• Control" is a song by Italian singer Raf, released in 1984. It was written by Giancarlo Bigazzi, Steve Piccolo and Raf, and arranged by Celso Valli. The...
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    better known as simply Raf. Riefoli lived the few first years of the 1980s in London, before starting out his musical career in 1984, landing mostly in the...
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    Raphael Ragucci (born 4 June 1984), known professionally as RAF Camora, is an Austrian rapper, singer and producer. Raphael Ragucci was born in Vevey,...
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  • heard in the film, under the title 1984 (For the Love of Big Brother). The album reached number 23 on the UK Album Chart, and was later certified Gold...
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  • European countries. Four singles were released from the album, including Branigan's cover version of Raf's "Self Control", which was a commercial success, peaking...
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    "Chad" and was widely used separately from the doodle. Chad was used by the RAF and civilians; he was known in the army as Private Snoops, and in the navy...
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    The Red Army Faction (RAF, German: [ɛʁʔaːˈʔɛf] ; German: Rote Armee Fraktion, pronounced [ˌʁoː.tə aʁˈmeː fʁakˌt͡si̯oːn] ), also known as the Baader–Meinhof...
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    Tozzi. In 1984, she reached number one in Canada and Germany and No. 4 in the U.S. with "Self Control" a cover of Italian singer and songwriter Raf from the...
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  • a demo album by German industrial band KMFDM from 1984, officially released in 2002 by Firstworld. It is one of only two KMFDM studio albums (the other...
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  • Aces High (song) (category 1984 singles)
    from their fifth studio album, Powerslave (1984). The first B-side is a cover of Nektar's "King of Twilight", from their 1972 album A Tab in the Ocean. Their...
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    Royal Air Force Greenham Common or more simply RAF Greenham Common is a former Royal Air Force station in the civil parishes of Greenham and Thatcham...
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  • in the year 1984. 1984 in British music 1984 in Norwegian music 1984 in country music 1984 in heavy metal music 1984 in hip hop music 1984 in jazz In January...
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    Squadron RAF No. 2 Squadron RAF No. 5 Squadron RAF No. 8 Squadron RAF No. 11 Squadron RAF No. 13 Squadron RAF No. 19 Squadron RAF No. 25 Squadron RAF No. 29...
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    contract with CBS Records and he remained with them until 1984. With them he published his first album, Linda, which included his first hit single, titled in...
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    Sea"), which he performed with Raf at Eurovision, and won third place. In 1988, Tozzi released his second live album, The Royal Albert Hall. In the 1990s...
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    Beckley's father became the commander at the United States Air Force base at RAF West Ruislip, near London. Gerry attended London Central High School in Bushey...
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    long-range maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) which was used by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the South African Air Force (SAAF). It was developed by Avro from the...
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    military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Fleet Air Arm (FAA) of the Royal Navy defended the United Kingdom...
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    Peter Saville (graphic designer) (category British album-cover and concert-poster artists)
    Saville-designed works to integrate them into Raf Simons "Closer" Autumn/Winter 2003-04 collection. Raf Simons Spring/Summer 2018 collection also features...
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  • The following is a list of albums, EPs, and mixtapes released in 2023. These albums are (1) original, i.e. excluding reissues, remasters, and compilations...
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    MGM Records she finally hit with the album Never Can Say Goodbye, released in 1975. The first side of the album consisted of three songs ("Honey Bee"...
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    at RAF Valley and later RAF Leconfield, where Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother went to tea at French's home when French was three years old. RAF archive...
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    Power, Corruption & Lies (category Album articles lacking alt text for covers)
    for a set of "Classic Album Cover" postage stamps issued in January 2010. Influential fashion designer Raf Simons used the album's cover art on one of his...
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    as Lieutenant-Commander in the Fleet Air Arm and Flight Lieutenant in the RAF, and his wife Dorothy W. Singer (1916–2017), who was secretary to six BBC...
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    was operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF). It was part of the trio of large twin-engine bombers procured for the RAF, joining the Armstrong Whitworth Whitley...
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  • Secret! (1984). In the film Dunkirk (2017), Michael Caine has a spoken cameo role as a Royal Air Force Spitfire pilot as a nod to his role of RAF fighter...
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    were located at RAF Wyton and RAF Turnhouse. No. 207 Squadron was once more disbanded on retirement of the remaining Devons on 30 June 1984, VP952 ending...
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  • Ricky Valance's single "Welcome Home" in aid to raise money for various RAF charities. After being diagnosed with kidney cancer the previous year, Charlemagne...
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    Horsforth, West Riding of Yorkshire, the son of hotelier Edna (née McDowell) and RAF officer (and later pub owner) Charles Taylor. He has an older sister named...
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    Vince de la Cruz on vocals and lead guitar. During a school production at RAF Lakenheath, Vince had noticed Katrina, and asked her to join his band. By...
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