Paddy McAloon (born Patrick Joseph McAloon, 7 June 1957, Durham[1]) is an English singer-songwriter and member of the band, Prefab Sprout. Events 1099 - The First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem begins Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Durham (ˈdʌrəm in RP, locally ˈdʏrəm is a small city and main settlement of the City of Durham district of County Durham, England The English people (from the adjective in Englisc) are a Nation and Ethnic group native to England who predominantly speak English Singer-songwriter is a term that refers to Performers who write, compose and sing their own material including Lyrics A musical ensemble is a group of two or more Musicians who perform instrumental or vocal Music. Prefab Sprout are an English pop band from Witton Gilbert, County Durham, who rose to fame during the 1980s The All Music Guide describes him as "one of the most underrated lyricists of the '80s". allmusic (previously All Music Guide) is a Metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. [2]
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He has written songs that have been recorded by Kylie Minogue ("If You Don't Love Me"), Cher ("The Gunman"), Wendy Matthews ("God Watch Over You" and "Ride"), Sondre Lerche ("Nightingales"), Danny Seward ("Home (Where The Heart Is)") and various songs for Jimmy Nail as well as his own band. A songwriter is someone who writes the Lyrics to songs the Musical composition (chords or Melody to songs or both A song is a Musical composition. Songs contain vocal parts that are performed 'sung' and generally feature Words ( Lyrics) commonly followed Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE, born 28 May 1968 is an Australian pop Singer - Songwriter and occasional Actress. Cher ( IPA: /ʃɛr/ born Cherilyn Sarkisian, May 20 1946 Wendy Matthews (b 1960 in Montreal, Canada) is an Australian-based Adult alternative pop singer who has won seven ARIA awards Sondre Lerche (sɒndrə lærkə born September 5, 1982) is a Norwegian Singer, Guitarist, and Songwriter. Danny Seward is a successful British Television Actor who was born in Salford, Greater Manchester, England on 17 May Jimmy Nail (born March 16, 1954) is an English Actor and Singer. His lyrics gave many people inspiration
Prefab Sprout enjoyed a modicum of success in the 1980s and early 1990s. The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999 They peaked commercially with a Top Ten hit single in the UK Singles Chart, with "The King of Rock 'N' Roll". The Top Forty or Top 40 is a music industry shorthand for the currently most-popular songs in a particular genre. In Popular music, a chart-topper is an extremely popular recording, identified by its inclusion in a ranked list&mdasha Chart &mdashof top The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC on behalf of the British record industry " The King of Rock 'N' Roll " is a single by the British rock group Prefab Sprout in 1988
In recent years, McAloon was diagnosed with a progressive medical disorder that affects his retina and impairs his vision. In medicine a disorder is a functional abnormality or disturbance The vertebrate retina is a light sensitive part inside the inner layer of the Eye. [3]
McAloon released the spoken word/instrumental album, I Trawl The Megahertz, under his own name in 2003, on the EMI subsidiary, Liberty Records label. Spoken word is a form of literary Art or artistic performance in which Lyrics, Poetry, or stories are spoken rather than sung An instrumental is a Musical composition or recording without Lyrics or any other sort of Vocal music; all of the Music is produced by An album or record album is a collection of related audio or Music tracks distributed to the public I Trawl The Megahertz is a 2003 album by English singer-songwriter Paddy McAloon. See also 2003 in music (UK Musical groups established in 2003 Record labels The EMI Group is a British music company comprising the major record company EMI Music – which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in Liberty Records was a United States -based Record label. It was started by chairman Simon Waronker in 1955 with Alvin Bennett as president In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music [4] In 2006 Prefab Sprout's Steve McQueen album was re-mastered (by Thomas Dolby) and then released in 2007 as a two CD package. Steve McQueen is the second album by English pop band Prefab Sprout, released in June 1985 An album or record album is a collection of related audio or Music tracks distributed to the public Thomas Dolby (born Thomas Morgan Robertson, on 14 October 1958) is an English Musician, producer and inventor A Compact Disc (also known as a CD) is an Optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio The second CD was a new acoustic version (recorded in 2006) of most of the original album. Acoustic music refers to music that solely or primarily uses instruments which produce sound through entirely acoustic means as opposed to Electronic means
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