Stephen Anthony James Duffy (born May 30, 1960 in Birmingham, West Midlands, England) is a British songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist. Events 1416 - The Council of Constance, called by the Emperor Sigismund a supporter of Antipope John XXIII burns Jerome of Prague following Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Birmingham ( ˈbɜːmɪŋəm Ber -ming-um The West Midlands is a Metropolitan county in western central England with a population of 2591300 England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A songwriter is someone who writes the Lyrics to songs the Musical composition (chords or Melody to songs or both A guitarist is a Musician who plays the Guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres He has recorded as a solo act under several different names, and is the lead singer for the group The Lilac Time. The Lilac Time are a band formed in Herefordshire, England and now based in Cornwall by Stephen Duffy and his brother Nick Duffy in He has also co-written many songs with Robbie Williams, and Steven Page of Barenaked Ladies. Robert Peter Maximilian Williams (born 13 February 1974) is an English singer This article is about the Canadian musician for the Australian choreographer see Stephen Page. Barenaked Ladies (often abbreviated BNL or occasionally BnL) is a Juno -winning and Grammy -nominated Canadian Alternative Names he has used, both as a member of a group and solo, include: Steven Dufait (on posters advertising gigs by a pre-signed Duran Duran), Stevie Duffy (on The Hawks' single, "Words Of Hope" (1980)), Stephen AJ Duffy, Stephen "Tin Tin" Duffy.
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Duran Duran & Other Early Work
While attending Birmingham Polytechnic (now University of Central England), he met John Taylor. Birmingham City University (formerly Birmingham Polytechnic and the University of Central England in Birmingham) is a University in the city John Taylor (born Nigel John Taylor on June 20, 1960 in Birmingham, England) is the Bass guitarist and co-founder Together they formed the new romantic group called Duran Duran, along with Taylor's non-student friend Nick Rhodes. New Romantic was a short- lived Fashion and music movement that occurred primarily in the United Kingdom and Ireland during the very early 1980s Duran Duran are an English Pop rock band famous for a long series of popular singles, albums and vivid Music videos for which they've won two Nick Rhodes (born Nicholas James Bates in Moseley, West Midlands, England, 8 June 1962 is the keyboardist for Duran Duran Duffy was the lyricist and vocalist, but left both the school and the band in 1979, well before their 1980 signing with EMI. 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
From there, he formed the band Obviously Five Believers, sometimes known as The Hawks, and did his first four-track recordings. Their only single, "Words of Hope", was released in 1980.
Tin Tin
In 1982, he created the band Tin Tin with Mulligan and Dik Davies [deceased] (both formerly of Fashion), Andy "Stoker" Growcott (of Dexys Midnight Runners) and Bob Lamb (original producer of Birmingham band UB40). Fashion (always spelled "Fashiøn" on their records were a British New Wave band consisting of Dee Harris, Al 'Luke Sky' James, Alan Darby Dexys Midnight Runners are a British pop Group with soul influences who achieved their major success in the early to mid 1980s UB40 are a British Reggae band formed in 1978 in Birmingham. Featuring the same line-up of 8 musicians from 1978-2008 the band placed more than 50 The band was signed with WEA Records in the UK, and released the song "Kiss Me", which went to #155 on the UK chart. Warner Music Group (WMG is the third-largest of the "big four" major record labels, the others being Sony BMG, EMI, and Universal By 1983, Tin Tin had signed with Sire Records in the US, and "Kiss Me" hit the dance charts there as well. Sire Records Company is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group and distributed through Warner Bros Another single, "Hold It", was also released in 1983.
