James Fox (singer)
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | James Richard Mullett |
| Born |
6 April 1976 Cardiff, Wales |
| Genres | Rock, Pop |
| Instruments | Voice guitar piano keyboards harmonica drums Bass mandolin |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Labels | Sony (2004) Plastic Tomato (2007–2010) Faraway Sound Recordings (2012) |
James Fox (born James Richard Mullett, 6 April 1976) is a Welsh pop singer, songwriter, pianist and guitarist. He represented the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 in Istanbul. In 2008 he wrote and recorded the Cardiff City F.C. FA Cup Final song, "Bluebirds Flying High".
Fox was born in Cardiff and grew up in Gilfach, Bargoed, in the Rhymney Valley, a former mining community in south-east Wales. Inspired by his musician father, Richard, Fox took piano lessons from the age of six, and later taught himself to play guitar, the drums, harmonica and mandolin.
Fox is a passionate supporter of The Bluebirds, Cardiff City. He regularly turns out for The Bluebirds' charity teams, and played in both of the Legend Matches which marked the team's last game at Ninian Park and first game at the Cardiff City stadium.
Fox's professional musical career began at age 15, when along with elder brother Dean he toured the South Wales working man's clubs circuit, in various Rock Bands, After leaving school, he worked for twelve years as a singer on cruise ships and in pubs and clubs, both under his real name and the stage name Nick James. During this period with his brother Dean he wrote his first song, "Miners' Town", about Gilfach.
In 2000, he formed the boy band Force 5 with his friend Kevin Simm. They worked mainly on Blackpool's Golden Mile, before breaking up when Simm joined Liberty X. Simm's management company Hyperactive signed him as a solo artist, and also a backing singer and guitarist for other artists. He went on to support Liberty X, Ultra, Worlds Apart and Wet Wet Wet, and also undertook tours of entertainment for the Armed Forces in Bosnia, Afghanistan and the Falkland Islands.
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