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Kajagoogoo
Kajagoogoo are a British pop band, best known for their hit single, "Too Shy", which reached No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart and No. 5 on the U.S...
, before embarking on a briefly successful solo career, which reached its peak with the 1984 hit "The NeverEnding Story", taken from the film of the same name
The NeverEnding Story (film)
The NeverEnding Story is a 1984 German-American epic fantasy film based on the novel of the same name written by Michael Ende. The film was directed and co-written by Wolfgang Petersen and starred Barret Oliver, Noah Hathaway and Tami Stronach. At the time of its release, it was the most...
.
Early years and Kajagoogoo
Hamill was born in PembertonPemberton, Greater Manchester
Pemberton is an area of Wigan, and an electoral ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on the southwestern bank of the River Douglas, contiguous to Wigan's town centre, and east of the M6 motorway...
, Wigan
Wigan
Wigan is a town in Greater Manchester, England. It stands on the River Douglas, south-west of Bolton, north of Warrington and west-northwest of Manchester. Wigan is the largest settlement in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan and is its administrative centre. The town of Wigan had a total...
, a town in Lancashire in the north west of England. He attended Mesnes High School, in Wigan, before eventually enrolling at the Westcliff-on-Sea Palace Theatre Repertory Company. With aspirations to be an actor, Hamill toured with the company in a production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical with lyrics by Tim Rice. The story is based on the "coat of many colors" story of Joseph from the Hebrew Bible's Book of Genesis. This was the first Lloyd Webber and Rice musical to be performed publicly...
. In 1980, he was given a small role in an episode of the ITV police series The Gentle Touch
The Gentle Touch
The Gentle Touch is a British police drama television series made by London Weekend Television for ITV which ran from 1980-1984. Commencing transmission on 11 April 1980, the series is notable for being the first British series to feature a female police detective as its leading character, ahead of...
playing a schoolboy. In 1981, Hamill appeared as an extra in the promotional video for Adam and the Ants
Adam and the Ants
Adam and the Ants were a British rock band active during the late 1970s and early 1980s. The original group, which existed from 1977 to 1980, became notable as a cult band marking the transition from the late-1970s punk rock era to the post-punk and New Wave era...
' number one UK single 'Stand and Deliver'. Although his acting career never really took off, Hamill also had an interest in music, forming a short-lived punk band called Vox Deus. Next he joined Crossword, but after a brief period left them to form Brooks, with Mike Nolan
Mike Nolan (singer)
Mike Nolan is a singer and was one of the four original members of the British pop group, Bucks Fizz. He was born in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, but raised in the UK, where he still resides.- Early career :...
. He adopted his stage name (an anagram of his surname) at the time he was recruited by the existing members of Kajagoogoo, who were then an performing under the name Art Nouveau.
The four members of Art Nouveau, the band who were yet to become Kajagoogoo, had placed an advert in the music magazine Melody Maker
Melody Maker
Melody Maker, published in the United Kingdom, was, according to its publisher IPC Media, the world's oldest weekly music newspaper. It was founded in 1926 as a magazine targeted at musicians; in 2000 it was merged into "long-standing rival" New Musical Express.-1950s–1960s:Originally the Melody...
, asking for a 'front man who could sing and look good'. Hamill attended the audition and subsequently joined the band which was then, after some deliberation, renamed Kajagoogoo. Soon after he had joined, the group signed a deal with EMI and released their first single, "Too Shy
Too Shy
Too Shy is a song written and recorded by English New Wave/pop music band Kajagoogoo, released in 1983. The first single from their debut album White Feathers, the song was an immediate hit and reached no.1 on the UK Singles Chart...
", which went to Number 1 in the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
and made the Top 5 on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
. The band had further hits with "Ooh to Be Ah" (UK #7) and "Hang on Now" (UK #11), with their debut album White Feathers
White Feathers
White Feathers is the debut album by British New Romantic band Kajagoogoo, released in spring 1983. It was produced by Nick Rhodes of Duran Duran and Colin Thurston, who was Duran Duran's producer at the time, except for track #5, the self-titled "Kajagoogoo", an instrumental , which was produced...
reaching UK #5. Their first major UK tour was attended by 60,000 people , and the final show at the Hammersmith Odeon in London was recorded and released on home video/Laserdisc (the 16-track White Feathers Tour).
