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1987 in British music, the Glossary

This is a summary of 1987 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year.^[1]

295 relations: A Night at the Chinese Opera, Actually, Albert McCarthy, Alex Campbell (singer), Alexander Goehr, All the Best!, All You Need Is Love (JAMs song), Alone (i-Ten song), Always (Atlantic Starr song), Always Guaranteed, Always on My Mind, Amy Macdonald, Aretha Franklin, Aria (1987 film), Arthur Tolcher, Asia (band), Atlantic Starr, Bad (album), Bad (Michael Jackson song), Bad Animals, Bailey Tzuke, Bananarama, BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition, BBC Philharmonic, Beastie Boys, Bee Gees, Ben E. King, Boy George, Bridge of Spies (album), Brit Awards, British Phonographic Industry, Broadcast Music, Inc., Brothers in Arms (album), Bruce Springsteen, Brussels, Bryden Thomson, Call Me (Spagna song), Cassette single, Cassette tape, Causing a Commotion, CD single, Cello Concerto (Elgar), China in Your Hand, Club Nouveau, Comic Relief, Compact disc, Crockett's Theme, Curiosity Killed the Cat, Dancing with Strangers, Dave Stewart (Eurythmics), ... Expand index (245 more) »
1987 in music

A Night at the Chinese Opera

A Night at the Chinese Opera is an opera in three acts by Judith Weir, who also wrote the libretto.

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Actually (stylised as Pet Shop Boys, actually.) is the second studio album by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys, released on 7 September 1987 by Parlophone in the United Kingdom and by EMI Manhattan in North America.

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Albert McCarthy

Albert J. McCarthy (1920 – 3 November 1987 London) was an English jazz and blues discographer, critic, historian, and editor.

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Alex Campbell (singer)

Alex Campbell (27 April 1931 – 3 January 1987) was a Scottish folk singer whose nickname was 'Big Daddy'.

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Alexander Goehr

Peter Alexander Goehr (born 10 August 1932) is an English composer and academic.

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All the Best!

All the Best! is the second official compilation album of Paul McCartney's music, after 1978's Wings Greatest.

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All You Need Is Love (JAMs song)

"All You Need Is Love" is a song by the Justified Ancients of Mu Mu (the JAMs), independently released as their debut single on 9 March 1987.

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Alone (i-Ten song)

"Alone" is a song composed by Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly, who recorded it under the name i-Ten on their 1983 album Taking a Cold Look.

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Always (Atlantic Starr song)

"Always" is a song by American R&B group Atlantic Starr.

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Always Guaranteed

Always Guaranteed is the 28th studio album by Cliff Richard, released in 1987.

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Always on My Mind

"Always on My Mind" is a ballad written by Wayne Carson, Johnny Christopher, and Mark James, first recorded by Brenda Lee and first released by Gwen McCrae (as "You Were Always on My Mind") in March 1972.

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Amy Macdonald

Amy Elizabeth Macdonald (born 25 August 1987) is a Scottish singer-songwriter.

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Aretha Franklin

Aretha Louise Franklin (March 25, 1942 – August 16, 2018) was an American singer, songwriter and pianist.

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Aria (1987 film)

Aria is a 1987 British anthology film produced by Don Boyd that consists of ten short films by ten different directors, each showing the director's choice of visual accompaniment to one or more operatic arias.

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Arthur Tolcher

Arthur Tolcher (9 April 1922 – 9 March 1987), born Arthur John Stone-Tolcher in Bloxwich, Staffordshire, England, was a virtuoso British harmonica player and child star who started his career in the British music halls in the 1930s.

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Asia (band)

Asia are an English rock supergroup formed in London in 1981.

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Atlantic Starr

Atlantic Starr is an American rhythm and blues band based in White Plains, New York.

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Bad (album)

Bad is the seventh studio album by the American singer-songwriter Michael Jackson.

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Bad (Michael Jackson song)

"Bad" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Michael Jackson.

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Bad Animals

Bad Animals is the ninth studio album by American rock band Heart, released on May 15, 1987, by Capitol Records.

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Bailey Tzuke

Bailey Tzuke (born Bailey Jean Muggleton-Tzuke; 28 June 1987) is an English singer-songwriter.

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Bananarama

Bananarama are an English pop group formed in London in 1980.

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BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition

BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition (known as Cardiff Singer of the World from 1983–2001 and BBC Singer of the World in Cardiff in 2003) is a competition for classical singers held every two years.

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BBC Philharmonic

The BBC Philharmonic is a national British broadcasting symphony orchestra and is one of five radio orchestras maintained by the British Broadcasting Corporation.

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Beastie Boys

Beastie Boys were an American hip hop/rap rock group from New York City, formed in 1981.

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Bee Gees

The Bee Gees --> were a musical group formed in 1958 by brothers Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb.

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Ben E. King

Benjamin Earl King (né Nelson; September 28, 1938 – April 30, 2015) was an American soul and R&B singer and record producer.

