Whose first solo hit was Suedehead which reached No.5 in 1988?
"Suedehead ""Suedehead"" is the debut solo single by English singer Morrissey, released in February 1988. The single charted higher than any of the singles released by his former band the Smiths, entering the UK Singles Chart at No. 6 and then peaking at No. 5 the week after. ""Suedehead"" peaked at No. 2 in Ireland, No. 8 in New Zealand, and reached the Top 50 in Germany, the Netherlands, and Australia. The lead track was featured on Morrissey's debut album ""Viva Hate"" and the compilation album ""Bona Drag"", the latter of which also featured the B-side ""Hairdresser on Fire"". The"
"The CD Singles '88–91' The CD Singles '88–91' is a box set of Morrissey's first ten singles as a solo artist, from ""Suedehead"" (1988) to ""Pregnant for the Last Time"" (1991). Although each disc contains the three or four songs from the original Compact Disc edition, they are housed in a cardboard sleeve (instead of a jewel case) and replicate the 12-inch artwork, with the titles of songs that were exclusive to CD written on afterwards. Several of the A and B-sides on these singles appeared on the compilations ""Bona Drag"" (1990) and ""My Early Burglary Years"" (1998), while others"
"their first UK top ten hit, ""The Love Cats"". Their 1987 album ""Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me"" saw them move into the mainstream and their 1989 album ""Disintegration"" was released to critical acclaim, reaching number three in the UK album chart. Brett Anderson and Mat Osman from Haywards Heath helped form Suede in 1989 and were hailed as ""the best new band in Britain"", winning the 1993 Mercury Prize for their debut album ""Suede"" and kick-starting the Britpop movement. Guitarist Richard Durrant also began his career in the 1980s; the house music of DJ John Digweed also rose to"
"Bassheads ""Bassheads"" was a British house duo from Wirral. This consisted of Nick Murphy and Eamonn Anthony Deery (Desa). The group had a big European hit with Is There Anybody Out There? Murphy and Deery started to produce house music in Nick Murphy's home studio in 1989. Their first recording was the white label ""The Defhouse Vol. 1"" and their third release, ""Is There Anybody Out There?"", was picked up by Deconstruction Records for national distribution. In November 1991 it got to number 5 in the UK singles charts and charted in other European countries. The original white label resulted"
"Hammerhead (James Reyne song) ""Hammerhead"" is the second single from Australian rock musician James Reyne’s debut self titled solo studio album in (1987). The track featured uncredited backing vocals by Olivia Newton-John. Reyne reflected on the song saying; """"Hammerhead"" was not necessarily about me, but let’s say I thought I knew what I was talking about. I wrote it with Simon Hussey; the music Simon and I wrote together and I wrote the lyrics. From memory it seemed to come quite easily. I shouldn’t make too much about the fact that it’s about drugs. It can be taken many ways."
"the Best Music Video category for the first annual Soul Train Music Awards in that same year. |rowspan=""15""|1987 Sledgehammer (Peter Gabriel song) ""Sledgehammer"" is a song by English rock musician Peter Gabriel. It was released as the lead single from his fifth studio album, ""So"" (1986), on 25 April 1986. It was produced by Gabriel and Daniel Lanois. It hit No. 1 in Canada on 21 July 1986, where it spent four weeks; No. 1 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart in the United States on 26 July 1986; and No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart, thanks in part"
"Guys Win"". In 1989, Hyde's solo single ""America is Sexy"" reached No. 28 on the RPM 100 Singles chart of 23-28 October. In December 1988, the song was ranked as No. 23 of the top 25 Cancon songs of the year. The single was from Hyde's debut solo album, ""Turtle Island"", which appeared on the RPM Top 100 Albums chart in 1989. Some of the album's other songs were co-written with his first wife, Myriam Nelson. Despite the respectable chart success of the song, there was to be an eleven-year gap between ""Turtle Island"" and Hyde's next major label album."
