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McAlmont
12+ albums
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Born 2nd. May, 1967, in Croydon, Britain. British singer-songwriter. Full name: David Irving McAlmont. His mother was a Guyanese state-registered. His father was a Nigerian law student. They all moved to Cardiff for a time while the father completed his law degree at the University of Wales. However, the father disappeared around that time. Then David McAlmont, his mother and his sister lived in Croydon and Gorleston-on-sea until 1978 when they moved to Guyana, South America. At the age of 13 when in Guyana David McAlmont became an Born-Again Christian and began singing at his Pentecostal church. He has a three-and-a-half-octave vocal range, and was often compared to vocalist Elizabeth Fraser of Cocteau Twins. He completed his A levels in History and Literature but was then unable to get a job. An airline gave him unpaid work but also allowed him 75% rebates on trips anywhere in the world. He returned to Croydon in May 1987 where he got jobs cleaning and clerical work for an insurance company. He came out as gay and stopped attending church. He answered an advertisement in the Melody Maker and met Saul Freeman. They formed the duo Thieves. The name was taken from a work by Jean Cocteau. They released their first single Through The Door in December 1992. The group's most successful single was Unworthy, released in September 1993. However, they split up before their planned debut album in 1994, and the album was released under the name McAlmont. He began a solo
