Tebey
| Tebey | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Tebey Ottoh |
| Born | October 14, 1983 |
| Origin | Peterborough, Ontario, Canada |
| Genres | Country, pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer/songwriter |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Labels | BNA (2000-2003), RAE/ Warner Music Canada (2014-present) |
| Associated acts | One Direction, Pixie Lott, Emerson Drive |
| Website | www.tebeymusic.com |
Tebey (born October 14, 1983 as Tebey Solomon Ottoh) is a Canadian country music singer and multi-genre songwriter. His only American chart hit to date is 2003's "We Shook Hands (Man to Man)", a No. 47 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts and a Top 5 single on the Canadian country music charts. He has composed several singles for other artists, in addition to releasing singles of his own.
He started singing in church at the age of five, spreading his wings to sing at local events. In 1990 and again in 1994, he won the 14-and-under male division of the Canadian Open Country Singing Contest, and in 1996 and 1998, the 18-and-under male division. At 15, he signed a development deal with a major Nashville record label and moved to that city with his father, a Nigerian-born electronics engineer, with his mother and siblings staying back at their family home in Burlington, Ontario.
After two years with very little movement, they returned to Burlington. Ottoh's was an average high school football player at Assumption Catholic Highschool which gain interest from some colleges, but his Nashville career took a belated turn as a friend successfully talked him up in the industry. Ottoh was signed to BNA Records as a singer and Warner Chappel Music as a staff songwriter, and signed fellow Canadian Bruce Allen as his manager.
Allen put Ottoh together with a fellow client, record producer Bob Rock. Working towards his first album, Ottoh both wrote for himself and collaborated with songwriters Annie Roboff, Bob DiPiero, Jim Collins, Naoise Sheridan and Rory Bourke.
In 2002 and 2003, as Tebey, his performance of "We Shook Hands (Man to Man)" became a charted country radio hit in the United States and Canada. Tebey was the subject of a segment on CBC Radio's Sounds Like Canada, and nominated for a 2004 Canadian Radio Music Award for Best New Group or Solo Artist (Country), against Damian Marshall, Deric Ruttan, Heather Dawn and Jason Blaine.
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