Latest Release
- 14 SEPT 2023
- 1 Song
- All True Man · 1985
- Hearsay · 1987
- Hearsay · 1987
- Hearsay · 1985
- Best Of · 1985
- Alex Loves · 1985
- Alexander O'Neal · 1985
- Hearsay: All Mixed Up · 1985
- Best Of · 1985
- Alexander O'Neal · 1985
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- He was discovered by Prince, but his immeasurable talent made him a star.
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About Alexander O'Neal
One of the towering voices of ’80s Minneapolis R&B, Alexander O’Neal boasts a raspy, muscular instrument and a seemingly bottomless reservoir of emotion. Born in Natchez, Mississippi, in 1953, O’Neal moved to Minneapolis in his early 20s; he joined the funk collective Flyte Tyme, which included keyboardist Jimmy “Jam” Harris and bassist Terry Lewis, in the mid-’70s. When that band morphed into The Time, O’Neal was replaced by Morris Day on vocals, but his connection to Jam and Lewis persisted, and the duo produced his 1985 self-titled debut. That album spawned three R&B hits, including the funk cut “Innocent”; O’Neal also experienced crossover success with “Saturday Love”, a plush duet with Detroit belter Cherrelle that became one of the ’80s’ defining slow jams. Hearsay, released in 1987, contained his biggest solo hit, the acid-tongued “Fake”. O’Neal followed it with a remix album and a Christmas album in 1988, and he went on to release a steady stream of studio albums over the course of his career.
- HOMETOWN
- Natchez, MS, United States
- BORN
- 15 November 1953
- GENRE
- R&B/Soul