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Jonathan Butler

Jonathan Butler, born Jonathan Kenneth Butler in Athlone, Cape Town, South Africa, on October 10, 1961, is a South African singer-songwriter and guitarist. Raised during apartheid, he began touring in a travelling stage show at age 7 and achieved early acclaim in 1975 with his cover of “Please Stay”, which reached number 2 on the South African charts and earned a Sarie Award. In 1978, he joined the Cape Town jazz-rock group Pacific Express. Moving to the United Kingdom in the 1980s, Butler signed with Jive Records and achieved international breakthrough success in 1987 with his s...