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^ Graff, Gary (28 August 1986). "The Second British Invasion: New wave now an old ripple" . Spokane Chronicle . Retrieved 1 May 2019 .

^ Chiu, David (10 July 2015). "Goodbye Is Forever: Duran Duran, Live Aid & the End of the Second British Invasion" . Medium . Retrieved 15 January 2017 .

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^ Record Mirror , 10 May 1980

^ Kevin Archer, Liner notes to Searching for the Young Soul Rebels (2000)

^ Jump up to: a b "Young Guns" BBC interview, available at "The Dexys Story" .

^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g Richard White, Dexys Midnight Runners: Young Soul Rebels (2005), p. 121-22.

^ Record Mirror 3 July 1982

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^ British Hit Singles & Albums (Guinness World Records)

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^ "Press Office – BBC says fond farewell to Top of the Pops" . BBC . 20 June 2006 . Retrieved 30 January 2020 .

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^ Kevin Rowland, Liner notes for Don't Stand Me Down: The Director's Cut (2004). Retrieved 12 February 2015.

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Kevin Rowland
Lucy Morgan
Sean Read
Michael Timothy
Andy Hobson
Al Archer
Jim Paterson
Pete Williams
Pete Saunders
John Jay
Steve Spooner
Geoff Blythe
Jeff Kent
Bobby Ward
Andy Leek
Andy "Stoker" Growcott
Mick Talbot
Billy Adams
Mickey Billingham
Seb Shelton
Paul Speare
Brian Maurice
Steve Wynne
Giorgio Kilkenny
Helen O'Hara
Steve Brennan
Roger MacDuff
John Edwards
Andy Hamilton
Nick Gatfield
Spike Edney
Robert Noble
Vincent Crane
Tim Dancy
Julian Litman
Mick Bolton
Pol Coussee
Fayyaz Virji
Penn Pennington
Jerry Preston
Philip Blakeman
Neil Hubbard
Julian Crampton
Crispin Taylor
Volker Janssen
Paul Taylor
Madeleine Hyland
Tim Cansfield
David Ruffy
Siobhan Fahey
Billy Stookes
Mark Kavuma

" Dance Stance "
" Geno "
" There, There, My Dear "
"Keep It Part Two (Inferiority Part One)"
"Plan B"
"Show Me"
"Liars A To E"
" The Celtic Soul Brothers "
" Come On Eileen "
" Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile) "
"Let's Get this Straight (From the Start)"
" This Is What She's Like "
"Because of You"
"She Got a Wiggle"

Dexys Midnight Runners (currently officially Dexys , their former nickname, styled without an apostrophe [1] [2] ) are an English pop rock band with soul influences from Birmingham , who achieved major commercial success in the early to mid-1980s. They are best known in the UK for their songs " Come On Eileen " and " Geno ", both of which peaked at No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart , as well as six other top-20 singles. "Come On Eileen" also topped the US Billboard Hot 100 , and with extensive airplay on MTV they are associated with the Second British Invasion . [3] [4]

During the late 1970s and early 1980s, Dexys went through numerous personnel changes over the course of three albums and 13 singles, with only singer/songwriter/co-founder Kevin Rowland remaining in the band through all of the transitions and only Rowland and "Big" Jim Paterson (trombone) appearing on all of the albums. By 1985, the band consisted only of Rowland and long-standing members Helen O'Hara (violin) and Billy Adams (guitar). The band broke up in 1987, with Rowland becoming a solo artist. After two failed restart attempts, Dexys was reformed by Rowland in 2003 with new members, as well as a few returning members from the band's original lineup (known as Dexys Mark I). Dexys released their fourth album in 2012 and a fifth followed in 2016.

Dexys Midnight Runners were founded in 1978 in Birmingham , England, by Kevin Rowland (vocals, guitar, at the time using the pseudonym Carlo Rolan) [5] and Kevin "Al" Archer (vocals, guitar). Both had been in the short-lived punk band the Killjoys . Rowland had previously written a Northern soul -style song that the two of them sang, "Tell Me When My Light Turns Green", which became the first Dexys "song". [6] The band's name was derived from Dexedrine , a brand of dextroamphetamine used as a recreational drug among Northern soul fans to give them energy to dance all night. [5] While recruiting members for the new band, Rowland noted that "Anyone joining Dexys had to give up their job and rehearse all day long ... We had nothing to lose and felt that what we were doing was everything." [6] "Big" Jim Paterson (trombone), Geoff "JB" Blythe (saxophone, previously of Geno Washington 's Ram Jam Band ), Steve "Babyface" Spooner (alto saxophone), Pete Saunders (keyboard), Pete Williams (bass) and John Jay (drums) formed the first lineup of the band, which began playing live at the end of 1978. [7]

By the middle of 1979, Bobby "Jnr" Ward had replaced Jay on drums. [7] Clash manager Bernard Rhodes then signed them and sent them into the studio to record a Rowland-penned single, "Burn It Down", which Rhodes renamed " Dance Stance ". [5] [6] In response to Rhodes' criticism of Rowland's singing style, Rowland developed a "more emotional" sound influenced by General Norman Johnson of the Holland–Dozier–Holland band Chairmen of the Board [8] and the theatricality of Bryan Ferry . [2]

