Bonne écoute à tous.................. Thompson Twins – Lay Your Hands On Me Label: Arista – 601 574 Format: Vinyle, 12", 45 RPM, Single Pays: Europe Sortie: 1984 Thompson Twins Profil: Thompson Twins (named after the detectives Thomson and Thompson in the Tintin comics) was formed in 1977 in Sheffield by Tom Bailey and guitarists John Roog and Peter Dodd, with drummer Chris Bell (3) joining soon afterwards after some line-up changes. They arrived in London and self-released their debut single "Squares And Triangles" in 1980. After their 1981 debut album, they recruited The Soft Boys's bassist Matthew Seligman, New Zealand saxophonist Alannah Currie, and percussionist Joe Leeway, forming a septet. After the group completed their second album, "Set", Dodd and Roog left to form the short lived act Big View. Seligman also left the group to pursue a career as a session musician (for The Waterboys, David Bowie etc.). As a trio, Thompson Twins reached their commercial peak with their "Into The Gap" album and the five singles that it spawned, managing to conquer the American market in the process. Joe Leeway went solo in May 1986 and the group continued as a duo, releasing three more albums. The band released eight albums in total. In 1993, Bailey and Currie started the electronic project Babble. Sites: thompsontwinstombailey.co.uk , Facebook , ferinfilms.com , sharoma.com , web.archive.org , encyclopedia.com , Discogs , Wikipedia Membres: Alannah Currie, Ced Sharpley, Chris Bell (3), Joe Leeway, John Roog, Matthew Seligman, Michael White (17), Peter Dodd, Tom Bailey ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GEaeeWbe7E

Bonne écoute à tous............... Fake – Arabian Toys Label: Public – PUB 13215-6 Format: Vinyle, 12", 45 RPM, Maxi-Single Pays: France Sortie: 1987 Fake Profil: Swedish group produced in Italy. - Erik Strömblad (Founder, Songwriter) - Stefan Bogstedt (Founder, Bass) - Janne Fagerberg (Keyboard) - Mikael Olsson (Guitar) - Stefan Sverin (Drums) - Ulrica Örn (Vocals) - Tony Wilhelmsson (Vocals, Songwriter) Less Sites: hem.bredband.net, Facebook, Wikipedia, web.archive.org Membres: Erik Stromblad, Janne Fagerberg, Stefan Bogstedt, Stefan Sverin, Tony Wilhelmsson, Ulrica Örn ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9g4zbZhN84

Bonne écoute à tous................ Street Level Label: CBS – CBS 26904 Format: Vinyle, LP, Compilation Pays: Netherlands Sortie: 1986 Third World Profil: Jamaican reggae band formed in 1973, influenced by soul, funk and disco. Sites: thirdworldband.com, Wikipedia Membres: A. J. Brown, Irving "Carrot" Jarrett, Maurice Gregory, Michael Cooper (2), Milton Hamilton (2), Norris Webb, Richie Daley, Steven "Cat" Coore, Tony "Ruption" Williams, William Clarke (2), Willie Stewart ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdy1sCYy-uE

Bonne écoute à tous................. Petula Clark – Downtown '88 Label: PRT – 6.70010, PRT – 6.70010 AE, PRT – 247 171-0 Format: Vinyle, 12", 45 RPM Pays: Germany Sortie: 1988 Petula Clark Vrai nom: Petula Sally Olwen Clark Profil: Born November 15, 1932, in Epsom, Surrey (England). She began as a singing child prodigy in the U.K. at the age of 9. Promoted and tutored by an enthusiastic father, she had started singing professionally at the age of seven and became a familiar singing voice on wartime radio and in concerts for the troops. By the end of the 1940s she was an established singing star and she also appeared as an actress in many films of the era working with such stars as Peter Ustinov, Anthony Newley and Alec Guinness. Petula’s first recordings were Rank promo 78’s in 1949 and her first commercial recording was “House in the sky” / Put your shoes on Lucy for Columbia in 1949. Her first major recording contract was with Polygon Records in 1950 and her first chart success was in 1954 with “The little shoemaker” which also got issued on 45 and 78 in the USA. A series of chart successes continued in the U.K. from the 1950’s to the early 70’s Including two #1’s “Sailor” and “This is my song”. In 1988 a remix of Downtown brought her back to the UK Top 10. Her breakthrough on the continent was in 1957 with “With all my heart“ hitting the upper reaches of the Dutch and Belgian charts, and Petula’s first French language hit the same year was “Histoire d'un amour”. Petula married Frenchman Claude Wolff in 1961 by which time she was already one of France’s top girl singers and through the 1960’s big hits such as “Romeo”, “Ya ya twist” “Coeur blessé“ “Chariot” “Que fait tu là Petula" and “C’est ma chanson”. In 1962 Petula topped the German charts with “Monsieur” which she only recorded in the German language which won her a gold disc there and she also topped the charts in Italy and Spain with songs sung in Italian and Spanish. In 1965 Petula finally broke America with her number one double Grammy award winning song “Downtown” and she won another Grammy for the follow up “I know a place” and in 1966 she became the first British female singer to top the American charts twice with “My love” in 1966 and voted Top female singer by “Cashbox” music trade magazine and in 1968 by Playboy magazine. Petula hit the American Top 40 15 times in three years. Petula has continued to record and appeared in concert all over the world and in 2012 her “Cut copy me” hit the Belgian pop charts and a dance remix hit the club charts all over Europe. Petula was back on the British album charts in 2013 with “Lost in you” and in 2016 with “From now on“. Her brand newly recorded French-Canadian album “Vu d’ici” peaked at #39 on the ITunes daily national chart in Canada in 2018 and in 2019 a hits album reached the physical album and sales chart in the U.K. 70 years after her first record release. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsKoLb-4s4I