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Boy George

George Alan O'Dowd (born 14 June 1961), known professionally as Boy George, is an English singer, songwriter, DJ, and the lead singer of the pop band Culture Club.

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Bridge of Spies (album)

Bridge of Spies is the debut studio album by English pop group T'Pau, released on 14 September 1987 by Siren Records.

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Brit Awards

The BRIT Awards (often simply called the BRITs) are the British Phonographic Industry's annual popular music awards.

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British Phonographic Industry

British Phonographic Industry (BPI) is the British recorded music industry's Trade association.

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Broadcast Music, Inc.

Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) is a performance rights organization in the United States.

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Brothers in Arms (album)

Brothers in Arms is the fifth studio album by the British rock band Dire Straits, released on 17 May 1985 through Vertigo Records internationally and Warner Bros. Records in the United States.

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Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (born September 23, 1949) is an American rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist.

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Brussels

Brussels (Bruxelles,; Brussel), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest), is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the capital of Belgium.

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Bryden Thomson

Bryden Thomson (16 July 1928 – 14 November 1991) was a Scottish conductor remembered especially for his championship of British and Scandinavian composers.

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Call Me (Spagna song)

"Call Me" is a song by Italian singer Spagna, released in 1987 as the second single from her debut studio album, Dedicated to the Moon (1987).

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Cassette single

A cassette single (CS), also known by the trademark cassingle, or capitalised as the trademark Cassette Single, is a music single supplied in the form of a Compact Cassette.

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Cassette tape

The Compact Cassette, also commonly called a cassette tape, audio cassette, or simply tape or cassette, is an analog magnetic tape recording format for audio recording and playback.

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Causing a Commotion

"Causing a Commotion" is a song by American singer Madonna from the soundtrack album to the 1987 film Who's That Girl.

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CD single

A CD single is a music single in the form of a compact disc (CD).

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Cello Concerto (Elgar)

Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto in E minor, Op.

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China in Your Hand

"China in Your Hand" is a song by English pop group T'Pau from their debut studio album, Bridge of Spies (1987).

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Club Nouveau

Club Nouveau is an American R&B group formed by record producer/performer Jay King in 1986 in Sacramento, California, following the breakup of the Timex Social Club.

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Comic Relief

Comic Relief is a British charity, founded in 1985 by the comedy scriptwriter Richard Curtis and comedian Sir Lenny Henry in response to the famine in Ethiopia.

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Compact disc

The compact disc (CD) is a digital optical disc data storage format that was codeveloped by Philips and Sony to store and play digital audio recordings.

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Crockett's Theme

"Crockett's Theme" is an instrumental song composed by Jan Hammer for the hit NBC television series Miami Vice.

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Curiosity Killed the Cat

Curiosity Killed the Cat were a British pop band formed in London in 1984, comprising singer Ben Volpeliere-Pierrot, guitarist Julian Godfrey Brookhouse, bassist Nick Thorpe and drummer Migi Drummond.

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Dancing with Strangers

Dancing with Strangers is the ninth studio album by British singer-songwriter Chris Rea, released in 1987.

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Dave Stewart (Eurythmics)

David Allan Stewart (born 9 September 1952) is an English musician, songwriter and record producer, best known for Eurythmics, his successful professional partnership with Annie Lennox.

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Def Leppard

Def Leppard are an English rock band formed in 1976 in Sheffield.

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Dire Straits

Dire Straits were a British rock band formed in London in 1977 by Mark Knopfler (lead vocals and lead guitar), David Knopfler (rhythm guitar and backing vocals), John Illsley (bass guitar and backing vocals) and Pick Withers (drums and percussion).

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Dougie Poynter

Dougie Lee Poynter (born 30 November 1987) is an English musician, songwriter, fashion model, aspiring clothing designer and children's author.

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Douglas Byng

Portrait by Allan Warren Douglas Coy Byng (17 March 1893 – 24 August 1987) was an English comic singer and songwriter in West End theatre, revue and cabaret.

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Down to Earth (Curiosity Killed the Cat song)

"Down to Earth" is a song by English band Curiosity Killed the Cat, released in November 1986 by Mercury Records as the second single from their debut album Keep Your Distance.

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Dusty Springfield

Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien (16 April 1939 – 2 March 1999), better known by her stage name Dusty Springfield, was an English singer.

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Eddie Freeman (musician)

Edward F. Freeman (10 November 1909 – 23 November 1987) was a noted English jazz musician of the first half of the 20th century and a transcriber and teacher of flamenco guitar music in the latter half.

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Edward Downes

Sir Edward Thomas "Ted" Downes, CBE (17 June 1924 – 10 July 2009) was an English conductor, specialising in opera.

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Edward Elgar

Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, (2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire.

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Electronic dance music

Electronic dance music (EDM), also referred to as club music, is a broad range of percussive electronic music genres originally made for nightclubs, raves, and festivals.

