James Morrison
There are multiple artists called James Morrison:
1) an English singer-s… Read Full Bio ↴There are multiple artists called James Morrison:
1) an English singer-songwriter from Rugby
2) an Australian jazz musician who plays numerous instruments; best known for his trumpet playing
3) a notable south Sligo-style Irish fiddler.
4) "Jim" Morrison, lead singer of 1960s American rock group The Doors.
1. James Morrison (born James Morrison Catchpole on August 13, 1984) is a singer-songwriter from Rugby, Warwickshire, England. He says that his musical influences include Al Green, Otis Redding, Cat Stevens and The Kinks.
At 13 Morrison began to learn guitar when his uncle showed him how to play a blues riff. He started busking when he lived at Porth near Newquay, in Cornwall. After years of playing other musicians' songs, he eventually started to write his own.
Polydor Productions took charge and signed him. He became the supporting artist for Corinne Bailey Rae on her tour supporting her debut album.
In 2006 he debuted with his single "You Give Me Something" which became a hit single around Europe and Japan. It reached the #2 spot in Holland and the #5 spot in the UK. His debut album Undiscovered went straight to #1 in the UK and has sold more than 2,000,000 copies worldwide.
The second single released from the album was "Wonderful World" which became a top 10 hit in the UK reaching the #8 spot.
James' second album "Songs For You, Truths For Me" was released in September of 2008. The single released days before the album was "You Make It Real". The big hit from the album though was the second single "Broken Strings", featuring Canadian singer-songwriter Nelly Furtado. It reached the number 1 spot on at least 4 charts of various countries (including Belgium, Germany, Switzerland and on the European Hot 100 also). It peaked at number 2 in the UK, Austria and Ireland. It was a top 40 hit on the US Billboard Adult Pop Songs chart also peaking at 34.
Morrison's first single from his third album, "The Awakening", was "I Won't Let You Go". Singles that followed were "Up" feat. Jessie J,"Slave To The Music" and "One Life". The album was released on September 23, 2011, reached number 1 in the UK and Switzerland and has been certified platinum in the UK as well.
2. James Morrison (born 11 November 1962 in Boorowa, New South Wales) is an Australian jazz musician who plays numerous instruments, but is best known for his trumpet playing. He is a multi-instrumentalist, having performed on the clarinet, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, flugelhorn, bass flugelhorn, trombone, euphonium, tuba and piano. He is also a composer, writing jazz charts for ensembles of various sizes and proficiency levels. He performed the opening fanfare at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. In 2009, he joined Steve Pizzati and Warren Brown as a presenter on Top Gear Australia.
Morrison has performed with Dizzy Gillespie (the first Australian to do so), with Don Burrows, as a member of the Don Burrows Band, and with Ray Charles and B. B. King for a 1990 world tour. He has also worked with Ray Brown, Wynton Marsalis, Frank Sinatra, Cab Calloway, Jon Faddis, Woody Shaw, Whitney Houston, Arturo Sandoval, Phil Stack, George Benson, Mark Nightingale, and Red Rodney.
In 2005, he was the guest soloist at the 150th anniversary concert of the Black Dyke Band and in 2007, he again appeared as guest soloist at concerts with the band in Manchester and London. In 2003 he founded the band On The Edge together with the German keyboarder and composer Simon Stockhausen (CD released on Morrison Records).
Morrison has also had a long association with Composer and pianist Lalo Schifrin (of Mission Impossible fame) and has recorded a number of CDs on Schifrin's "Jazz Meets The Symphony" series. These include recordings with the London Symphony and the Czech National Symphony.
3. James Morrison (3 May 1893 - 1947), known as "The Professor", was a notable South Sligo-style Irish fiddler.
Morrison was born in 1893 near Riverstown, County Sligo at the townland of Drumfin. Morrison grew up in a community steeped in traditional Irish culture especially music and at the age of 17 he was employed by the Gaelic League to tutor the Connacht style of step dancing at the Gaelic League school in County Mayo.
