Jonathan Wilkes is tagged as: pop, british, 00s, seen live Jonathan Wilkes was born on August 1st 1978 in Baddeley Green, Stoke-on-Trent, where he lived with his parents and older sister Kay. Growing up, Jonathan was a fanatical football player and set his mind on becoming a pro. He played for Everton youth, but at the age of 15 was told told he wasn’t good enough and didn’t get offered a contract. He did, however, get offers from other teams such as Crewe and Chester, but his heart wasn’t in it and he decided not to sign. You can still catch him showing off his footballing skills today for various charities, including the famous Music Industry Soccer Six and more recently on the Sky One tv show ‘the Match’. Just as his dreams of becoming a professional football player were shattered Jonathan discovered he had another hidden talent - his voice - and decided to try his luck at singing. As he says himself: “I wasn’t really clued up on singing but when I had my tonsils out when I was fifteen I discovered I had a voice and it just went from there really!” In 1996, Jonathan won the ‘Cameron Mackintosh Young Entertainer of the Year’ award singing Tom Jones’ classic ‘Kiss’, and headed to Blackpool as the youngest person to star in their own show at the Pleas... Read More About Jonathan Wilkes Biography...  Send Jonathan Wilkes ringtones to your cell
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