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Limahl
Birth nameChristopher Hamill
Also known asLimahl
BornDecember 19, 1958 (1958-12-19) (age 49)
OriginWigan, Greater Manchester, England
Genre(s)Pop
Occupation(s)Vocalist
Instrument(s)Singing, Keyboards
Associated actsKajagoogoo
WebsiteLimahl's Official Website

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Early years

Hamill was born in Pemberton, in Wigan, United Kingdom. Pemberton is a mainly residential area of Wigan, Greater Manchester. Wigan is a large town in Greater Manchester, England. It stands on the River Douglas, south of Preston, west-northwest of Manchester The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located He attended Mesnes High School, in Wigan, before eventually enrolling at the Westcliff-on-Sea Palace Theatre Repertory Company. Despite some success touring with Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, he formed a short-lived punk band called Vox Deus. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is the second British Musical theatre show written by the team of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice Next he joined Crossword but left to form Brooks with Mike Nolan. Mike Nolan (born Michael Nolan 7 December 1954) is a singer and was one of the four original members of the British pop group He adopted his stage name at the time he was recruited by the existing members of Kajagoogoo.

Professional career with Kajagoogoo

An advert was placed in music magazine Melody Maker asking for a “front man who could sing and look good. Magazines, periodicals or serials are Publications generally published on a regular schedule containing a variety of articles, generally Melody Maker, published in the United Kingdom, was according to its publisher IPC Media, the world's oldest weekly Music Newspaper ” Soon after he had joined, the group released their first single "Too Shy" which went to Number 1 in the UK charts and the Top 5 on the U. S. Billboard Hot 100. This success was relatively short-lived, however, leading to the notorious Viz comic satirising him as “Limahl, whose hit includes "Too Shy". Viz is a popular British adult Comic magazine that has been running since 1979 ”

Limahl's relationship with the other band members was reportedly always tenuous, and in mid-1983 the band fired him after an acrimonious dispute. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Defenders of Limahl claim that the band struggled with fame and Limahl’s prominence as the lead singer of the band was proving too much of a diversion from the music. Limahl accused the others of being jealous and was quoted in the press as saying “I’ve been betrayed!” and that "I was sacked for making them a success". Defenders of the band, however, stated that Limahl had become something of an egomaniac following the band's success and was both unprofessional and difficult to work with. Neither view has ever been conclusively proven.

After Kajagoogoo

After leaving the band, Limahl launched a solo career, achieving hits with "Only For Love" and "NeverEnding Story", the title theme from the film of the same name. " The NeverEnding Story " also entitled " The Never Ending Story (L'histoire sans fin " in the French version is the title song from the English The NeverEnding Story (Die unendliche Geschichte is a 1984 Fantasy film based on the German novel of the same name by Michael Ende His solo success was brief though and his début album Don't Suppose was a commercial failure, charting even lower than Kajagoogoo's follow-up album (Islands) - their first without him. He hit hard times after 1984, and in the late 1980s, he was photographed coming out of a job centre. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Jobcentre Plus (Canolfan Byd Gwaith is the Government -funded Employment agency facility and the Social security The pictures were published in a Sunday newspaper, highlighting a story of how the once mighty can fall.

He still released two more albums to little fanfare: 1986's Colour All My Days and Love Is Blind in 1992, as well as a one-off single, "Tell Me Why" in 2006, subsequently added on a 2007 re-release of a variously titled compilation of a re-recorded selection of his and his former band's best songs (depending upon the different territories, basic titles such as The Best of or The Hits of are followed or preceded by the title of the single which was more successful or best known in the given country). See also Musical groups established in 1986 Record labels established in 1986 Events January Colour All My Days was released in 1986 on EMI label and was the second Album by Pop rock / dance singer This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1992 This is a list of notable events in Music that took place in the year 2006. This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2007 This greatest hits album, first out in 1999, also contained two then previously unreleased tracks, "Rhythm of Love" and "Lost in Love", the latter making a double A side single with "Love That Lasts", credited to Tina Charles and Limahl, respectively, in 2002. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Tina Charles (born Tina Hoskins 10 March 1954, Whitechapel, London) is an English Singer, who achieved success as a This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2002

When the boom for ’80s nostalgia began, Limahl began to wear an orange wig identical to his original Kajagoogoo hairstyle and started playing gigs, performing the hits he had with the band and by himself.

In 2004, Limahl took part as a contender in musical reality show Comeback on German TV (Pro7). See also 2004 in music (UK Musical groups established in 2004 Record labels Reality television is a genre of Television programming which presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations documents actual events and usually features ordinary ProSieben is a commercial Television station in Germany distributed to a large extent via cable and satellite along with DVB-T A year later, he appeared in a similar UK show Hit Me Baby One More Time (ITV). Hit Me Baby One More Time is a 2005 Reality show first aired by ITV on British television and later as a new version by Independent Television (generally known as ITV) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters set up under the Independent Ironically, the episode of Hit Me Baby One More Time in which Limahl appeared also featured Howard Jones who had enlisted the services of Kajagoogoo bass player Nick Beggs to support him during his performance. Hit Me Baby One More Time is a 2005 Reality show first aired by ITV on British television and later as a new version by Howard Jones is the name of Howard Jones (musician (born 1955 English pop singer Howard Jones (football coach (1885&ndash1941 American Kajagoogoo is a British Pop band, best known for their first single, " Too Shy " which reached Number 1 in the UK Singles Chart Nick Beggs (born Nicholas Beggs 15 December 1961, Winslow, Buckinghamshire, England) is a British pop

Personal life

Although now known to be gay,[1][2] he once shared a flat with disc jockey Paul Gambaccini during his heyday, leading to rumours in the tabloid press that the two were lovers, a claim which both denied at the time. A disc jockey (also known as DJ or deejay) is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience Paul Matthew Gambaccini (born April 2, 1949, New York) ( Nicknamed 'The Professor of Pop' is a radio and television presenter in the United Gambaccini also wrote the first official biography of Kajagoogoo in 1983. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar)

He is also a vegetarian. [3][4]

Discography

See also: Kajagoogoo

Solo albums

Solo singles

Main solo compilations

Kajagoogoo/Kaja/Limahl joint compilations

N. B. In all the joint compilations above, obviously, Limahl also sings on Kajagoogoo's tracks from their 1983 debut album White Feathers. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar)

References

  1. ^ The L of my alphabet of gay, lesbian & bisexual people
  2. ^ Limahl
  3. ^ Limahl - Biography
  4. ^ Limahl -Factfile

External links

Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar)
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