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    Bronski Beat were a British synth-pop band formed in 1983 in London, England. The initial lineup, which recorded the majority of their hits, consisted...
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  • The discography of the British pop music group Bronski Beat contains albums, singles, and videos. They were a synthpop trio which achieved success in the...
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  • synth-pop band Bronski Beat, with Jimmy Somerville and Larry Steinbachek. He was a co-founder and keyboard player of the group Bronski Beat, known for the...
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  • "Why?" is a single by British synth-pop band Bronski Beat and appeared on their 1984 album The Age of Consent. The song, recorded at RPM Studio in New...
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    Jimmy Somerville (category Bronski Beat members)
    singer and songwriter. He sang in the 1980s with the synth-pop groups Bronski Beat and the Communards, and has also had a solo career. He is known in particular...
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  • Smalltown Boy (category Bronski Beat songs)
    "Smalltown Boy" is the debut single by British synth-pop band Bronski Beat, released in May 1984 from their debut album The Age of Consent. The lyrics...
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  • The Age of Consent is the debut album by synth-pop band Bronski Beat (Steve Bronski, Larry Steinbachek and Jimmy Somerville), released on London Records...
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    Jonathan Hellyer (category Bronski Beat members)
    and drag actor. He is best known for his time as the lead singer of Bronski Beat and collaborations with Wayne G. Hellyer was born on 27 September 1967...
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  • "Hit That Perfect Beat" is a song by British synth-pop band Bronski Beat from their second album, Truthdare Doubledare (1986). It reached number three...
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  • Larry Steinbachek (category Bronski Beat members)
    and composer best known for his time as part of Bronski Beat with Jimmy Somerville and Steve Bronski. Steinbachek was born in London on 6 May 1960. He...
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  • solos on the Bronski Beat hit "It Ain't Necessarily So". They were joined by bass player Dave Renwick, who had also played with Bronski Beat. The band had...
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  • Truthdare Doubledare (category Bronski Beat albums)
    second album (released in 1986 on MCA Records) by the British dance band Bronski Beat. It is their first album to feature John Foster as lead vocalist, following...
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  • or aesthetically important". It has been covered by acts including Bronski Beat, Messiah and Sam Smith. In 1970s Munich, Musicland Studios, led by the...
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  • with Bronski Beat and The Communards. The compilation was released in 2009, and spans twenty five years of Somerville's career. It begins with Bronski Beat's...
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    entered the music industry as the frontman of the synth-pop act, known as Bronski Beat. Alongside, he would score an early international success with a series...
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  • compilation album covering Scottish pop singer Jimmy Somerville's career in Bronski Beat, The Communards and as a solo artist. It was released in 2001 and reached...
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  • Hundreds & Thousands (category Bronski Beat albums)
    Hundreds & Thousands is a remix album by Bronski Beat released in 1985. The compilation was assembled after lead singer Jimmy Somerville's departure from...
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  • "Supermode" (originally called "Supermongo"). The song interpolates two Bronski Beat songs from their album The Age of Consent. The music is sampled from...
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  • BPI Awards" field and then press Enter. Jimmy Somerville discography Bronski Beat discography Banderas - Communards offshoot featuring backing musician...
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  • The Singles Collection 1984/1990 (category Bronski Beat albums)
    covering Scottish pop singer Jimmy Somerville's career in the bands Bronski Beat, The Communards and as a solo artist. It was released in 1990. In Italy...
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  • Abigail A Touch of Class Bananarama Claudja Barry Biddu Boys Town Gang Bronski Beat Miquel Brown Cappella The Communards Al Corley Patrick Cowley Dead or...
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  • "Why" (Annie Lennox song), 1992; covered by DJ Sammy (2005) "Why?" (Bronski Beat song), 1984 "Why" (The Byrds song), 1966 "Why" (Carly Simon song), 1982...
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  • Cha Cha Heels (category Bronski Beat songs)
    "Cha Cha Heels" is a pop song recorded by Bronski Beat and Eartha Kitt, released in June 1989 from her album I'm Still Here as a tribute to drag actor...
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  • appealed to a teen audience. Pursuing a more dance-orientated sound were Bronski Beat whose album The Age of Consent (1984), dealing with issues of homophobia...
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    1980s, he directed music videos for UB40, Frankie Goes to Hollywood and Bronski Beat. Rose was born in London, the son of a father who was born Jewish and...
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    Grierson Award. Coles joined Bronski Beat (initially on saxophone) in 1983.[citation needed] Somerville left Bronski Beat and in 1985 he and Coles formed...
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  • book's inclusion of such artists as Big Country, Roxy Music, Wham!, and Bronski Beat "strikes an Englishman as patently ridiculous", but that the term means...
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  • released as a single by UK band Bronski Beat with Jimmy Somerville on lead vocals. The song was taken from Bronski Beat's debut album, The Age of Consent...
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  • gay-friendly urbanites in 1980s Manhattan. The film's soundtrack includes the Bronski Beat songs "Love and Money," "Smalltown Boy" and "Why." First-time director...
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  • solo and Mambas work up to 1988 except for his 1985 collaboration with Bronski Beat. The compilation was released as an LP, CD, cassette and VHS video in...
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