By mid-1983 and soon after the end of the White Feathers concert tour, the band fired him by telephone. It was suggested in the press that Limahl's prominence as the lead singer was proving too much of a diversion from the music and that this was, in turn, of detriment to the group's credibility. Limahl himself accused the others of being jealous, and was quoted in the press as saying that "I've been betrayed!", and that "I was sacked for making them a success".
Solo career
After leaving the band, Limahl launched a solo career, achieving hits with "Only for Love"(UK #16) in 1983, and with "The NeverEnding Story" (UK #4) in 1984. The latter was the title theme from the film of the same nameThe NeverEnding Story (film)
The NeverEnding Story is a 1984 German-American epic fantasy film based on the novel of the same name written by Michael Ende. The film was directed and co-written by Wolfgang Petersen and starred Barret Oliver, Noah Hathaway and Tami Stronach. At the time of its release, it was the most...
, composed by Giorgio Moroder
Giorgio Moroder
Hansjörg "Giorgio" Moroder is an Italian record producer, songwriter and performer based in Los Angeles. When in Munich in the 1970s, he started his own record label called Oasis Records, which several years later became a subdivision of Casablanca Records...
. The English version was sung with Beth Anderson
Beth Anderson
Beth Anderson is an American neo-romantic composer. She studied with John Cage, Terry Riley, Robert Ashley, and Larry Austin, among others. She was born in Lexington, Kentucky, USA and grew up in Mt. Sterling, Kentucky...
, while the French version (titled "L'histoire sans fin"), was performed with Ann Calvert, with translated lyrics by Pierre-André Dousset. The single was no.1 in eight countries and Top 5 in nine more.
His debut album, 1984's Don't Suppose
Don't Suppose
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, was a commercial failure in UK, peaking at No.63, but it was a good success in the rest of Europe, where topped the Norwegian chart and ranked in top 10 in other countries such as Austria, Sweden and Switzerland.
Following this, Limahl released two more albums: 1986's Colour All My Days
Colour All My Days
Colour All My Days was released in 1986 on EMI label, and was the second album by pop rock/dance singer Limahl.-The record:Following the huge international success of "The NeverEnding Story", the main theme to the soundtrack for the film of the same name, in 1984, Limahl's second long playing work...
, and Love Is Blind
Love Is Blind (Limahl album)
Love Is Blind was first released in 1992 , and was the third studio album by pop rock/dance singer Limahl...
in 1992, which were commercial failures in the UK but found moderate success in Italy, Spain, and Germany.
Unable to replicate the success of his earlier career, Limahl hit hard times and was later photographed coming out of an unemployment office in the UK. The pictures were published in a British Sunday newspaper, highlighting how "the once mighty can fall". He was also ridiculed by the British Viz comic, which satirised him as 'Limahl, whose hit includes "Too Shy"'.
In the late 1990s, Limahl started making club appearances. Wearing an orange wig similar to his original Kajagoogoo hairstyle, he performed hits from his time with Kajagoogoo and from his solo career.
2003 – present
In late 2003, Limahl briefly reunited with the other members of Kajagoogoo for the VH1VH1
VH1 or Vh1 is an American cable television network based in New York City. Launched on January 1, 1985 in the old space of Turner Broadcasting's short-lived Cable Music Channel, the original purpose of the channel was to build on the success of MTV by playing music videos, but targeting a slightly...
special Bands Reunited
Bands Reunited
Bands Reunited is a television program produced by VH1 in 2004. Hosted by Aamer Haleem, the show documented the attempted reuniting of a formerly popular musical ensemble for a special concert in either London or Los Angeles....
(which aired in 2004), but this did not lead to a permanent reunion. Also in 2004, Limahl took part in the musical reality show Comeback on German TV channel Pro7. A year later, in 2005, he appeared in a similar UK show, Hit Me Baby One More Time
Hit Me Baby One More Time
Hit Me, Baby, One More Time was a 2005 reality show first aired by ITV on British television and later, as a new version, by NBC in the United States; both were presented by Vernon Kay. During each programme, five former pop stars sing their biggest hit along with a cover version of a contemporary...
on ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
. The episode in which Limahl appeared also featured Howard Jones
Howard Jones (musician)
Howard Jones is a musician, singer and songwriter. According to the Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & Albums, "Jones is an accomplished singer-songwriter who was a regular chart visitor in the mid 1980s with his brand of synthpop. Jones, who was equally popular in the U.S., appeared at Live...
