Add an eyebrow ring, and an ethnic background that includes a Chinese-Jamaican father and an Indian-Jamaican mother, and Omar Lye Fook takes the prize as one of the more exotic performers to hit ...

OMAR LYE-Fook, the legendary British soul singer and songwriter known simply as Omar, has spent decades lighting up stages with his smooth vocals and unforgettable hits.

Omar Lye-Fook emerged at a resurgent time for UK soul, the late-1980s golden age of Soul II Soul and Mica Paris. His 1991 hit “There’s Nothing Like This” won him influential fans in the US ...