Max Alfred Elliott better known as Maxi Priest is an English born (Jun 10) reggae vocalist with Jamaican roots. In the mainstream, his style was a fusion of reggae, R&B and soul. He is best known for the US #1 and Canada Dance #1, "Close to you". He collaborated with host of artists including Shabba Ranks on "Housecall", Appache Indian on "Fe' Real" and Shaggy on "That Girl". "That girl" sampled Booker T and the MGs "Green Onions" and was a Canada Dance #1 in September 1996.
90 Hits (Discography):Date UK Song Jun 1990 7 Close To You Aug 1991 31 Housecall (Shabba Ranks featuring Maxi Priest) Nov 1992 33 Just Wanna Know / Fe' Real Nov 1992 33 Fe' Real (featuring Apache Indian) Mar 1993 40 One More Chance May 1993 8 Housecall (remix) (Shabba Ranks featuring Maxi Priest) Jun 1996 15 That Girl (featuring Shaggy) Sep 1996 36 Watching The World Go By
What happened next?
In 2003, Maxi Priest played for local football team, Southall FC. Music-wise, he has kept recording and 2014 album "Easy to Love" reached #2 on the Billboard Reggae chart. His most recent release was "NRG" in 2018. Maxi continues to tour and is due to play a couple of gigs in Oxford next week with Big Mountain and will part of the Giants of UK reggae alongside Aswad and Dawn Penn in September 2021.
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