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Omar Lye Fook, 14th October 1968, Canterbury, England.

Born Omar Lye-Fook in 1968 to a Chinese Jamaican father and Indian mother, he grew up in Canterbury, Kent.

Every inch the British soul icon, Omar developed his style at an early age growing up in a musical household.

His father was in a band and founded Kongo Records, a positive influence which nurtured Omar’s desire to make music.

He learnt his craft classically playing the trumpet, piano and drums, making it into the county’s youth orchestra as principle percussionist, followed by two years at music college in Manchester.

His first hit at the age of 22, ‘There’s nothing like this’, hit the streets in 1990 and has since become a summer soul classic.

Following his first two singles, ‘Mr Postman’ and ‘You and me’ featuring backing vocals from Caron Wheeler, Omar stunned everyone with his first album, also entitled ‘There’s nothing like this’.

Released on his fathers label, Kongo Records, it entered the UK album charts unaided by promotion or advertising.

With this, Omar earned his name as the founder of nu-classic soul.

Signing to his first major record label, Talkin’ Loud, saw the release of his second album ‘Music’ which, despite giving us more outstanding tracks, proved less successful than the first.

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kipo095 wrote:
September 2009

2 jerseyjerseyrob, EnFotiFrysen fix tag http://www.lastfm.ru/music/Omar+Akram

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gavvyb wrote:
September 2009

celebrate 90's UK soul with my Spotify playlist, found at http://realmsword.blogspot.com/2009/09/90s-british-soul.html

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xSoulExperience wrote:
August 2009

Ghana Emotioooooon. <3

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jerseyjerseyrob wrote:
July 2009

Uh....pretty sure I'm not listening to THIS particular Omar. Double artist entry anyone?

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EnFotiFrysen wrote:
May 2009

okej this is not the Omar I listen to O.o

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TantoTempo wrote:
April 2009

After listening to Omar, I feel compelled to decorate my bicycle with beautiful flowers, remove all my clothing, and cycle naked through the streets of London.. LIBERATION FOR HUMANS - THAT'S WHAT I PREACH - PREACHER MAN!

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savoy wrote:
February 2009

I adore him. He and his music are sexy.

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Lluviafina wrote:
January 2009

I love the guitar......

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Lluviafina wrote:
January 2009

Love it.. great..... keep the good work Omar....

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PFE2008 wrote:
January 2009

Omar your a musical genius, keep doing your thing!!

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Resttt wrote:
December 2008

Best by far is best by far.

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chromegat wrote:
November 2008

G.O.A.T

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jem38 wrote:
October 2008

Documentary is about Omar, previous and upcoming albums etc.

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jem38 wrote:
October 2008

there is a homegrown documentary on 1Xtra only for up till this sunday 1st Nov. http://www.bbc.co.uk/1xtra/raskwame/ can listen again there :)

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goodgreatgrand wrote:
October 2008

i've had both 'tell me' & 'this is not a love song' on heavy rotation for years. dude is out of his face, and somehow still not very well known in the US. at least common brought him in for electric circus, which made 'heaven somewhere' one of the illest tracks ever recorded...

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lorealg504 wrote:
September 2008

where is this is not a love song

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VickyBN1 wrote:
September 2008

Omar - Oh yes ♥♥♥

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Kym-B wrote:
February 2008

Omar... you the Daddy, baby! Just listening to Saturday and felt the need to spread some love. :)

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PappaWheelie wrote:
February 2008

It's So....!!!!

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Ice_Wizard wrote:
January 2008

Its good to know I am quite popular around here!

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