After a series of dates opening for the Specials , who wore suits on stage, Rowland decided that his band needed its own distinct look. [8] Borrowing from an outfit that Paterson had worn to rehearsals, [8] Dexys subsequently dressed in donkey jackets or leather coats and woolly hats, a look described as "straight out of De Niro 's Mean Streets ". [5] In January 1980, Rowland said of the band's sound and look, "we didn't want to become part of anyone else's movement. We'd rather be our own movement". [5] Image became very important to the group: Rowland said, "We wanted to be a group that looked like something ... a formed group, a project, not just random." [9]

"Dance Stance", which Rhodes produced, was released on Oddball Records, which Rhodes owned, and which was distributed by EMI . [7] Although it was named "single of the week" by Sounds , [5] it stalled at number 40 in the British charts, [7] which EMI and Rowland believed was due to Rhodes' poor production. [6] Rowland said, "We learned that early on, that the wrong producer can totally screw your record up." [6] As a result, Dexys fired Rhodes and signed with EMI, and EMI immediately put Pete Wingfield in charge of their production. [6] Saunders and Ward left the band, replaced by Andy Leek (keyboards) and Andy "Stoker" Growcott (drums). [7]

Building on the unexpected success of "Dance Stance" (aka "Burn It Down"), Dexys' next single, " Geno " – about Geno Washington – became a British Number One in 1980. [6] It featured the band's "Late Night Feelings" imprint on the single, which became a trademark of the band's records on EMI. [7] Rowland wrote about Washington as he had seen one of his performances aged 11 with his brother. [9] The success of the song prompted Washington to make a return to live performance, but it also prompted the departure of Leek, who said he didn't want to be famous. [10] Pete Saunders returned to the band temporarily, replacing Leek, to record their debut album. [7]

Dexys' debut LP, Searching for the Young Soul Rebels , which featured "Geno", was released in July 1980. [7] The label of the album also included the band's "Late Night Feelings" imprint, and the album's sleeve featured a photograph of a Belfast Catholic boy carrying his belongings after moving from his home during the Troubles ; the Irish-descended Rowland explained that "I wanted a picture of unrest. It could have been from anywhere but I was secretly glad that it was from Ireland." [9] Of the album's title, Rowland said "I don't know ... I just liked the sound of it, really." [9] Of the songs on the album, only two ("Geno" and " There, There, My Dear ") were written by Rowland (lyrics) and Archer (music) together; producer Pete Wingfield hadn't liked Rowland's lyrics on their third co-composition ("Keep It") and had instead turned those lyrics into a separate song ("Love Part One"); Blythe wrote new lyrics for the version of "Keep It" on the album. [11] The same month, Rowland imposed a press embargo on the band; instead, Dexys would take out ads in the music papers explaining the band's position on various issues. [5] This was a response to some less than complimentary opinions from some music press writers; [6] for example, the NME 's Mark Cordery accused the band of "emotional fascism" and described their music as a perversion of soul music with "no tenderness, no sex, no wit, no laughter". [9]

After the album, Saunders was replaced by Mick Talbot (ex- The Merton Parkas ) on keyboards. [7] "There, There, My Dear" became the band's second top-10 single. However, after a couple of months of touring, Rowland insisted on writing new lyrics to Archer's music for "Keep It" for release as the band's next single, despite EMI's objections. [7] The single, called "Keep It Part Two (Inferiority Part One)", was a failure, and five of the band members then quit, [7] angered over continual personality problems with Rowland, as well as Rowland's policy of not speaking to the music press. [6] Archer and Paterson both remained with Rowland at first, but then Archer also decided to leave, [6] which reduced Dexys to just Rowland and Paterson, whom Rowland referred to as "the Celtic soul brothers" (in reference to Paterson's Scottish background and Rowland's Irish background). [12]

Archer (and Leek) eventually formed The Blue Ox Babes , while the other departing members—Blythe, Spooner, Williams, "Stoker", and Talbot—formed The Bureau , which Wingfield continued to produce.

Rowland and Paterson first chose to write several new songs, so that Dexys could move forward from the split. [6] They then brought in an old friend of theirs, Kevin "Billy" Adams (guitar/banjo), along with Seb Shelton (drums, formerly of Secret Affair ), Mickey Billingham (keyboard), Brian Maurice Brummitt (who dropped his last name for his stage name "Brian Maurice", alto saxophone), Paul Speare (tenor saxophone) and Steve Wynne (bass). [7] This new lineup also adopted a new look that included hooded tops, boxing boots, and pony tails. [9] Along with the new image, Rowland brought in a fitness regime, which included working out together and running as a group, Rowland commenting "The togetherness of running along together just gets ... that fighting spirit going". [9] The group would also take part in group exercise sessions before performances, and drinking before shows was strictly forbidden. [9]

By the time the new band's first si
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