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1987's best-selling Keep Your Distance album

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Career

They played soulful, funky pop jazz and were initially signed to Phonogram Records' Mercury imprint. The first came to notice of the UK music press when they hooked up with photographer Andy Warhol for the video of the 1986 single "Misfit". This featured the band in New York and at one point featured frontman Ben Volpeliere-Pierrot dancing down a side street whilst Andy Warhol referenced Bob Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues" by dropping pieces of white card in time to the music (an effect that would also be copied by INXS in the video for their track Mediate of 1988). For other uses, see Soul music (disambiguation). ... Funk music originated by African Americans, e. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Jazz is an original American musical art form that originated around the start of the 20th century in New Orleans, rooted in African American musical styles blended with Western music technique and theory. ... Phonogram Records was started in 1962 as a joint venture between Philips Records and Deutsche Grammophon. ... Mercury Records was a record label founded in Chicago, Illinois in 1945 by Irving Green, Berle Adams and Arthur Talmadge. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... This is a list of notable photographers in the art, documentary and fashion traditions. ... Andy Warhol, photographed by Helmut Newton. ... A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... Nickname: Big Apple, City that never Sleeps Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... Frontman (also front man) is a term referring to the lead singer or band leader of a music group. ... Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman on May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, author, musician and poet who has been a major figure in popular music for five decades. ... Subterranean Homesick Blues is a song written by Bob Dylan originally released on the album Bringing It All Back Home in 1965. ... INXS (pronounced In Excess) is an Australian rock group. ... Mediate is a song by INXS from their 1987 album, Kick. ...

Their debut album Keep Your Distance entered the UK Albums Chart at number one in May 1987, and stayed in the Top Ten for 13 weeks, however the release of that album's "Free" as a single lost some of the momentum by limping to only Number 56 in the singles chart. A debut album is the first released record album by an artist or a band. ... The UK Albums Chart is a chart of the sales positions of albums in the United Kingdom. ... Number One is used in a variety of meanings: #1, a single by rapper Nelly Number One, a 1969 movie featuring Charlton Heston 1998 saw the release of Number One featuring Heather Burns Number Ones, an album by Michael Jackson Number 1, a song by Goldfrapp Number 1, a song... Top Ten is a generic term used to indicate the ten items that are best, worst, or otherwise notable according to some criteria. ... 33â…“ LP vinyl record for The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour album from the 1960s. ...

The band's second album Getahead was lead by an upbeat funky track called "Name and Number". Even though this record only reached Number 14 in 1989, the "Hey How You Doin'" refrain would find itself in the Top Ten two years later as part of the De La Soul song "Ring Ring Ring (Hey Hey Hey)". De La Soul is a massively influential hip hop group, hailing from Long Island, New York. ...

After the lack-lustre performance of Getahead and second single "First Place", Curiosity (as they were now billed) found themselves dropped from Mercury Records. However three years after the release of that single they returned to the UK Top Ten as a three piece on RCA Records, with a cover of Johnny Bristol's "Hang On In There Baby". However the band's follow ups (covers of "I Need Your Lovin'" and "Gimme the Sunshine") flopped, which resulted in the album Back to Front only being released in Japan and selected overseas markets. Mercury Records was a record label founded in Chicago, Illinois in 1945 by Irving Green, Berle Adams and Arthur Talmadge. ... {{infobox record label Donald Dempsey (right) with songwriter Joseph Rigatuso | parent = Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Inc. ... Johnny Bristol (born John William Bristol; February 3, 1939 - March 21, 2004), was an African American musician, most famous as a songwriter and record producer for the Motown label in the late 1960s and early 1970s. ...

In the 2000s the band reformed for an appearance on a National Lottery midweek show on BBC 1, and since then Volpeliere has toured under the name Curiosity Killed the Cat, on a number of 1980s revival packages. A play here! sign outside a newsagent, incorporating the National Lotterys logo of a stylised hand with crossed fingers. ... BBC One (or BBC1 as it was formerly styled) is the oldest United Kingdom, and indeed, the world. ...

Band members

• Ben Volpeliere-Pierrot (born Martin Benedict Volpeliere-Pierrot, 19 May 1965, in Earls Court, London, England - Vocals).
• Julian Godfrey Brookhouse (born 15 May 1963, in Putney, London - Guitarist).
• Nicholas Bernard Thorpe (born 25 October 1964, in Sunbury-On-Thames, London - Bassist).
• Migi Drummond (born Miguel John Drummond, 27 January 1964, in Strawberry Hill, London - Drummer).

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Albums

• Keep Your Distance (1987) UK #1
• Getahead (1989) UK #29

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Billed as Curiosity

• Back to Front (1994)

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Singles

• "Misfit" (1986) UK #76
• "Down to Earth" (1986) UK #3
• "Ordinary Day" (1987) UK #11
• "Misfit" (re-issue - 1987) UK #7
• "Free" (1987) UK #56

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Billed as Curiosity

• "Name and Number" (1989) UK #14
• "First Place" (1989) UK #86
• "Hang On In There Baby" (1992) UK #3
• "I Need Your Lovin'" (1992) UK #47
• "Gimme the Sunshine" (1993) UK #73
• "Relax"

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Trivia

• Volpierre-Pierrot was best known for wearing a Frank Spencer-style beret in most pictures of the band. He later revealed it was in fact a peaked fisherman's hat, turned round with the peak to the rear so that it resembled a beret.
• Ben VP (as he was billed on a number of solo singles in the mid 1990s) was frequently referred to as Ben Vol-au-vont-Parrot in Smash Hits magazine.
• Volpierre-Pierrot appeared as a male model on the front of Mike Read's Pop Quiz board game.
• In 1995, Miggi Drummond and Nick Thorp set up Naked Records which was acquired a year later by software maker Eidos Plc.
• Like Wet Wet Wet, the band had an additional 'fifth member' called Toby Anderson. However unlike that Scottish band, Toby Anderson was a 'mystery member' and the band was accused of not only hiding Toby due to his looks but also being a front for his writing as in the case of The Brothers credit for Bros.
• On Name and Number the band and co-writer get writing credits, however on De La Soul's "Ring Ring Ring" only the co-writer gets a credit even though it utilises the chorus of the Curiosity song.

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External links

• Ben Volpeliere-Pierrot's Official Website
• on VH1