Jack Harris

Jack Harris

Jack Harris is a Welsh singer-songwriter from Builth Wells, Wales, and also the name of an English vocalist associated with The Alan Parsons Project and a British sound artist. As a person entry, the name is used for more than one musician, including a folk artist, a progressive rock vocalist and an improvising sound recordist.

Welsh singer-songwriter

The Welsh Jack Harris is born in 1986 in Builth Wells and works in contemporary folk music. He gains wider attention with a showcase at the South by Southwest Music festival in Austin, Texas in 2004, then wins the Kerrville New Folk Competition in Kerrville, Texas the following year. He performs regularly in the UK, Europe and the USA. His third album, The Flame and the Pelican, reaches number six in the July 2011 EuroAmericanaChart.

English vocalist

The English Jack Harris is born on 3 October 1951 in Shoreditch, Hackney, London. He is known for his work with The Alan Parsons Project. He sings lead vocals on “Day After Day (The Show Must Go On)” on I Robot and on “Pyramania”, the single from the Grammy-nominated album Pyramid. He also provides backing vocals on the band’s debut release Tales of Mystery and Imagination, including the single “(The System of) Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether”.

He is previously signed to Decca Records as a solo artist. He also works regularly with Ian Bairnson. His single “Sail Away” is released in 1975, produced by Alan Parsons, and features all the members of Pilot. He later appears on Pilot’s “Ten Feet Tall” from their final album Two’s a Crowd, and “Sail Away” is re-released later in 1977. He is also a first cousin of Ron “Chopper” Harris.

UK sound artist

Another Jack Harris is a UK-based improvising musician, composer and sound recordist. Most of his released work is in a duo with Samuel Rodgers.