Cameron McVey

Cameron Andrew McVey[1] (born 11 March 1957)[2] is a British singer, songwriter and music producer. He is best known for his work with such musicians as Massive Attack, Portishead, All Saints, Sugababes, Mutya Keisha Siobhan and his wife Neneh Cherry. He is the father of Mabel.

Cameron McVey
Birth nameCameron Andrew McVey
Also known asBurt Ford
Born (1957-03-11) 11 March 1957
OriginEngland
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter, record producer
Associated actsBim, Morgan-McVey, Neneh Cherry, Massive Attack, The Dynamik Duo, Virgin Souls, CirKus, Mabel

Early life

McVey grew up in Cockfosters, North London. He was educated at Queen Elizabeth's Boys' School, Barnet.[3]

Career

McVey started out as a member of the new wave band Bim in the early 1980s, in which he was the lead singer. The band released one album in 1982, Boobams Out! and seven singles from 1980 to 1982.

In 1986, as one half of duo Morgan-McVey, they released the single "Looking Good Diving", whose B-side "Looking Good Diving with the Wild Bunch" would later be reworked into Neneh Cherry's 1988 single "Buffalo Stance".

Virgin Souls

In 2003, McVey along with Paul Simm, Silvio Pacini and Neil Pearson released the self-produced album 162, under the name of Virgin Souls.

CirKus

In 2006, McVey (under the name Burt Ford) along with Neneh Cherry, Matt Kent (aka Karmil) and Lolita Moon released the album Laylow, as a band called CirKus. In 2008, CirKus (with the same line-up) released their second album Medicine.[4]

Personal life

In 1983, McVey fathered a son, Marlon Roudette, with Vincentian artist and designer Vonnie Roudette.[5][6][7]

McVey met Neneh Cherry in 1987 at Heathrow Airport while they were en route to Japan as fashion models as part of London Designer Ray Petri's Buffalo Posse. The couple wed in 1990; they have two daughters,[8] one of whom is the singer Mabel.[9] The family lived throughout Europe. In 1993, they moved near Málaga, Spain and lived there until 1999. Briefly in 1995, they lived in Brooklyn, New York, where they had purchased a home in the Park Slope neighbourhood. Soon after moving in, the couple were held up at gunpoint and robbed by a teenage bandit. They headed back to London's Primrose Hill.[10] Eventually they migrated to Cherry's native Hässleholm, Sweden, living in the same schoolhouse-turned-home where Cherry was raised (featured in the Homebrew album's artwork).[10]

Albums produced

Neneh Cherry albums

Other works

References
  1. "CAMERON MCVEY". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
  2. Civil registration event: Birth, 5F, p. 576, Name: McVey, Cameron A
    Registration district: Wood Green
    County: Middlesex
    Year of registration: 1957
    Quarter of registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
    Mother's maiden name: Millward
  3. "Cameron McVey". last.fm. Last.fm Ltd.
  4. Schiller, Mike (11 May 2008). "Cirkus: Laylower". PopMatters.
  5. Celestial, Miguel Paolo (22 May 2010). "El Bosquejo: Arena Homme Plus: Buffalo Stance, part 1".
  6. "Mattafix: Brit hip hop in Darfur". Cafebabel. Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
  7. "Thread: Mattafix: Marlon Roudette". IslandMix. vBulletin Solutions Inc. 2006.
  8. "Interview with Neneh Cherry". Pacha Magazine. July 2003. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007.
  9. Pike, Naomi (4 August 2015). "Who's That Girl?". Vogue. Condé Nast.
  10. "LIFE & SEX & DEATH: Neneh Cherry". Archived from the original on 27 October 2009. Retrieved 8 October 2010.
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