, who had enlisted the services of Kajagoogoo bass player
Bass Player
Bass player can refer to:*Bass Player , an album by Rhombus*Bass Player , a magazine for bassists*Bassist, or bass player, a musician who plays the bass guitar...
Nick Beggs
Nick Beggs
Nick Beggs is a British musician, noted for playing the bass guitar and the Chapman Stick; he is a member of Kajagoogoo and formerly Iona and Ellis, Beggs, & Howard.-Personal life:...
to support him during his own performance.
Limahl eventually reunited with Kajagoogoo again in 2008. Now reformed in their original five-piece line-up, the band took part in various music festivals in Denmark and Scotland, and performed in other parts of Europe. In August 2008, after the cancellation of a concert in the Czech Republic due to organizational problems (and not due to any of the bands or artists involved), the band then performed in Poland in a concert of 'stars of the 1980s', sharing the stage with Kim Wilde
Kim Wilde
Kim Wilde is an English pop singer, author and television presenter who burst onto the music scene in 1981 with the number 2 UK Singles Chart new wave classic "Kids in America". In 1987 she had a major hit in the United States when her version of The Supremes' classic "You Keep Me Hangin' On"...
, Thomas Anders
Thomas Anders
Thomas Anders is a German singer, composer and record producer. Anders was the lead singer of Germany's popular pop-duo Modern Talking in 1984–1987 and in 1998–2003.-Early years:...
(ex-Modern Talking
Modern Talking
Modern Talking was a German dance pop duo consisting of Thomas Anders and Dieter Bohlen. Their music has often been classified as Europop. They have been referred to as Germany's most successful pop duo, and have had a number of hit singles, reaching the top 5 in many countries...
), Samantha Fox
Samantha Fox
Samantha Karen "Sam" Fox is an English dance-pop singer, actress, and former glamour model. In 1983, at the age of 16, she began her topless modeling career on Page Three of The Sun, and went on to become a popular pin-up girl...
, Sandra, Sabrina
Sabrina Salerno
Sabrina Salerno , also known in her singing career as Sabrina, is an Italian singer, television hostess, model, actress and record producer...
, and Shakin' Stevens
Shakin' Stevens
Shakin' Stevens, also known as "Shaky" is a platinum selling Welsh rock and roll singer and songwriter who holds the distinction of being the UK's biggest-selling singles artist of the 1980s . His recording and performing career began in the late 1960s, although it was not until 1980 that he saw...
. This concert was a part of the Sopot Festival 2008, and was broadcast live on Polish channel TVN
TVN (Poland)
TVN is a major Polish commercial television network. The broadcaster was co-founded by Polish businessmen Mariusz Walter and Jan Wejchert. The network launched on October 3, 1997. TVN belongs to the TVN S.A...
. The band then began writing and recording new material, and embarked on tours of the UK and Germany in September 2009.
Limahl also played a concert in Ferry Meadows Peterborough England on 8 August 2009 where he sang his two biggest hits, "Too Shy" and "The NeverEnding Story", alongside covers of 1980s hits "Gold", "True", "It Must Be Love", "What Is Love", "Hello", "Just Can't Get Enough", "I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me", "Tainted Love" and "Karma Chameleon".
In 2009, he formed a 10-piece musical band "Limahl and His Swing Orchestra" with a series of swing remakings of Limahl and Kajagoogoo well-known songs
Limahl will return in 2012 with a brand new single called "1983"′. The track will be released worldwide by Dig Music on January 10, 2012.
Influence
Limahl, and the hairstyle he sported circa 1984, was illustrator Arthur Adams' inspiration for the look of the Marvel ComicsMarvel Comics
Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
character Longshot
Longshot
Longshot is a fictional Marvel Comics superhero best known as a member of the X-Men. He was created by writer Ann Nocenti and artist Art Adams.-Publication history:...
.
Personal life
Though now openly gay, Limahl once shared a flat with disc jockey Paul GambacciniPaul Gambaccini
Paul Matthew Gambaccini is a radio and television presenter in the United Kingdom...
