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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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  • "Why?" is a song by British synth-pop band Bronski Beat, released as the second single from their 1984 album The Age of Consent. The song, recorded at...
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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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    Jimmy Somerville (category Bronski Beat members)
    prominence in the 1980s with the synth-pop groups Bronski Beat and the Communards. With Bronski Beat, Somerville achieved commercial success with the 1984...
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  • Smalltown Boy (category Bronski Beat songs)
    "Smalltown Boy" is the debut single by the British synth-pop band Bronski Beat, released in May 1984 by London Recordings. It was included on their debut...
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  • Age of Consent is the debut album by British synth-pop band Bronski Beat (Steve Bronski, Larry Steinbachek and Jimmy Somerville), released on London...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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  • or aesthetically important". It has been covered by acts including Bronski Beat, Messiah, Sam Smith, while BeyoncĂ© sampled it on her song "Summer Renaissance"...
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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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • "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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  • 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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  • 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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    connected to a rise in gay culture in 1980s Britain, alongside bands such as Bronski Beat. Morley said that Frankie Goes to Hollywood combined the "exploratory...
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  • "C'mon! C'mon!" is a 1986 song by British synth-pop band Bronski Beat from their album, Truthdare Doubledare. In its review of the album upon its release...
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    won the Grierson Award. Coles joined Bronski Beat (initially on saxophone) in 1983. Somerville left Bronski Beat, and in 1985 he and Coles formed the...
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    In August 2024, he recited spoken-word lyrics of the song "Why?" by Bronski Beat on a remix by Superchumbo for the 40th anniversary edition of The Age...
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  • Singles". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2016-06-08. Jimmy Somerville discography Bronski Beat discography Banderas - Communards offshoot featuring backing musician...
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    album "Fuck The Nineties...Here's Our Noize". The British synthpop band Bronski Beat featured a mince pie-eating competition in Borstal with lead singer Jimmy...
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  • separate groups that are considered one-hit wonders. In 1984, British band Bronski Beat managed to achieve their only US hit with "Smalltown Boy". After they...
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    Divine but he died before recording it. As a result, the synthpop band Bronski Beat recorded the song with then-lead singer Jonathan Hellyer and Eartha Kitt...
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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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    organizations. Kitt's 1989 follow-up hit "Cha-Cha Heels" (featuring Bronski Beat), which was originally intended to be recorded by Divine, received a...
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