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Sting.com > Discography > Roxanne, 7''  Apr 1, 1978 ... "Both our singles are reggae influenced, but that was by the way. ... You can't expect us to play old Led Zeppelin riffs now. ... I mean, they do have fellas. .... often our big hits, like 'Roxanne', 'Magic' and 'Don't Stand So Close To Me'. .... and 2) thanks to new wave, musicians who've been through the session...
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Don't Stand So Close to Me - Wikipedia  "Don't Stand So Close to Me" is a hit single by the British rock band The Police, released in ... The line "Just like the old man in that book by Nabokov" alludes to Vladimir ... In 1993, however, he said of the song's inspiration, "You have to remember we ... The new version appeared as "Don't Stand So Close to Me '86" on the...
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Album lists - The Police  Released in 1980, the album hit the US Top 10 (#1 U.K.) with two Top 10 singles including the Grammy-winning track 'Don't Stand So Close To Me' and 'De .... The Police have released a 30-track greatest hits collection to mark 30 years since ... from hyperactive New Wave trio, to the backing group for Sting's increasingly...
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The Police - Biography - K-Hit 107.5  They were influenced by reggae, and are known for songs as Roxanne, Can't Stand Losing You, Message In A Bottle, Don't Stand So Close to Me, Every ... after being shot in Jamaica, are considered with a number of new wave, rock and ska ... Although the group is considered to have disbanded in 1984, 1986 was the last...
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Sting.com > Discography > ...All This Time  Nov 20, 2001 ... I suppose they see themselves on that day, because all of us in the world went .... the sparse, cello-tinged Police tune 'Don't Stand So Close To Me' and the jazz ... Sting was in Tuscany when he gave this concert in a courtyard there, ... 'Roxanne' is transformed from a New Wave reggae blowout to a studied...
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Ron Jacobs, "Dance to the Funky Music! Sly and the Family Stone in ...  Sep 2, 2006 ... All I really remember was hearing "Dance to the Music" that hot ... and GIs in Vietnam together in a celebration of rock and soul music ... The top 40 hit "Everyday People" was nothing more (and nothing .... to hit the music pages that the group might get together again and, at the least, release a new album.
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Don't Stand So Close to Me - Wikipedia  "Don't Stand So Close to Me" is a hit single by the British rock band The Police, released in ... Then there was my love for Lolita which I think is a brilliant novel. But I was looking for the ... Like many Police songs, the verses are more subdued, while the chorus is bolder and louder. The song also ... Writer(s), Sting. Producer(s).
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Gerry & the Pacemakers - Biography | Billboard  As unfathomable as it seems from the distance of over 40 years, for a few months, Gerry & the Pacemakers were the Beatles' nearest competitors in Britain.
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Music from 1963 Fun Facts | Page 2 | 1960s Music - FunTrivia.com  Two songs hit #1 during 1963 that had something in common that was quite unusual. ... it the only song to reach the top ten on all four of Billboard's major charts. ... Ruby and The Romantics thought "Our Day Will Come" and reached number one ... number two hit on the US pop chart in 1963 with "Be My Baby", their only US...
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Remembering The Beatles First Number One Hit In America
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Go-Go's - Beauty and The Beat - Amazon.com Music  This item:Beauty and The Beat by Go-Go's Audio CD $7.39 ... The girl group of the new-wave era burst out of the gate with this 1981 #1 ... When the 1970s punk scene was washed away by the undertow of '80s new .... time of this album, which defined the all-woman "power pop" genre, gave new wave .... Vacation Audio CD.
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Martha and the Vandellas - Wikipedia  Martha and the Vandellas were an American vocal group who found fame in the 1960s with a ... The group's string of hits included "Come and Get These Memories", "(Love Is Like a) Heat ... the charts from 1963 to 1972, Martha and the Vandellas charted over twenty-six hits and ..... .I'm not Martha, and you ain't no Vandella.
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The Andrews Sisters - Wikipedia  The Andrews Sisters were an American close harmony singing group of the swing and ... Their 1941 hit "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" can be considered an early ... They are still widely acclaimed today for their famous close harmonies. .... they produced three hi-fi albums, including a vibrant LP of songs from the dancing...
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Archives > Press > Magazines > MOJO CLASSIC  Despite the group's ever-more animated antics and Debbie trying to turn the chorus to ... 1977, loved Blondie from the first single and said it loud until they split in 1982. ..... Despite Debbie's view that Heart Of Glass was "one of the most innovative ..... Fronted by Debbie Harry, NYC's Blondie was the archetypal New Wave...
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Be My Baby - Salon.com  Jan 28, 2002 ... There's a photograph of Phil Spector and Veronica Bennett taken in the ... I first met the Ronettes I didn't think they were going to be a very good group. ... The song they came up with, Be My Baby, was recorded in July 1963 at .... after Donald Trump bullies her in front of 4,000 people Brendan Gauthier.
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Galo Was Here  TOP GROUP SING-ALONG SONGS. Don't Stop ... When I See You Smile. Two Occassions ... Feel Like Makin Love (Bad Company). Fly Me to the ... Bad English .... Outfield. Hit Me with Your Best Shot ... Every Rose Has It's Thorn. Poison.
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The Police - Wikipedia  The Police were an English rock band formed in London in 1977. For the majority of their .... Shortly after the Strontium 90 gig, Sting approached Summers to join the .... 1 hit, "Don't Stand So Close to Me" (the UK's best selling single of 1980) and ... In 1983, the Police released their last studio album, Synchronicity, which...
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The Ronettes - Wikipedia  The Ronettes were an American girl group from New York City. One of the most popular groups from the 1960s, they placed nine songs on the Billboard Hot 100, five of which became Top 40 hits. The trio from Spanish Harlem, New York, consisted of lead singer Veronica Bennett (later known as Ronnie Spector), ... "Walking in the Rain" won a Grammy Award in 1965, and "Be My Baby" was...
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Top 100 Songs of 1986 - The Eighties Club  1. "That's What Friends Are For".....Dionne & Friends. 2. "Walk Like An Egyptian". .... Jackson passed on "How Will I Know," but execs at Arista snapped it up for ... and the song knocked Houston's first cousin Dionne Warwick out of the # 1 spot ... After eight albums without a Top 10 hit, Heart was willing to listen to producer...
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Hits of the 70s: In The 1970s The New Seekers  Jan 2, 2016 ... O nly a year later the line up was changed to include Eve , Marty and now ... David Mackay was the producer on this hit, and would be the main producer for ... It was in March 1974 that they had a follow up single called I Get A Little ... Seventies music artist Rod Stewart entered the 1970s from The Jeff Beck...
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New Kids on the Block - Wikipedia  New Kids on the Block (also initialized as NKOTB) is an American boy band from Boston, ... After secretly reuniting in 2007 and recording a new CD, the group released ... 1980s, Maurice Starr discovered R&B/pop quintet (later sextet) New Edition, ... and Columbia Records made plans to drop the New Kids from the label.