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Elizabeth Poston

Elizabeth Poston (24 October 1905 – 18 March 1987) was an English composer, pianist and writer.

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Elmer Bernstein

Elmer Bernstein (April 4, 1922August 18, 2004) was an American composer and conductor.

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Elton John

Sir Elton Hercules John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) is a British singer, songwriter and pianist.

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Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), known mononymously as Elvis, was an American singer and actor.

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Erasure (duo)

Erasure is an English synth-pop duo formed in London in 1984, consisting of lead vocalist and songwriter Andy Bell with songwriter, producer and keyboardist Vince Clarke, previously co-founder of the band Depeche Mode and a member of synth-pop duo Yazoo.

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Eric Clapton

Eric Patrick Clapton (born 1945) is an English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter.

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Eurovision Song Contest 1987

The Eurovision Song Contest 1987 was the 32nd edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. 1987 in British music and Eurovision Song Contest 1987 are 1987 in music.

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Eurythmics

Eurythmics were a British pop duo formed in 1980, consisting of Scottish vocalist Annie Lennox and English musician and producer Dave Stewart.

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Evelyn Dove

Evelyn Mary Dove (11 January 1902 – 7 March 1987) was a British singer and actress, who early in her career drew comparisons with Josephine Baker.

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F.L.M. (album)

F.L.M. is the only studio album by British pop duo Mel and Kim, released on 13 April 1987 by Supreme Records.

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Fairytale of New York

"Fairytale of New York" is a song written by Jem Finer and Shane MacGowan and recorded by their London-based band the Pogues, featuring English singer-songwriter Kirsty MacColl on vocals.

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Faith (George Michael album)

Faith is the debut solo studio album by the English singer George Michael, released on 30 October 1987 by Columbia Records and Epic Records.

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Faith (George Michael song)

"Faith" is a song by English singer and songwriter George Michael.

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Fazer (rapper)

Richard Rawson (born 5 February 1987), better known by his stage name Fazer, is a British rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer and DJ.

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Ferry Aid

Ferry Aid was a British-American charity supergroup, brought together to record the song "Let It Be" in 1987.

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Five Star

Five Star (also styled as 5 Star) were a British pop group, formed in 1983 and comprising siblings Stedman, Lorraine, Denise, Doris, and Delroy Pearson.

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Fleetwood Mac

Fleetwood Mac are a British-American rock band formed in London in 1967 by guitarist and singer Peter Green.

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Florence Margaret Spencer Palmer

Florence Margaret Spencer Palmer (July 27, 1900 – March 29, 1987) was a British composer who wrote several hymns and a piano pedagogy textbook.

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Forbes Robinson

Peter Forbes Robinson (21 May 192613 May 1987) was a British bass, born in Macclesfield, best known for his performances in works by Mozart, Verdi, and Britten.

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Fra Fee

Fra Fee (born 20 May 1987) is a Northern Irish actor and singer known for his role as Kazi in the Disney+ series ''Hawkeye'', which is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

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Frank Llewellyn Harrison

Francis Llewellyn Harrison, FBA, better known as "Frank Harrison" or "Frank Ll.

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Free Trade Hall

The Free Trade Hall on Peter Street, Manchester, England, was constructed in 1853–56 on St Peter's Fields, the site of the Peterloo Massacre.

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Friends House

Friends House is a multi-use building at 173 Euston Road in London, England.

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Genesis (band)

Genesis were an English rock band formed at Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey, in 1967.

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George Michael

George Michael (born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou; 25 June 1963 – 25 December 2016) was an English singer-songwriter, record producer and philanthropist.

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George Thalben-Ball

Sir George Thomas Thalben-Ball (18 June 1896 – 18 January 1987) was an Australian organist and composer who spent almost all his life in England.

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Gerald Moore

Gerald Moore CBE (30 July 1899 – 13 March 1987) was an English classical pianist best known for his career as a collaborative pianist for many distinguished musicians.

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Give Me the Reason (Luther Vandross album)

Give Me the Reason is the fifth studio album by American R&B/soul singer-songwriter Luther Vandross, released on September 26, 1986, by Epic Records.

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Graceland (album)

Graceland is the seventh solo studio album by the American singer-songwriter Paul Simon.

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Hans Gál

Hans Gál OBE (5 August 1890 – 3 October 1987) was an Austrian composer, pedagogue, musicologist, and author, who emigrated to the United Kingdom in 1938.

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Hearsay (album)

Hearsay is the second solo studio album by American recording artist Alexander O'Neal.

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Heart (band)

Heart is an American/Canadian rock band formed in 1973 in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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Heart and Soul (T'Pau song)

"Heart and Soul" is the debut single by British pop rock band T'Pau, released in a rerecorded version from their debut studio album Bridge of Spies in 1987.

