Tanita Tikaram was one of the quirkiest and unlikeliest of stars ever to hit the
charts when she first emerged as a shy, unassuming 18-year-old in 1988. The
daughter of a Fijian father and a Malaysian mother, she was born on 12 August
1969 in Münster, Germany (where her father served in the military) and came to
England with her family when she was 12, living in Basingstoke, Hampshire. She
was still in her teens when she started singing in night clubs and was spotted
by a scout and signed to WEA Records and her first album Ancient Heart was
produced by Rod Argent and Peter Van Ho...