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Simple Minds

3,920,730 plays (468,223 listeners)

Formed in 1977 by Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill, Simple Minds (hailing from Glasgow, Scotland) were previously known as Johnny and the Self Abusers. Under that name they released one single (Saints and Sinners) and played various live shows between February and November 1977 before they changed their name to Simple Minds.

Howard Jones

842,388 plays (146,360 listeners)

There are two persons with this name. 1. Howard Jones (born John Howard Jones on February 23, 1955) is an English singer and songwriter. He is the eldest of three boys. His birthplace is Southampton, England, and he spent his early years in High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, and attended the Royal Grammar School. He now lives with his family in Somerset, England.

Thompson Twins

1,078,207 plays (202,579 listeners)

Thompson Twins were an English new wave band. The band formed in April 1977, and disbanded in May 1993. Massively popular in the mid-1980s, the band scored a string of hits in the UK, broke into the U.S. and Canada and enjoyed huge popularity around the globe. The band was named after the two bumbling detectives Thomson and Thompson from Hergé's comic strip, The Adventures of Tintin.

Thomas Dolby

804,123 plays (137,775 listeners)

Thomas Dolby is one of the great legends of electronic music. His career as a solo artist includes two of the most unique and recognizable hits of the genre, She Blinded Me With Science and Hyperactive!.

Level 42

1,046,837 plays (147,654 listeners)

Internationally popular Brit-funk quartet best known in the UK for their hits 'Lessons in Love', 'Something About You' and 'The Sun Goes Down (Living It Up)'.

Talk Talk

2,571,536 plays (254,501 listeners)

Talk Talk are commonly known for their early synthpop/New Wave singles, including Today, Talk Talk, It's My Life, Such a Shame and Life's What You Make It, but are also considered forerunners in the post-rock genre for their later experimental albums.

Wang Chung

473,962 plays (106,249 listeners)

Wang Chung was a British new wave musical group. Originally called Huang Chung which is Chinese for "perfect pitch" (though they later claimed it was the sound a guitar made on American Bandstand), the band formed in 1979. The lineup consisted of vocalist/guitarist Jack Hues, bassist Nick Feldman, saxophonist David Burnand a.

Frankie Goes to Hollywood

1,660,658 plays (300,215 listeners)

Frankie Goes To Hollywood (FGTH) was one of the most controversial and commercially-successful UK pop acts of the mid 1980s. The Liverpool group was fronted by vocalist Holly Johnson, supported by Paul Rutherford (backing vocals), Peter Gill (drums), Mark O'Toole (bass) and Brian Nash (aka Nasher, guitar).