He was also nominated for a Grammy Award for his single "Going Home".Īlso in 2008, Butler guest-starred on George Duke's Album Dukey Treats, alongside the late Teena Marie on the track Sudan, talking about the disasters of Darfur. This recording, featuring arrangements by Panion, Tommy Stewart, Michael Loveless, and Ray Reach, rose to No. In 2006, Butler was a featured vocalist on the album Gospel Goes Classical, produced by University of Alabama at Birmingham music professor Henry Panion. Butler's contribution to the album was a jazz cover of No Woman No Cry.īutler maintained a loyal following in the 1980s and 1990s, in South Africa, the United States and Europe. In 2001, Butler was featured in a compilation album that was a jazz tribute to Bob Marley produced by Lee Ritenour, A Twist of Marley. His international breakthrough came in 1987 with his Grammy-nominated hit single, "Lies" which reached #25 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart, and his cover version of the Staple Singers song "If You're Ready (Come Go with Me)", which he performed with Ruby Turner. All three releases were issued by Mountain Records.īutler was signed to Jive Records in 1977, and in the early 1980s he moved to the United Kingdom, where he remained for seventeen years. Two albums were recorded with the Express personnel, and some Pacific Express songs were later released on the 1988 7th Avenue album. Contents 1 Biography 2 Discography 2.1 Studio albums 2.2 Live albums 2.3 Compilation albums 2.4 Collaborations 2. 1 His music is often classified as R&B, jazz fusion or worship music. In 1978 he found the inspiration and encouragement to begin expressing himself as a composer and songwriter when he joined Cape Town's best known jazz/rock outfit, Pacific Express. Jonathan Kenneth Butler (born 10 October 1961) is a South African singer-songwriter and guitarist. "I'll be Home" reached number 16 in 1976. The same year his cover of "I Love How You Love Me" by The Paris Sisters reached number 4. In 1975 his cover of "Please Stay (song)" by The Drifters reached number 2 in South Africa. He began touring at the age of seven when he joined a travelling stage show, and was later signed up to perform on a string of hit recordings, turning him into a local teen idol. His first single was the first by a black artist played by white radio stations in the racially segregated South Africa and earned a Sarie Award, South Africa's equivalent to the Grammy Awards. Racial segregation and poverty during Apartheid has been the subject of many of his records. His music is often classified as R&B, jazz fusion or worship music.īorn and raised in Athlone, Cape Town, South Africa, during Apartheid, Butler started singing and playing acoustic guitar as a child. Jonathan Kenneth Butler (born 10 October 1961) is a singer-songwriter and guitarist. Top 100 Greatest Hip-hop/Rap Singles Of All Time.This has got to stop, this whole racist division. Talk about it, have a conversation about it. “When you see something like this happening to someone, speak up. He urged his followers to speak up against any kind of racism.
Jonathan said he confronted the manager about offending him but he gave no response. I don't think he'd do that to a white person, but he did that to me It's offensive, it's highly disturbing to me.” he said. I don’t think he’ll do that to a white person, but he did that to me, He showed so much lack of respect for me and all of us who ate at the restaurant. “I have never been followed out of a restaurant in my life. The singer and guitarist took to his Instagram timeline on Tuesday to recall his experience at the eatery, claiming the manager followed him to his car after he paid the bill, questioning him about whether he had tipped the waiter who served him. SA musician Jonathan Butler wants people to speak up about racism after he felt racially profiled at the Goose & Gander restaurant in California in the US.
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