Tim Booth

Tim Booth
Tim Booth performing with James at Haldern Pop 2013
Born	(1960-02-04) 4 February 1960 (age 57) Bradford, Yorkshire, England
Known for	Lead Singer of James (band), Booth and the Bad Angel

Timothy John Booth (born 4 February 1960) is an English singer, dancer and actor best known as the lead singer from the band James.

Booth was born in Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England and attended Shrewsbury School. Whilst a student at Manchester University studying drama, Booth encountered Jim Glennie, Paul Gilbertson and Gavan Whelan in 1981 in the cellar bar of the university's students' union. Impressed by Booth's distinctive dancing style, Gilbertson invited Booth to join their band as a dancer. Booth accepted the offer, and was soon promoted to lead singer and lyricist of the band James. (Maconie, 2000)

After a struggle for success and recognition throughout the 1980s, James finally achieved commercial success in the early 1990s with the rise of the Madchester music scene, and their single "Sit Down" reaching number 2 in the UK Singles Chart

During 1995, Booth took a break from James and recorded an album with film composer Angelo Badalamenti, entitled Booth and the Bad Angel. He then returned to James to complete the recording of the album Whiplash, and stayed with the band until 2001 when he announced his departure to concentrate on other projects.