Quindon Tarver

Quindon Tarver (born August 4, 1982) is an American singer. He is best known for his covers of Prince's "When Doves Cry" and Rozalla's "Everybody's Free" for the 1996 film William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet.

Quindon Tarver
Birth nameQuindon Dan Tarver[1]
Born (1982-08-04) August 4, 1982
McKinney, Texas[2]
GenresR&B, pop
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter, actor
InstrumentsVocals
Years active1996–present

Life and career

Tarver was born in McKinney, Texas. He started out singing in a church choir. In 1996 he appeared as the choir boy in the Baz Luhrmann movie Romeo + Juliet co starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes. Tarver's covers of "Everybody's Free (To Feel Good)" and Prince's "When Doves Cry," were included on Romeo + Juliet's soundtrack, which earned double platinum status for selling two million copies.

His album, Quindon, was released in 1996 by Virgin Records and included the single It's You That's on My Mind, which charted in Australia and New Zealand. Under the same management as then teen sensations Immature/IMx, Smooth, Gyrl, and B2K, Tarver began to appeal to a large market of teens and subsequently toured the world with the likes of Immature, Brandy and Monica.

Tarver contributed to the soundtracks of feature films Kazaam (A&M Records) and Down in the Delta (Virgin Records). He made appearances on Good Morning America, Soul Train and American Idol Seasons 2 & 7, in which he finished in the Top 50. He has worked with artists Faith Evans, Playa, Tiny (of Xscape and VH1's Family Hustle) and Nokio (of R&B group Dru Hill). He has worked with record producers Johntá Austin and Troy Taylor.

In 2008, Tarver and DeMario “Raz-B” Thornton, a former member of B2K, spoke publicly in an interview with VIBE magazine about abuse suffered as children at the hands of their manager and producer Chris Stokes, and the singer Marques Houston. In 2010, Thornton covertly recorded a conversation with Tarver, where both men discussed details of their abuse. The tape's online release prompted Tarver to make a statement that he had not consented to the conversation being made public.[3]

In 2016, Tarver was invited to perform When Doves Cry as part of a Los Angeles tribute to the late musician Prince. In a later interview, Tarver stated that the performance and the audience response to it was a turning point in his life, motivating him to enter rehab and resume a singing career.[4]

In 2017, Tarver released a new version of "Everybody's Free". He recorded the new version as a statement of innate freedom, regardless of past or present circumstances.[5]

Tarver has a YouTube channel called iamquindon.

Discography

Albums
  • Quindon (1996)[6]

Singles
List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
AUS
[7]		 US-R&B
[8]		 NZ
[9]
"It's You That's on My Mind" 1996 643541 Quindon
"Dream About You" —69—
"Everybody's Free" 1997 ——— Romeo + Juliet
"When Doves Cry" 3—34
"Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)" (with Baz Luhrmann) 1998 65—— Something for Everybody
"It's My Turn"[10] 2014 ——— N/A
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released.

References
  1. "Biography for Quindon Tarver". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2006-10-08.
  2. "Quindon Tarver". The Boy Choir & Soloist Directory. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
  3. Carroll, Shirea L. (3 November 2010). "Sound Off: Marques Houston Molestation Allegations". Essence. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  4. "Quindon Tarver was the child star of Romeo + Juliet: what happened next?". Double J. 26 June 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  5. Tang, Estelle (27 April 2017). "Listen to Quindon Tarver's Updated Version of "Everybody's Free"". ELLE. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  6. "Quindon CD Album". CD Universe. Retrieved April 16, 2015.
  7. Peaks in Australia:
    • Top 50 peaks: "australian-charts.com - Discography Quindon Tarver". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 16, 2015.
    • Top 100 peaks to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 643.
  8. https://www.musicvf.com/album.php?artist=Quindon&album=Quindon
  9. "charts.nz - Discography Quindon Tarver". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 16, 2015.
  10. "iTunes - Music - It's My Turn - Single by Quindon Tarver". Apple Inc. Retrieved April 16, 2015.


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