Freddie James (musician)

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Freddie James
Born (1964-04-26) April 26, 1964 (age 59)
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  • Singer
  • musician
Instrument(s)
  • Vocals

Freddie James (born April 26, 1964) is a Canadian dance and rhythm and blues musician, most noted for his 1979 disco hit "(Everybody) Get Up and Boogie". [1]

The son of singer Geraldine Hunt, [2] he was born in Chicago, Illinois and moved to Montreal, Quebec in childhood. [3]

At age 14, he released the four song EP Get Up and Boogie in 1979. He received two Juno Award nominations at the Juno Awards of 1980, for Single of the Year for "(Everybody) Get Up and Boogie", and for Most Promising Male Vocalist. [4] In the same year, he won the Canadian Black Music Award for Best Album. [5] He followed up in 1981 with the album Sweetness.

In addition to his own work, he was a credited producer on "Murphy's Law", a single by his sister Rosalind Hunt's band Chéri.

In 1985, he appeared in a Montreal production of Hair . [6] In 1987, he had a supporting role in the film Wild Thing . [7]

In 1992, he released the more hip hop influenced album Come into the Jungle on Monogram Records. In 1999 he appeared on his mother's album Soultry, Jazzy and Sexy. He has not released any new recorded music since that time, but has continued to perform in the Montreal area, and selected touring dates.

In 2015, he went public with an accusation of racial profiling after being stopped by Montreal Police Service officers for driving while black. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Getting Close to the Big Score". Toronto Star , August 2, 1980.
  2. ↑ "Montreal singer Freddie James scales jazz heights: Friday night performances with mom in Olympic Stadium tower run all summer". Montreal Gazette , August 13, 1993.
  3. 1 2 "Juno-nominated musician accuses police of racial profiling". CTV News, February 12, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Complete list of nominees for tonight's Juno Awards". The Globe and Mail , April 2, 1980.
  5. ↑ "Sibbles, Bey take top music awards". The Globe and Mail , December 2, 1980.
  6. ↑ "'Hair' will get transplant to West Island". Montreal Gazette , July 20, 1985.
  7. ↑ "Wild Thing on the waterfront: Montreal's was ideal choice". Montreal Gazette , April 16, 1987.
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