"Statham collaborated with ex-Bauhaus singer Peter Murphy, successfully participating as part of Murphy's solo backing band, The Hundred Men. He co-wrote and performed on Murphy's solo albums ""Love Hysteria"" (1988) and ""Deep"" (1990). He co-wrote Dido's first single ""Here with Me"", which became an international hit single, and also the title track of her 2001 album ""No Angel"", which has sold almost 20 million copies. Statham also cowrote several songs, including ""Return of the King"", on Simple Minds singer Jim Kerr's first solo album, ""Lostboy! AKA Jim Kerr"". After a long hiatus, B-Movie reformed and played one-off shows in October"
"and in support of the Pretenders in the US while Hynde was pregnant with Kerr's daughter. The marriage lasted until 1990. Despite the band's new-found popularity in the UK, Europe, Canada and Australia, Simple Minds remained essentially unknown in the US. The band's UK releases on Arista were not picked up by Arista USA who had 'right of first refusal' for their releases. The 1985 film ""The Breakfast Club"" broke Simple Minds into the US market, when the band achieved their only No. 1 U.S. pop hit in April 1985 with the film's closing track, ""Don't You (Forget About Me)""."
"to John Hughes—who had died a few months prior—along with other actors who had worked with him, including Jon Cryer from ""Pretty in Pink"", Matthew Broderick from ""Ferris Bueller's Day Off"", and Macaulay Culkin from ""Home Alone"". The Breakfast Club soundtrack album was released on February 19, 1985 by A&M Records. The album peaked at No. 17 on the ""Billboard"" 200 album chart. The song ""Don't You (Forget About Me)"" performed by Scottish rock band Simple Minds was released on February 20, 1985 in the United States and on April 8, 1985 in the United Kingdom as a single and"
"pop rock band Sterling who released the album ""City Kids"", produced by David Kershenbaum, on A&M Records in 1980. Don Kehr would contribute backing vocals to the 1989 Hunter/Ronson album ""YUI Orta"" as well as to Ian Hunter's ""Artful Dodger"" album in 1996. He also rekindled his Broadway career, having made his Broadway debut at age 12, co-starring with F. Murray Abraham in ""Legend"" in 1976. In 2005, he released the solo album ""Shift"". Kehr can be seen as Norm Waxman in Clint Eastwood's 2014 movie adaptation of ""Jersey Boys"". After the demise of Urgent in 1987, Michael Kehr formed"
"1985) in the United Kingdom, No. 4 in West Germany, No. 6 in Canada and No. 3 (No. 5 on re-entry in 1985) in Ireland. The song is associated with the July 1985 Live Aid event, where it was performed by Benjamin Orr during the Philadelphia event; previously, the song was used as the background music to a montage of clips depicting the contemporaneous Ethiopian famine during the London event, which was introduced by English musician David Bowie. Following the concert it was re-released in the UK and peaked at No. 4 in August 1985. Proceeds from the sales of"
"insect with the face of the singer superimposed' as in the then-recent ""You Might Think"" video by The Cars. Make It Better (Forget About Me) ""Make It Better (Forget About Me)"" is a song written by Tom Petty of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and David A. Stewart of the Eurythmics. It was released in June 1985 as the third single from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' 1985 album ""Southern Accents"". Musically it is an uptempo number that pays tribute to the Memphis Soul style, with heavy emphasis on horns and funk-inspired rhythm guitar. The music video continues in the"
"Make It Better (Forget About Me) ""Make It Better (Forget About Me)"" is a song written by Tom Petty of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and David A. Stewart of the Eurythmics. It was released in June 1985 as the third single from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' 1985 album ""Southern Accents"". Musically it is an uptempo number that pays tribute to the Memphis Soul style, with heavy emphasis on horns and funk-inspired rhythm guitar. The music video continues in the ""Alice in Wonderland"" motif of ""Don't Come Around Here No More"" and riffs on the 'model annoyed by flying"
"record deal with CBS Records and the group thereafter had top 10 singles with ""She Doesn't Cry Anymore"" (1988) and ""See If I Care"" (1990), top 5 singles with ""Mama Knows"" (1988) and ""The Moon Over Georgia"" (1991), and six number 1 singles with ""The Church on Cumberland Road"" (1989), ""Sunday in the South"" (1989), ""Two Dozen Roses"" (1989), ""Next to You, Next to Me"" (1990), ""Ghost in This House"" (1990), and ""I Got You"" (1991). In addition to FAME studios, Hall operated FAME Records, whose original roster included Clarence Carter, Candi Staton, Jimmy Hughes, Willie Hightower and the Fame"
"Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone) ""Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)"" is a song by Canadian rock band Glass Tiger. It was released in January 1986 as the lead from their debut album, ""The Thin Red Line"". The song reached number-one in Canada and number 2 in the United States. The song features backing vocals by rock singer Bryan Adams. In 1985, Glass Tiger chose Jim Vallance to produce the band's debut album. At the time, Vallance was primarily known as a songwriter, having written most frequently (and successfully) with Bryan Adams (who can be heard providing background vocals"
"with NoMeansNo-related projects the Hanson Brothers and the Showbusiness Giants in the 1980s and early 1990s. In the latter group, he performed on bass guitar. Via his pseudonyms, he is credited as playing ""some bass"" on several NoMeansNo records as well. Andy Kerr (musician) Andy Kerr is a Canadian-born musician, originally from British Columbia and currently residing in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Kerr is best known as the former guitarist, frequent vocalist, and co-songwriter in the progressive punk rock/punk jazz band NoMeansNo. He has also recorded and performed as a solo artist, and his current group is Two Pin Din. Kerr"
"replacing original bassist Phil Lucking. They signed to Arista Records and released their debut single ""The First Picture of You"" in June 1983 (reaching number 15 in the UK charts), followed by the singles ""You Don't Need Someone New"" (August '83) and ""Set Me Apart"" (1984). The 1984 debut album ""No Sense of Sin"" followed with the single ""Out On Your Own"", and finally ""It Hurts"" in early 1985. Both Dempsey and founding member Jem Kelly left the group in 1985: co-founder Peter Coyle continued under The Lotus Eaters name for a short time live with replacement members whilst Kelly"
"Records). Elektra Records decided to sign the band shortly thereafter, reissuing their debut in 1982. The band then began a string of hit releases throughout the decade—1983's ""Shout at the Devil"", 1985's ""Theatre of Pain"", 1987's ""Girls, Girls, Girls"", and 1989's ""Dr. Feelgood""—establishing the quartet as one of the biggest hard rock/metal bands of the 1980s. Lee used several memorable gimmicks during his drum solos at concerts, such as having his entire kit revolving and spinning, or having the entire kit float above the crowd while he continued to play. He was legendary for mooning the crowd at nearly every"
"released an EP five months later. The band signed with A&M Records in 1987, the lineup now Kerr, Moscrop, Johnson, and Quigley, the first releases for the label the singles ""The Big E"" and ""Backs to the Wall"", which preceded the album ""Good Together"", released in September 1989. A 50–minute recording of a live show from London was broadcast on British television in October. They also set up their own SoundStation studio in Manchester. The band's only significant chart success with A&M came with the 1990 single ""Won't Stop Loving You"", which peaked at no. 55 on the UK Singles"
"Andy Kerr (musician) Andy Kerr is a Canadian-born musician, originally from British Columbia and currently residing in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Kerr is best known as the former guitarist, frequent vocalist, and co-songwriter in the progressive punk rock/punk jazz band NoMeansNo. He has also recorded and performed as a solo artist, and his current group is Two Pin Din. Kerr initially appeared on the Victoria, British Columbia punk rock scene in the late 1970s as the singer and guitarist in the punk rock groups Dioxyn and The Infamous Scientists. Founded in 1979, the latter group released two EPs prior to disbanding"
"In 2016, they received the Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Song Collection from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers, and Authors. The core of the band is the two remaining founding members, Jim Kerr (vocals, songwriting) and Charlie Burchill (guitars, keyboards after 1990, other instruments, songwriting). The other current band members are Ged Grimes (bass guitar), Sarah Brown (vocals), Gordy Goudie (guitar), Cherisse Osei (drums) and Catherine AD (vocals, keyboards, guitar). Former members include bass guitarist Derek Forbes, keyboardists Mick MacNeil and Andy Gillespie, drummers Brian McGee and Mel Gaynor (who first joined the band in 1982). The roots of"
"Curse"", their first release with major label distribution by Capitol Records in the US. In Japan the band climbed to Number 14 in the ""Burrn!"" Charts. With new singer Coburn Pharr (who would later leave to join Annihilator) the band released ""Escape To Nowhere"" in 1988; although considered a departure from the classic Omen sound, ""Thorn in Your Flesh"" was their first hit single in the US. In 1996, they signed with new label Massacre Records, and toured Europe with Fates Warning for the first time. In October 2003, their former singer, J.D. Kimball, died having succumbed to cancer after"