"his Manchester home. Morrissey's first solo performance took place at Wolverhampton's Civic Hall in December 1988. The event attracted huge crowds, with ""NME"" journalist James Brown observing that ""the excitement and atmosphere inside the hall was like nothing I have ever experienced at any public event"". Following ""Viva Hate"", Morrissey put out two new singles; ""The Last of the Famous International Playboys"" was about the Kray twins, gangsters who operated in London's East End, and reached number 6 on the UK singles chart. This was followed by ""Interesting Drug"", which reached number 9. After his songwriting partnership with Street ended"
"It was an exercise in trying to write a song about that subject but to also make it that it could be about a relationship. It’s a song about a relationship. And whether that relationship is with a substance or a person, it’s an obsessive relationship"". Hammerhead (James Reyne song) ""Hammerhead"" is the second single from Australian rock musician James Reyne’s debut self titled solo studio album in (1987). The track featured uncredited backing vocals by Olivia Newton-John. Reyne reflected on the song saying; """"Hammerhead"" was not necessarily about me, but let’s say I thought I knew what I was"
"on the UK singles chart. It would not be until the release their third single, ""Animal Nitrate"", that Suede would break into the top ten, with the song peaking at number seven following their performance of it at the 1993 BRIT Awards. Suede became associated with the Britpop movement of the period and achieved commercial success throughout the United Kingdom, with three of the group's five studio albums charting at number one. Their popularity throughout the rest of the world varied throughout the group's lifetime, but had several charting hits in Sweden and Finland. Suede's commercial success in the United"
"which the popular characters Scott Robinson and Charlene Mitchell married. Mitchell's character was portrayed by pop singer, Kylie Minogue, who had issued her debut single in July as a cover version of ""Locomotion."" ""Locomotion"" was at number one on the Australian charts preventing ""Suddenly"" from reaching the top spot. ""Beats from a Single Drum"" had been planned as Anderson's debut solo release, but had initially been billed as a Rose Tattoo album due to contractual obligations; however, after the success of ""Suddenly"", it was re-released in 1988 as an Angry Anderson solo album. In November 1988, the single reached number"
"Hate"". In a 4/10 review, the ""NME"" described the set thus: Writing for AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine was more enthusiastic: In September 2000 the set was followed up by ""The CD Singles '91-95'"". The CD Singles '88–91' The CD Singles '88–91' is a box set of Morrissey's first ten singles as a solo artist, from ""Suedehead"" (1988) to ""Pregnant for the Last Time"" (1991). Although each disc contains the three or four songs from the original Compact Disc edition, they are housed in a cardboard sleeve (instead of a jewel case) and replicate the 12-inch artwork, with the titles of"
"in 1983. Her first commercial success came in early 1988, when she supplied the vocals on Coldcut's ""Doctorin' the House"". She soon launched a solo career on Big Life records, a label set up by her husband Jazz Summers, releasing her debut single, ""The Only Way Is Up"", in the summer of 1988. It went on to spend five weeks at the top of the UK Singles Chart, eventually becoming the second biggest selling UK single of the year. Suddenly one of Britain's biggest pop acts, her follow-up ""Stand Up for Your Love Rights"" was another big hit (UK number"
"singles chart no. 12 ""Who Can Make Me Feel Good?"" (Deconstruction), UK singles chart no. 38 ""Start A Brand New Life (Save Me)"" (Deconstruction), UK singles chart no. 49 ""C.O.D.E.S."" (Deconstruction) Remixes Oceanic ""Controller Me"" Visage 'Fade To Grey "" Bjork ""Human Behaviour"" Bassheads ""Bassheads"" was a British house duo from Wirral. This consisted of Nick Murphy and Eamonn Anthony Deery (Desa). The group had a big European hit with Is There Anybody Out There? Murphy and Deery started to produce house music in Nick Murphy's home studio in 1989. Their first recording was the white label ""The Defhouse Vol."
"Tracks of the 2000s"", describing it as ""an absolutely singular track in a catalog with no shortage of standouts"". Pyramid Song ""Pyramid Song"" is a song by the English rock band Radiohead, released as the lead single from their fifth studio album ""Amnesiac"" (2001). It was Radiohead's first single in four years. It reached the top 10 on six national charts and was ranked one of the best tracks of the decade by ""Rolling Stone,"" the ""NME"" and ""Pitchfork"". ""Pyramid Song"" was inspired by the 1960s song ""Freedom"" by jazz musician Charles Mingus, and once included similar handclaps. The string"
