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The following is a list (in alphabetical order) of major bands and musicians from Sheffield, a city with musical heritage of note in South Yorkshire, England This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
In 1990, the band released a greatest hits compilation album, Absolutely. This covered all of ABC's albums up until 1990 and featured most of their singles. The compilation made the UK Top 10. A video package featuring promos was also released. One new song, "The Look of Love '90", was released to promote the package. [5]
Their fourth single, "Far", hit the UK Top 40. In March 1996 this was followed by the ballad "On and On", which received considerable radio airplay and hit the Top 20 of the UK Singles Chart. [1] In April 1996 the band released their debut album, The Sun Is Often Out, which was declared one of 1996's 50 best albums by both Q and Melody Maker ...
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Bands in the Sheffield scene were also referred to as Futurists, [24] although Oakey himself has said: "We thought we were the punkiest band in Sheffield." [25] Capitalising on the success of the album and their recent No. 1 hit single, "Being Boiled" was re-released and became a Top 10 hit in early 1982. The band toured for the first time ...
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Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band (attained No. 2 position in the charts, the highest ever for a brass band) Embrace [17] Consett. Ruth Copeland, soul and blues singer; Susan Maughan [18] Darlington. Vic Reeves (as in Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer - see Middlesbrough) [19] We Start Fires [20] Dewsbury. Bob Hardy (bassist from Franz Ferdinand) [21]
The band's first full album, C'est La Vie, was released on vinyl with a special concert at Sheffield's The Leadmill on 7 April 1984. [ 2 ] Following a "final" sell-out gig at Sheffield University on the 10th anniversary of the band's founding, 29 May 1988, the trio split up, [ 1 ] but reunited for a "one-off" concert to mark the 20th ...