Brian Harvey

---

title: "Brian Harvey" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1974-births", "living-people", "english-male-singers", "english-pop-singers", "east-17-members", "singers-from-london", "sony-music-publishing-artists", "english-contemporary-r&b-singers", "people-educated-at-sir-george-monoux-college"] description: "English musician and former lead singer of East 17" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Harvey" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary English musician and former lead singer of East 17 ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox musical artist"]

Field	Value
image
name	Brian Harvey
caption	Harvey in 2021
birth_name	Brian Lee Harvey
birth_date
death_date
origin	London, England
genre
occupation	Singer
years_active	1991–present
label	Edel
past_member_of	East 17
website
::

| image = | image_size = | name = Brian Harvey | caption = Harvey in 2021 | birth_name = Brian Lee Harvey | alias = | birth_date = | death_date = | origin = London, England | genre = | occupation = Singer | years_active = 1991–present | label = Edel | past_member_of = East 17 | website =

Brian Lee Harvey (born 8 August 1974) is an English singer from London. He was the lead vocalist of the pop boy band East 17. The later incarnation of the band, E-17, had two top 20 singles on the UK singles chart between 1998 and 1999, with their fourth studio album Resurrection peaking within the top 50 of the UK Albums Chart. After leaving E-17, Harvey signed a recording contract with Edel Records and had two singles released in 2001, "Straight Up (No Bends)" and "Loving You (Ole Ole Ole)".

Career

Harvey's vocal style emulated R&B and new jack swing vocalists from the United States. His vocals put him into a position of the group's frontman, or main member, which was shared with the group's creator, songwriter, instrumentalist, rapper and singer Tony Mortimer.

In 1997, Harvey was sacked from East 17 after making comments in a radio interview that appeared to condone the use of the drug ecstasy, in which he claimed to have taken 12 pills in one night, causing an uproar in the press and the matter being raised by Member of Parliament Barry Legg during Prime Minister's Questions.

Mortimer left East 17 several months later. Harvey eventually rejoined the group under the rebranded name of E-17. As E-17, the group had two top 20 singles on the UK Singles Chart between 1998 and 1999, with the album Resurrection reaching the UK Top 50.

In 2000, Harvey collaborated with True Steppers with the song "True Step Tonight" featuring Donell Jones, which peaked at number 26 on the UK Singles Chart.

After E-17, he signed a record deal with Edel Records and had two singles released in 2001, "Straight Up (No Bends)" (No. 26 UK) and "Loving You (Ole Ole Ole)" (No. 20 UK).

In 2004, Harvey appeared in the fourth series of I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! Harvey left the show after six days.

On 17 March 2007, Harvey performed a song entitled "I Can" for Making Your Mind Up, the United Kingdom's national final for the Eurovision Song Contest. The song was written by singer Conner Reeves. Harvey was eliminated after the first round of voting and the eventual winners were Scooch.

In 2014, he released a new single, "Invisible".

In 2019, he was making music with rapper Cryptik Soul. He was featured in the song "A Ghetto Luv Story" on Cryptik Soul's album Killer's Blood. The album was supported by the singles "Come & Save Me" and "Bang 'Em Up" which also featured Harvey.

Personal life

In the 1990s, Harvey had a relationship with actress Danniella Westbrook. Harvey was married to dancer Natasha Carnegie with whom he has a daughter.

On 12 December 2001, Harvey was attacked with a knife in a club car park in Nottingham. In May 2005, after being diagnosed with clinical depression, Harvey was hospitalised after an alleged suicide attempt. On 31 May 2005, he was re-admitted to hospital in a critical condition after falling under the wheels of his own car. In an interview with GMTV, Harvey described reversing his Mercedes-Benz and suddenly feeling sick as the result of eating too many jacket potatoes, and after opening the door to vomit he accidentally stepped on the accelerator pedal instead of the brake, which resulted in him being thrown under the moving car and running over himself.{{Cite news |date=12 January 2013|url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/music/brian-harvey-blames-potato-for-accident-1079622|title=Brian Harvey blames potato for accident |newspaper=Manchester Evening News|access-date=20 August 2024 }}

In March 2019, Harvey was arrested and later released by Metropolitan Police at his home after he made comments about "threatening to self-harm" on a live YouTube video.

Discography

Studio albums

East 17

• 1992 – Walthamstow
• 1994 – Steam
• 1995 – Up All Night

E-17

• 1998 – Resurrection

Solo

• 2001: Solo

Singles

• 2000: "True Step Tonight" (True Steppers featuring Brian Harvey and Donell Jones) – No. 25 UK{{cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 568}}
• 2001: "Straight Up (No Bends)" – No. 26 UK
• 2001: "Loving You (Ole Ole Ole)" (Brian Harvey and The Refugee Crew) – No. 20 UK{{cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 245}}
• 2002: "Senorita"
• 2007: "I Can"
• 2010: "Going Backwardz"
• 2019: "Come & Save Me" (Cryptik Soul featuring Brian Harvey and Shotti)
• 2019: "Bang 'Em Up" (Cryptik Soul featuring The Styles Of L, Kryptic and Brian Harvey)
• 2023: "Imitation Love" (Rocket Dubz featuring Brian Harvey)
• 2024: "NyteRidaz" (Cryptik Soul featuring Shotti and Brian Harvey)

References

References

1. (18 January 1997). "East 17 singer sacked for making ecstasy remarks". The Independent.
2. (1 June 2005). "Life of troubled pop star Harvey". bbc.co.uk.
3. Busk-Cowley, Mark. (2014). "I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here!: The Inside Story". [[Bantam Press]].
4. Plunkett, John. (26 November 2024). "An ill-wind blows no good for Harvey". The Guardian.
5. "Brian-harvey.net".
6. (26 April 2023). "A Ghetto Luv Story".
7. "Killer's Blood - YouTube".
8. "Spotify".
9. (2019-12-13). "Bang 'Em Up (feat. The Styles Of L, Kryptic & Brian Harvey) - Single by Cryptik Soul on Apple Music".
10. Ward, Amelia. (2024-11-17). "Danniella Westbrook was 'broken' and 'really ill' after split from Brian Harvey".
11. Ward, Amelia. (2024-11-17). "Danniella Westbrook left 'broken and really ill' after Brian Harvey split".
12. (2001-12-11). "Pop star Brian Harvey attacked". BBC.
13. "Brian Harvey: I'm giving it six months, if it doesn't work out I'm doing a plumbers' course. I'll be round your house fixing your U-bend - Liverpool Echo".
14. (1 June 2005). "Singer wakes briefly after crash".
15. (8 August 2005). "Singer Harvey hopes to walk again". BBC News.
16. Snapes, Laura. (22 March 2019). "East 17's Brian Harvey arrested and hospitalised after self-harm threat". The Guardian.
17. (2001). "Brian Harvey - Solo".
18. (2002). "Brian Harvey - Senorita".
19. (12 March 2007). "Brian Harvey - I Can".
20. (2010-03-07). "Going Backwardz - Single by Brian Harvey on Apple Music".
21. (2019-06-21). "Come & Save Me (feat. Brian Harvey & Shotti) - Single by Cryptik Soul on Apple Music".
22. "Spotify".
23. (2023-08-31). "Imitation Love (feat. Brian Harvey) - Single by Rocket Dubz on Apple Music".
24. "NyteRidaz (Feat. Shotti & Brian Harvey) - Single by Cryptik Soul on Apple Music".

::callout[type=info title="Wikipedia Source"] This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page. ::