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Heartache (song)

"Heartache" is a song by English pop music duo Pepsi & Shirlie, written by Tambi Fernando, Iris Fernando, and Wayne Brown and produced by Tambi and Phil Fearon.

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Hermione Gingold

Hermione Ferdinanda Gingold (9 December 189724 May 1987) was an English actress known for her sharp-tongued, eccentric character.

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Hi-NRG

Hi-NRG (pronounced "high energy") is a genre of uptempo disco or electronic dance music (EDM) that originated during the late 1970s and early 1980s.

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Hits 6

The Hits Album 6 is a compilation that was released in July 1987 by CBS, WEA and BMG in the UK.

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Hits 7

The Hits Album 7 or Hits 7 is a compilation album that was released in November 1987 by CBS, BMG, and WEA.

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Hold Me Now (Johnny Logan song)

"Hold Me Now" is a song written and recorded by Irish singer-songwriter Johnny Logan.

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Hot Chocolate

Hot Chocolate are a British soul band popular during the 1970s and 1980s, formed by Errol Brown and Tony Wilson.

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House music

House is a genre of electronic dance music characterized by a repetitive four-on-the-floor beat and a typical tempo of 115–130 beats per minute.

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Hysteria (Def Leppard album)

Hysteria is the fourth studio album by English rock band Def Leppard, released on 3 August 1987, by Phonogram Records.

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I Get the Sweetest Feeling

"I Get the Sweetest Feeling" is a 1968 single by Jackie Wilson from the album with the same title.

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I Just Can't Stop Loving You

"I Just Can't Stop Loving You" is a 1987 duet ballad by American singers Michael Jackson and Siedah Garrett, and was released as the first single on July 20, 1987, by Epic Records from his seventh album, Bad.

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I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)

"I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" is a song released by American singer Aretha Franklin and English singer George Michael as a duet in 1987.

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I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)

"I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" is a song recorded by American singer Whitney Houston for her second studio album, Whitney (1987).

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I Want Your Sex

"I Want Your Sex" is a song by English singer and songwriter George Michael.

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Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby

Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby is the debut studio album by Terence Trent D'Arby.

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Invisible Touch

Invisible Touch is the thirteenth studio album by the English rock band Genesis, released on 6 June 1986 by Atlantic Records in the United States and on 9 June 1986 by Charisma/Virgin Records in the United Kingdom.

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Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Ireland has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 57 times since making its debut at the contest in Naples, missing only two contests since, in and.

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It Doesn't Have to Be

"It Doesn't Have to Be" is a song by English synth-pop duo Erasure, released on 16 February 1987.

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It's a Sin

"It's a Sin" is a song by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys from their second studio album, Actually (1987).

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It's Better to Travel

It's Better to Travel is the debut album by the British pop band Swing Out Sister, released in 1987 on Mercury Records.

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Jack Your Body

"Jack Your Body" is a song by American music producer Steve "Silk" Hurley, originally released as a single in 1986.

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Jackie Wilson

Jack Leroy Wilson Jr. (June 9, 1934 – January 21, 1984) was an American singer of the 1950s and 1960s.

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Jacqueline du Pré

Jacqueline Mary du Pré (26 January 1945 – 19 October 1987) was a British cellist, considered by many as one of the greatest of all time.

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Jefferson Airplane

Jefferson Airplane was an American rock band based in San Francisco, California, that became one of the pioneering bands of psychedelic rock.

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Jerry Goldsmith

Jerrald King Goldsmith (February 10, 1929July 21, 2004) was an American composer, with a career in film and television scoring that spanned nearly 50 years and over 200 productions, between 1954 and 2003.

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Johnny Logan (singer)

Seán Patrick Michael Sherrard (born 13 May 1954), also known professionally as Johnny Logan, is an Australian-born Irish singer, songwriter and musician.

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Johnny Marr

John Martin Marr (born John Martin Maher; 31 October 1963) is a musician, songwriter and singer.

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Joss Stone

Joscelyn Eve Stoker (born 11 April 1987), known professionally as Joss Stone, is an English singer, songwriter and actress.

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Judith Weir

Dame Judith Weir (born 11 May 1954) is a British composer serving as Master of the King's Music.

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Julian Lloyd Webber

Julian Lloyd Webber (born 14 April 1951) is a British solo cellist, conductor and broadcaster, a former principal of Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and the founder of the In Harmony music education programme.

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June

June is the sixth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars—the latter the most widely used calendar in the world.

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K Foundation Burn a Million Quid

K Foundation Burn a Million Quid was a work of performance art executed and filmed on 23 August 1994 in which the K Foundation, an art duo consisting of Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty, burned £1 million (equivalent to £ million in) in the back of a disused boathouse on the Ardfin Estate on the Scottish island of Jura.

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Kate Bush

Catherine Bush (born 30 July 1958) is an English singer, songwriter, record producer and dancer.

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Kate Nash

Kate Marie Nash (born 6 July 1987) is an English singer-songwriter and actress.

