Celebrating the Birth of a Singer / SongWriter

Henry Olusegun Adeloa Samuel was born February 19, 1963. He would become professionally known as Seal, a singer and songwriter. Through the many years of entertainment Seal has sold more than 20 million records worldwide. Seal has also appeared as a coach on one of my all time favorite shows The Voice Seal has been honored with awards including the Grammy Award as well as MTV video Music Award.

Born in London England Henry Samuel or Seal celebrated life with a Nigerian mother and a Brazilian father. Seal would be raised by a foster family in Westminster London and attend school going on to earn a diploma in architecture. Seal would sing in local clubs and bars in the 1980s. In 1987 he would join a British funk band by the name of Push. The band toured in Japan. Seal would later tour in Thailand with a blues band before heading off on his own. The first song Seal would make it big with would be Killer in 1990.