b. Norman Giscombe, 10 November 1961, England. Known simply as Junior, this young performer promised much in his early years when he achieved a UK Top 10 hit with ‘Mama Used To Say’ (picking up a Grammy award). The follow-up, ‘Too Late’, was his last Top 20 hit in the UK. The tag he was given as ‘the future of UK soul’ hung heavily around him, and his career ended up being handled by a variety of labels from Mercury Records and London Records to MCA. Each one found difficulty, despite good reviews, in breaking Giscombe. He did make a brief return to the UK Top 10 in April 1987 when he duetted with Kim Wilde on ‘Another Step Closer To You’. He became involved with the formation of Red Wedge in 1986 with Billy Bragg, Jimmy Somerville and Paul Weller. During the 90s, he recorded as Junior Giscombe.