Cameron Andrew McVey (born 11 March 1957) is an English singer, songwriter and music producer. He worked with the bands

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, Portishead, All Saints,

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and his wife Neneh Cherry. He is the father of

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, Tyson, and Mabel.

Early life

McVey grew up in

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, North London. He was educated at Queen Elizabeth's Boys' School, Barnet.

Career

McVey started out as a member of the new wave band

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in the early 1980s, in which he was the

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. The band released one album in 1982, ''Boobams Out!'' and seven singles from 1980 to 1982. In 1987, as one half of duo

Morgan-McVey "Looking Good Diving" is a 1987 song performed by Morgan-McVey, who were vocalists Jamie Morgan and Cameron McVey. It was their only single. The single was released through Sony Records in 1987, produced by SAW and mixed by Phil Harding. The B- ...

, he released the single " Looking Good Diving". Originally conceived as a

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-style male vocal duo who would harmonise over

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beats, early demos failed to deliver on the concept. Facing creative inertia, the act's record company convinced them to work with rising pop producers

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(SAW), a proposition that left them with mixed feelings. Band member Jamie Morgan says McVey was so "embarrassed" by the resulting record and video, the band quickly disintegrated. However, McVey has since been complimentary of SAW's studio skills, calling the trio "more punk than the punks". The track's B-side "Looking Good Diving with the Wild Bunch" would later be reworked into Neneh Cherry's 1988 single "

Buffalo Stance "Buffalo Stance" is a song by Swedish singer Neneh Cherry, released from her debut album, '' Raw Like Sushi'' (1989), in November 1988. The song peaked at 3 on both the UK Singles Chart and the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and it reached No. 1 in ...

CirKus

In 2006, McVey (under the name Burt Ford) along with Neneh Cherry, Matt Kent (aka Karmil) and Lolita Moon released the album ''

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'', as a band called

CirKus CirKus are a trip hop band formed by Burt Ford (Cameron McVey), Karmil (aka Matt Kent), Lolita Moon and Neneh Cherry. History DJ and producer Karmil was recruited by Burt Ford (Neneh's husband Cameron McVey) as an assistant recording engi ...

. In 2008, CirKus (with the same line-up) released their second album ''Medicine''.

Personal life

In 1983, McVey fathered a son,

, with Vincentian artist and designer Vonnie Roudette. McVey met Neneh Cherry in 1987 at

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while they were en route to Japan as fashion models as part of London Designer Ray Petri's Buffalo Posse. The couple married in 1990; they have two daughters, singers Tyson, born in 1989 (also known as Lolita Moon), and Mabel. The family lived throughout Europe. In 1993, they moved near Málaga, Spain and lived there until 1999. Briefly in 1995, they lived in

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, where they had purchased a home in the

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neighbourhood. Soon after moving in, the couple were held up at gunpoint and robbed by a teenage bandit. They headed back to London's

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. Eventually they migrated to Cherry's native Hässleholm, Sweden, living in the same schoolhouse-turned-home where Cherry was raised (featured in the ''Homebrew'' album's artwork).

Albums produced

Neneh Cherry albums

* ''

Raw Like Sushi ''Raw Like Sushi'' is the debut studio album by Swedish musician Neneh Cherry, released 5 June 1989 by Virgin Records. The album includes the commercially successful single "Buffalo Stance". Background An early version of "Buffalo Stance" appe ...

'' (1989) * '' Homebrew'' (1992) * ''

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'' (1996) * ''

The Cherry Thing ''The Cherry Thing'' is an album by vocalist Neneh Cherry and jazz trio The Thing, consisting of saxophonist Mats Gustafsson, bassist Ingebrigt Håker Flaten and drummer Paal Nilssen-Love. It was recorded in 2011 and released the following yea ...

'' (2012)

Other works

* ''

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'' by

Jamie J. Morgan Jamie Morgan is a British photographer, filmmaker, and former musician. Music career Morgan formed half of the duo Morgan-McVey''Hitlåtens historia'', "Neneh Cherry - Buffalo Stance", Sveriges Television, 3 January 2012. who released just one ...

(1990) * ''

Blue Lines ''Blue Lines'' is the debut studio album by English electronic music group Massive Attack, released on 8 April 1991 by Wild Bunch and Virgin Records. The recording was led by members Grantley "Daddy G" Marshall, Robert "3D" Del Naja, Adrian "T ...

'' by

(1991)* * ''

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'', by

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(1996) * '' All Saints'' by All Saints (1997) * '' One Touch'', by the

(2000) * ''How Do You Call It'', by

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(2002) * '' Revolution in Me'', by

Siobhán Donaghy Siobhán Emma Donaghy (born 14 June 1984) is an English-Irish singer and songwriter. She is best known as a founding member of the girl group Sugababes. Donaghy left the Sugababes in 2001 and released her debut solo album, '' Revolution in Me'', ...

(2003) * ''

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'', by the

(2005) * ''11th Floor'' and ''Lights'', by Kitchen Party (2013) * ''Spirit Of Minnie'' by

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(2018)

References

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