After a long stint working in the US, Duffy returned to England and signed another deal, this time with Virgin 10, and worked on recording his first full album, The Ups and Downs (produced by Stephen Duffy, Booker T. Jones, J. Booker T Jones (born November 12 1944) is a multi- Instrumentalist, Songwriter, Record producer and Arranger, best J. Jeczalik, Nicholas Froome and Stephen Street), under the name Stephen "Tintin" Duffy, a nickname parodied by BBC Radio 1 DJs as 'Stephen "Duff-Duff" Tinny'. Stephen Brian Street is a music producer best known for his work with The Smiths in the 1980s The Sundays and Blur (often regarded as the A re-recorded "Kiss Me" single was released in 1984, this time only in the local West Midlands area, followed by a nationwide release of "She Makes Me Quiver". The West Midlands is a Metropolitan county in western central England with a population of 2591300
At the end of 1984, Duffy recorded a third version of "Kiss Me" with Nicholas Froome and J. J. Jeczalik (a programmer at Trevor Horn's ZTT Records, who was also a member of Art of Noise). Jonathan Edward Stephen Jeczalik, better known as JJ Jeczalik (born 11 May 1955) is a retired electronic Musician Trevor Charles Horn (born 15 July 1949) is an English Pop music Record producer, songwriter and musician ZTT Records is a Record label founded in 1983 by NME journalist Paul Morley, record producer Trevor Horn, producer/engineer Art of Noise were an Avant-garde Synthpop group formed in 1983 by producer Trevor Horn, music journalist Paul Morley, and session The new version of "Kiss Me" was released on February 25, 1985. " Kiss Me " is a hit song performed by Stephen Duffy and released three different times the third time garnering significant success Events 138 - The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) It debuted at #22 and peaked at #4, staying in the UK top 10 for 5 weeks. It was the last song played on the medium wave service of Radio 1 before it became an FM only station, at 9am on July 1, 1994. Medium Wave (MW is a part of the Medium frequency (MF radio band used mainly for AM broadcasting. "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) The final single released from The Ups and Downs album was "Icing on the Cake", which peaked at #14 in June 1985.
"Unkiss That Kiss", released in September 1985, was the first single from the album Because We Love You released in early 1986; additional singles from the album were "I Love You" and "Something Special". He was then dropped from the Virgin 10 label.
He also recorded an album in 1986 called Designer Beatnik with Roger Freeman of Pigbag, released under the name Dr. Pigbag were a British Post-punk band active from 1980 to 1983 Calculus. The album's two singles were "Programme 7" and "Perfume from Spain".
Reference to The Adventures Of Tintin
The name Tintin was taken from the Belgian Comic character of the same name, created by Hergé. Tintin and Snowy (original French language names Tintin et Milou) a journalist and his canine companion are a pair of adventurers who travel around the Georges Prosper Remi ( May 22, 1907 - March 3, 1983) better known by the Pen name Hergé, was a Belgian Duffy would later release his experimental album Designer Beatnik under another Tintin-derived pseudonym, Dr. Calculus.
The Lilac Time
In 1986, he began writing and recording music that would become The Lilac Time's first album, released on Swordfish Records. The album, entitled The Lilac Time, came out in November 1987 and was subsequently reissued in remixed form by Fontana on February 8, 1988. Events 421 - Constantius III becomes co- Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar)
The group originally consisted of Stephen Duffy, his elder brother Nick Duffy, and friend Michael Weston, who recorded the first album together; Michael Giri and Fraser Kent joined when the band was ready to go on tour. Nick Duffy (born June 24 1956 in Birmingham, West Midlands, England) is a British Artist, Film maker and Musician (See The Lilac Time for more detail on the band's history. The Lilac Time are a band formed in Herefordshire, England and now based in Cornwall by Stephen Duffy and his brother Nick Duffy in )
In 1991, the band split up (temporarily, as it turned out) and Stephen Duffy subsequently pursued a solo career.
Solo
The 1993 album Music In Colors (Parlophone) was recorded with Nigel Kennedy, and featured the singles "Natalie" and "Holte End Hotel". Parlophone is a Record label, founded in Germany in 1896 by the Carl Lindström Company.
During this period, he co-wrote several songs that appeared on the 1994 Barenaked Ladies album "Maybe You Should Drive": "Jane", "Everything Old is New Again", "Alternative Girlfriend", and "The Wrong Man Was Convicted. Barenaked Ladies (often abbreviated BNL or occasionally BnL) is a Juno -winning and Grammy -nominated Canadian Alternative Maybe You Should Drive (commonly abbreviated MYSD) was the second full-length album by Barenaked Ladies. "
The next album was called simply Duffy, released August 1995 on Indolent Records. "London Girls" and "Sugar High" went to the top 10 on the UK indie chart, but "Needle Mythology" did not. ("Starfit" was also released as a single in the US. ) The album was reissued on CD in 2000 by BMG Fun House.
