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Jimmy Ray Ringgold

Decatur Daily 31 Oct 2024
SOMERVILLE — Jimmy Ray Ringgold, 70, died October 29, 2024. Funeral will be Sunday at 1 p.m. at Peck Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Valhermoso Holiness Cemetery. Visitation will be Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral ... .
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The Age of Consent 40 review — celebrating an Eighties classic

The Times/The Sunday Times 21 Oct 2024
... a platinum-selling phenomenon on its 1983 release, spawning Bronski Beat’s huge worldwide hit Smalltown Boy, a showcase for singer Jimmy Somerville’s angry lyrics and piercing counter-tenor voice.
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Bronski Beat’s gay anthem ‘Smalltown Boy’ strikes chord 40 years on

Taipei Times 17 Oct 2024
Charismatic Scottish frontman Jimmy Somerville, later of The Communards, and his plaintive countertenor voice did the rest. Jimmy Somerville performs on Sept ... Somerville, long a recluse from the media spotlight, is not expected to attend.
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'Smalltown Boy': Bronski Beat's gay anthem strikes chord 40 years on

Raw Story 17 Oct 2024
Charismatic Scottish frontman Jimmy Somerville, later of The Communards, and his plaintive countertenor voice did the rest ... Somerville, long a recluse from the media spotlight, is not expected to attend.
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Bronski Beat's gay anthem 'Smalltown Boy' strikes chord 40 years on

Atlantic News Telegraph 17 Oct 2024
Charismatic Scottish frontman Jimmy Somerville, later of The Communards, and his plaintive countertenor voice did the rest ... Somerville, long a recluse from the media spotlight, is not expected to attend.
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Here’s every song in ‘Industry’ season three

NME 09 Oct 2024
Industry season three has finally arrived in the UK, but which songs are included in the new episodes? Read on for the full list. READ MORE. ‘Industry’ review ... See the full list below. EPISODE ONE ... W.H ... Jimmy Somerville – ‘You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)’ ... .
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The Coolest State: Bronski Beat's The Age Of Consent At 40

The Quietus 06 Sep 2024
that soaring note of release which turns out to be a wail of pain, the word “cry” sublimated into a sky-high sound? It’s characteristic of Jimmy Somerville that his signature cry is both wounded and freeing.
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Perfume Genius & The Knocks – “Smalltown Boy” (Bronski Beat Cover)

Stereogum 04 Sep 2024
In a press release, Bronski Beat singer Jimmy Somerville says that the “Smalltown Boy” cover is “like a beautiful echo coming back after travelling a long and eventful distance.” Meanwhile, Perfume Genius says. .
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How sad that in today

The Daily Mail 18 Aug 2024
We were at the height of our success and on an endless tour with a ten-piece line-up fronted by Jimmy Somerville, one of the most spectacularly talented singers of the time ... Jimmy Somerville (right).
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Pet Shop Boys’ Neil Tennant Joins Bronski Beat On “Why?” 40th Anniversary Remix

Stereogum 07 Aug 2024
The ’80s British synthpoppers Bronski Beat are not an active band ... The legacy is also an evolving thing ... Here’s what Bronski Beat singer Jimmy Somerville says about the Superchumbo remix. .
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Why Bronski Beat’s anthem of gay culture resonates 40 years on

The Observer 30 Jun 2024
The choirboy falsetto of singer Jimmy Somerville, set against the chiming electronics of the musical moment, have resisted fossilisation ... Jimmy Somerville, Larry Steinbachek and Steve Bronski ... That was the tension between me and Jimmy.
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Carmine P. Oliva, Sr.

Boston Herald 25 Jun 2024
He was also a DJ for over 30 years under his business name ‘Music Unlimited’ through the years he played in many well-known clubs including Johnny D’s in Somerville, Jimmy Maggs in E.
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Today in History: June 22, Hitler and the Nazis invade the Soviet Union

Lima Ohio 22 Jun 2024
TODAY IN HISTORY. In 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte abdicated for a second time as Emperor of the French. In 1870, the United States Department of Justice was created ... In 1944, President Franklin D ... In 1977, John N ... Rock singer-musician Jimmy Somerville is 63 ... .
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Today in History: Nazi Germany invades the Soviet Union

Chicago Tribune 22 Jun 2024
Today is Saturday, June 22, the 174th day of 2024. There are 192 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History. ... On this date. ... In 1870, the United States Department of Justice was created ... v. City of St ... Rock singer-musician Jimmy Somerville is 63 ... .
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Remembering Fran�oise Hardy, by David McKenna

The Quietus 12 Jun 2024
... of Phil Spector collaborator Arnold Goland’s ‘It Hurts To Say Goodbye’ with lyrics by Serge Gainsbourg that has been covered by Jimmy Somerville, Jane Birkin and Amanda Lear, among many others.

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