Dexy's Midnight Runners ~ Similar Artists
The Jam
- 100% match to Dexy's Midnight Runners
This highly successful late 70s and early 80s UK band comprised Paul Weller (25 May 1958, Woking, Surrey, England; vocals/guitar), Bruce Foxton (b. 1 September 1955, Woking, Surrey, England; bass/vocals) and Rick Buckler (b. Paul Richard Buckler, 6 December 1955, Woking, Surrey,...
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Squeeze
- 87% match to Dexy's Midnight Runners
Formed in Deptford, London, England in 1974, Squeeze came to prominence in the late 70s as one of the most talented of the new wave of post-punk bands. After playing for a brief period as Captain Trundlow's Sky Company, original members Chris Difford (Christopher Henry Difford,...
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Culture Club
- 80% match to Dexy's Midnight Runners
Harbingers of the so-called "new pop" that swept through the UK charts in the early 80s, Culture Club was formed by Boy George (George O'Dowd, 14 June 1961, Eltham, Kent, England; vocals), Roy Hay (b. 12 August 1961, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England; guitar/keyboards), Mikey...
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The Boomtown Rats
- 72% match to Dexy's Midnight Runners
One of the first new wave acts to emerge during the musical shake-ups of 1977, the Boomtown Rats were also significant for spearheading an interest in young Irish rock. Originally formed in Dún Laoghaire in 1975 as the Nightlife Thugs, the Dublin-based band comprised...
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Robert Palmer
- 69% match to Dexy's Midnight Runners
Alan Palmer, 19 January 1949, Batley, Yorkshire, England, d. 26 September 2003, Paris, France. Britain's leading "blue-eyed soul" singer served a musical apprenticeship over four decades in which time he participated in many different styles of music. Palmer spent much of his...
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Elvis Costello
- 67% match to Dexy's Midnight Runners
Hall & Oates
- 63% match to Dexy's Midnight Runners
Like 60s predecessors the Righteous Brothers (and their inferior 90s successor Michael Bolton), Hall And Oates decade-spanning string of hit singles was proof of the perennial appeal of white soul singing. The duo achieved their success through the slick combination of Hall's...
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Roxy Music
- 60% match to Dexy's Midnight Runners
This highly regarded and heavily influential UK band came together in January 1971 with a line-up comprising Bryan Ferry (26 September 1945, Washington, Co. Durham, England; vocals/keyboards); Brian Eno (b. Brian Peter George St. Baptiste de la Salle Eno, 15 May 1948,...
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The Stranglers
- 60% match to Dexy's Midnight Runners
One of the longest-surviving acts from the British new wave explosion of the late 70s, the Stranglers first rehearsed in Guildford as early as 1974. Two years later, the full line-up emerged, comprising Hugh Cornwell (28 August 1949, London, England; vocals, guitar), Jean...
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The Cars
- 56% match to Dexy's Midnight Runners
In a recording career that started in 1977 the Cars' output was a meagre six albums. Each one, however, sold over a million copies and reached high chart positions in the USA. Formerly known as Cap'n Swing, the stable line-up comprised Ric Ocasek (Richard Otcasek, 23 March 1949,...
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