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Ph.D. (band)

Ph.D. are a British

Great Britain

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group that managed a UK Top 10 hit with "I Won't Let You Down

I Won't Let You Down

I Won't Let You Down was a single in 1981 by the band Ph.D. . It reached number 3 in the U.K. charts in April 1982. The band consisted of Jim Diamond who was the lead vocalist, Tony Hymas on keyboards and Simon Phillips on drums....
" in April 1982, although the song had been a hit the previous year throughout Europe. The band took its name from the initial letters of its three members' surname

Family name

A family name or last name is a type of surname and part of a personal name indicating the family to which the person belongs. The use of family names is widespread in cultures around the world....
s; Phillips, Hymas and Diamond.

er Jim Diamond

Jim Diamond (Scottish musician)

Jim Diamond is a Scottish people singer-songwriter. Diamond is best known for his three Top 40 hit records. The first was "I Won't Let You Down" , as the lead singer in the trio Ph.D....
formed the group with former Jeff Beck Group members Tony Hymas and Simon Phillips

Simon Phillips

Simon Phillips is a prolific England jazz, Pop music and rock and roll drummer....
in the early 1980s. Their self-titled début album

Ph.D. (album)

Ph.D. is the 1981 debut album by the band of the same name. It would be reissued with another cover when "I Won't Let You down" became a hit in several countries in early 1982.The album was reissued 3 November 2008 by Ph.D./Voiceprint Records....
, originally released in 1981, spawned a big hit with the ballad

Ballad

A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative story and set to music. Ballads were characteristic of particularly British and Irish popular poetry and song from the later medieval period until the nineteenth century and used extensively across Europe and later north America, Australia and north Africa....
"I Won't Let You Down" which peaked at number three in the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company on behalf of the British record industry. The chart week runs from Sunday to Saturday, with the chart being printed in Music Week magazine , ChartsPlus , and published online on various sites ....
in 1982 and number five in Australia.

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Ph.D. are a British

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I Won't Let You Down

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Singer Jim Diamond

Jim Diamond (Scottish musician)

Simon Phillips

Simon Phillips is a prolific England jazz, Pop music and rock and roll drummer....
in the early 1980s. Their self-titled début album

Ph.D. (album)

Ballad

UK Singles Chart

Single (music)

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's success the album was re-issued and finally entered the UK Albums Chart

UK Albums Chart

The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website ; the full Top 200 is published exclusively in ChartsPlus....
. Their video

Music video

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for "Little Suzi's On The Up" was notable for being one of the first five videos (the fifth, in fact) shown on MTV

MTV

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's first broadcasting

Broadcasting

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day, being 1 August 1981 in some of the US. They came out with their second album Is It Safe?
Is It Safe?

Is It Safe? is the 1983 second album from Ph.D. It would be their last album until 2009's comeback Three.Is It Safe? will be reissued shortly by Voiceprint Records....
in 1983. The first single, "I Didn't Know," failed to make the UK Top 40, but did well in Europe

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. The albums have never been released officially on CD

Compact Disc

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except the first one in Japan

Japan

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A short time later Diamond contracted hepatitis

Hepatitis

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. Prevented from touring, by Diamond's illness, the group disbanded. Diamond would come back some time later as a solo

Solo (music)

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artist

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.

In 1986, hard rock

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band

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Tesla

Tesla (band)

Tesla is an United States hard rock band formed in Sacramento, California, California in 1984, and have sold over 16 million albums in the United States as of 2008....
would cover

Cover version

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"Little Suzi's On The Up" and re-badge it "Little Suzi" giving the song

Song

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a new audience through American

United States

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radio airplay.

Hymas would appear on Diamond's 1988 album

Jim Diamond (1988 album)

Singer/Songwriter Jim Diamond 's self-titled and third studio album. Diamond was assisted by old friends Graham Lyle and Chris Parren, who had worked with him on previous albums....
.

Diamond has recently confirmed that the two studio

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albums may be added to iTunes

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. Reissues of the first two albums, will be released by Voiceprint Records. The label also released Three
Three (Ph.D. album)

Three is the 2009 comeback album from Ph.D. It is their first album since 1983's Is It Safe?. Hymas's site states the album would be released in the Autumn , though the label's site says February....
on 2 February 2009.

They are not to be confused with the rap duo PhD.

Band members

Jim Diamond
Jim Diamond (Scottish musician)

Jim Diamond is a Scottish people singer-songwriter. Diamond is best known for his three Top 40 hit records. The first was "I Won't Let You Down" , as the lead singer in the trio Ph.D....
- vocals, guitar (1981–1983, 2006–present)
Tony Hymas - keyboards (1981–1983, 2006–present)

Former members

Simon Phillips
Simon Phillips

Simon Phillips is a prolific England jazz, Pop music and rock and roll drummer....
- drums (1981–1983)

Discography

Albums

Year	Album
1981	Ph.D. Ph.D. (album) *Ph.D.* is the 1981 debut album by the band of the same name. It would be reissued with another cover when "I Won't Let You down" became a hit in several countries in early 1982.The album was reissued 3 November 2008 by Ph.D./Voiceprint Records....
1983	Is It Safe? Is It Safe? *Is It Safe?* is the 1983 second album from Ph.D. It would be their last album until 2009's comeback Three.Is It Safe? will be reissued shortly by Voiceprint Records....
2009	Three Three (Ph.D. album) *Three* is the 2009 comeback album from Ph.D. It is their first album since 1983's Is It Safe?. Hymas's site states the album would be released in the Autumn , though the label's site says February....

Singles

Year	Song	UK	Album
1981	"I Won't Let You Down I Won't Let You Down I Won't Let You Down was a single in 1981 by the band Ph.D. . It reached number 3 in the U.K. charts in April 1982. The band consisted of Jim Diamond who was the lead vocalist, Tony Hymas on keyboards and Simon Phillips on drums.... "	3	Ph.D.
1981	"Little Suzi's On The Up"	-	Ph.D.
1982	"There's No Answer To It"	-	Ph.D.
1983	"I Didn't Know"	-	Is It Safe?
1983	"Fifth Of May"	-	Is It Safe?

Ph.D. (band)

Band history

Band members

Former members

Discography

Albums

Singles

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