1. Jamie Paul Joseph Cullum was born on 20 August 1979 and is an English jazz-pop singer, pianist, songwriter and radio presenter.
38 Facts About Jamie Cullum
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Jamie Cullum has recorded nine studio albums, three compilation albums, one live album and twenty-four singles.
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Jamie Cullum's mother's father was Indian and her mother was born in Burma.
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Jamie Cullum was born in Rochford, Essex, but was brought up in Hullavington, Wiltshire.
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Jamie Cullum failed his grade 4 piano exam, and by his own admission can barely read music.
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Jamie Cullum felt that he "was on a pathway" for a place at the University of Oxford; instead, he read English Literature and Film Studies at the University of Reading, from where he graduated with First-Class Honours.
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Jamie Cullum ended 2003 as the UK's biggest selling jazz artist of all time.
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Jamie Cullum found this in Melbourne, Australia and uses it to enhance upbeat and fast-paced songs such as "Seven Nation Army", originally by The White Stripes, and "Gold Digger", originally by Kanye West.
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Jamie Cullum often uses a looping machine; this plays a major part in Cullum's versions of "Seven Nation Army" and "Teardrop" by Massive Attack.
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Jamie Cullum has performed with Deltron 3030, Kylie Minogue, Sugababes, will.
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On 30 April 2006 Jamie Cullum played his biggest-ever crowd on Queensday in the Netherlands.
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In October 2014, Jamie Cullum appeared in a comedy sketch with Jimmy Carr and Daisy Lowe, which was made for Channel 4's The Feeling Nuts Comedy Night to raise awareness of testicular cancer.
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On 30 April 2016, Jamie Cullum played at The White House in Washington, DC, as part of the International Jazz Day Global Concert.
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In January 2017, Jamie Cullum appeared as a member of the house band in ITV's The Halcyon.
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The song as recorded by Jamie Cullum is used in the film The Anatomy of Hate; A Dialogue to Hope by Mike Ramsdell.
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Jamie Cullum toured in support of Catching Tales from the end of October 2005 to December 2006.
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In June 2009, Jamie Cullum announced the title of his fourth studio album, The Pursuit.
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From 2003 to 2008, Jamie Cullum played consistently with Geoff Gascoyne on bass, and Sebastiaan de Krom on drums.
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In late 2009, Jamie Cullum replaced Geoff Gascoyne and Sebastiaan de Krom with Chris Hill and Brad Webb.
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The duets on the album include two acts for which Jamie Cullum's radio show acted as a springboard for mainstream success: Laura Mvula featured on the track "Good Morning Heartache", and Gregory Porter on the lead single "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood".
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In October 2014 Jamie Cullum was part of the 2014 BBC charity single "God Only Knows" for Children in Need.
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Jamie Cullum appeared in the song's video in a hot air balloon, wearing a salmon-coloured Alexander McQueen suit.
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In February 2017, Jamie Cullum revealed he was working on his next studio album Taller, following the release of its first single "Work of Art" on 17 February.
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In July 2020, Jamie Cullum released the single "Don't Give Up on Me" on the Island Records label.
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The British Jazz Awards recognised Jamie Cullum's growing success by awarding him the "Rising Star" award, at the 2003 ceremony in July.
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At the 2004 BRIT Awards, Jamie Cullum was nominated in the British Breakthrough Act category.
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Jamie Cullum performed a live duet with Katie Melua of The Cure's "The Lovecats" during the ceremony at Earl's Court.
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At the 2005 BRIT Awards, Jamie Cullum was nominated for two awards: Best Male Artist and Best Live Act.
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Jamie Cullum was named the BBC Radio 2's Artist of the Year honors at the BBC Jazz Awards.
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In 2007, Jamie Cullum won the Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club Award for Best British Male.
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Jamie Cullum was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song for his composition Gran Torino for the Clint Eastwood film Gran Torino.
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At the 2013 Jazz FM awards, Jamie Cullum was a nominee for UK Jazz Artist of the Year.
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In 2021, alongside Sophie Ellis-Bextor and The Feeling, Jamie Cullum re-recorded the classic 1977 Fleetwood Mac song "Don't Stop" as part of the UK's National Thank You Day on 4 July, to celebrate the work of the National Health Service.
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In 2022, Jamie Cullum was among the artists who celebrated 60 years of music from James Bond films in a concert at the Royal Albert Hall.
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Jamie Cullum married the English author and former model Sophie Dahl in a private ceremony in Hampshire on 9 January 2010.
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In 2011, a portrait of Jamie Cullum, painted by artist Joe Simpson, was exhibited around the UK, including a solo exhibition at the Royal Albert Hall.
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Jamie Cullum was the guest for BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs on 25 March 2012, where he created programme history by performing three of his chosen songs, live in the studio for the show.
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Jamie Cullum's favourite was "I Think It's Going to Rain Today" by Randy Newman.