Tebey

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Tebey (born October 14, 1983 as Tebey Solomon Ottoh) is a Canadian country music singer and multi-genre songwriter. His only American chart hit to date is 2003's "We Shook Hands (Man to Man)", a No. 47 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts and a Top 5 single on the Canadian country music charts. He has composed several singles for other artists, in addition to releasing singles of his own.

Early life

He started singing in church at the age of five, spreading his wings to sing at local events. In 1990 and again in 1994, he won the 14-and-under male division of the Canadian Open Country Singing Contest, and in 1996 and 1998, the 18-and-under male division. At 15, he signed a development deal with a major Nashville record label and moved to that city with his father, a Nigerian-born electronics engineer, with his mother and siblings staying back at their family home in Burlington, Ontario.

After two years with very little movement, they returned to Burlington. Ottoh's was an average high school football player at Assumption Catholic Highschool which gain interest from some colleges, but his Nashville career took a belated turn as a friend successfully talked him up in the industry. Ottoh was signed to BNA Records as a singer and Warner Chappel Music as a staff songwriter, and signed fellow Canadian Bruce Allen as his manager.