James Hearn
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James Daniel Guy Hearn (born 19 June 1976 in Denham, Buckinghamshire, England) is an English singer-songwriter. He is best known as being the vocalist of boyband Ultra.{{citation needed|date=January 2016}}
Biography
Hearn attended the same high school as Ultra's guitarist and drummer, Mike Harwood and Jon O'Mahony, respectively, where they met. He was in the same class as Harwood, and O'Mahony was a couple of years older. Hearn went on to the University of Leeds{{Citation needed|date=January 2016}} and studied Geography and Management, graduating in 1999. He was once a pentathlon athlete, but when he realized that sport was not the highest paid career choice, he turned to music.{{cite web |last1=King |first1=Danni |title=90s popstar unrecognisable as he went from boyband to investment banker |url=https://www.ok.co.uk/tv/james-hearn-ultra-unrecognisable-banker-31732867 |website=OK! |access-date=19 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231229185303/https://www.ok.co.uk/tv/james-hearn-ultra-unrecognisable-banker-31732867 |archive-date=29 December 2023 |language=en |date=29 December 2023 |url-status=live}}
In 1997, Hearn, Harwood, O'Mahony, and Nick Keynes, formed Ultra and released their self-titled debut album in 1999, for which Hearn wrote most of the songs.
He left the band and worked as a surveyor[http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/james-hearn/37/86a/8a9 "James Hearn"] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20140308093003/http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/james-hearn/37/86a/8a9 |date=8 March 2014 }}, LinkedIn before he earned a master's degree from the University of Reading.Lambert Smith Hampton, "Boy band singer takes centre stage at LSH", 22 October 2004 Ultra reunited in 2005 and released a second album, The Sun Shines Brighter.{{cite web |last1=Chrisp |first1=Kitty |title=Former 90s boyband star is now an... investment banker |url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/12/20/former-90s-boyband-star-unearthed-investment-banker-20005647/ |website=Metro |access-date=19 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231231024915/https://metro.co.uk/2023/12/20/former-90s-boyband-star-unearthed-investment-banker-20005647/ |archive-date=31 December 2023 |language=en |date=20 December 2023 |url-status=live}}
References
External links
- [https://archive.today/20130105222040/http://it.groups.yahoo.com/group/ultra-abiglove/ Ultra-abiglove, unofficial Italian fansite]
- [http://www.ultraforever.altervista.org/ Ultra Forever, Ultra Unofficial Site]
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Category:English male songwriters
Category:Alumni of the University of Leeds
Category:Alumni of the University of Reading
Category:Ultra (British band) members
Category:21st-century English singers
Category:21st-century English male singers
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