Sébastien Izambard Izambard is also an accomplished music composer, pianist, and guitar player In Paris he has written music for many French artists. In 2001, he performed with Johnny Hallyday as a guest in the Olympia Theater in Paris. His music, greatly influenced by Jeff Buckley, earns him the acknowledgement of French and Canadian audiences. French singer Florent Pagny is his musical godfather. Sébastien says that composing and writing songs is his passion, writing for the pleasure of writing. Before joining Il Divo wrote and produced songs for other French artists. In parallel with Il Divo, Izambard continued writing songs with pop
Emersons (vocal group) Emersons (vocal group) The Emersons, originally The Demens, were a mid-20th-century American doo-wop vocal group. The original members, Jimmy Caines (first tenor), brothers Thomas Cook (second tenor, lead) and Frankie Cook (baritone), Tommy Outlaw (bass), and Outlaw's cousin Douggy Williams (second tenor), formed in 1957 in Manhattan and began singing on street corners around 61st Street and Columbus Avenue. They became a quartet later that year when Outlaw and Williams left the group and tenor Eddie "California" Jones joined as lead singer. The Demens issued their first single, "Take Me As I Am" / "You Broke My Heart" on Teenage