Lighthouse Family is tagged as: pop, soul, britpop, easy listening, alternative The Lighthouse Family were a British duo from the mid-1990s to the early 2000s. They consisted of vocalist Tunde Baiyewu (born November 25, 1968 in London) and keyboard player Paul Tucker, (born 12 August 1968, in Crystal Palace, London) and formed in 1993 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England after meeting at college. Their 1995 debut album Ocean Drive sold more than 1.6 million copies in the UK alone and established them as a popular easy listening duo throughout Europe. The Lighthouse Family split up in early 2003 due to “a heavy promotional schedule and the incredible international success of ‘Whatever Gets You Through The Day’.” This led to both men pursuing individual projects. Tunde has embarked on a solo career, and has already released an album called Tunde in late 2004, while Tucker joined a rock band, The Orange Lights. According to their management, the band has not split up despite being inactive: “there is always the possibility of another Lighthouse Family album one day.” Both Baiyewu and Tucker were working in bars when they first met; together, they recorded demos of a number of songs Tucker had written during the late 1980s. Among these, a demo of “Ocean Drive” attracted the attention of Polydor Records A&... Read More About Lighthouse Family Biography...  Send Lighthouse Family ringtones to your cell
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