In 1915, at the age of 21, he emigrated to America and settled in New York. In 1918, Morrison won the fiddle competition at the New York Feis. Morrison become associated with other leading Irish musicians such as Michael Coleman, Paddy Killoran who were also from County Sligo.
Morrison was one of the leading Irish music teachers in New York in the 1930s and '40s. In addition to the fiddle, he could play the flute and button accordion (and wrote a tutor on the latter) and taught hundreds of young Irish-American students to play traditional music on various instruments.
4. See The Doors.
1) an English singer-s… Read Full Bio ↴There are multiple artists called James Morrison:
1) an English singer-songwriter from Rugby
2) an Australian jazz musician who plays numerous instruments; best known for his trumpet playing
3) a notable south Sligo-style Irish fiddler.
4) "Jim" Morrison, lead singer of 1960s American rock group The Doors.
1. James Morrison (born James Morrison Catchpole on August 13, 1984) is a singer-songwriter from Rugby, Warwickshire, England. He says that his musical influences include Al Green, Otis Redding, Cat Stevens and The Kinks.
At 13 Morrison began to learn guitar when his uncle showed him how to play a blues riff. He started busking when he lived at Porth near Newquay, in Cornwall. After years of playing other musicians' songs, he eventually started to write his own.
Polydor Productions took charge and signed him. He became the supporting artist for Corinne Bailey Rae on her tour supporting her debut album.
In 2006 he debuted with his single "You Give Me Something" which became a hit single around Europe and Japan. It reached the #2 spot in Holland and the #5 spot in the UK. His debut album Undiscovered went straight to #1 in the UK and has sold more than 2,000,000 copies worldwide.
The second single released from the album was "Wonderful World" which became a top 10 hit in the UK reaching the #8 spot.
James' second album "Songs For You, Truths For Me" was released in September of 2008. The single released days before the album was "You Make It Real". The big hit from the album though was the second single "Broken Strings", featuring Canadian singer-songwriter Nelly Furtado. It reached the number 1 spot on at least 4 charts of various countries (including Belgium, Germany, Switzerland and on the European Hot 100 also). It peaked at number 2 in the UK, Austria and Ireland. It was a top 40 hit on the US Billboard Adult Pop Songs chart also peaking at 34.
Morrison's first single from his third album, "The Awakening", was "I Won't Let You Go". Singles that followed were "Up" feat. Jessie J,"Slave To The Music" and "One Life". The album was released on September 23, 2011, reached number 1 in the UK and Switzerland and has been certified platinum in the UK as well.
2. James Morrison (born 11 November 1962 in Boorowa, New South Wales) is an Australian jazz musician who plays numerous instruments, but is best known for his trumpet playing. He is a multi-instrumentalist, having performed on the clarinet, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, flugelhorn, bass flugelhorn, trombone, euphonium, tuba and piano. He is also a composer, writing jazz charts for ensembles of various sizes and proficiency levels. He performed the opening fanfare at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. In 2009, he joined Steve Pizzati and Warren Brown as a presenter on Top Gear Australia.
Morrison has performed with Dizzy Gillespie (the first Australian to do so), with Don Burrows, as a member of the Don Burrows Band, and with Ray Charles and B. B. King for a 1990 world tour. He has also worked with Ray Brown, Wynton Marsalis, Frank Sinatra, Cab Calloway, Jon Faddis, Woody Shaw, Whitney Houston, Arturo Sandoval, Phil Stack, George Benson, Mark Nightingale, and Red Rodney.
In 2005, he was the guest soloist at the 150th anniversary concert of the Black Dyke Band and in 2007, he again appeared as guest soloist at concerts with the band in Manchester and London. In 2003 he founded the band On The Edge together with the German keyboarder and composer Simon Stockhausen (CD released on Morrison Records).