"Five Star Five Star (also styled as 5 Star) are a British pop group, formed in 1983 and comprising siblings Stedman, Lorraine, Denise, Doris and Delroy Pearson. Between 1985 and 1988, Five Star had four Top 20 albums and 15 Top 40 singles in the UK, including the Top 10 hits ""System Addict"" (1986), ""Can't Wait Another Minute"" (1986), ""Find the Time"" (1986), ""Rain or Shine"" (1986), ""Stay Out of My Life"" (1987) and ""The Slightest Touch"" (1987). They won the 1987 Brit Award for Best British Group. The five-piece group of siblings from Romford were masterminded by their father"
"1988 UK hit (released by The Primitives) and peaked at number 24 on the German singles chart. Additionally Sandy was seen as a competitor in TV contest ""Let's Dance"", eventually ending third. The album's second single, ""Living without You"" was released in November 2006 and entered the German Singles Chart at number 36.The song was lyrically dedicated to her step father who died in early 2005. In mid-2006, Mölling agreed upon former bandmate Lucy Diakovska's request to reunite for a musical comeback. However, all band members have affirmed that they will continue to pursue individual careers as solo artists at"
"Vocal Performance at the 30th Grammy Awards in 1988. Just to See Her ""Just to See Her"" is a 1987 song written by Jimmy George and Lou Pardini and recorded by American R&B recording artist Smokey Robinson from his studio album ""One Heartbeat"" (1987). ""Just to See Her"" peaked at No. 7 in Cash Box and No. 8 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in June 1987. It also reached No. 2 on the R&B chart and hit No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart. In the United Kingdom, the song peaked at No. 52 on the Singles Chart. Robinson won"
"also used in the movie ""Despicable Me 3"". Collins has said that this is the song people most often sing to him when they spot him on the street. Sussudio ""Sussudio"" is a song by English singer-songwriter Phil Collins, released as a single in January 1985. The song is the first track on Collins' third solo studio album, ""No Jacket Required"", released in February of the same year. The song entered frequent rotation on MTV in May: by 6 July both single and album reached No. 1 on their respective U.S. ""Billboard"" charts. The song peaked at No. 12 in"
"console, and then just start recording'.” Slade and Kolderie co-produced Radiohead's debut album, ""Pablo Honey"", which was released 1993. They were pivotal in convincing EMI Records to release ""Creep"" as the band's debut single prior to the album's release. The song initially failed to achieve commercial success, but after the album release in early 1993, ""Creep"" was re-released and became a worldwide smash. Slade has produced and/or mixed recordings by such artists as Hole, Warren Zevon, Pixies, The Lemonheads, Juliana Hatfield, Morphine, Big Dipper, Dinosaur Jr., Uncle Tupelo, Tracy Bonham, Spacehog, the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Suddenly, Tammy!, Lou Reed, The"
"James. Hargreaves and Ajai-Ajagbe also wrote the first single for Five Star. called ""Problematic"". Hargreaves used his influence with the music producer of ""Pebble Mill at One"" to get Five Star on the show, which launched their career. The songwriting partnership between Hargreaves and Ajai-Ajagbe song writing partnership ended in 1983, shortly after they completed Sinitta's second single ""Never Too Late"". Tony Ajai-Ajagbe died of AIDS in 1995. Hargreaves continued to write songs on his own wrote and produced Simon Cowell's first hit with Sinitta, ""So Macho"". which went to number 2 twice on the UK chart in 1986. He"
"1997 they eventually scored a record deal with A&M Records and started working on their sophomore and solo debut album ""All Work, No Play"". In 1998, they scored their first and only top five hit without Kelly, named ""Body Bumpin (Yippie-Yi-Yo)"" released on February 3, 1998, which peaked at #5 Pop and #4 R&B. This album featured Feloney Davis taking over the lead vocals. Though having only one single hitting the Billboard charts, the album was a top twenty success on the R&B/Hip-Hop charts. After only a few years of being signed, they were dropped again. Shortly after touring Euclid"
"Sarah McLeod (musician) Sarah Yvette McLeod (born 1 February 1973) is an Australian singer-songwriter and frontwoman of rock band The Superjesus. The group won two ARIA Music Awards and they shipped over 300,000 units during their career. McLeod's debut solo album, ""Beauty Was a Tiger"", was released in September 2005 and peaked in the top 40 on the ARIA Albums Chart. The album's first single, ""Private School Kid"", a duet with The Living End's Chris Cheney (July 2005) also reached the top 40, on the related ARIA Singles Chart. In October 2007 McLeod was described as an ""iconic Aussie rock"
"(September 1987), co-writing six tracks with the artist. Four of these were issued as singles, ""Hammerhead"" (October), ""Heaven on a Stick"" (February 1988), ""Motor's Too Fast"" (June) and ""Always the Way"" (November). James later told Debbie Kruger that ""['Hammerhead'] was not necessarily about me, but let's say I thought I knew what I was talking about. I wrote it with Simon Hussey; the music Simon and I wrote together and I wrote the lyrics. From memory it seemed to come quite easily"". The album peaked at No. 4 on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart, while ""Hammerhead"" reached No."
