LighthouseFamily

The Lighthouse Family were a British duo from the mid-1990s to the early 2000s. They consisted of vocalist Tunde Baiyewu and keyboard player Paul Tucker, (born on 12 August 1968, in Crystal Palace, London) and formed in 1993 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England after meeting at college. Their 1995 debut album Ocean Drive sold more than 1.6 million copies in the UK alone and established them as a popular easy listening duo throughout Europe.The Lighthouse Family split up in early 2003 "due to a heavy promotional schedule and the incredible international success of ''Whatever Gets You Through The Day''".This in turn led to both Paul and Tunde in working different projects. Tunde has embarked on a solo career, and has already released an album called Tunde in late 2004.[wikipedia]by John BushA Northern soul duo who recorded the single Lifted in 1995 but had to wait two years for it to become a hit, the Lighthouse Family was formed in Newcastle by vocalist Tunde Baiyewu and programmer/keyboard player Paul Tucker. Both had been born in London, though Baiyewu lived in Nigeria for ten years before returning to attend college in the north, where he met Tucker. The duo began recording, and though Baiyewu had trepidations about his vocal abilities, they recorded the singles Ocean Drive and Lifted during 1994-95 for Wild Card Records. Their debut album, also named Ocean Drive, was released in late 1995. It was almost two years later, however, that Lifted hit the top of the British charts, as well as those of several other European countries. The duos second album, Postcards from Heaven, appeared later that year.