Morrison has also had a long association with Composer and pianist Lalo Schifrin (of Mission Impossible fame) and has recorded a number of CDs on Schifrin's "Jazz Meets The Symphony" series. These include recordings with the London Symphony and the Czech National Symphony.
3. James Morrison (3 May 1893 - 1947), known as "The Professor", was a notable South Sligo-style Irish fiddler.
Morrison was born in 1893 near Riverstown, County Sligo at the townland of Drumfin. Morrison grew up in a community steeped in traditional Irish culture especially music and at the age of 17 he was employed by the Gaelic League to tutor the Connacht style of step dancing at the Gaelic League school in County Mayo.
In 1915, at the age of 21, he emigrated to America and settled in New York. In 1918, Morrison won the fiddle competition at the New York Feis. Morrison become associated with other leading Irish musicians such as Michael Coleman, Paddy Killoran who were also from County Sligo.
Morrison was one of the leading Irish music teachers in New York in the 1930s and '40s. In addition to the fiddle, he could play the flute and button accordion (and wrote a tutor on the latter) and taught hundreds of young Irish-American students to play traditional music on various instruments.
4. See The Doors.
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James Morrison Lyrics
6 Weeks Six weeks since I let you go And I still feel…
A Place In The Sun Like a long lonely stream I keep running towards a dream. Mo…
All Around the World So, the road's too hard to see It's like we've got…
Amazing Grace Amazing grace How sweet the sound That saved a wretch like m…
Beautiful Life I was born with tears in my eyes Like everybody else…
Better Man There was a time There's nothing to give Shelter from the st…
Brighter Kind of Love I roll up another one 'cause it helps me to…
Broken Strings Let me hold you For the last time It's the last chance…
Broken Strings (feat. Nelly Fu Let me hold you For the last time It's the last chance…
Broken Strings (feat. Nelly Furtado) Let me hold you For the last time It's the last chance…
Broken Strings Acoustic Version Let me hold you for the last time It's the last…
Broken Strings Ft Nelly Furtado Let me hold you For the last time It's the last chance…
Burns Like Summer Sun Oh, I'm counting down Hoping the time has come To let it…
But Beautiful Love is funny or it's sad, Or it's quiet or…
Call the Police I'm done, shoot your gun, I think it's time to…
Come Back And Stay Why don't you come back? Please hurry, why don't you come…
Demons I got demons, I got demons, I got demons I close…
Details in the Fabric Calm down Deep breaths And get yourself dressed instead O…
Don't Close Your Eyes Huh Huh Too many times she has been let down I tried…
Don't Mess with Love Mm, no no, oh Mm It's out of sight, yeah, it's out…
Don't You When you lower me down So deep that I I can't get…
Dream on Hayley Some people sleep easy Some people don't See keep the light …
Easy Love Heeyyyy Yeeehhheeeyyy When everything gets too much All I n…
Exactly Like You I used to have a perfect sweetheart Not a real one,…
Feels Like the First Time I guess I fooled myself, thought I′d be okay It didn't…
Fix the World Up for You I can tell you now When I'm here to listen To what…
Forever Well my mama used to say If you find a nice…
Get to You So close to midnight, under the streetlights. Leaving behind…
Give Me a Kiss to Build a Dream On Give me a kissed a build a dream on And my…
give me something You only stay with me in the morning You only hold…
Glorious We were just two kids with a curious appetite We were…
heaven to a fool How can′t i love somebody? When the lies become the truth Ho…
Higher Than Here Stay with me tonight Stay right by my side When I′m not…
How Come How come you always wind up changing your direction? How com…
I Need You Tonight Need you tonight, need ya, need ya tonight Yeah I need…
I Won When it's black Take a little time to hold yourself Take a…
If the Rain Must Fall Oh life can be strange Good and bad in so…
If You Don When you lower me down So deep that I I can't get…
