Lance Ellington

Background

Ellington, the only son of the band leader Ray Ellington, specialises in swing and big ballads.

Career

He has worked with many artists including Sting, George Michael, Michael Jackson and Robbie Williams. And currently makes regular performances on the British Broadcasting Corporation programme Strictly Come Dancing. He followed this with a tour with Johnny Mathis and a performance in the Royal Variety Show.

His career continued as a session singer with many top artists and working on several albums.

In 1993 his single, "Lonely (Have We Lost Our Love)", peaked at number 57 in the United Kingdom Singles Chart. Ellington"s solo career includes studio albums, stage and club appearances and writing songs for Steps and Westlife.

In 2012, Ellington was the resident vocalist on Strictly Come Dancing. In the same year he featured with Mary Carewe as soloists in the James Bond Bond 50th Anniversary Gala Concert, which was broadcast on British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 4 and shown on British Broadcasting Corporation television in December 2012.

Achievements

• At the age of 11, Ellington won a music scholarship – he played the trombone – to Kingham Hill School. After leaving school, Ellington entered and won the 1977 final of the television talent show New Faces with the duo Koffee "n" Kreme with singing partner Beth Hannah.