Eddy Grant (born Edmond Montague Grant, 5 March 1948), is a Plaisance, Guyana born musician. When he was still a young boy, his parents emigrated to the UK, where he settled. He had his first Number One hit in 1968, when he was the lead guitarist and main songwriter of the multiracial group, The Equals, with his self-penned song, "Baby Come Back". The tune also later topped the UK Singles Chart again when covered by Pato Banton. Notably, he openly used his songwriting for political purposes, especially against the then-current apartheid regime of South Africa. March 5 is the 64th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (65th in leap years). ... Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... Plaisance is a French word, meaning pleasantness, derived from the Latin placentia acceptable things. As a geographical name, it can mean: // In Europe The North Italian city, lordship, bishopric and principality (a Napoleonic duché grand fief) of Piacenza In North America The name of a French colony, founded in 1640... A musician is a person who plays or composes music. ... In popular music, a chart-topper is an extremely popular recording, identified by its inclusion in a ranked list—a chart—of top selling or otherwise judged most popular releases. ... See also: 1967 in music, other events of 1968, 1969 in music, 1960s in music and the list of years in music // January 4 - Guitarist Jimi Hendrix is jailed by Stockholm police, after trashing a hotel room during a drunken fist fight with bassist Noel Redding. ... A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... The terms multiracial, biracial, and mixed-race describe people whose ancestors are not of a single race. ... A musical ensemble is, by definition, a group of three or more musicians who gather to perform music. ... The Equals were a pop/reggae/rock group that formed in North London, England in 1965. ... Baby Come Back is a song by the late 70s group Player. ... The UK Singles Chart is currently compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC) on behalf of the British record industry. ... Pato Banton (born Patrick Murray) is a reggae singer and toaster from Birmingham, England. ... A segregated beach in South Africa, 1982. ...

Musical achievements

• In 1982, his solo recording of "I Don't Wanna Dance" spent three weeks at

to accompany the Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner film, Romancing the Stone. Despite being commissioned by the film's producers, all but the guitar solo would be cut from the film during its final edit. The song did not appear on its soundtrack. Grant released the song as a single with the original video that featured scenes from the film until it was re-edited without the Romancing the Stone clips. See also: 1982 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 1982 Record labels established in 1982 other events of 1982 list of years in music 1980s in music // January 15 - K.C. and the Sunshine Bands Harry Wayne Casey is seriously injured in an automobile accident in Miami, Florida. ... I Dont Wanna Dance was a UK number single for three weeks in November 1982 for Eddy Grant. ... Douglas at the Cinedom Movie Theater in Cologne, Germany, January, 1997 For other people bearing this name, see Michael Douglas (disambiguation). ... Kathleen Turner (born June 19, 1954) is an Academy Award-nominated American actress. ... For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as... Romancing the Stone is an American 1984 action-adventure film. ... Romancing the Stone is an American 1984 action-adventure film. ...

• His later single, "Gimme Hope Jo'anna", during the apartheid regime ("Joanna" stands for Johannesburg, South Africa) was a song about apartheid in that country, and was subsequently banned by it. Lyrics include:

"Well Joanna she runs a country, she runs in Durban and the Transvaal.

She makes a few of her people happy, she don't care about the rest at all.

She got a system they call apartheid, it keeps a brother in subjection.

But maybe pressure will make Joanna see, how everybody could live as one."

• (Other songs, such as "War Party" were also political protest songs. "The only decoration is the one upon the grave". "Living On The Front Line" was another. "They got me living on top of my existence, oh appreciating my resistance")

• In 2001, Eddy Grant, The Greatest Hits was released.

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Ice Records

Grant set up his own recording company, Ice Records, but more recently has returned to the West Indies from London, choosing Barbados as a more realistic venue for a recording company, rather than his country of origin. He has also produced the likes of Sting, Mick Jagger and Elvis Costello. Ice Records is a record label based in Barbados and owned by musician Eddy Grant. ... The Caribbean or the West Indies is a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Sting in Budapest, 2000 Gordon Matthew Sumner, CBE (born October 2, 1951), usually known by his stage name Sting, is an English musician from Newcastle upon Tyne. ... Sir Michael Philip Mick Jagger (born 26 July 1943) is an English rock musician, actor, songwriter, record and film producer, and businessman. ... Declan Patrick MacManus (born August 25, 1954, in London), better known by his stage name, Elvis Costello, is an English musician, singer, and songwriter of Irish ancestry. ...

UK chart single discography

• "Living On The Front Line" - 1979 - #11
• "Do You Feel My Love" - 1980 - #8
• "Can't Get Enough Of You" - 1981 - #13
• "I Love You, Yes I Love You" - 1981 - #37
• "I Don't Wanna Dance" - 1982 - #1
• "Electric Avenue" - 1983 - #2
• "Living On The Front Line / Do You Feel My Love" - re-issue - 1983 - #47
• "War Party" - 1983 - #42
• "Till I Can't Take Love No More" - 1983 - #42
• "Romancing The Stone" - 1984 - #52
• "Boys In The Street" - 1984 - #78
• "Gimme Hope Jo'anna" - 1988 - #7
• "Harmless Piece Of Fun" - 1988 - #90
• "Put A Hold On It" - 1988 #79
• "Walking On Sunshine" - 1989 - #63
• "Electric Avenue" - remix - 2001 - #5
• "Walking On Sunshine" - remix - 2001 - #57

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Discography

For a list of Eddy Grant albums, see Eddy Grant discography. This article should appear in one or more categories. ...

Box Set/Compilation

• 2001 Greatest Hits (WEA International)
• 2001 The Greatest Hits (Sire Records)
• 2000 Hit Collection (Ice Records)
• 2000 Greatest Hits Collection
• 1999 Hit Collection (Wagram Records)
• 1999 Hits From the Frontline
• 1997 Greatest Hits (EMI)

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External links

• Ice Records
• Ice Records article about Eddy Grant