James Daniel Guy Hearn (born 19 June 1976 in Denham, Buckinghamshire, England) is an English singer-songwriter. He is best known as being the vocalist of

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Ultra adopted by British military intelligence in June 1941 for wartime signals intelligence obtained by breaking high-level encrypted enemy radio and teleprinter communications at the Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS) at Bletchley Park. '' ...

Biography

Hearn attended the same high school as Ultra's guitarist and drummer,

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and

Jon O'Mahony Jon O'Mahony (born 10 August 1973) is a British music manager and founder of Rebellion Artists, who currently manage Fraser Churchill, Honey Ryder, Dustin Paul, Starlight Theatre and Fat Buddha. Early years Before entering the music industry ...

, respectively, where they met. He was in the same class as Harwood, and O'Mahony was a couple of years older. Hearn went on to the

University of Leeds , mottoeng = And knowledge will be increased , established = 1831 – Leeds School of Medicine1874 – Yorkshire College of Science1884 - Yorkshire College1887 – affiliated to the federal Victoria University1904 – University of Leeds , ...

and studied Geography and Management, graduating in 1999. He was once a

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athlete, but when he realized that

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was not the highest paid career choice, he turned to music. In 1997, Hearn, Harwood, O'Mahony, and Nick Keynes, formed Ultra and released their self-titled debut album in 1999, for which Hearn wrote most of the songs. He left the band and worked as a

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before he earned a master's degree from the University of Reading.Lambert Smith Hampton
"Boy band singer takes centre stage at LSH"
''Highbeam Business'', 22 October 2004 Ultra reunited in 2005 and released a second album, '' The Sun Shines Brighter''.

References

External links

Ultra-abiglove, unofficial Italian fansite

Ultra Forever, Ultra Unofficial Site
1976 births Living people English male singers English male songwriters Alumni of the University of Leeds Alumni of the University of Reading Ultra (British band) members 21st-century English singers 21st-century British male singers {{UK-singer-stub