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Lynden David Hall
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Lynden David Hall

Lynden David Hall was born on the 7th May 1974, in Wandsworth, South London. He is one of Britain’s finest soul artists, who offer’s many talents in singing, songwriting, arranging, and producing. He won the ‘best newcomer’ award at the 1998 MOBO Awards, a.k.a Music of Black Origin. In the year of 99, Lynden David Hall was the first U.K performer to ever be voted ‘Best Male Artist’ in the world famous Blues & Soul magazine from London. His debut ‘Medicine For My Pain’, was an instant hit with U.K lovers of soul music and also elsewhere. Songs like ‘Do I Qualify’, and the very popular ‘Sexy Cinderella’, are still hits today, it was a classic R&B/Soul albums. However, when Lynden decided to get his material remixed, this was when he got his first major breakthrough. Hall was now getting some positive feedback and much needed attention, his musical career was looking really bright. In the new millennium Lynden released his second album, which he entitled ‘The Other Side’, this didn’t do as well as his previous debut album, but music-lovers of his sound would support and buy it, making it a moderate hit. He appeared in the film ‘Love Actually’ in 2003, where he sang at the wedding of the characters played by Keira Knightley and Chiwetel Ejiofor.

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This gave Hall incredible exposure to the world, as ‘Love Actually’ was a big movie hit when it was released; a soundtrack came with the movie, were he sung ‘All You Need Is Love’, which featured a stunning gospel choir and Lynden’s extremely soulful vocals. Two years later, he records and releases his third studio album on a label based in Bristol called Random Records, ‘In Between Jobs’, and sadly this would be the last we’d here of him. He was suddenly diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in 2004; which shocked the nation and world-wide music-lovers/fans of Lynden’s music. Lynden David Hall passed away on St. Valentine’s Day, in 2006. He fought the disease for three years but unfortunately at the age of 31 the battle he had lost. But Lynden’s presents remains to this day with his music and classic R&B songs like ‘Sexy Cinderella’. He will be a huge loss, as he was the next best thing since Omar, he was U.K’s D’Angelo, and provided pure soul, but with a unique Hall style, he lives on.

 

Matthew Daniel [Just Soul]

Discography
Medicine 4 My Pain (1997) [EMI]

  1. Do I Qualify
  2. Sexy Cinderella
  3. Crescent Moon
  4. There Goes My Sanity
  5. 100 Heart Attacks
  6. Livin' The Lie
  7. Jimmy Lee Story
  8. Yellow In Blue
  9. I Wish I Knew
  10. Jennifer Smiles
  11. Medicine 4 My Pain
  12. Do Angels Cry
  13. There Goes My Sanity (Full Crew Mix)
  14. Sexy Cinderella (C&J Remix)
Medicine 4 My Pain
Medicine 4 My Pain
Discography
The Other Side (2000) [EMI]

  1. If I Had To Choose
  2. Forgive Me
  3. Say It Ain't So
  4. U Let Him Have U
  5. Hard Way
  6. Where's God
  7. To Be A Man
  8. Other Side
  9. Don't Wanna Talk
  10. Wanna Be Another You
  11. Sleeping With Victor
  12. Dead And Gone
  13. Let's Do It Again (feat. Hinda Hicks)
  14. Are We Still Cool
The Other Side
The Other Side
Discography
In Between Jobs (2005) [Random]

  1. Don't Hide Your Heart
  2. Stay Faithful
  3. In Between Jobs
  4. Pimps, Players And Hustlers
  5. Day Off
  6. Still Here With You
  7. Eventually
  8. Memories
  9. (If You Ain't) Comfortable
  10. Blessings
In Between Jobs
In Between Jobs
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