"(Carey has since surpassed this record with ""Touch My Body"" in 2008). Currently, the only act to hold more US number-one singles than Carey are The Beatles, who gained twenty throughout their career. ""Don't Forget About Us"" stayed in the top forty for eighteen weeks and reached number one on other ""Billboard"" component charts, including the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. The song was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), denoting shipments of over 500,000 units. Outside the United States, the song achieved moderate international charting. In Australia, ""Don't Forget About Us"" debuted at its peak position of"
"peaked at number 71 on the Cash Box Top 100 Singles chart. NB: ""Don't Forget Me"" and ""Someday"" both reached the Billboard AC chart, peaking at #30 and #4 respectively. Glass Tiger Glass Tiger is a Canadian rock band from Newmarket, Ontario. It is best known for its top-ten hits ""Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)"" and ""Someday"". In the summer of 1984, a band from Newmarket, Ontario called Tokyo spent two evenings opening for Boy George and Culture Club at Toronto’s Maple Leaf Gardens. Their dynamic, original sound captured the moment of the mid 80’s and they soon became"
"from the Steely Dan song ""Bad Sneakers"" from their album ""Katy Lied"", a fact confirmed by Michael Carey Schneider. Sneaker (band) Sneaker was a West Coast American rock band, active from 1973 to 1983. The band is best known for its ""Billboard"" Hot 100 Top 40 hit single, ""More Than Just the Two of Us"", from its first album, ""Sneaker"" (1981). They also had a minor hit with ""Don't Let Me In"", a song written by Donald Fagen and Walter Becker from Steely Dan. Sneaker was composed of Tim Torrance on guitars, Mitch Crane on vocals and guitars, Michael Carey"
"Simple Minds Simple Minds are a Scottish rock band. They formed in Glasgow in 1977 and became the most commercially successful Scottish band of the 1980s. They achieved five UK Albums chart number one albums during their career and have sold an estimated 70 million albums. Despite various personnel changes, they continue to record and tour. The band scored a string of hit singles, becoming best known internationally for their 1985 hit ""Don't You (Forget About Me)"", from the soundtrack of the film ""The Breakfast Club"". Their other more prominent hits include ""Alive and Kicking"" and ""Belfast Child"" (UK #1)."
"Record Company withdrew their contract. In 1984, Warman started writing for other artists and recorded his final solo release ""(Here Comes) The Beat Patrol"", with the song ""Don't Call Me"" as a B-side, under the guidance of Mickie Most. The single was released on RAK records in U.K in October 1984. ""Beat Patrol"" was covered by Starship in 1987 and reached #46 in the U.S. charts. Ringo Starr also recorded a version of ""Beat Patrol"" which has never been released. ""Don't Call Me"" was covered by Asia' on their 1992 album ""Aqua"". During 1984 Warman also appeared in the music"
"other markets, according to Manhattan Records Vice President of A&R Bruce Garfield. He noted that ""Steven Reed, our senior vice president of marketing, took a very strong stand because the Canadian video was too cutesy and directed solely toward the youth market."" Garfield added, ""It didn't focus enough on the artistic integrity and entertainment aspect of the band."" The newer version received heavy rotation on MTV. Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone) ""Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)"" is a song by Canadian rock band Glass Tiger. It was released in January 1986 as the lead from their debut album,"
"Macon's Allman Brothers Band in '73, Santana in '73, Ike & Tina Turner, UK's Electric Light Orchestra in 1974, Aerosmith in '76 and '86, Elvis Presley in '77 (Elvis died in '77), Jacksonville's Lynyrd Skynyrd in '77, Spartanburg's Marshall Tucker Band in '78, Bob Dylan in '78, Kiss in 1976 and 1979, Australia's AC/DC in 1979 and 1996, Alabama's Jimmy Buffett in 1979, Aussies Bee Gees in '79, UK's Elton John in 1980, The Eagles in 1973 and 1980, Atlanta Rhythm Section in '80, Blue Oyster Cult in '81, Prince in 1982, Van Halen in 1982 (with UK's After the"
"UK in 1987, and was a hit in Europe, after being included in the soundtrack of the hugely successful Australian 1986 film ""Crocodile Dundee"". The band performed three songs in the 1985 Oz for Africa concert (part of the global Live Aid program) – ""Live It Up"", ""If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too? "" and ""You're So Strong"". It was broadcast both in Australia and on MTV in the US. Smith's ""Date With Destiny"" (September 1985) peaked into the top 30 but Plaza's ""Big Wheel"" (November 1985) did not reach the top 50. In December 1986, they performed"
"tour with Genesis. ""Rolling Stone"" ranked the song number 215 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. In January 1985, ""1999"" was released as a 12"" single in the US with ""Little Red Corvette"" as the B-side, and ""How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?""/""D.M.S.R."" in the UK. The single peaked at number 2 in its second week of release. The song was re-recorded at the end of 1998 with The New Power Generation, reusing portions of the original recording, and was released the following year as """". ""1999"" was re-released in the UK and the"
