Philip Oakey (born 2 October 1955) is an English singer-songwriter who is the frontman and co-founder of the synth-pop band The Human League. Aside from...
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Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder is a 1985 collaborative studio album by English singer Philip Oakey, the lead vocalist of the Human League, and Italian...
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and songwriter Philip Oakey. Keyboard players Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh both left the band in 1980 to form Heaven 17, leaving Oakey and Adrian Wright...
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Together in Electric Dreams (category Philip Oakey songs)
the British singer and composer Philip Oakey and Italian composer and producer Giorgio Moroder. It was written by Oakey and Moroder and recorded for the...
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a friend of Philip Oakey. In 1978, he was invited to join the new avant-garde electronic band The Human League which consisted of Oakey, Martyn Ware...
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Daisy Nightclub by Philip Oakey, the lead singer and a founding member of The Human League. At his invitation, the pair then joined Oakey as he formed a new...
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Don't You Want Me (category Songs written by Philip Oakey)
singer Philip Oakey read a photo-story in a teen-girl's magazine. Though the song had been conceived and recorded in the studio as a male solo, Oakey was...
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sequencers on this album." After four months in Minneapolis, a sidelined Philip Oakey pulled the band out of further recording. They returned to Sheffield...
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"Don't You Want Me" with the band's founding member and lead singer Philip Oakey. Born and raised in Sheffield, England, Sulley was, with friend Joanne...
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Philip Oakey and Giorgio Moroder was released as a single and became an international hit in 1984. It was later featured in their album Philip Oakey &...
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welcome addition. In 1984, Moroder worked with Philip Oakey of the Human League to make the album Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder, which was a UK singles chart...
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Flanagan (a.k.a. "Longy"). Kings Have Long Arms have collaborated with Philip Oakey from the Human League on the track "Rock and Roll Is Dead", Marion from...
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UK Charts. 2011-05-30. Retrieved June 4, 2011. As Giorgio Moroder and Philip Oakey: "UK Charts". UK Charts. 2011-05-30. Retrieved June 4, 2011. "Right Here...
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electronic style toward a more pop-friendly, commercial sound led by frontman Philip Oakey. Dare became critically acclaimed and proved to be a genre-defining album...
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League album that presented the band as a trio consisting of the singers Philip Oakey, Joanne Catherall and Susan Ann Sulley. The former Human League member...
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(Keep Feeling) Fascination (category Songs written by Philip Oakey)
English synth-pop band the Human League. It was composed by Jo Callis and Philip Oakey, and produced by Martin Rushent (which would be the last song he produced...
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Louise (The Human League song) (category Songs written by Philip Oakey)
jointly by lead singer Philip Oakey with fellow band members Jo Callis and Philip Adrian Wright. The song features a lead vocal by Oakey and female vocals...
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The Human League Philip Oakey – vocals, synthesizer Ian Craig Marsh – vocals, synthesizer Martyn Ware – vocals, synthesizer Philip Adrian Wright – film...
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Feeling) Fascination" single in 1983. Side one "I'm Coming Back" (Philip Oakey, Philip Adrian Wright) – 4:07 "I Love You Too Much" (Ian C. Burden, Jo Callis...
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Open Your Heart (The Human League song) (category Songs written by Philip Oakey)
was written jointly by lead singer Philip Oakey and keyboard player Jo Callis. The song features a lead vocal by Oakey and female backing vocals by Susanne...
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Love Action (I Believe in Love) (category Songs written by Philip Oakey)
lead vocalist Philip Oakey and keyboardist Ian Burden. It features lead vocal by Oakey and analogue synthesizers by Jo Callis, Philip Adrian Wright and...
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London. Retrieved 14 July 2012. "This record was a collaboration between Philip Oakey, the big-voiced lead singer of the techno-pop band the Human League,...
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worked with artists from the city including Tony Christie, Jarvis Cocker, Philip Oakey, Babybird and many others. Their regular live vocalist was Bozz, who...
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provided backup vocals for The Human League frontman Philip Oakey's debut solo album, Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder. That same year, she appeared in the...
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Mirror Man (The Human League song) (category Songs written by Philip Oakey)
number two in the UK Singles Chart. It was written jointly by lead singer Philip Oakey with keyboard players Jo Callis and Ian Burden, and produced by Martin...
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Oakey) – 3:43 from Hysteria "Human" (Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis) – 3:46 from Crash "Together in Electric Dreams" (Moroder, Oakey) – 3:53 from Philip Oakey...
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Boys and Girls (The Human League song) (category Songs written by Philip Oakey)
Singles Charts. It was written by lead singer Philip Oakey and the band's visual director / keyboard player Philip Adrian Wright. It was the first single released...
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ISBN 978-0-8195-6498-6. see p.45, 46 "This record was a collaboration between Philip Oakey, the big-voiced lead singer of the techno-pop band the Human League,...
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Cater. "Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder: Overview". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 December 2009. This record was a collaboration between Philip Oakey, the big-voiced...
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Op:l's record label Lefta Records in Finland, with liner notes written by Philip Oakey (of The Human League fame). The group released their second album in...
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