Seal (musician)

Seal (born February 19, 1963) is a British soul vocalist.

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Born Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adelo Samuel, in Paddington, England, his parents were Adebisi Samuel, a Nigerian immigrant, and Francis Samuel, a Brazilian immigrant. A childhood bout of lupus left him with distinctive facial scarring. After school, he studied architecture and engineering.

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Featured vocalist on the Adamski single, "Killer", which was a UK number one hit in 1990 (he signed a contract to Sire Records), he subsequently had solo hits such as "Crazy", "Prayer for the Dying", and "Kiss from a Rose" in 1995, which appeared in the film Batman Forever. In 1996 he covered the Steve Miller Band's "Fly Like an Eagle" for the Space Jam soundtrack.

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He has released three self-titled albums in 1991, 1994 and 2003. The first single released of the 2003 album was called "Get It Together".

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On January 4 2005 Seal announced his engagement to German supermodel and actress Heidi Klum. http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,15633,00.html?rssceleb The couple married in May of that year, and Klum gave birth to a baby boy named Henry G?nther Ademola Dashtu Samuel in Los Angeles on September 12, 2005.

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On January 10, 2005 Seal criticized rappers for portraying women negatively in both their videos and lyrics.

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February 19: February 19 is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 315 days remaining, 316 in leap years....

1963: 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar)....

British: The word British has several different uses. See the article on Britain for more details on the development and use of the word Britain....

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