Nathan Marcellus Moore (born 10 January 1965,

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, London, England) is an English-Indonesian singer and manager.

Career

First coming to prominence by joining the boyband

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as their lead singer, in 1987 (when the band and their

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won an auction to

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a track with the successful 1980s record producers

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), Moore was subsequently in the line-up of another boyband,

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, that became chart

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s in France, Moore & the band had hits with songs such as – Je Te Donne, Quand Je Reve De Toi, Everlasting Love, Baby Come Back & Everybody – each single reaching No2 chart position in France! in 1997 the album Everybody became the 3rd best selling album that year and is in the all-time biggest sellers ever in that country. After leaving the group, Moore ventured into music management, representing a number of ''

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'' contestants, such as

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. In the late 90s Moore recorded a duet with the English popstar

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called "If There Was Love". The duet was never commercially released, but Moore gave it away as a free download on his website in 2001. In the 2000s, he found himself as a reality TV personality, not only as a singer on music revival programme '' Hit Me Baby One More Time'', but also as

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's manager on the

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programme ''

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''. In April and May 2006, Moore appeared as the band manager in the E4/

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television programme, ''

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'', a six-week series featuring singers who had previously been in groups such as the Fast Food Rockers and

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. On 18 July 2006, Moore issued a statement, via his website, announcing that he had stopped managing acts.. "...I would like to let you know that I am no longer managing acts. I will be concentrating on TV / radio work plus recording new music and live (sic) singing! The only artist now managed by Hyperactive from my singers is

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". In 2007, Moore decided, with Steve Hart and Cal Cooper, to make a comeback with Worlds Apart in France, a best of album was released and since then the band have regularly come together for tours and shows across France. Moore continues to tour extensively as a solo artist, occasionally with Brother Beyond in the nostalgia circuit, and more recently alongside a re-formed

. On 7 February 2015 Moore appeared on

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's talent show ''

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'' but did not make it through to the second round.

Personal life

Moore married Donna Fisher on 8 September 2007, in

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, Spain. In August 2010, Donna gave birth to the couple's first child together, a son.

Discography

Nathan Moore is featured on every Brother Beyond and every Worlds Apart release

Brother Beyond (1985–1991)

Worlds Apart (1994–2008)

References

External links

Nathan Moore Official
includes a detailed history and discography of Brother Beyond.
Nathan Moore – Site Web Francophone
french website with many videos, photos and more...
MySpaceTV
short clip of Brother Beyond being interviewed in 1988.
EveryHit.com
UK Top 40 Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Moore, Nathan Living people 1965 births Brother Beyond members English male singers English pop singers People from Stamford Hill Worlds Apart (band) members