Pete Wylie (born on 22 March 1958) is a Liverpool-based singer/songwriter, best known as the leader of a group that was variously known as Wah!, Wah! Heat, The 5,000 Names of Wah! or even The Mighty Wah!. 22 March is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (82nd in Leap years). ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Liverpool waterfront by night, as seen from the Wirral. ... LeAnn Rimes singing in concert A singer is a type of musician who uses his or her voice to produce music. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ...

Active from 1979, they garnered critical acclaim for the single "Better Scream" (as Wah! Heat) and the album Nah Poo! The Art of Bluff (as Wah!). Their biggest hit single was "The Story of the Blues", which was released in late 1982, and ultimately reached Number 3 in the UK singles chart. The Mighty Wah! also had a Top 20 hit in 1984, with a song called "Come Back". Both tracks were chosen by the late BBC Radio DJ John Peel, as his 'single of the year'. This page refers to the year 1979. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The UK Singles Chart is currently compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC) on behalf of the British record industry. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the largest publicly-funded radio and television broadcasting corporation of the United Kingdom (see British television) and the world. ... DJ or dj may stand for Disc jockey, dinner jacket The DeadJournal website, or Djibouti. ... Autobiography John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004), known professionally as John Peel, was a British disc jockey, radio presenter, and journalist. ...

By 1986, having ditched his backing ensemble, Pete Wylie had a solo hit with "Sinful!". Creative cracks had begun to appear by 1991, when the collaboration with The Farm on "Sinful! (Scary Jiggin' With Dr Love)", did little for either of the rival camps. 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Farm may mean: The Farm, a residence in Canada The Farm, a community in Tennessee The Farm, a music band The Farm slang term for Area 51 The Farm, a Channel 5 reality television show based on RTEs Celebrity Farm. ...

Previous to the various incarnations of Wah!, Wylie formed the band The Crucial Three with Ian McCulloch and Julian Cope who also went on to further fame with Echo and the Bunnymen and The Teardrop Explodes respectively. Crucial Three was a very short-lived band but notable because of the individual success of the three founding members: Ian McCulloch (later of Echo & the Bunnymen), Julian Cope (who went on to join The Teardrop Explodes and then release many albums under his own name) and Pete Wylie (later... Ian McCulloch (May 5, 1959–) is an English singer. ... Julian Cope Julian Cope (born Julian David Cope, on 21 October, 1957, in Deri, Mid Glamorgan). ... Echo & the Bunnymen is a British rock group formed in Liverpool in 1978. ... The Teardrop Explodes (L to R) Alan Gill, Julian Cope, Gary Dwyer and David Balfe The Teardrop Explodes was a British New Wave/Neo-Psychedelic band formed in Liverpool in 1978. ...

External links

• A Recent Pete Wylie Interview
• Pete Wylie's web site