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Beats International was an electronic music band, formed in the late 1980s by Norman Cook, after his departure from The Housemartins. Electronic music is a term for music created using electronic devices. ...
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Fatboy Slim (born on July 16, 1963, Quentin Cook) also known as Norman Cook is a British musician in the dance music genre. ...
The Housemartins were an English indie rock/accapella band that was active in the 1980s. ...
Career
A loose confederation of musicians, the line-up also included vocalists Lindy Layton, Lester Noel and David John-Baptiste, rapper MC Wildski, keyboardist Andy Boucher. Unusually, the band's live line-up also incorporated a graffiti artist, who would paint designs on a backdrop while the musicians played. A musician is a person who plays or composes music. ...
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Lindy Layton (born Belinda Kimberly Layton on 7 December 1970) was a founding member of, and vocalist for, Beats International. ...
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Their first album, Let Them Eat Bingo spawned the UK number one single "Dub Be Good To Me", a re-working of the S.O.S. Band's hit "Just Be Good to Me", based around a sample of the bassline from The Clash's "Guns of Brixton" and featuring Layton on vocals. An album is a collection of related audio tracks distributed to the public. ...
In popular music, a chart-topper is an extremely popular recording, identified by its inclusion in a ranked list—a chart—of top selling or otherwise judged most popular releases. ...
A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ...
The producers behind the band Beats International were Norman Cook, who was later to become Fatboy Slim, and Lindy Layton, who was later to work under the pseudonym Hardknox. ...
The SOS Band is an American musical ensemble, founded in Atlanta, Georgia in 1977. ...
In popular music, a chart-topper is an extremely popular recording, identified by its inclusion in a ranked list—a chart—of top selling or otherwise judged most popular releases. ...
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The second Beats International album was 1991's Excursion on the Version, which featured a greater use of dub and reggae sounds, but failed to repeat the success of its predecessor. This was the last Beats International recording, with Cook next going on to form Freakpower. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...
This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...
Freakpower were a band founded by Norman Cook (a. ...
Discography
Singles - "Dub Be Good To Me" - 1990 - UK No. 1
- "Won't Talk About It" - 1990 - UK No. 9
- "Burundi Blues" - 1990 - UK No. 51
- "Echo Chamber" - 1991 - UK No. 60
- "The Sun Doesn't Shine" - 1991 - UK No. 66
- "In The Ghetto" - 1991 - UK No. 44
Albums - Let Them Eat Bingo - 1990 - UK No. 17
- Excursion On The Version - 1991
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