Calvin Harris is the world's wealthiest DJ with earnings topping $100 million in the last two years alone and the boyfriend of American superstar Taylor Swift.
Calvin Harris
But fans of the record-breaking chart-topping DJ might not know that:
- His first ever public performance was reciting the Robert Burns poem 'To A Mouse' in front of his Dumfries classmates who teased him over his English accent.
- Calvin got into dance music after hearing Stardust's 'Music Sounds Better With You' aged 14 while sitting in his parents' car outside a zoo.
- He missed an entire year of school as a teenager after being struck down with the debilitating condition ME.
- His first live performance was at a charity music marathon in a local hotel for Children in Need - but Calvin was so nervous he hid at the side of the stage.
- Calvin endured long hours and punishing early shifts at a fish factory and hated stinking of fish. But he was moved from the packing production line because he was too tall for the fish table.
- While working in M&S to make ends meet in London he tried to stop a shoplifter stealing steaks, but let him go when the man pulled a knife on him.
- Calvin was so convinced his pop dream would never come true he made plans to open a music café for youngsters in Dumfries.
- His former business partner only discovered Calvin had made it as a pop star - when he saw his mate's video for 'Acceptable in the 80s' on TV!
- Calvin has always been canny with his cash. When he received his first pay cheque the first thing he bought was a new Hoover for his mum.
- After Calvin hit the big time with two top ten hits and a top ten album he hid a secret heartache after being dumped by a long-term love.
Calvin Harris: The $100 Million DJ by Douglas Wight is published by Black and White Publishing on October 21, at £9.99.
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