"1978 - When the Cookie Jar Is Empty 1979 - When It's Over 1980 - On My Way Home to You 1980 - One Bad Habit 1980 - Baseball 1982 - Jealousy 1982 - Love Duet (with Renee Diggs) 1982 - Comin' Home to You 1983 - Can't Seem to Shake This Rock 'n Roll 1985 - Your Secret's Safe with Me 1985 - When I Give My Love to You (with Brenda Russell) 1985 - Queen of the Underground 1985 - Michael Franks 1987 - Island Life 1987 - The Camera Never Lies 1987 - Doctor Sax / Face"
"Rats (1978), The Clash (1979), The Jam (1980), The Selecter (1980), UB40 (1981), Girlschool (1981), U2 (1982), Whitesnake (1983), The Alarm (1984), Nina Hagen (1984), The Cure (1985), The Damned (1986), The Pretenders (1987), The Stranglers (1988), Tanita Tikaram (1989), Georgia Satellites (1989), Soundgarden (1990), Bob Dylan (1990), Midnight Oil (1990), Billy Idol (1991), Nirvana (1992), Faith No More (1993), Chris Isaak (1993), Jethro Tull (1993), Aerosmith (1994), Simple Minds (1995), Bon Jovi (1995), Blur (1996), Pulp (1996), Neil Young (1996), David Bowie (1997), Sting (1997), Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (1997), Pet Shop Boys (1997), Beastie Boys (1998),"
"(November 1981), ""Two Minute Warning"" (November 1984), ""Howling"" (October 1986) and ""Beyond Salvation"" (February 1990). Their top 20 singles are ""No Secrets"" (1980), ""Into the Heat"" (1981), ""We Gotta Get out of This Place"" (1987), ""Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again"" (live, 1988), ""Let the Night Roll On"" and ""Dogs Are Talking"" (both 1990). In the international market, to avoid legal problems with similarly named acts, their records have been released under the names, Angel City and later The Angels from Angel City. The Angels have been cited by Guns N' Roses, and Seattle grunge bands Pearl Jam"
"Glass Tiger Glass Tiger is a Canadian rock band from Newmarket, Ontario. It is best known for its top-ten hits ""Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)"" and ""Someday"". In the summer of 1984, a band from Newmarket, Ontario called Tokyo spent two evenings opening for Boy George and Culture Club at Toronto’s Maple Leaf Gardens. Their dynamic, original sound captured the moment of the mid 80’s and they soon became a major force in suburban high schools and the Ontario club circuit. When a record deal was finally signed with Capitol Records, Tokyo officially became Glass Tiger. With Jim Vallance"
"(1980), ""Gotta Pull Myself Together"" (1980), ""Who's Gonna Rock You"" (1980), ""Attention to Me"" (1981), ""Chemistry"" (1981) and ""Don't Love Me Too Hard"" (1982). The group supported Frank Sinatra on his 1975 European tour. They were particularly successful in Japan, scoring a string of hits (including a No.1) and won the 1981 Tokyo Music Festival with the song ""Sexy Music"". They also achieved success in Europe and Australia. In 1981, she scored a minor hit with her sister Coleen as part of the Young & Moody Band, with ""Don't Do That"" (UK No. 63) which also featured Lemmy from Motörhead"
"Don't Forget About Us ""Don't Forget About Us"" is a song by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey. It was written by Carey, Jermaine Dupri, Bryan-Michael Cox and Johntá Austin, and released as the fifth single on October 1, 2005, for the re-issue of her tenth studio album, ""The Emancipation of Mimi"" (2005). Co-produced by the former three, the song is influenced by R&B and hip hop soul music genres, and lyrically chronicles the emotions felt by the protagonist after the loss of their relationship. Carey explained that the true meaning of the song is to be interpreted by the"
"of drummer Roger Taylor, and after numerous personnel changes, guitarist Andy Taylor and lead singer Simon Le Bon. (None of the Taylors are related.) These five members featured the most commercially successful line-up. The group has never disbanded, but after separation of Andy and Roger Taylor in 1986, the line-up has changed to include former Missing Persons American guitarist Warren Cuccurullo from 1989 to 2001 and American drummer Sterling Campbell from 1989 to 1991. The reunion of the original five members in the early 2000s created a stir among the band's fans and music media. Andy Taylor left the band"
"stage for one song. Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine (frequently shortened to Carter USM) were an English indie rock band formed in 1988 by singer Jim ""Jim Bob"" Morrison and guitarist Les ""Fruitbat"" Carter. They made their name with a distinctive style of power pop, fusing samples, sequenced basses and drum machines with rock 'n' roll guitars and off-beat wordplay-loaded lyrics. They reached the height of their fame in 1992. Over the following years the band took on new members, reaching a six-piece, but struggled to regain their earlier popularity. They initially split up in"