Born on 15th November 1953 in Natchez, Mississippi he is now based in Minneapolis but frequently commutes to the UK, his second home. Alexander’s career began in the 70’s when he put his own band together with which he toured across the States, within this time he developed his distinctive vocal talents

In 1978 he joined production outfit, Flyte Tyme aka Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. After working together for two years they eventually parted company and Flyte Tyme went on to become the backing band for Prince. The early eighties saw Alexander launch his solo career, making his first recordings in ’84 with Jam and Lewis. His self titled debut solo album, was released by a local label called Tabu (distributed world wide by CBS).

A year later generated his first UK top 10 Hit ‘Saturday Love’ as well as ‘A Broken Heart Could Mend’ and ‘If You Were Here Tonight’ both of which feature on his live album.

The release of Alexander’s second album ‘Hearsay’ came in ‘87 and featured major club anthems ‘Fake’ and ‘Criticise’ - the album sold over 700,000 copies in the UK alone. Alex has managed to traverse the ages garnering support from young and old. His great songs that has stood the test of time with many of his best cuts being remixed in the early nineties achieving massive chart results and becoming huge club anthems