Les Emmerson

Les Emmerson

Les Emmerson (born 17 September 1944 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) is the lead vocalist and guitarist for the band Five Man Electrical Band. He also recorded as a solo artist, charting in Canada with "Cry Your Eyes Out."

He is best known for the song "Signs", which was a hit for the Five Man Electrical Band in 1970 and also a hit for the band Tesla in 1990. [From their "Five Man Acoustical Jam" album.] Both versions of the song sold approximately 1.5 million copies at the time of each release. In 2006, the song was sampled by Fat Boy Slim in the platinum-selling song, "Don't Let The Man Get You Down". [From his "Palookaville" album.] Particularly as a result of the Fat Boy Slim sampling, Emerson earns enough money from royalties on "Signs" that he can support an average lifestyle without working. [Ron Corbett, "Royalty cheques worth some 'serious coin': One of the Signs that Ottawa's Five Man Electrical Band's legacy lives on". Ottawa Sun, July 7, 2008: 4.]

Emmerson remains based in Ottawa.

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External links

* [http://www.fivemanelectricalband.ca/Les.html Biography] , accessed 4 December 2006
* [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0001226 The Canadian Encyclopedia: Five Man Electrical Band] , accessed 4 December 2006
* [http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/E/Emmerson_Les.html Jam! "The Canadian Pop Encyclopedia": Les Emmerson]


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