Bands and musicians

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Haircut 100 were big at the beginning of the 80s. Fronted by Nick Heyward they had hits with "Fantastic Shirts" and "Love Plus One". The band's success declined when Nick Heyward decided to go solo. ...

American pop duo from the late 70's - early 80's, Daryl Hall and John Oats were best known for many hits but the most memorable is 'Private Eyes', which was released in 1981. Other memorable tracks include "I Can't ...

American brothers, Hanson, are best known for their One hit wonder 'MMM Bop'. Their hit single was released in 1997 and they earned 3 Grammy Nominations but sadly never released another successful hit after this.Isaac, Taylor and Zac are still ...

The Happy Mondays were one of the leaders of the 80s / 90s Manchester scene along with other bands such as The Stone Roses. The Mondays were fronted by Shaun Ryder who ultimately destroyed the band through his heroin addiction. ...

At one time, I was a huge Hawkwind fan, having seen them some 37 times between 1976 and 1980, so it's only right that I should be the one to write this.Hawkwind are a post flower-power psychedelic prog-rock band that ...

Haysi Fantayzee were formed in 1981, and set about injecting fun into the music scene, wearing outlandish costumes and dreadlocks, and writing songs that combined sexual subversion with disposable dayglo pop. Their 'Dickensian Rasta' look was a hit and saw ...

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Originating from Manchester, in April 1964, Herman's Hermits began their long journey through their musical career. With over 23 hit singles , 10 hit albums and appearances as musical performers in three movies during the 60's.Their first UK number ...

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Funk and soul group from the 70s with lead singer Erroll Brown. The band had two hits with "You Sexy Thing" and "Every 1's a Winner" but everything released afterwards failed to chart.The song "You Sexy Thing" was revived recently ...

House of Pain was an Irish-styled American hip-hop group who released three albums in the early to mid 90's before lead rapper Everlast decided to pursue his solo career again. The group is best known for its 1992 hit single ...

One of my all time favourites from the 80s and still today. Howard Jones' music was mostly based around the synthesiser. His hits include "What is Love", "Like to get to know you well" and "Lift me up". Many ...

Hue and Cry were a Glasgow based duo who had hits with 'Labour of Love', 'Ordinary Angel' and 'Looking for Linda' to name but a few. ...

Huey Lewis and the News would easily make it into my top ten bands that defined the music of the 80s. There’s just something so uplifting and fun about their upbeat, pop-rock sound that seems to compliment all my favourite ...

The Human League were one of the first synth-pop bands of the eighties and had some huge hits such as "Love Action", "Open Your Heart" and perhaps their most famous song "Don't You Want Me".The Human League comprised Martyn Ware, ...