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Biography

Plaisance, Guyana (1948 – present)

Eddy Grant (b. 1948) is a Guyanan musician.

Born Edmond Montague Grant on the 5th March 1948 in Plaisance, Guyana, he emigrated with parents to London, England when he was still young. As a teenager he formed the multi-racial group The Equals. He sported dyed blonde hair, and had his first million-selling number-one hit in 1968, when he was the lead guitarist and main songwriter with his song “

Baby Come Back”. Grant openly used his songwriting for political purposes, as in “

Police on My Back”, and later “

Gimme Hope Jo’anna” about the then-current apartheid regime of South Africa.

Top Tracks

1	Electric Avenue	1,196
2	Gimme Hope Jo'anna	341
3	I Don't Wanna Dance	250
4	Do You Feel My Love	73
5	Baby Come Back	49
6	Living On The Frontline	42
7	Romancing The Stone	38
8	Walking On Sunshine	36
9	War Party	26
10	Gimme Hope Joanna	22
11	Killer on the Rampage	12
11	Till I Can't Take Love No More	12
13	Can't Get Enough Of You	11
13	Boys In The Street	11
15	It's All In You	10