A1 Members - Ben Adams, Christian Ingebrigtsen, Mark Read, Paul Marazzi (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Benjamin "Ben" Stevens Adams (born 22 November 1981) is an English singer-songwriter, best known as a member of the popular Boyband A1. Ben was born Benjamin Anthony E Stephens on 22 November 1981 in Bracknell, Berkshire to Anthony W Stephens and his wife Anita (nee Olpherts-Forrester). His parents subsequently divorced and, when Ben was 8, in January 1990, his mother, Anita, married businessman Jeremy Adams, and Ben then took the name Benjamin Stevens Adams. Ben grew up in Middlesex, in a modest house listening to the likes of Madness, James Taylor, Michael Jackson and Tracy Chapman on his mum's stereo. Raised single-handedly by his mum without much spare cash around, Ben found that from singing solo in school assembly to picking up classical piano, oboe and violin in music lessons, and then combining all that with an emerging passion for musicians like Prince, Queen and Stevie Wonder, he could escape into the world of music. And while it may seem unlikely in the context of the drinking, dirty dancing and dubious circle exploits of new songs like "Get Off My Girl", at only ten years old, a cherubic Ben Adams was one of the UK's top choristers. Having won a scholarship based on his musical talents he found himself based at St Margaret's Westminster Abbey, regularly performing for some eminent audiences (The Queen, The Pope), touring through all the major cities in Europe with the Choir, all leading up to recording two classical albums - "Benedicamus Domino" and "Laudate Pueri". The experience would prove useful for his next career step. "If you are classically trained, which I was, it pretty much equips you to sing any kind of music. I'm thankful I was taught to sing at such a young age because it teaches you how to maintain... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1586243