Citizendia

Feargal Sharkey (born Sean Feargal Sharkey, 13 August 1958, Derry, Northern Ireland) is a singer, who first found fame as the lead vocalist of pop punk band The Undertones, famous for the hit single "Teenage Kicks" and being discovered by John Peel. Events 3114 BC - According to the Lounsbury correlation the start of the Maya calendar. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a Country within the United Kingdom, lying in the northeast of Pop punk (also known as punk pop and other names is a Fusion genre that combines elements of Punk rock with Pop music, to varying A musical ensemble is a group of two or more Musicians who perform instrumental or vocal Music. The Undertones are a Northern Irish Punk rock / Power pop band formed in Derry in 1975 A Hit record is a Sound recording, usually in the form of a single or Album, that sells a large number of copies or otherwise becomes broadly popular or " Teenage Kicks " is a 1978 song originally recorded by Northern Ireland Punk rock group The Undertones. John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004 known professionally as John Peel, was an English Disc jockey, radio John Peel famously said in an interview,"Teenage kicks came on the radio,and I had to pull the car over to the side of the road, There's nothing you could add to it or subtract from it that would improve it". Before his solo career took off, he was also the singer of the one-shot group The Assembly, with the ex-Yazoo supremo Vince Clarke in 1983 (with their UK Singles Chart number 4 hit, "Never Never"). In Music, a solo (from the Italian solo, meaning alone) is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer The Assembly were a Synthpop project started in 1983 in Basildon, England by Vince Clarke ( songwriting, keyboards Yazoo (known as Yaz in the US) are an English Synthpop duo from Basildon, Essex. Vince Clarke (born Vincent John Martin in South Woodford, London, on July 3 1960) is an English pop Major releases Michael Jackson's Thriller, the highest-selling album of all time as well as the best-selling album of 1983 and 1984 was released The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC on behalf of the British record industry

His best-known solo material is the 1985 UK chart-topping single penned by Maria McKee, "A Good Heart", which went to number one in several countries. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Maria Louise McKee (b 17 August 1964, Los Angeles, California) is an American Singer. " A Good Heart " was a popular single by Feargal Sharkey. His solo work is significantly different from the semi-punk offerings of The Undertones. He also got UK number 5 in 1986 with "You Little Thief". Both "You Little Thief" and "A Good Heart" have a common link. "You Little Thief" was written by Benmont Tench, a member of Tom Petty's band, in response to Maria McKee writing "A Good Heart" about him. Benjamin Montmorency (Benmont Tench III (born September 7, 1953) an American Keyboardist, best known as a founding member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Thomas Earl "Tom" Petty (born October 20 1950 is an American singer songwriter and multi-instrumentalist His debut single was a collaboration with Madness member Cathal Smyth titled "Listen To Your Father", and it reached #23 in the UK in late 1984. Madness are an English pop / Ska band from Camden Town, London, that formed in 1976 Carl Smyth, also known as Chas Smash (born Cathal Joseph Patrick Smyth 14 January 1959 in the Middlesex Hospital, London, England) is

Starting in the early 1990s Sharkey moved into the business side of the music industry, initially as an A&R manager for Polydor Records, and then as Managing Director of EXP Ltd. The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999 The music industry is the business of Music. Although it encompasses the activity of many music-related businesses and organizations it is currently dominated by the "big In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing Polydor Records is a Record label currently headquartered in the UK, and is a subsidiary of Universal Music Group. He was appointed a Member of the Radio Authority for five years from December 1998 to December 2003. The Office of Communications (Y Swyddfa Gyfathrebiadau or as it is more often known Ofcom is the independent regulator and competition authority for the Communication This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1998 See also 2003 in music (UK Musical groups established in 2003 Record labels He then became Chairman of the UK Government task force the 'Live Music Forum' in 2004. Her Majesty's Government, or when the monarch is male His Majesty's Government, is the title used by the Government of the United Kingdom, based at For the computer game see Joint Task Force (computer game. A task force (TF is a temporary unit or formation established to work

Contents

Discography

Albums

Singles

External links

Feargal Sharkey is the first solo album of former Undertones singer Feargal Sharkey. Wish is the second solo album of former Undertones singer Feargal Sharkey. Songs From The Mardi Gras is the third and last solo album of former Undertones singer Feargal Sharkey and was released in 1991 Madness are an English pop / Ska band from Camden Town, London, that formed in 1976 Carl Smyth, also known as Chas Smash (born Cathal Joseph Patrick Smyth 14 January 1959 in the Middlesex Hospital, London, England) is " A Good Heart " was a popular single by Feargal Sharkey.
© 2009 citizendia.org; parts available under the terms of GNU Free Documentation License, from http://en.wikipedia.org