In My Dreams Since you've gone Nothing seems to fit no more And nothing's…
Is Anybody Home I've been moving in the wrong direction I've been looking fo…
It's Too Late (by Carole King) I stayed in bed all mornin' just to…
James_Morrison_-_Please_dont_stop_the_rain I don't know where I crossed the line Was it something…
Jesus Loves Me Oh-oh-ooh How can I fill this empty space Is this a love…
Just Like A Child I keep holding on to time ′Cause it moves so fast Keep…
Love Is Hard I see lovers in the streets walking, Without a care. They're…
Man In The Mirror I'm gonna make a change For once I'm my life It's gonna…
Man In The Mirror (Acoustic Ve I'm gonna make a change, for once in my life It's gonna…
Misty Look at me I'm as helpless as a kitten up a…
My Love Goes On Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-…
Naked With You You say that I've got nothing Nothing left to give I say…
Nothing Ever Hurt Like You 1, 2, 3, 4 Oh, oh, oh, Yeah yeah yeah Hey If loving you…
On Broken Strings Let me hold you For the last time It's the last chance…
Once When I Was Little I was the one, who would always jump in first Didn't…
One When I was a young boy I was living for the…
One Last Chance In my life I don't mean much to anyone I've lost…
One Life When I was a young boy I was living for the…
Person I Should Have Been I’m gonna start again This world I painted black Just needs …
Please Don I don't know where I crossed the line Was it something…
Power I feel your sunshine when you're deep in shadows Say you…
Precious Love I was so lost, didn't know what to do with…
Reach Out Is that the sound of silence breaking All this time we′ve…
Right by Your Side Where was I when your tears were falling? Where was I…
Right Here I don′t know what you're looking for Maybe a boat or…
Save Yourself I'm trying to change To make the best, for us But I'm…
Say Something Now There’s no one outside It’s just the wind blowing trees Noth…
Shadow of Your Smile The shadow of your smile When you have gone Will color all…
Sitting On A Platform Sitting on a platform Waiting for your train to come Shoul…
Slave to the Music She pulled me in so easily Right from the start She played…
So Beautiful Seventeen, way too young for love But I couldn′t think of…
Something Right SOMETHING RIGHT All the mistakes The rough breaks The bad t…
St James Infermary Blues A lonely soul, was I without direction I didn′t know which…
Stay Like This It doesn′t even take one minute To tear each other down (Pus…
The Awakening I haven’t felt this awake in years Was too busy drying…
The Christmas Song Chestnuts roasting on an open fire Jack Frost nipping at you…
The Last Goodbye I don't believe you And I never will Oh I can't live…
The Letter It's got my name on it, And it's just waiting…
The Nearness Of You Its not the pale moon that excites me That thrills and…
The Only Night I was young And I was a victim Of her killer smile Her…
The Pieces Don I've been twisting and turning, In a space that's too small.…
The Rain Must Fall Oh life can be strange Good and bad in so…
The Road to Gundagai A lonely soul, was I without direction I didn't know which…
The Shadow Of Your Smile The shadow of your smile When you have gone Will color all…
The_Last_Goodbye I don't believe you And I never will Oh I can't live…
This Boy This boy wants to play, there's no time left today It's…
Under the Influence I was sure, I was born and raised to be my…
Undiscovered I look at you, you bite your tongue I don't…
Up How can I find you When you're always hiding from yourself P…
We Can I know how to fall Into the sea of desperation It′s easy To…
What a Wonderful World I've been down so low people look at me and…
Who's Gonna Love Me Now Oh-oh-ooh How can I fill this empty space Is this a love…
Wonderful World I've been down so low people look at me and…
Yesterdays Can't be this wrong again Can't write this song again Can't …
You Give Me Something You only stay with me in the morning You only hold…
You Make It Real There's so much craziness surrounding me There's so much goi…
You_Give_Me_Something You only stay with me in the morning You only hold…
Zandar A lonely soul, was I without direction I didn′t know which…