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Keep Your Distance

Keep Your Distance is the debut album by the British band Curiosity Killed the Cat, released in April 1987.

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Kim Wilde

Kim Wilde (born Kim Smith, 18 November 1960) is an English pop singer.

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Kirsty MacColl

Kirsty Anna MacColl (10 October 1959 – 18 December 2000) was an English singer and songwriter, daughter of folk singer Ewan MacColl.

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Kyle Falconer

Kyle Francis Falconer (born 6 June 1987) is a Scottish musician, singer and songwriter.

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La Isla Bonita

"La Isla Bonita" (Spanish for "The Beautiful Island") is a song by American singer Madonna from her third studio album True Blue (1986).

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Let It Be (song)

"Let It Be" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, released on 6 March 1970 as a single, and (in an alternative mix) as the title track of their album Let It Be.

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Let's Wait Awhile

"Let's Wait Awhile" is a song by American singer Janet Jackson from her third studio album Control (1986).

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Level 42

Level 42 are an English jazz-funk band formed on the Isle of Wight in 1979.

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Levi Strauss & Co.

Levi Strauss & Co. is an American clothing company known worldwide for its Levi's brand of denim jeans.

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Licensed to Ill

Licensed to Ill is the debut studio album by the American hip hop group Beastie Boys.

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List of best-selling albums in the United Kingdom

The best-selling album in the United Kingdom is Greatest Hits, a compilation album by the British rock band Queen that was first released in 1981.

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List of British films of 1987

A list of films produced in the United Kingdom in 1987 (see 1987 in film).

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List of UK singles chart Christmas number ones

In the United Kingdom, Christmas number ones are singles that top the UK Singles Chart in the week in which Christmas Day falls.

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Live in the City of Light

Live in the City of Light is the first (double LP / CD) live album by Scottish rock band Simple Minds.

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Live It Up (Mental As Anything song)

"Live It Up" is a song by Australian rock band Mental As Anything, released in May 1985 in Australia and then in Europe and the United States in 1986 and 1987 after the song's appearance in the film Crocodile Dundee.

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Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times is a regional American daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California in 1881.

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Los Lobos

Los Lobos (Spanish for "the Wolves") is a Mexican-American rock band from East Los Angeles, California.

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Louis Kentner

Louis Philip Kentner (19 July 190523 September 1987) was a Hungarian, later British, pianist who excelled in the works of Chopin and Liszt, as well as the Hungarian repertoire.

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Love in the First Degree (Bananarama song)

"Love in the First Degree" is a song by English girl group Bananarama from their fourth studio album, Wow! (1987).

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Madonna

Madonna Louise Ciccone (born August 16, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress.

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Malcolm Arnold

Sir Malcolm Henry Arnold (21 October 1921 – 23 September 2006) was an English composer.

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Man 2 Man

Man 2 Man (also known as Man to Man) was an American Hi-NRG band from New York City, that formed in the early 1980s.

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Man Parrish

Manuel Parrish (born May 6, 1958) is an American songwriter, vocalist and producer.

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Manoug Parikian

Manoug Parikian (15 September 1920 – 24 December 1987) was a British concert violinist and violin professor.

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Marcus Mumford

Marcus Oliver Johnstone Mumford (born 31 January 1987) is an American-born British singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer.

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Marion Hutton

Marion Hutton (born Marion Thornburg; March 10, 1919 – January 10, 1987) was an American singer and actress.

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Marjorie Eyre

Marjorie Eyre-Parker (1897 – 3 December 1987) was an English singer and actress, best known for her performances in first the soprano, and later the mezzo-soprano, roles of the Savoy operas.

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MARRS

MARRS (stylised M|A|R|R|S) were a 1987 recording collective formed by the groups A.R. Kane and Colourbox, which only released one commercial disc.

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McFly

McFly are an English pop rock/pop band formed in London in 2003.

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Mel and Kim

Mel and Kim (stylized as MӗL & KIM) were an English pop duo, consisting of sisters Melanie and Kim Appleby.

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Mel Smith

Melvyn Kenneth Smith (3 December 1952 – 19 July 2013) was an English comedian, actor and filmmaker.

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Men and Women (album)

Men and Women is the second album by British pop and soul group Simply Red, released in 1987.

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Mental As Anything

Mental As Anything are an Australian new wave and pop rock band that formed in Sydney in 1976.

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Michael Jackson

Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist.

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Michael Nyman

Michael Laurence Nyman, CBE (born 23 March 1944) is an English composer, pianist, librettist, musicologist, and filmmaker.

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Miklós Rózsa

Miklós Rózsa (April 18, 1907 – July 27, 1995) was a Hungarian-American composer trained in Germany (1925–1931) and active in France (1931–1935), the United Kingdom (1935–1940), and the United States (1940–1995), with extensive sojourns in Italy from 1953 onward.

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Mollie King

Mollie Elizabeth King (born 4 June 1987) is an English pop singer, songwriter, radio presenter and a member of girl group The Saturdays.

