Suggs

Suggs (born Graham McPherson on 13 January 1961 in Hastings), is a British singer, best known as a vocalist of the popular second wave ska band, Madness. Image File history File links Suggs. ... January 13 is the 13th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... For other uses, see Hastings (disambiguation). ... LeAnn Rimes singing in concert A singer is a type of musician who uses his or her voice to produce music. ... Two Tone (or 2 Tone) is a style of music created by fusing elements of punk rock and ska. ... From left to right: (upper row) Mike Barson (middle row) Carl Smyth, Graham McPherson (bottom row) Chris Foreman, Daniel Woodgate, Mark Bedford, Lee Thompson Madness are a British ska band who achieved most of their success in the 1980s. ...

As a solo artist he released two albums – The Lone Ranger and The Three Pyramids Club. His most successful song was a cover of the Simon and Garfunkel song "Cecilia" which went No. 4 in UK charts. The Lone Ranger is the first solo album by a British singer Suggs, best known as a vocalist of second wave ska band Madness. ... The Three Pyramids Club is the second solo album by a British singer Suggs known from second wave ska band Madness. ... Simon and Garfunkel, Bookends. ... Cecilia is a song by Simon and Garfunkel, from their 1970 album Bridge Over Troubled Water. ...

He is now a DJ on Virgin Radio. Virgin Radio is a British commercial music radio station based in London. ...

He also presents a series of hour long programmes called 'Salvage Squad' in which a group of engineers undertake a restoration of rare old machinery, WWII tanks, early C20 motor launches, obsolete railway station trucks and the like. He has also presented a music quiz show on channel 5 called Night Fever, and a series called 'Disappearing London' on ITV in the London area, in which he investigates architectural and other curiosities which are disappearing from the London scene. Five, formerly known as Channel 5, is the United Kingdoms fifth national terrestrial TV Channel. ... Current ITV logo. ... This article is about the British city. ...

McPherson has also worked in the music industry as an A&R executive. Artist and repertoire (A&R for short) is a music industry term that refers to the division of a record label that is responsible for scouting and developing talent. ...

Suggs managed 90's band The Farm as well as producing most of their first album Spartacus. He is well respected and a genuine person who has been influenced himself within the music business by the late great Mr Ian Dury as well as other quality song writers, in Ray Davies (Kinks). Suggs back in the eighties was once quoted as being The Man who raised a thousand flat tops.

He's a great supporter of Chelsea F.C. Chelsea Football Club (also known as the Blues, previously known as the Pensioners, a reference to the Chelsea pensioners), founded in 1905, is an English Premier League football team that plays at the Stamford Bridge football ground in south-west London. ...

Solo discography

• The Lone Ranger (1995)
• The Three Pyramids Club (1998)

The Lone Ranger is the first solo album by a British singer Suggs, best known as a vocalist of second wave ska band Madness. ... The Three Pyramids Club is the second solo album by a British singer Suggs known from second wave ska band Madness. ...

External links

• Madness official website
• Salvage Squad