(who is also author of the first official Kajagoogoo biography, songbook and photobook), leading to rumours in the tabloid press that the two were lovers, a claim they both deny.
Solo albums
- 1984 – Don't SupposeDon't Suppose-External links:* * * * *...
(EMIEMI RecordsEMI Records is the flagship record label founded by the EMI company in 1972 and launched in January 1973 as the successor to its Columbia label. The EMI label was launched worldwide...
) (UKUK Albums ChartThe UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...
#63) - 1986 – Colour All My DaysColour All My DaysColour All My Days was released in 1986 on EMI label, and was the second album by pop rock/dance singer Limahl.-The record:Following the huge international success of "The NeverEnding Story", the main theme to the soundtrack for the film of the same name, in 1984, Limahl's second long playing work...
(EMIEMI RecordsEMI Records is the flagship record label founded by the EMI company in 1972 and launched in January 1973 as the successor to its Columbia label. The EMI label was launched worldwide...
) - 1992 – Love Is BlindLove Is Blind (Limahl album)Love Is Blind was first released in 1992 , and was the third studio album by pop rock/dance singer Limahl...
(BellaphonBellaphon RecordsBellaphon Records is an independent German record label. Their artists have included Geordie, Limahl, Johnny Cash, Nektar, and Ganymed.Bellaphon were founded in 1961 by Branco Zivanovic. They are headquartered in Frankfurt. The company runs the labels Bellaphon, Bacillus and L&R. Bellaphon has...
/Jimco)[ Germany/Japan only – Japanese version also includes 2 bonusBonus trackIn terms of recorded music, a bonus track is a piece of music which has been included on specific releases or reissues of an album. This is most often done as a promotional device, either as an incentive to customers to purchase albums they might otherwise not, or to repurchase albums they already...
dub versionsDub musicDub is a genre of music which grew out of reggae music in the 1960s, and is commonly considered a subgenre, though it has developed to extend beyond the scope of reggae...]
Solo singles
- 1983 – "Only for Love" (UKUK Singles ChartThe UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
#16, U.S.Billboard Hot 100The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
#51, GERGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
#8, Switzerland #5) - 1984 – "Too Much Trouble" (UK #64, GER #26)
- 1984 – "The NeverEnding Story" (UK #4, US #17, GER, ITA, Austria #2, Sweden #1, Norway #1, Switzerland #3)
- 1984 – "The NeverEnding Story (L'histoire sans fin)" (FRAFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
#7[ French version – France only] - 1985 – "Tar Beach (7" Remix)" (GER #30)
[ Germany only] - 1986 – "Love in Your Eyes" (UK #80, GER #28, ITA #22, Switzerland #26)
- 1986 – "Inside to Outside" (GER #57)
- 1986 – "Colour All My Days"
[ Spain only] - 1986 – "No lo pienses más"
[ Spanish version of "Colour All My Days" – Spain only] - 1986 – "Don't Send For Me"
- 1992 – "Stop (7" Version)" [released as 'Bassline featuring Limahl' – Germany/Japan only]
- 1992 – "Maybe This Time" [released as 'Bassline featuring Limahl' – Germany/Japan only]
- 1992 – "Too Shy '92Too ShyToo Shy is a song written and recorded by English New Wave/pop music band Kajagoogoo, released in 1983. The first single from their debut album White Feathers, the song was an immediate hit and reached no.1 on the UK Singles Chart...
" [Germany/Japan only] - 1992 – "Love Is Blind" [Germany/Japan only]
- 1996 – "Walking in Rhythm" [cover version of the 1970s hit by The BlackbyrdsThe BlackbyrdsThe Blackbyrds were an American rhythm and blues and jazz-funk fusion group, formed in Washington, D.C. in 1973.-History:The group was inspired by trumpeter Donald Byrd and featured some of his Howard University students: Kevin Toney , Keith Killgo , Joe Hall , Allan C. Barnes , and Barney Perry...
– released as 'Shy Guy featuring Limahl'] - 2002 – "Love That Lasts" / "Lost in Love" (Limahl/Tina Charles double A-side singleA-side and B-sideA-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of gramophone records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s. The terms have come to refer to the types of song conventionally placed on each side of the record, with the A-side being the featured song , while the B-side, or...