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Molly Smitten-Downes

Molly Alice Smitten-Downes (born 2 April 1987), known by her mononym Molly, is an English singer and songwriter.

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My Arms Keep Missing You

"My Arms Keep Missing You" is a song by Rick Astley released in 1987 as the second half of a double A-side single.

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Nat King Cole

Nathaniel Adams Coles (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965), known professionally by his stage name Nat King Cole, was an American singer, jazz pianist, and actor.

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Never Gonna Give You Up

"Never Gonna Give You Up" is a song by English singer Rick Astley, released on 27 July 1987.

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Nicholas Maw

John Nicholas Maw (5 November 1935 – 19 May 2009) was a British composer.

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Nicola Benedetti

Nicola Joy Nadia Benedetti (born 20 July 1987) is an Italian-Scottish classical solo violinist and festival director.

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Nigel Osborne

Nigel Osborne (born 23 June 1948) is a British composer, teacher and aid worker.

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Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now

"Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" is a song co-written by Diane Warren and Albert Hammond and recorded by American rock band Starship for their second studio album, No Protection (1987).

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Now That's What I Call Music! discography

This is a list of available actual and physical albums belonging to the official 1983 Now That's What I Call Music! UK series, comprising: compact discs (CD), magnetic audio cassettes (AC), vinyl (LP), VHS tape, Universal Media Disc (UMD), DVD, and on other short-lived formats.

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Official Charts Company

The Official Charts Company (OCC or Official Charts; previously known as the Chart Information Network, CIN, and the Official UK Charts Company; legally known as the Official UK Charts Company Limited) is a British inter-professional organisation that compiles various official record charts in the United Kingdom, Ireland and France.

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Only the Light

"Only the Light" is a song sung and written by Rikki (Richard Peebles) who performed the song at the Eurovision Song Contest 1987, representing the.

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Paolo Nutini

Paolo Giovanni Nutini (born 9 January 1987) is a Scottish singer-songwriter from Paisley.

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Paul Simon

Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter known both for his solo work and his collaboration with Art Garfunkel.

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Pepsi & Shirlie

Pepsi & Shirlie were an English pop duo group formed in London in 1985 by two backing singers for Wham! They released two albums, All Right Now in 1987 and Change in 1991, and their debut single "Heartache" reached number 2 in the UK Singles Chart.

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Pet Shop Boys

Pet Shop Boys are an English synth-pop duo formed in London in 1981.

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Pete King (British musician)

Pete King (13 August 1958 – 15 July 1987) was a British musician.

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Peter Dickinson (musician)

Peter Dickinson (15 November 1934 – 16 June 2023) was an English composer, musicologist, author, and pianist.

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Peter Gabriel

Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950) is an English singer, songwriter and human rights activist.

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Peter Maxwell Davies

Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (8 September 1934 – 14 March 2016) was an English composer and conductor, who in 2004 was made Master of the Queen's Music.

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Peter Schidlof

Peter Schidlof (born Hans Schidlof; 9 July 1922 – 16 August 1987) was an Austrian-British violist and co-founder of the Amadeus Quartet.

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Phonograph record

A phonograph record (also known as a gramophone record, especially in British English), a vinyl record (for later varieties only), or simply a record or vinyl is an analog sound storage medium in the form of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove.

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Phyllis Tate

Phyllis Tate (6 April 1911 – 29 May 1987) was an English composer known for forming unusual instrumental combinations in her output.

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Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd are an English rock band formed in London in 1965.

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Popped In Souled Out

Popped in Souled Out is the debut studio album by Scottish band Wet Wet Wet.

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Pump Up the Volume (song)

"Pump Up the Volume" is the only single by British recording act MpipeApipeRpipeRpipeS.

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Queen (band)

Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1970 by Freddie Mercury (lead vocals, piano), Brian May (guitar, vocals), and Roger Taylor (drums, vocals), later joined by John Deacon (bass).

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Queen's Hall, Edinburgh

The Queen's Hall is a performance venue in the Southside, Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Raindancing

Raindancing is the second solo studio album by English singer Alison Moyet, released on 6 April 1987 by CBS Records.

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Record Mirror

Record Mirror was a British weekly music newspaper published between 1954 and 1991, aimed at pop fans and record collectors.

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Reet Petite

"Reet Petite (The Sweetest Girl in Town)" (originally subtitled "The Finest Girl You Ever Want to Meet") is a song written by Berry Gordy, Billy Davis, and Gwen Gordy Fuqua, and made popular by Jackie Wilson in his 1957 recording for the Brunswick label.

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Rent (song)

"Rent" is a song by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys from their second studio album, Actually (1987).

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Respectable (Mel and Kim song)

"Respectable" is a song by English musical duo Mel and Kim from their only studio album, F.L.M. (1987).

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Resurrection (opera)

Resurrection is an opera by the English composer Peter Maxwell Davies.

