Fun Boy Three

The Fun Boy Three were a short-lived but successful multi-racial English band which ran from 1981 to 1983 and was headed by singer Terry Hall after he left The Specials. The Fun Boy Three often ran into similar criticism as The Style Council as they had a less credible image than their previous band but all the same did create some classic and highly respected music. Image File history File links Fun_Boy_Three_album. ... Image File history File links Fun_Boy_Three_album. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2005 est. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Terry Hall (born March 19, 1959, in Coventry, England) was the lead singer of The Specials, the Fun Boy Three, The Colourfield, Terry, Blair and Anouchka and Vegas. ... The Specials were an English 2 Tone band formed in 1977 in Coventry. ... The Style Council were a British musical group formed in 1983 by ex-The Jam singer and guitarist Paul Weller with keyboardist Mick Talbot. ...

Hall dispensed with the darker, moody sound and demeanour which he and Jerry Dammers had crafted with great success in the ska revival of the late 1970s and went into a much brighter, poppier phase with his new band, though maintaining savagery and wit within his lyrics and a wholly expressionless persona. Jerry Dammers (born Jeremy Dammers on 22 May 1955, in Ootacamund, India) was the founder and keyboard player of the Coventry-based ska band, The Specials (later changed to The Special A.K.A.). He also contributed in founding the 2 Tone record label, which helped to popularize the new... Ska is a type of Jamaican music combining elements of traditional mento and calypso with an American jazz and rhythm and blues sound. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... Lyrics are the words in songs. ...

He grew out and bleached his hair, wore more flamboyant clothes befitting of the early 80s, and recruited fellow Specials singers Neville Staples and Lynval Golding. Neville Staple (born 11 April 1956, in Christiana, Jamaica) was a roadie-turned-singer for the legendary second-wave ska band The Specials. ... Lynval Golding (born 24 July 1951, in St. ...

Together they set about making music which covered a variety of genres. The band enjoyed six UK Top 20 hits, including the jungledrum-inspired "The Lunatics (Have Taken Over The Asylum)" and the brassy, marriage-cynic anthem "Tunnel Of Love" and created two albums of which the eponymous "Fun Boy Three" was the most successful. Look up genre in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

The trio's last UK hit was the song "Our Lips Are Sealed", co-written by Terry Hall and Jane Wiedlin of the US band The Go-Gos. They then toured the USA and split afterwards. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Jane Wiedlin Jane Wiedlin (born Jane Marie Genevieve Wiedlin, May 20, 1958 in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, U.S.) is the rhythm guitarist of the all-female multi-platinum rock band, The Go-Gos. ... The Go-Gos are an all-women band. ...

They were also credited with helping launch the career in 1982 of Bananarama, whom Hall first saw in The Face magazine. The three women, in their berets and donkey jackets, provided credited chorus vocals on the hit "It Ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)" before the tables turned and the Fun Boy Three appeared as the 'guests' on the song "Really Saying Something". Bananarama would go on to become the most successful all-female group in UK chart history, a title they held until the arrival of the Spice Girls. 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bananarama are an English girl group who found worldwide fame with their melodic pop and new wave songs. ... Influential British magazine The Face was started in May 1980 by Nick Logan out of his publishing house Wagadon. ... Basque style Beret Black beret with military emblem A beret (pronounced in English, except in American English in which it is pronounced ) is a soft round cap, usually of wool felt, with a flat crown, which is worn by both men and women. ... A choir or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. ... Taint What You Do (Its the Way That You Do It) is a song recorded by Fun Boy Three and Bananarama. ... He was Really Sayin Somethin is a soul song written by Motown Records songwriters Norman Whitfield, William Mickey Stevenson, and Edward Holland, Jr. ... The Spice Girls were an all-female English pop group who formed in 1994 in London. ...

Hall went on to create the even more short-lived project The Colourfield, who had one hit in 1985, before forming less successful bands Vegas and Terry, Blair & Anouchka. He also embarked on a solo career and maintains an enormous respect from musicians and fans alike, with many acts citing him as a huge influence. // History 1984 - The Beginning The Colourfield is a British band that was formed in 1984 in Manchester (see 1984 in music) when Fun Boy Three front man Terry Hall joined up with ex-Swinging Cats members Toby Lyons and Karl Shale. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Discography

Albums

• Fun Boy Three (1982) #7
• Waiting (1983) #14

Singles

• "The Lunatics (Have Taken Over The Asylum)" (1981) #20
• "It Ain't What You Do It's The Way That You Do It" featuring Bananarama (1982) #4
• "Really Saying Something" featuring Bananarama (1982) #5
• "The Telephone Always Rings" (1982) #17
• "Summertime" (1982) #18
• "The More I See (The Less I Believe)" (1983) #68
• "Tunnel Of Love" (1983) #10
• "Our Lips Are Sealed" (1983) #7