(Singer-songwriter, b. 1984) Aimée Ann Duffy’s 2008 debut album Rockferry was the UK’s top seller of the year, an astounding achievement for the singer-songwriter given she grew up with Welsh as her first language. Her retro soul-pop, exemplified by derivative but catchy hit single ‘Mercy’, drew comparisons with Dusty Springfield, while a Grammy award in 2009 confirmed ...
inevitably reminiscent of Suede. The Tears have since announced a ‘temporary’ hiatus. Butler has become known as a producer-player in recent years, working with artists including the Veils, Duffy and Scott McFarnon. Personalities | Larry Carlton | A Guitarist’s Guitarist | Guitar Heroes ...
(Vocal group, 1993–2000) This Irish answer to Take That racked up seven Top 10 singles and spawned an equally successful solo star in Ronan Keating. Mikey Graham, Keith Duffy, Shane Lynch, Stephen Gately (1976–2009) and Keating were mustered by future X-Factor svengali Louis Walsh in 1993. Their first UK hit was a cover version of The Osmonds’ ...
Boy In Da Corner (2003) won the Mercury Music Prize, and he even lectured at Oxford University in 2006. Styles & Forms | Twenty-First Century | Rock Personalities | Duffy | Twenty-First Century | Rock ...
rock territory on second album Primal Scream (1989). Discovering the acid-house scene was a revelation to the now stable line-up of Gillespie (vocals), Andrew Innes (guitar), Robert Young (guitar), Martin Duffy (keyboards), Henry Olsen (bass) and Philip ‘Toby’ Tomanov (drums). Crafting material with and for remixers, singles like ‘Loaded’ and ‘Come Together’ were 1990 club and chart anthems. Screamadelica (1991) ...
(Vocals, b. 1974) Typically, the first single issued in 1996 by this former Take That member was a cover version of George Michael’s ‘Freedom’. Although ‘Old Before I Die’ was another hit in 1997, there was a perception that things might be slipping away due to Williams’ passion for late nights, drugs and alcohol. In fact co-writing ...
group, 1996–present) The Wirral’s most innovative and carefree band, The Coral – James Skelly (vocals), Ian Skelly (drums), Bill Ryder-Jones (trumpet), Nick Power (keyboards), Lee Southall (guitar), Paul Duffy (bass) and John Duffy (drums) – have become something of the market leaders in the ramshackle if wholly enjoyable modern folk scene. Hugely prolific, any one of their seven ...
(Vocal/instrumental group, 1984–95, 2001–02, 2006–present) Centred on singer Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy (guitar), The Cult (initially Southern Death Cult), released the goth/psychedelic Dreamtime in 1984. An alliance with producer Rick Rubin in 1987 resulted in third album Electric, influential on many nu metal bands and Guns N’ Roses (who stole drummer Matt Sorum). Sonic Temple (1989) ...
Donegan, Elvis-wannabe Cliff Richard and impresario Larry Parnes’s stable of imaginatively named teen idols, such as Tommy Steele, Marty Wilde, Billy Fury, Dickie Pride, Duffy Power, Georgie Fame and Joe Brown (who refused to adopt the Parnes-suggested monicker of Elmer Twitch). Both musically and culturally, young was in and old was square. Yet ...
On 28 January 2008, Adele’s debut album 19 was released in the UK by XL Recordings (the name reflected her age at the time). By then, much hype had built up in the British press around the young singer. Within a week, the album hit No. 1 in the UK charts; it has since been certified four times ...
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