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Richard Rodney Bennett

Sir Richard Rodney Bennett (29 March 193624 December 2012) was an English composer of film, TV and concert music, and also a jazz pianist and occasional vocalist.

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Rick Astley

Richard Paul Astley (born 6 February 1966) is an English singer.

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Rikki (British singer)

Richard Winters Peebles (born 1956), known professionally as Rikki, is a Scottish singer, songwriter and producer who is known for having written songs for the band Middle of the Road.

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Robert Sharples

Robert Sharples (2 July 19138 September 1987), known as Bob Sharples, was a British musical conductor, composer and bandleader, whose work encompassed films and well-known British television programmes in the 1960s and 1970s, most notably Opportunity Knocks (1964-1978).

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Robin Holloway

Robin Greville Holloway (born 19 October 1943) is an English composer, academic and writer.

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Roger Fiske

Roger Fiske (11 September 1910 – 22 July 1987) was a musicologist, broadcaster and author who played an important part in establishing music for schools at the BBC during and after World War II.

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Roger Waters

George Roger Waters (born 6 September 1943) is an English musician and singer-songwriter.

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Royal Festival Hall

The Royal Festival Hall is a 2,700-seat concert, dance and talks venue within Southbank Centre in London, England.

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) is a British symphony orchestra based in London.

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Running in the Family

Running in the Family is the seventh studio album by British band Level 42, released in 1987.

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Sam Coulson

Sam Coulson (born 9 February 1987) is an English guitarist, best known for being a member of progressive rock band Asia from 2013 to 2018, after his guitar-playing skills were noticed on the video-hosting website YouTube.

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Siedah Garrett

Deborah Christine "Siedah" Garrett (born June 24, 1960) is an American singer and songwriter who has written songs and performed backing vocals for many recording artists in the music industry, such as Michael Jackson, the Pointer Sisters, Brand New Heavies, Quincy Jones, Tevin Campbell, Donna Summer, Madonna, Jennifer Hudson among others.

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Silk & Steel (Five Star album)

Silk & Steel is the second studio album by British pop group Five Star, released on 18 August 1986.

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Simple Minds

Simple Minds are a Scottish rock band formed in Glasgow in 1977.

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Simply Red

Simply Red are an English soul and pop band formed in Manchester in 1985.

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Sinitta

Sinitta Malone (born 19 October 1963), known mononymously as Sinitta, is a British-American singer.

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Siobhan Fahey

Siobhan Maire Fahey (born 10 September 1958) is an Irish singer whose vocal range is a light contralto.

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Sledgehammer (Peter Gabriel song)

"Sledgehammer" is a song by the English rock musician Peter Gabriel.

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Snakefinger

Philip Charles Lithman (17 June 1949 – 1 July 1987), who performed under the stage name Snakefinger, was an English musician, singer and songwriter.

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So (album)

So is the fifth studio album by English singer-songwriter Peter Gabriel, released on 19 May 1986 by Charisma Records and Virgin Records.

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Sofia Gubaidulina

Sofia Asgatovna Gubaidulina (Софи́я Асгáтовна Губaйду́лина, София Әсгать кызы Гобәйдуллина; born 24 October 1931) is a Soviet-Russian composer and an established international figure.

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Solitude Standing

Solitude Standing is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega, released on April 1, 1987, by A&M Records.

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Some People (Cliff Richard song)

"Some People" is a song by English singer Cliff Richard, released in August 1987 as the second single from his 1987 studio album, Always Guaranteed.

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Sometimes (Erasure song)

"Sometimes" is a song by the English synth-pop duo Erasure, released on 6 October 1986 as their fourth single overall.

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Spagna

Ivana Spagna (born 16 December 1954), also known simply as Spagna, is an Italian singer and songwriter.

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Spike Hughes

Patrick Cairns "Spike" Hughes (19 October 1908 – 2 February 1987) was a British musician, composer and arranger involved in the worlds of classical music and jazz.

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Stand by Me (Ben E. King song)

"Stand by Me" is a song originally performed in 1961 by American singer-songwriter Ben E. King and written by him, along with Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, who together used the pseudonym Elmo Glick.

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Star Trekkin'

"Star Trekkin' is a song by British novelty band the Firm.

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Starship (band)

Starship is an American rock band from San Francisco, California.

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Steve "Silk" Hurley

Steve W. "Silk" Hurley (born November 9, 1962), also known as J. M. Silk (for "Jack Master Silk"), is an American club DJ, house music producer, and songwriter.

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Sting (musician)

Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner (born 2 October 1951), known professionally as Sting, is an English musician, activist and actor.

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Stock Aitken Waterman

Stock Aitken Waterman (abbreviated as and pronounced from SAW) are an English songwriting and record production trio consisting of Mike Stock, Matt Aitken, and Pete Waterman.

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Strangeways, Here We Come

Strangeways, Here We Come is the fourth and final studio album by the English rock band the Smiths.

