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Alexander O'Neal (born November 15, 1953) is an American R&B singer, songwriter and arranger from Natchez, Mississippi. O'Neal came to prominence in the mid-1980s as a solo artist, with eleven Top 40 singles on the US R&B chart, three of which also reached the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100. However, he enjoyed more mainstream success in the United Kingdom, achieving fourteen Top 40 singles on the UK Singles Chart between 1985 and 1996, along with three top ten albums on the UK Albums Chart. <a
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Alexander O'Neal, nació el 15 de noviembre de 1953 en Mineápolis es un cantante de soul y r&b, influido por Otis Redding y contemporáneo de Luther Vandross y Terence Trent D'Arby. Su música era básicamante una fusión del soul con ciertos elementos de la música de baile, siendo así uno de los últimos exponentes del retro soul. Sus productores habituales fueron y . En los últimos años de los '90 se recolocó en el panorama británico, donde siempre ha logrado un mayor éxito. En 2002 lanzó "Saga of a Married Man" un álbum únicamente editado en el Reino Unido, al que ha seguido otro en 2005.
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