![]() ![]() Morrison has alluded to an unhappy childhood affected by poverty and illness he said of his hometown, "The best thing is I've got memories of being a kid there, and the worst thing is I've got memories of being a kid there." When Morrison was only a few weeks old, he contracted whooping cough and was given a 30% chance of survival from doctors, who believed that if he survived he would be severely brain damaged. He attributes his distinctive voice to a severe bout of whooping cough that nearly killed him when he was a baby. After some years of covering other musicians' songs, he eventually started to write his own. He took GCSE music at Treviglas Community College. He used to practise playing his guitar on the promenade looking over Porth beach. As a teenager he started busking when he lived in Porth, Newquay, Cornwall, in a local pub called the Phoenix, Watergate Bay. He began playing guitar when his uncle Joe showed him how to play a blues riff. ![]() Morrison was born in the town of Rugby, Warwickshire, where he was surrounded by the influence of his parents' record collection his mother was a fan of soul and his father enjoyed folk and country. ![]() In 2007, Morrison won the Brit Award for Best British Male. His debut album, Undiscovered (2006), debuted at the top of the UK Albums Chart. In 2006, his debut single "You Give Me Something" became a hit in Europe, Australia, Japan and Iran, peaking in the top five in the UK and claiming the No. James Morrison Catchpole is an English singer, songwriter and guitarist.
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