Junior
Giscombe
b. Norman
Giscombe, 10 November 1961, England. Known simply as Junior, he showed early
promise, and scored a UK Top 10 hit with ‘Mama Used To Say’ (picking up a
Grammy Award). The follow-up, ‘Too Late’ was
his last Top 20 hit in the UK. The epithet as the future of UK soul hung
heavy around him and has since seen his career handled by a variety of labels
from Mercury, London to MCA. Each one found difficulty, despite good reviews,
in breaking Giscombe, although as an outstanding singer, His time may yet
still come. He did make a brief return to the UK top 10 in 1987 when he
duetted with Kim Wilde on ‘Another Step Closer To You’.
He became involved with the formation of Red Wedge in 1986 with Billy
Bragg, Jimmy Somerville and Paul Weller.
Albums: JI (1982), Inside Lookin’ Out (1983), Acquired Taste (1986), Sophisticated Street (1988),
