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Blue Rondo a la Turk

Blue Rondo A La Turk was a Uk pop music group named after a favorite jazz tune with the Dave Brubeck Quintet. It had been produced by Chris Sullivan (vocals) in 1981, and all of those other lineup was: Moses Support Bassie (saxophone), Mick “Lloyd” Bynoe (drums), Artwork Collins (saxophone), …

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Hint

b. Jonathan Wayne, 1981, Britain. Sussex, England-based musician Hint’s debut recording, released in 2003, apparently produced its name from the area and circumstance where it was documented. Portakabin Fever’s beguiling juxtaposition of hip-hop, funk, electronica, folk and spirit was incubated and documented in a cellular home by Wayne using his …

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Ben Westbeech

b. 12 Might 1981, Britain. The musically flexible Bristol-based Westbeech can place claim to the 1st discharge on Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood label. The monitor involved, ‘So Great Today’, was noticed with the DJ at a celebration in 2006 and Westbeech was agreed upon at that moment, as well as a …

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The Blow Monkeys

Best known within the U.K. and U.S. because of their 1986 Best 20 strike “Digging Your Picture” and for his or her cover of Lesley Gore’s “YOU DO NOT Own Me” through the multi-platinum soundtrack for 1987’s Dirty Dance, United kingdom sophisti-pop quartet the Blow Monkeys had been shaped in …

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Asia

If they appeared in the first ’80s, Asia appeared to be a holdover through the ’70s, when supergroups and self-important progressive rockers reigned supreme. Featuring people of such seminal artwork rock rings as Ruler Crimson (John Wetton), Emerson, Lake & Palmer (Carl Palmer), and Yes (Steve Howe), in addition to …

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Acoustic Alchemy

Through the late ’80s and ’90s, Nick Webb and Greg Carmichael created some mellow albums categorized as adult contemporary music, although guitarists encompass the number of jazz and modern aswell. Both was raised in England through the ’60s hearing pop/rock and roll, though Webb analyzed jazz acoustic guitar at Leeds …

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Belle Stars

The Belle Celebrities were an all-female Uk pop band of the first ’80s that split faraway from the Bodysnatchers. The lineup was Jennie McKeown (vocals), Lesley Shone (bass/vocals), Stella Barker (acoustic guitar/vocals), Sarah-Jane Owen (acoustic guitar/vocals), Miranda Joyce (saxophone/vocals), Judy Parsons (drums) and Cent Leyton (keyboards/vocals). They obtained four U.K. …

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Conflict

Anarchy within the U.K., certainly — such was the best objective for the fiercely politics British punk music group Discord, an organization fueled by its hatred of Thatcher’s Britain, the press, the armed service, and the overall status quo lately 20th century existence. Discord played its 1st gig in 1981 …

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Kit Lambert

A lot more influential than many realize, Package Lambert played an integral function in shaping the sound and image of the group he managed, the Who. It had been Lambert who recommended Pete Townshend’s brand “windmill” strumming design, and who was simply also a solid creative power behind Tommy, composing …

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