Ebony Alleyne
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Ebony Alleyne | |
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| Origin | Vocals |
| Years active | 2000s |
| Labels | Expansion Records |
Ebony Alleyne is an English R&B and soul singer.
Biography
Ebony Alleyne was signed to
Clive Scott were brought in to collaborate with Alleyne's style. Both felt that they should aim for a Dionne Warwick-Burt Bacharach approach - Alleyne penned the lyrics to "Walk Away and Never Look Back" with the Levine and Scott team. On the basis of this collaboration, Sony granted a £150,000 budget to produce an album with a full orchestra (sixty strings, thirty brass). "Walk Away and Never Look Back" sneak-previewed at a Togetherness soul weekend in 2002 and created further interest - three 7" vinyl singles were pressed in a limited edition on the old soul label Okeh Records
. In 2003, just as the album was ready to go into press, Sony Records underwent a management reshuffle. One track "All the Love in the World" cropped up on Levine's Northern Soul 2004.
In early 2007, however,
Jazz Café in Camden Town. The album was released in Japan in late September with five bonus tracks, including a remix of "You Caught Me Off Guard". Alleyne recorded three new tracks - "Mister Magic Man", a duet with Noel McKoy "Special Delivery", and "Have a Little Faith in Me" for Levine's album Northern Soul 2007 and another track - "Whistle for a Ride" - for Disco 2008
.
Additional information
One of Alleyne's unreleased songs, "Like a Lady" (scheduled for inclusion on the 2003 album) was re-recorded with
Voices With Soul for Northern Soul 2007 and became a hit on YouTube with more than 40,000 views and subsequently released a download single on iTunes
.
Albums
- Never Look Back (Expansion Records, June 2007)
Singles
- "Walk Away and Never Look Back" / "Count the Days" (Okeh Records, 2002)
- "My Man" / "Touching the Sky" (Okeh, 2002)
- "Second Look" / "In Love With a Stranger" (Okeh, 2002)
References
External links
- Ebony Alleyne interview by Pete Lewis, 'Blues & Soul' January 2008
- "Ebony Alleyne: Never Look Back". Soulexpress.net. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
- "Ebony Alleyne discography". RateYourMusic.com. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
- "Ebony Alleyne | Listen and Stream Free Music, Albums, New Releases, Photos, Videos". Myspace.com. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
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