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POP-UP
The Specials’ already-fantastic 2019 just keeps on
1-HIT WONDER
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Tracey Ullman’s delightful music career has never dated
GODMOTHERS OF POP
Kiki Dee – born Pauline Matthews, in Bradford – began
GODFATHERS OF POP
Kirk Brandon rose to fame as the frontman of post-punk
REGULARS
IAN PEEL’S A TO Z OF POP
RAP IS EVERYWHERE, IT’S UBIQUITOUS. BUT IT WASN’T ALWAYS THAT WAY. WHAT STARTED OFF AS THE SOUND OF THE STREETS IN THE UNITED STATES HAD TO WORK ITS WAY INTO THE UK PUBLIC’S CONSCIOUSNESS THOUGH SOME SURPRISING CHANNELS…
THIS MONTH IN… POP JULY 1985
IN OUR ROUND-UP OF JULY 1985’S BIGGEST MOMENTS IN POP, MADONNA STRIPS OFF, EURYTHMICS TEAM UP WITH STEVIE WONDER AND LIVE AID ROCKS LONDON AND PHILADELPHIA
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SUPER FAN
DEVOTED FANS SHOW US THEIR COLLECTIONS AND POP MEMORABILIA
TOP TEN WEEK ENDING 3 JULY 1988
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SISTER ACT 2
RETURNING AFTER 26 YEARS, THE REUNION OF SHAKESPEARS SISTER IS IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO CHEER: THE STORY OF HOW SIOBHAN FAHEY AND MARCELLA DETROIT BECAME BITTER ENEMIES BY ACCIDENT AND WERE UNABLE TO FIND THE WAY BACK FOR SO, SO LONG. WHAT HAPPENED? THE PAIR EXPLAIN HOW AN UNINTENDED MEGA HIT, JUMPING THE FENCE AT GLASTONBURY, YOGA, THE KGB AND FRUSTRATIONS WITH BANANARAMA HELPED PAVE THE WAY FOR A BRILLIANT NEW CHAPTER.
WELCOME TO THE PLEASUREDOME
THE OLD ADAGE DECREES THAT THE BRIGHTEST STAR SHINES HALF AS LONG AND NO GROUP ENCAPSULATED THAT MORE THAN FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD, WHO MADE MORE OF AN IMPACT IN 1984 THAN MOST GROUPS ACHIEVE IN A LIFETIME.
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Lloyd Cole’s new album Guesswork sees him marry his recent experiments with synthesisers to his lifelong gift for erudition and smart melodies. It’s a classic record – but it very nearly didn’t happen at all. Lloyd tells Classic Pop why it gets harder to contemplate making music, reviving lost Commotions demos and why he’ll never be a passionate man.
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STEVE BARRON WAS ONE OF THE T ITANS OF THE 80s MUSIC VIDEO SCENE, A VISIONARY DIRECTOR WHO CAME TO DEFINE THE DECADE WITH A SERIES OF SCORCHINGLY ICONIC PROMOS. CLASSIC POP CATCHES UP WITH THE TRAI LBLAZER TO REFLECT ON HIS T IME WORKING WITH, AMONG OTHERS, MICHAEL JACKSON, ADAM ANT, A-HA, THE HUMAN LEAGUE, THE JAM AND DAVID BOWIE…
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WE LIFT THE LID ON AN ALTERNATE POP UNIVERSE TO TELL THE STORY OF HOW SOME OF THE BIGGEST HITS OF THE LAST 40 YEARS COULD HAVE TURNED OUT VERY DIFFERENTLY I F FATE HADN’T INTERVENED…
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ANDY WRIGHT S TARTED HIS CAREER AS A SYNTH AND DRUM MACHINE PROGRAMMER IN THE 80s, AND IS NOW BOTH SIMPLY RED AND SIMPLE MINDS’ REGULAR PRODUCER. T HERE WAS SIMPLY ONLY ONE PERSON, T HEN, TO HEL M THE RECENT 80s SYMPHONI C PROJECT, WHERE 15 ICONI C TRACKS FROM THE DECADE WERE REARRANGED WITH AN ORCHESTRAL BACKING. ANDY JONES MEETS THE MAN WITH A CLASSICAL TOUCH…
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