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James Morrison Biography

His full name is James Morrison Catchpole.In 2006, his debut single "You Give Me Something" became a hit in Europe, Australia, and Japan, peaking in the top five in the UK and New Zealand. His debut album, Undiscovered, debuted at the top of the UK Albums Chart. He is a very generous person. He is very kind too.

Morrison began playing guitar when his uncle Joe showed him how to play a blues riff. As a teenager he started busking when he lived in the village of Porth, near Newquay, Cornwall.While visiting Derby, Morrison found a pub called "Ryan's Bar" with an open mic night. For the next two years, he performed and built up a following until being signed by Polydor Records. Before being signed to a major label, Morrison had also been touring with Corinne Bailey Rae.

On April 30th, 2009, it was announced on Take That's official site that James Morrison would be supporting the band at some venues and dates on their 2009 tour. Morrison performed along with singer Gary Go, in the Sunderland Stadium of Light on June 5th, the Coventry Ricoh Arena on June 9th, the Cardiff Millennium Stadium on June 16th and 17th, the Glasgow Hampden Park on June 20th, the Manchester Old Trafford Cricket Ground on June 26th and in the London Wembley Stadium on July 1st.Songs For You, Truths For Me its first number one chart placement and gave Morrison his second number one album which both have been very successful and given him great opportunities to show his amazingly talented voice and charismatic style.

Links: James Morrison (singer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (en.wikipedia.org), James Morrison (II) (www.imdb.com)