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Swing Out Sister

Swing Out Sister are a British pop group, best known worldwide for the 1986 song "Breakout".

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Synth-pop

Synth-pop (short for synthesizer pop; also called techno-pop) is a music genre that first became prominent in the late 1970s and features the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument.

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T'Pau (band)

T'Pau are an English pop group formed in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, led by singer Carol Decker.

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Tango in the Night

Tango in the Night is the fourteenth studio album by British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac, released on 13 April 1987 by Warner Records.

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Terence Trent D'Arby

Sananda Francesco Maitreya (born Terence Trent Howard; March 15, 1962), who started his career with the stage name Terence Trent D'Arby, is an American singer and songwriter who came to fame with his debut studio album, Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby (1987).

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Terrence Michael Walsh

Terrence Michael Walsh (6 November 1953 – 9 August 1987) was a singer, song writer and musician.

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The Bangles

The Bangles are an American all-female pop rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1981.

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The Beach Boys

The Beach Boys are an American rock band formed in Hawthorne, California, in 1961.

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The Best of UB40 – Volume One

The Best of UB40 – Volume One is a compilation album by the British reggae band UB40.

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The Circus (Erasure album)

The Circus is the second studio album by the English synth-pop duo Erasure, released on 30 March 1987 by Mute Records in Germany and the United Kingdom and on 7 July 1987 by Sire Records in the United States.

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The Circus (song)

"The Circus" is a song by English synth-pop duo Erasure, released on 21 September 1987 as the band's seventh single overall.

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The Cream of Eric Clapton

The Cream of Eric Clapton is a greatest hits album by English guitar player Eric Clapton.

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The Electrification of the Soviet Union

The Electrification of the Soviet Union is an opera in two acts by Nigel Osborne.

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The Firm (novelty band)

The Firm was a British music act, formed by guitarist, session musician and music producer John O'Connor, which had hits in the 1980s with novelty songs.

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The Horrors

The Horrors are an English rock band formed in Southend-on-Sea in 2005, consisting of lead vocalist Faris Badwan, guitarist Joshua Hayward, keyboardist and synthesizer player Tom Furse, bassist Rhys Webb, and drummer and percussionist Joe Spurgeon.

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The Housemartins

The Housemartins were an English indie rock group formed in Hull who were active in the 1980s and charted three top-ten albums and six top-twenty singles in the UK.

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The Hunting of the Snark (musical)

The Hunting of the Snark is a musical based on Lewis Carroll's 1876 poem The Hunting of the Snark, written by composer Mike Batt.

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The Independent

The Independent is a British online newspaper.

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The Joshua Tree

The Joshua Tree is the fifth studio album by Irish rock band U2.

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The KLF

The KLF (also known as the Justified Ancients of Mu Mu, the JAMs, the Timelords and other names) are a British electronic band who originated in Liverpool and London in the late 1980s.

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The Look of Love (Madonna song)

"The Look of Love" is a song by American singer Madonna from the soundtrack to the 1987 film Who's That Girl.

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The Old Grey Whistle Test

The Old Grey Whistle Test (sometimes abbreviated to Whistle Test or OGWT) is a British television music show.

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The Pogues

The Pogues were an English or Anglo-Irish Celtic punk band fronted by Shane MacGowan and others, founded in King's Cross, London, in 1982, as Pogue Mahone—an anglicisation of the Irish phrase ''póg mo thóin'', meaning "kiss my arse".

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The Return of Bruno (album)

The Return of Bruno is the debut studio album by American actor Bruce Willis.

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The Saturdays

The Saturdays are an English-Irish girl group based in London, England.

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The Singles (Pretenders album)

The Singles is The Pretenders' 1987 compilation album and features all the band's UK single hits to that date, as well as including "I Got You Babe" which Chrissie Hynde had performed with UB40 in 1985.

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The Smiths

The Smiths were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1982, composed of Morrissey (vocals), Johnny Marr (guitar), Andy Rourke (bass) and Mike Joyce (drums).

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The Tube (1982 TV series)

The Tube is a United Kingdom music television programme, which ran for five series, from 5 November 1982 to 24 April 1987.

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The View (band)

The View are a Scottish indie rock band that formed in Dundee, Angus in 2005.

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The Way You Make Me Feel

"The Way You Make Me Feel" is a song by American singer Michael Jackson.

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The Whole Story

The Whole Story is the second compilation album by English singer-songwriter Kate Bush and her first greatest hits album worldwide.

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Three Choirs Festival

Worcester cathedral Gloucester cathedral The Three Choirs Festival is a music festival held annually at the end of July, rotating among the cathedrals of the Three Counties (Hereford, Gloucester, and Worcester) and originally featuring their three choirs, which remain central to the week-long programme.

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Yehudi Menuhin, Baron Menuhin (22 April 191612 March 1999), was an American-born British violinist and conductor who spent most of his performing career in Britain.

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