(Vocal/instrumental group, 1980–90, 1999–2005) Dave Stewart (keyboards, guitars) and Annie Lennox (vocals) were Eurythmics. In 1983, the title track of Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) went to No. 1 in America. The synth-powered pop noir of ‘Who’s That Girl’ was followed by the joyous, tropical-tinged ‘Right By Your Side’, proving their adaptability and intelligence. (Lennox’s ...
The Blues Brothers the same year helped to re-establish the reputation of her world-changing early work. 1985 saw a return to form: a UK Top 10 entry with the anthemic Eurythmics collaboration ‘Sisters Are Doin’ It For Themselves’, and a US No. 1 with ‘Freeway Of Love’. Her rousing 1986 duet with George Michael ‘I Knew You Were Waiting’ was No. ...
the UK No. 1 ‘Orinoco Flow’ – and all subsequent albums, including US No. 2 A Day Without Rain (2000). Styles & Forms | Eighties | Rock Personalities | Eurythmics | Eighties | Rock ...
singer-songwriter style of pop, ending the 1980s as a major British pop star. Electro-dance continued to be the major Britpop impulse, however, with bands as diverse as Eurythmics, former Depeche Mode leader Vince Clarke’s Yazoo and Erasure, and punks-turned-electro-popsters The Cure and New Order producing successful, machine-driven pop containing varying degrees of light and shade. ...
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