Maxi Priest

Maxi Priest is the stage name of songwriter and reggae artist Max Alfred Elliott ( Lewisham , June 10 1960 ). He scored in the Netherlands hits with Close To You (fourth in the Dutch Top 40, 1990), Wild World (seventh, 1988) and Some Guys Have All The Luck (11th, 1987).



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*1 Biography  ==[Biography  edit ] == Elliott's parents were immigrants from Jamaica to England moved. He grew up there as second youngest in a family with nine children. Elliotts uncle Jacob Miller was the lead singer of the reggae group Inner Circle . His son Ryan was a member of the boyband Ultimate Kaos .
 * 2 Albums
 * 3   Trivia

Elliott celebrated his (commercial) greatest success in the United States . Close To You reached in 1990 as the first place of the Billboard Hot 100 . He was thus after UB40 (with Red Red Wine in 1988, and the cover Can not Help Falling Love in 1993), the second British reggae artist who managed this. The single Should I took first place in Jamaica .

Besides solo Elliott worked with include Sly & Robbie , Shaggy (That Girl on), Apache Indian (to Feel It fe Real) and Shabba Ranks (at HouseCall). He carries the nickname The King of Lovers Rock ( Lovers Rock is a romantic subgenre within the reggae music). ==[Albums  edit ] == ==<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[Trivia  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==
 * You're Safe (1985)
 * Intentions (1986)
 * Maxi Priest (1988)
 * Bonafide (1990)
 * Fe Real (1992)
 * Man With The Fun (1996)
 * Maxi Priest - The best of (1998, a compilation CD, but with some previously unreleased songs)
 * Combination (1999)
 * 2 The Max (2005)
 * Refused (2007)
 * In South Park is a character named Maxi Priest Maxi Priest called around.