) [released as 'Discobrothers Presenting Stars of the Eighties featuring Limahl & Tina Charles' – Germany only] - 2006 – "Tell Me Why" (GER #96) [Germany only]
Other singles/remixes
- 1980 – "It's Christmas" [released as 'Chris Hamill']
- 1980 – "Angel" [released as 'Chris Hamill']
- 1999 – "Then Suddenly (Almighty Remix)" [from the 12-track sampler 12" of Pleasure – The Ultimate Dance Party featuring various artists]
- 2004 – "Survivor" [released collectively as 'Comeback United', and performed along with the other contestants from the German reality show Comeback – Germany only]
- 2004 – "The Never Ending Story"/"Can You Feel the Love TonightCan You Feel the Love Tonight250px|thumb|right|Simba and Nala embrace during the "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" sequence."Can You Feel the Love Tonight" is a song from Disney's 1994 animated film, The Lion King, composed by Elton John with lyrics by Tim Rice. It was described by Don Hahn , Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff as...
" [from the double CD Best of Comeback United – Germany only] - 2004 – "Don't Go Breaking My HeartDon't Go Breaking My Heart"Don't Go Breaking My Heart" is a duet by Elton John and Kiki Dee. It was written by Elton John with Bernie Taupin under the pseudonym "Ann Orson" and "Carte Blanche" , and intended as an affectionate pastiche of the Tamla Motown style, notably the various duets recorded by Marvin Gaye and singers...
" [released as a duet by 'Limahl & Dynelle' from CD2 of the double greatest hitsGreatest hitsA greatest hits album is a music compilation album of successful, previously released songs by a particular artist or band...
Best of Comeback United – Germany only] - 2006 – "Too ShyToo ShyToo Shy is a song written and recorded by English New Wave/pop music band Kajagoogoo, released in 1983. The first single from their debut album White Feathers, the song was an immediate hit and reached no.1 on the UK Singles Chart...
(Club Mix – Extended Version)"/"Too Shy (Club Mix – Remix)" [released as 'Limahl vs. Julien Créance' – France only]
Other (sound)tracks
- 2001 – "A View to a KillA View to a KillA View to a Kill is the fourteenth spy film of the James Bond series, and the seventh and last to star Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Although the title is adapted from Ian Fleming's short story "From a View to a Kill", the film is the fourth Bond film after The Spy Who Loved...
"/"The Never Ending Story"/"Pinball WizardPinball Wizard"Pinball Wizard" is a song written by Pete Townshend and performed by the English rock band The Who, and featured on their 1969 rock opera album Tommy. The original recording was released as a single in 1969 and reached No. 4 in the UK charts and No. 19 on the U.S...
"/"Can You Feel the Love TonightCan You Feel the Love Tonight250px|thumb|right|Simba and Nala embrace during the "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" sequence."Can You Feel the Love Tonight" is a song from Disney's 1994 animated film, The Lion King, composed by Elton John with lyrics by Tim Rice. It was described by Don Hahn , Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff as...
"[ soloSolo albumA solo album, in popular music, is an album headlined by a current or former member of a band. A solo album may feature simply one person performing all instruments, but typically features the work of other collaborators; rather, it may be made with different collaborators than the artist is...
tracks performed by Limahl from the compilationCompilation albumA compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
entitled What a Feeling II – The Rock'n'Pop Musicals in Concert from the musical of the same name] - 2001 – "Dancing QueenDancing Queen"Dancing Queen" is a pop song recorded by Swedish pop group ABBA. It was released in August 1976, but was first performed two months earlier, on 18 June 1976, during a Royal Variety Show in Stockholm the evening before the Swedish royal wedding. It was the follow-up single to the hit "Fernando"...
"/"Mamma MiaMamma Mia (song)"Mamma Mia" is a song from ABBA's 3rd album, ABBA, written by Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus & Stig Anderson, with the lead vocals shared by Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. The song "Mamma Mia" is a common song used in bands or orchestras...
" [tracks performed as duets by Limahl and Melanie Marcus from the What a Feeling II – The Rock'n'Pop Musicals in Concert soundtrack album from the musical of the same name] - 2001 – "Seasons of LoveSeasons of Love"Seasons of Love" is a song from the Broadway musical Rent, written and composed by Jonathan Larson. The song starts with an ostinato piano motif, which provides the harmonic framework for the cast to sing "Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes"...