"the British music press, not all of it favourable; ""NME"" described them as ""a lily-livered excuse for a rock band"", and ""Creep"" was blacklisted by BBC Radio 1 because it was deemed ""too depressing"". Radiohead released their debut album, ""Pablo Honey"", in February 1993. It stalled at number 22 in the UK charts, as ""Creep"" and its follow-up singles ""Anyone Can Play Guitar"" and ""Stop Whispering"" failed to become hits. ""Pop Is Dead"", a non-album single, also sold poorly; O'Brien later called the track ""a hideous mistake"". Some critics compared the band's early style to the wave of grunge music"
"after he had joined, Limahl met Nick Rhodes, keyboardist of the group Duran Duran, while Limahl was working as a waiter at the Embassy Club in London. Rhodes agreed to co-produce the band's first single, ""Too Shy"". Limahl later said: ""I met Nick Rhodes and it changed my life."" Kajagoogoo signed a deal with EMI, due in part to Rhodes' involvement with the band, and the single ""Too Shy"" was released in January 1983. It went to number 1 in the UK Singles Chart and made the top 5 on the US Billboard Hot 100. The group had further hits"
"Beauty Was a Tiger Beauty Was a Tiger is the debut solo album by Australian singer Sarah McLeod. It was released in September 2005 by Festival Mushroom Records and peaked at number 31 on the ARIA Charts. From 1994-2004, McLeod was the lead singer of rock group The Superjesus. The group released three top twenty studio albums and won two ARIA Awards. On 18 April 2005, it was announced McLeod had signed with Festival Mushroom Records to release her debut solo studio album. The deal reunited McLeod with Festival Mushroom Records managing director Michael Parisi who had signed The Superjesus"
"local pop performer, Mike Furber, had the first option on recording ""Sadie"" but declined; Furber later told Sambell that due to this mistake he was not destined for success. (Furber died in 1973, aged 25, allegedly by hanging himself—this is disputed by his family and friends, who believe he was murdered.) Sadie (The Cleaning Lady) ""Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)"" was Australian pop singer Johnny Farnham's first solo single. The novelty song was released in November 1967 and was No. 1 on the ""Go-Set"" National Singles Charts for five weeks in early 1968 (six weeks on the Australian charts in 1968"
"Spongehead Spongehead were an American noise rock band formed in Brooklyn, New York, formed in 1985. The band was formed by brothers David and Doug Henderson and drummer Mark Kirby. Their fusion of jazz, blues and funk music was compared to Pere Ubu and Barkmarket, whose bandleader, Dave Sardy has worked with Spongehead on most of their albums. Spongehead formed in Brooklyn in 1985, featuring Dave Henderson on saxophone, Doug Henderson on vocals and guitar, and Mark Kirby on drums. With Kramer producing, the band released their 1988 debut ""Potted Meat Spread"" on Shimmy Disc. The band began to tighten"
"her debut as one of Onyanko Club's lead singers with the song . From that point, she was considered the ""face"" of Onyanko Club due to her popularity. After graduating from high school, she continued working in the entertainment field and signed with the talent management firm . She made her solo debut on January 1, 1986 with the hit single ""Winter Opera Glasses"", which reached number one on the Oricon charts and sold over 300,000 copies. This was the record for a debut single for a female solo artist until Oricon changed their rules regarding what was considered a"
"had ended in divorce in 1965. Subsequently, she was married, albeit briefly to disc jockey Phil Wardell. Her first solo single, ""Your Love Was Good To Me"", was recorded for King Records in mid-1967, but was unsuccessful as were two follow-up singles. She toured Europe, Asia and Africa with James Brown with whom she was in a relationship, and in early 1968 he produced her fourth solo single, ""Unwind Yourself"", in a more funky style. Although the record was not a chart hit, it was later sampled numerous times, most recognisably by the 45 King on his 1987 track ""The"
"Prince"", Dean's favourite book. At the beginning of his album ""Heartbreaker"", Ryan Adams argues with David Rawlings about whether or not ""Suedehead"" is on ""Viva Hate"". ""NME"" gave the single 'Single of the Week 2' saying that ""his vocals hit a pitch that turns your stomach with queasy delight. It makes you feel vulnerable and provokes emotions you've forgotten about."" In the 1988 NME Year in Review the song was described as ""The best No. 1 '88 never gave us"". In a retrospective review for AllMusic, critic Ned Raggett described it as ""a memorable number, with Street's subtle orchestrations carrying"
"Smith. In 1955 he joined the RKO Unique record label based at 1440 Broadway in New York, which soon had a top-ten hit with ""The Man in the Raincoat"" sung by Priscilla Wright in her first recording. Joe Leahy's first album was ""Lovely Lady"" (LP-106) for RKO Unique. Leahy charted under his own name on a few occasions. Among these performances are ""Moonlight Bay"" (Music Vendor Pop #53, 1958) and ""Life"" (Billboard Easy Listening #33, 1965). Though Joe Leahy's music has been nearly forgotten in the 21st century, many of Joe Leahy's albums have recently been re-released on compact discs."