Some of his best known songs include “Save Tonight”, “Falling in Love Again”, “Are You Still Having Fun”, “Long Way Around”, “Feels So Right”, “Skull Tattoo” and “Don’t Give Up”. Desireless sold four million copies worldwide and was certified platinum in the United States.Ĭherry co-wrote and sang on “Wishing It Was” on Santana’s 1999 album Supernatural, as well as in films such as Wim Wenders’ The Soul of a Man, Y tu mamá también, The Love of the Game, GO, Best Laid Plans, Holes, Billy Elliot and Over Her Dead Body. The album became a commercial success throughout the world.
Cherry returned to Stockholm to focus on his music rather than the acting career that had taken precedence in his professional life. He began writing and recording his debut album, Desireless, in his bedroom studio on an acoustic guitar. In 1988, he was credited as “Teenager” in the film Arthur 2: On the Rocks. In 1993 he starred on the short-lived NBC action/adventure television show South Beach. He remained there to work as an actor and a drummer in various bands. At 16, he enrolled in the High School of Performing Arts in New York in the same class as Jennifer Aniston and Chaz Bono. At the age of 12, Cherry was sent to school in New York City. Other half-siblings are violinist Jan Cherry, Christian Cherry, and jazz musician David Ornette Cherry. He is the half-brother of singer Neneh Cherry (his mother’s daughter). Of Choctaw descent through his paternal grandmother and African-American through his grandfather, Cherry is the fourth of five siblings. Please downvote if incorrect! Self-deletes if score is 0.Where Are They Now? “Save Tonight” Singer Eagle Eye CherryĮagle-Eye Lanoo Cherry was born 7th May 1968, in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of American jazz artist Don Cherry and Swedish painter/textile artist Monika Cherry ( née Karlsson). Tags: rock, pop, alternative, singer-songwriter, swedish Cherry's success has waxed and waned since his late 90s heyday Read more on Last.fm. His second album came in 2000 (titled 'Living in the Present Future') and was remixed for the States (where it was released as 'Present/Future'), but it saw disappointing sales. "Save Tonight" proved a major hit, and made Cherry into an international star. He soon recorded 'Desireless' (1997), and it became a hit across Scandinavia and the rest of Europe, with an American release coming in 1998. Soon after he was born, he moved to New York with his father, where he began acting and playing music.Īfter Don Cherry's death in 1995, Eagle-Eye moved to Stockholm with his girlfriend, and he began to focus on songwriting.
Cherry comes from a musical family that includes sister Neneh Cherry, father Don Cherry and half-sister on his Swedish side Titiyo.
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