1. Tony Mortimer is a former member of the boy band East 17, who were originally active from 1991 to 1997 and sold over 20 million records worldwide.
12 Facts About Tony Mortimer
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Tony Mortimer wrote most of the band's songs, including their only number-one single, "Stay Another Day".
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Tony Mortimer was a member of the 1990s boy band East 17, and was the band's primary songwriter.
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Tony Mortimer turned to songwriting when the group disbanded in 1997, due to negative media coverage after fellow member Brian Harvey said that he had taken twelve ecstasy tablets in one night.
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Tony Mortimer has continued as a record producer since 1997, from his studio in Essex, as well as recording his own songs including the single "N Toxyc 8".
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Tony Mortimer has managed bands, including girl group Urban Angel, whose members included Roxanne Pallett, who wrote some of the group's songs.
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In December 2012, Tony Mortimer appeared as a panellist on Channel 5 show The Wright Stuff and again in June 2013.
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In early 2014, Tony Mortimer departed from East 17 to focus more on his solo career.
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In December 2019, Tony Mortimer released a re-recorded version of "Stay Another Day" with the Waltham Forest Youth Choir, to raise money for mental health charity CALM.
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In October 2000, Tony Mortimer was chosen as one of four pall bearers at the funeral of gangster Reggie Kray.
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Tony Mortimer once collaborated with the Kray twin, when he got JJ Gilmour to record a poem Kray had written while in prison.
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The song has never been released, but Tony Mortimer still has the tape at his home.