Eagle-Eye Cherry

Biography

Eagle-Eye Lanoo Cherry (born 7 May 1968) is a Swedish singer and stage performer. His 1997 single "Save Tonight×Save Tonight31 March 1998 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracks1Save Tonight4:032Conversation4:54" achieved commercial success in Ireland, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Cherry is the son of American jazz artist Don Cherry and Swedish artist and designer Moki Cherry.
He pursued acting during high school, though Cherry's acting career was eventually set aside as his musical career took precedence in his life with his debut album Desireless×Desireless21 July 1997 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 11 tracks1Save Tonight3:562Indecision4:313Comatose (In the Arms of Slumber)4:374Worried Eyes4:325Rainbow Wings4:056Conversation4:557When Mermaids Cry4:308Shooting Up in Vain5:429Permanent Tears4:4010Death Defied by Will5:1411Desireless6:12 (1997). He has released several other albums, has co-written for other artists and films, and has guest-starred on reality television. Cherry's music is of the acoustic, rock, post-grunge and alternative rock genres.
He is a native speaker of both English and Swedish.

Early life

Cherry was born on 7 May 1968, in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of American jazz artist Don Cherry and Swedish painter/textile artist Monika Cherry (née Karlsson). Of Choctaw descent through his paternal grandmother and African-American through his grandfather, Cherry is the fourth of five siblings. He is the half-brother of singer Neneh Cherry (his mother's daughter with Ahmadu Jah). Other half-siblings are violinist Jan Cherry, Christian Cherry, and jazz musician David Ornette Cherry. At the age of 12, Cherry was sent to school in New York City. He remained there to work as an actor and a drummer in various bands. At 16, he enrolled in the High School of Performing Arts in New York in the same class as Jennifer Aniston and Chaz Bono.

Career

In 1988, Cherry was credited as "Teenager" in the film Arthur 2: On the Rocks. In 1989, he was credited as "Vet #1" in Born on the Fourth of July. In 1993, he starred on the short-lived NBC action/adventure television show South Beach.
Cherry's father died in 1995. He returned to Stockholm to focus on his music rather than an acting career. He began writing and recording his debut album, Desireless×Desireless21 July 1997 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 11 tracks1Save Tonight3:562Indecision4:313Comatose (In the Arms of Slumber)4:374Worried Eyes4:325Rainbow Wings4:056Conversation4:557When Mermaids Cry4:308Shooting Up in Vain5:429Permanent Tears4:4010Death Defied by Will5:1411Desireless6:12, in his bedroom studio on an acoustic guitar. According to manager Tommy Manzi, Cherry's perfectionism made him keep the recordings under wraps until the album was virtually complete. The album became a commercial success throughout the world. Desireless sold four million copies worldwide and was certified platinum in the United States.
Cherry co-wrote and sang on "Wishing It Was" on Santana's 1999 album Supernatural, as well as in films such as Wim Wenders' The Soul of a Man, Y tu mamá también, The Love of the Game, GO, Best Laid Plans, Holes, and Over Her Dead Body. Some of his best-known songs include "Save Tonight×Save Tonight31 March 1998 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracks1Save Tonight4:032Conversation4:54", "Falling in Love Again×Falling in Love Again2 November 1998 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 3 tracks1Falling in Love Again (album version)2Miss Fortune3Shooting Up in Vain (live)", "Are You Still Having Fun?×Are You Still Having Fun?17 April 2000 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 4 tracks1Are You Still Having Fun?3:102Wishing It Was4:203Heaven4:294Are You Still Having Fun? (the double the fun mix)2:21", "Long Way Around×Long Way Around2000 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracks1Long Way Around3:412Long Way Around (Tubby D mix)4:25", "Feels So Right", "Skull Tattoo×Skull Tattoo8 September 2003 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 4 tracks1Skull Tattoo3:232One Lonely Here3:223Free1:504Skull Tattoo3:26" and "Don't Give Up×Don't Give Up2003 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 3 tracks1Don't Give Up (Album Version)3:572Don't Give Up (Alternative Version)4:233No Parade3:51".
On 27 November 2012, he appeared as musical guest on The Voice of Romania. His fifth album, Streets of You×Streets of You26 October 2018 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 13 tracks1Streets of You3:222Come What May3:493Remember to Breathe3:144While Away3:225House at the End of the Road3:576Down and Out4:107You3:338Drunk and Sublime4:009Top of the World4:2610Mother Never Told Me3:3711Rise Above2:5112We Ain't Dead4:1213Best of Us4:21, was released on 26 October 2018.