Eagle-Eye Cherry's Biography!

Singer/Songwriter Eagle-Eye Cherry was born on May 7,1968 in Skane, Sweden to the proud parents of Don and Moki Cherry. One day when Don was checking out his new son, Eagle-Eye looked at his dad with just one eye and that's how he got his name. At a young age, Eagle-Eye became involved in music, so involved, he bcame a drummer in his father's band. During the summer, Eagle-Eye and his half-sister Neneh Cherry would tour all around Europe with Don, attending many Jazz music Festivals. In 1984, Eagle-Eye moved to New York City and attended the School of Performing Arts in hopes of becoming an actor. Succeeding in his dream, Eagle-Eye landed roles in many films such as "Born On The Fourth Of July", "The Doors", "Arthur 2:On the Rocks" and on "The Bill Cosby Show" twice as a drug dealer. In his mid-teens, Eagle-Eye abandonned his acting and became more and more interested in music being influenced by many popular musicians such as Marvin Gay, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley and many more. After finishing school Eagle-Eye decided to escape the madness of the Big Apple and move back to Sweden with his model girlfriend Helena De Sandeburg. In 1995, Eagle-Eye's father, Don Cherry, became very ill and soon after died. Experiencing his father's death, Eagle-Eye realised what a full life his father had and decided to start focusing on something in his own life. This is when he started writing songs for his debut album Desireless. In 1997 Eagle-Eye released his album and it sold more than 150,000 copies in Europe, especially in Scandinavia where his hit "Save Tonight" reached no.#1 in the Netherlands and no.#2 in France. In the summer of 1998, Eagle-Eye Cherry released Desireless in the U.S. and he says the more "Save Tonight" becomes successful the more his life becomes the song!