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Sade (pronounced "shah-day") is a Grammy-winning British band named after its lead singer Sade Adu. The band's music features elements of smooth jazz, soul, sophisti-pop, and R&B.
Sade was formed in 1982, when members of Latin soul band Pride ? Sade Adu, (real name Helen Folasade Adu - born 16 January 1959 in Ibadan, Nigeria) Stuart Matthewman and Paul Spencer Denman ? together with Paul Cook formed a splinter group and began to write their own material. Sade made their debut in December 1982 at Ronnie Scott's Club in London, England, in support of Pride. Later, in 1983, Andrew Hale joined Sade. In 1984 Paul Cook left the band.
Sade Adu, the band's singer, is the daughter of a Nigerian father and an English mother. After her mother returned to England, Sade grew up on the North End o...
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