Bands and musicians

The joint brainchild of BBC TV executive Malcolm Gerrie and Pop Idol/Spice Girls mastermind Simon Fuller, S Club 7 (Tina Barrett, Paul Cattermole, Hannah Spearritt, Jon Lee, Bradley McIntosh, Jo O'Meara and Rachel Stevens) first came to our attention in ...

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I first came across the quirky pop band Sailor when I heard their "Traffic Jam" non hit back in the early 70's. They were different - how many bands do you know that feature a nickelodeon on stage? - and ...

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Scatman was also known as Scatman John I think and had a couple of illiterate hits in the mid 90's. I say illiterate as the lyrics to his main hit (I can't remember the name of it) seemed to be ...

Fronted by Green Gartside, Scritti Politti were best known around the mid 80s with their "Cupid and Psyche" '85 Album. Hits include "The Word Girl" and "Perfect Way". ...

Secret Affair were probably the best of the late 70's mod revival bands. They had a string of hits including the classic 'Time For Action' and 'Let Your Heart Dance'. They were always smartly dressed in the classic mod style ...

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The Sex Pistols are an English punk rock band that formed in London in 1975. The band originally comprised vocalist Johnny Rotten, guitarist Steve Jones, drummer Paul Cook and bassist Glen Matlock (later replaced by Sid Vicious). Although their initial ...

Shaggy was brilliant. I first heard him in my nightclubbing days with songls like "Oh Carolina", "In The Summertime" and "It Wasn't Me" which are all brilliant. You just can't help but move your feet (and hips) to the rhythm! ...

Shakespears Sister were a female duo comprising Siobhan Fahey and Marcella Detroit, which had formed in the latter part of 1988. Both members had previous singing experience; Fahey in the group Bananarama and Detroit singing backup vocals for Eric Clapton.After ...

Some people have names that are bound for show business: Elvis Presley, Whitney Houston, Madonna, Beyonce. You just know from the moment they pick up the microphone that these are the names that they will take with them on their ...

One of the classier dance acts of the 80s, Shalamar churned out quality single after quality single. Jeffrey Daniel introduced the world to moonwalking (long before Michael Jackson) and body-popping. Hits included "Uptown Festival", "Take That To The Bank", "I ...

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Shanks and Bigfoot sang the hit song called "Sweet Like Chocolate" It was very popular around the late 90's and the lyrics were something like: # Sweet like chocolate boy, sweet like chocolate # ...

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The first single I ever bought for my first real girlfriend was Showaddywaddy's Three Steps to Heaven!Showaddywaddy were a kind of teddy boy revival act from the 70's, not particularly good but very popular. There were about eight of them ...

Sigue Sigue Sputnik, along with their debut single "Love Missile F1-11", first appeared in 1986. The band comprised Martin Degvile (vocals), Tony James (bass), Neal X (guitar) and the two drummers Chris Kavanagh and Ray Mayhew, who played the same ...

The amazing harmonies produced by the unlikely pair Tom and Jerry (also more widely known as Simon and Garfunkel) continue to be widely popular today. With unforgettable songs like "Bridge Over Troubled Water", "Cecilia", "The Boxer", and "The Sound of ...

I'm sure that the Simon Park Orchestra had a far-ranging repetoire - but what they were most famous for was 'Eye Level', the theme to the 70s TV Detective series Van Der Valk. As my mum was a great fan ...

Jim Kerr fronted Simple Minds following a brief flirtation with Johnny and the Self Abusers. I collected loads of stuff from them; not just the hits but original Zoom Records releases and what-not. Apparently, they're still alive and kicking! ...

Lead singer Mick Hucknall will always be known for his mass of red hair as well as his unique voice. Simply Red have made some of the best ballads of all time with "If You Don't Know Me By ...

Sinead O'Connor rose to fame with her stunning cover version of the Prince song "Nothing Compares 2 U", which, aided by a beautifully simple video, stayed at number one forever (or seemed to). However, all her new found fans drifted ...

Siouxsie & the Banshees were a British rock band which formed in 1976. Led by Siouxsie Sioux (vocals) and Steven Severin (bass), the band's only constant members, the Banshees formed at the advent of the British punk rock scene and ...

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Against popular public opinion, The Sisters Of Mercy are not a goth band, more an industrial groove machine. Still going strong today on the live circuit, but haven't released a studio album since 1992 or a single since 1993 after ...

Skid Row was one of the biggest 80's big hair bands in my opinion. With lead singer Sebastian Bach singing his heart, which today sings on Broadway. Their hits include "I Remember You" and "Youth Gone Wild" to name a ...

Loved Dave Hill. Even my Mum liked Slade. Don Powell only had a 3 second memory after a car crash I think and had to be reminded what to drum by signals throughout the songs. ...

My cousin forced me to listen to a Slayer album just after I'd started listening to Iron Maiden. Although I didn't appreciate it at the time, nowadays I wish I'd given it more time earlier on in life. Reign In ...

This was a band that were mostly around in the early 1980'sThey weren't exactly megastars, though they released a song called 'Festival' in December '82 which I've been trying to get old of everywhere ever since. Gary Davies promoted the ...

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Snaps was a glam rock five-piece band based in Wednesbury, West Midlands, UK, in the mid 1970s. They had a hit single Don't You Worry on the Famous Charisma Label.They supported Babe Ruth, Trapeze, Thin Lizzy and The Glitter Band ...

Marc Almond. I found him scary but also slightly fascinating. I loved his voice and I thought the songs that he recorded along with David Ball - aka Soft Cell - were top drawer. Infact, I was quite inspired by ...

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A fantstastic Seattle band formed in 1984 by singer Chris Cornell, guitarist Kim Thayil, drummer Matt Cameron and bassist Hiro Yamamoto. Yamamoto was replaced by Ben Shepard in 1990.One of the Seattle Grunge Big Four, the others being Pearl Jam, ...

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Spandau Ballet were up there with the best of the New Romantic bands of the 80s. Lead singer Tony Hadley was backed up on guitars by Gary and Martin Kemp. They dressed in suits and on occasions in kilts!Their biggest ...