He participated in a temporary supergroup called Me Me Me, consisting of Duffy, Alex James of Blur, Justin Welch of Elastica and Charlie Bloor. SuperGroup is a Reality show on the channel VH1. The show puts together five Heavy metal musicians packed into a large mansion that must play a show after Me Me Me was a short-lived English Britpop supergroup, including several high profile British musicians Steven Alexander James (born 21 November 1968 in Boscombe, England) is a Farmer and the bass player of the currently Blur are an English Alternative rock band that formed in London in 1989 Justin Welch (born Justin Steven Welch 4 December 1972 in Nuneaton, Warwickshire) is an English Musician, best For the theory relating to large scale deformations of elastic structures see Elastica Theory. The one-off single "Hanging Around" was released August 5, 1996 and reached Number 19 on the UK chart. Events 642 - Battle of Maserfield - Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Bernicia. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar)
Duffy then left Indolent Records in the summer of 1997, just before the album I Love My Friends was to be released. The album was picked up by Cooking Vinyl Records, which released the singles "17" and "You Are". Cooking Vinyl is a UK -based Independent record company, founded in 1986.
Virgin released a compilation album entitled They Called Him Tin Tin in 1999, with tracks chosen by Duffy.
The Devils
In 1999, Duffy found a tape recording of 1978-1979 (pre-Simon Le Bon) Duran Duran music in storage; shortly after, he had a chance meeting with Nick Rhodes, Duran Duran's keyboardist. Simon John Charles Le Bon (born October 27, 1958) is the lead singer and lyricist of the pop/rock band Duran Duran and its offshoot Arcadia Nick Rhodes (born Nicholas James Bates in Moseley, West Midlands, England, 8 June 1962 is the keyboardist for Duran Duran Reminiscences led to a desire to collaborate, and they ended up re-recording the music on the tape. They did not change any of the lyrics, and used only late-70s-era instruments, but brought modern production techniques to the project. The result was the quirky album Dark Circles, released under the name The Devils.
Return to The Lilac Time
Finally, Duffy reunited with other former members of The Lilac Time, Nick Duffy and Michael Giri as well as new members Claire Worrall and Melvin Duffy (no relation), releasing Looking For A Day In The Night in 1999, and lilac6 in 2001. Compendium - The Fontana Trinity, a collection of tracks from their first three out-of-print albums, was also released in 2001.
The album Keep Going was released in 2003 under the name 'Stephen Duffy & The Lilac Time', to the usual critical acclaim and limited commercial success.
In 2007 Stephen released a new album and limited edition (2000 copies) book called "Runout Groove" and held a few rare performances with the full Lilac Time ensemble.
In April 2008 it was confirmed that Stephen Duffy and Claire Worrall got married after several years together.
Work with Robbie Williams & Steven Page
Duffy's songwriting ability earned him his first Number 1 in October 2004 as the co-writer of the Robbie Williams single "Radio", one of two new tracks recorded for Williams' Greatest Hits album. Robert Peter Maximilian Williams (born 13 February 1974) is an English singer Greatest Hits is a hits compilation by Robbie Williams, released in 2004
In October 2005, the Robbie Williams album Intensive Care was released. Intensive Care is the ninth Album and sixth solo studio album by English pop singer Robbie Williams, released on October Fully co-written and co-produced by Stephen Duffy, it gained him much exposure and critical acclaim. Duffy went on to work as the musical director and guitarist for the Robbie Williams Close Encounters world tour in support of the album.
In 1987 Duffy was contacted by Steven Page, then of the band Scary Movie Breakfast, and was impressed by his writing and demo tape. This article is about the Canadian musician for the Australian choreographer see Stephen Page. Duffy and Page began co-writing songs. Their work together produced popular Barenaked Ladies songs like 1994's "Jane", as well as much of the material from Page's solo album "The Vanity Project". Barenaked Ladies (often abbreviated BNL or occasionally BnL) is a Juno -winning and Grammy -nominated Canadian Alternative
Stephen Duffy is known to be Caitlin Moran's lodger. Caitlin Moran (b 5 April 1975 Catherine Elizabeth Moran in Brighton) is a British broadcaster and columnist for The Times
External links
- Official Lilac Time/Stephen Duffy Site
- Comprehensive discography, chronology, lyrics, gallery, biography, publications
- Stephen Duffy's biography on last.fm
- Listen to Perfume From Spain by Dr Calculus
- A good interview on Duffy's history and The Devils
- Close Encounters Tour news & info
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| NAME | Duffy, Stephen |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Songwriter, vocalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 30, 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Birmingham, England |
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