Edinburgh. He is the son of jazz musician, Cab Kaye and the brother of noted guitarist Caleb Quaye. Cab Kaye was born in London though he considered himself as an African, he was know as Cab Kaye but his full name was Nii Lante Augustus Kwamlah Quaye. Cab Kaye was son of pianist Caleb Jonas Quaye, born in Accra, Ghana. Cab didnt grow up with his father and only found out, in his twenties, about his fathers history as a musican once he himself had already become a musician. Finley was on tour with his band when he found and met his father for the first time in Amsterdam. Finley learned to a much fuller extent, more about his musical heritage and his roots. Music is in Finleys blood. Quaye made his recording debut in 1995 on A Guy Called Gerald's "Finley's Rainbow". He made a solo deal with Polydor Records and moved to New York. He began working with Epic/Sony the minute Polydor let him out of contract and in late 1997 he reached the UK Top 20 twice with "Sunday Shining", and "Even After All". His reputation was established by Maverick A Strike, an adventurous but accessible album released in September 1997, which sold gold less than three weeks later and led directly to the Brit Award victory. Two more albums were released on Epic, Vanguard and Much More Than Much Love. Quaye i
