[2] Whycliffe was born into a Pentecostal family and sang in the choir as a child.
[3] After sending a demo tape to local label Submission Records,[2] he attracted label attention, eventually signing with MCA Records.
[4] He worked with the producers Tim Simenon, CJ Mackintosh, and Chris Porter.
[1] After being dropped from MCA, Whycliffe left the public eye, and in 2005, a Nottingham publication reported that he "sings for a quid in the city centre and lives in a sheltered housing complex.
"[1] Around the same time, The Magic Heroes, a Nottingham band, wrote a song about him.