Corey Glover

Corey Glover
Corey Glover performing with Living Colour in 2016
Background information
Also known as	Reverend Daddy Love
Born	(1964-11-06) November 6, 1964 (age 52) Brooklyn, New York City
Genres	Heavy metal, jazz, funk, R&B,alternative metal
Occupation(s)	Musician, Singer, songwriter
Instruments	Vocals, guitar, tambourine
Years active	1980–present
Associated acts	Living Colour, Galactic

Corey Glover (born November 6, 1964) is an American singer, guitarist and actor. He is best known as the lead singer of the rock band Living Colour and has toured as the vocalist for the funk band Galactic. As an actor, he is noted for playing Francis in the 1986 war movie Platoon.

Glover was born in Brooklyn, New York City. He was an aspiring actor when guitarist Vernon Reid drafted him into Living Colour in 1985, reportedly after seeing Glover singing "Happy Birthday" at a friend's party. He had appeared in a recruiting commercial for the United States Army, as Pvt. Francis in Oliver Stone's Vietnam war film, Platoon, and starred in a short-lived television series called Signs of Life. He has also hosted various shows on VH1.

Living Colour found immediate success with the release of their debut album, Vivid in 1988. It eventually went platinum in April 1989 and again five years later. The album's single "Cult of Personality" won the 1989 Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance and the band was named Best New Artist at the MTV Video Music Awards. Living Colour released two more albums (Time's Up and Stain) before splitting up in 1995. After the split, Glover started a solo career as Reverend Daddy Love and formed the band Vice with guitarist Mike Ciro.

Living Colour reunited on December 21, 2000 at CBGB's during a set by Will Calhoun and Doug Wimbish's live drum 'n' bass duo, Headfake. Glover guested on three songs, and Vernon Reid joined them three songs into the set. The reunion was followed by the release of the band's fourth studio album Collideøscope in October 2003.