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Craig
emerged in late 1999 and early 2000
on the UK soul and R&B scene. His
first success was as the smooth,
soulful voice on
Artful
Dodger's "Re-rewind When The
Crowd Say Bo Selecta" that reached
number 2 in the UK Top 40 and spent
a total of 13 weeks on the chart. At
the age of 14, David was MCing on a
local pirate radio station as well
as at nearby clubs before moving
into DJing, playing mainly
garage.
It was while involved in this scene
that he met Mark Hill of Artful
Dodger, also from Southampton.
David's career was boosted when he
won a national songwriting
competition. The prize was to
co-compose the b-side of "Wonderful
Tonight", a UK number 3 hit in 1997
for R&B stars
Damage.
Given only the music, he put the
finishing touches to "I'm Ready"...>>>
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Now
traveling to London at the weekends
to record in the studio, his first
track was a cover of the R&B-tinged
US number 1 "Human" by the
Human
League. It was his
collaboration with Mark Hill "What
Ya Gonna Do" that gave David his
first club hit and the track that
eventually became "Re-rewind".
Released on the Public Demand label,
it became an underground hit and
this led to appearances around the
country. Rising interest in the
vocalist led to a deal with the
Telstar/Capital Radio joint venture,
Wildstar Records in August 1999. His
first single for them, the
infectious "Fill Me In" received
substantial national radio airplay
and rose to the UK's number 1 spot
in April 2000. David repeated the
feat in August with "7 Days", and
completed a memorable year by
winning three MOBO awards two months
later. He was named best UK newcomer
and best R&B act, and "Fill Me In"
was voted best UK single. During the
following twelve months he began to
make an impact across the Atlantic,
culminating in "7 Days" breaking
into the US Top 10 in February 2002.
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