"/"FameFame (Irene Cara song)"Fame" is a pop song, written by Michael Gore and Dean Pitchford that was released in 1980, and achieved chart success as the theme song to the Fame film and TV series. The song was performed by Irene Cara, who played the role of Coco Hernandez in the original movie...
" [tracks performed collectively by Limahl, Melanie Marcus, Gwen Dickey and Dylan Turner from the What a Feeling II – The Rock'n'Pop Musicals in Concert soundtrack album from the musical of the same name]
Main solo compilations
- 1996 – The Best of Limahl (Disky Communications EuropeEMI RecordsEMI Records is the flagship record label founded by the EMI company in 1972 and launched in January 1973 as the successor to its Columbia label. The EMI label was launched worldwide...
) * - 2002 – Never Ending Story (Disky Communications EuropeEMI RecordsEMI Records is the flagship record label founded by the EMI company in 1972 and launched in January 1973 as the successor to its Columbia label. The EMI label was launched worldwide...
) ** - 2003 – Best of Limahl (Silver StarSilver StarThe Silver Star is the third-highest combat military decoration that can be awarded to a member of any branch of the United States armed forces for valor in the face of the enemy....
) *- * Collection featuring eight selected tracks each from Don't SupposeDon't Suppose-External links:* * * * *...
and Colour All My DaysColour All My DaysColour All My Days was released in 1986 on EMI label, and was the second album by pop rock/dance singer Limahl.-The record:Following the huge international success of "The NeverEnding Story", the main theme to the soundtrack for the film of the same name, in 1984, Limahl's second long playing work...
. - ** Reduced version of the 1996 / 2003 compilations, featuring five songs from Don't SupposeDon't Suppose-External links:* * * * *...
and seven from Colour All My DaysColour All My DaysColour All My Days was released in 1986 on EMI label, and was the second album by pop rock/dance singer Limahl.-The record:Following the huge international success of "The NeverEnding Story", the main theme to the soundtrack for the film of the same name, in 1984, Limahl's second long playing work...
.
- * Collection featuring eight selected tracks each from Don't Suppose
- 1999 – Limahl (Laser Light Digital)
- 2003 – All the Hits plus More
- 2006 – Never Ending Story (ZYXZYXwas a short-lived Japanese pop group made up of five Hello! Project Kids members led by Mari Yaguchi of Morning Musume. Yaguchi acted as a mentor and the group released two singles. ZYX is important in that it is the first unit that Hello! Project Kids officially joined with the second being Aa!...
) - 2008 – Greatest Hits Reloaded (ZYXZYXwas a short-lived Japanese pop group made up of five Hello! Project Kids members led by Mari Yaguchi of Morning Musume. Yaguchi acted as a mentor and the group released two singles. ZYX is important in that it is the first unit that Hello! Project Kids officially joined with the second being Aa!...
)- Compilation of re-recorded solo and Kajagoogoo tracks, notable for the inclusion of Kajagoogoo and Kaja songs not originally sung by Limahl. Limahl later regretted their inclusion. Two new tracks ("Rhythm of Love" and "Lost in Love") were also featured. The 2006 version – Never Ending Story, also included "Tell Me Why".
Further reading
- Paul GambacciniPaul GambacciniPaul Matthew Gambaccini is a radio and television presenter in the United Kingdom...
, Tim RiceTim RiceSir Timothy Miles Bindon "Tim" Rice is an British lyricist and author.An Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Tony Award and Grammy Award-winning lyricist, Rice is best known for his collaborations with Andrew Lloyd Webber, with whom he wrote Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus...
, Jonathan Rice (1993), British Hit Singles, 9th edition, Guinness Publishing Ltd. - Paul Gambaccini (1983), Kajagoogoo (biography, White FeathersWhite FeathersWhite Feathers is the debut album by British New Romantic band Kajagoogoo, released in spring 1983. It was produced by Nick Rhodes of Duran Duran and Colin Thurston, who was Duran Duran's producer at the time, except for track #5, the self-titled "Kajagoogoo", an instrumental , which was produced...
album songbook, and photobookPhotobookA photo-book or photobook is a book in which photographs make a significant contribution to the overall content. The most critically acclaimed photo-books celebrate the creative work of an individual photographer, but can also result from the collaboration between a photographer and a writer, an...
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