UB40
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Biography
[Edit]Named after a British unemployment benefit form, pop-reggae band UB40 were formed in a welfare line in 1978, and their multiracial lineup reflected the working-class community their members came from. The band consolidated its street credibility with political topics appealing to dissatisfied youth and got a boost from fans of the waning 2-Tone ska revival movement. Brothers Robin (lead guitar) and Ali Campbell (guitar, lead vocals) formed the centerpiece of the group, which also included bassist Earl Falconer, keyboardist Mickey Virtue, saxophonist Brian Travers, drummer Jim Brown, percussionist Norman Hassan, and toaster Terence "Astro" Wilson. The band purchased its first instruments with compensation money Ali Campbell received after a bar fight, even though few of the members knew how to play them.
But by the end of the year, the group was invited to tour with the Pretenders. Their "Food for Thought" single reached the U.K. Top Ten in 1980, beginning a long streak of chart appearances. Signing Off and Present Arms were big sellers in Britain, if not America, and addressed the political issues of the day in songs like "One in Ten," a Top Ten hit blasting Margaret Thatcher for the country's unemployment rate. Released in 1983, Labour of Love, an album of reggae cover songs, gave the group its first chart album in America and first number one U.K. hit with Neil Diamond's "Red Red Wine." Several albums of original material sold well in the U.K., but only respectably in the U.S., where the group's biggest hit was a Top 30 cover of Sonny & Cher's "I Got You Babe" featuring the Pretenders' Chrissie Hynde.
In 1988, the group performed "Red Red Wine" at a Nelson Mandela tribute concert, and a Phoenix radio station trotted the single out for a second go-round. Listener response was far more enthusiastic, and "Red Red Wine" reentered the charts and went all the way to the top. Finally having hit on a way to conquer the lucrative American market, UB40 responded with another covers album, Labour of Love II, which produced Top Ten singles with versions of the Temptations' "The Way You Do the Things You Do" and Al Green's "Here I Am (Come and Take Me)." The group scored a huge hit in America with Elvis Presley's "Can't Help Falling in Love," which was initially featured in the Sharon Stone film Sliver and spent seven weeks at number one. By this time, UB40 had largely abandoned their trademark left-wing politics and were concentrating more on perfecting their reggae oldies covers than their original material; however, the gimmick resulted in huge sales figures in both the U.S. and U.K., with Promises and Lies reaching number six in the States and number one in Britain.
In the spring of 1998, UB40 released Presents the Dancehall Album in the U.K. A third Labour of Love collection followed a year later. In fall 2002, UB40 bounced back with yet another collection. The Fathers of Reggae, which appeared on Virgin in November, highlighted the band's roots in reggae in a selection of classics. In 2003, the band scored a major hit in the U.K. when its version of the spiritual "Swing Low" with the multicultural choir United Colours of Sound became the official anthem for the 2003 English Rugby team. The song was featured on the 2003 album Homegrown. As their 2005 album, Who You Fighting For?, was being released, an announcement was made that the band would be working with Birmingham's Repertory Theatre to stage a new musical in the spring of 2006. Two years later their album Twentyfourseven became their last with vocalist Ali Campbell and keyboardist Michael Virtue. Their 2010 release Labour of Love IV introduced Ali’s brother Duncan as the group’s new lead singer. They also released a remastered 2CD & DVD version of Signing Off as a 30th Anniversary Special, which the band also toured across America and Europe. In 2011, five founder members -Robin Campbell, Brian Travers, Terence Wilson, Norman Hassan and James Brown - started bankruptcy proceedings against the existing group over debts accrued by their label, DEP International. Alongside former singer Ali Campbell, they were declared bankrupt that year. In 2013, they announced their details of their eighteenth studio album. Entitled Getting Over The Storm, it featured covers of country music songs by the likes of Willie Nelson, George Jones,Randy Travis and many more.
Title: 5 Album Set (Signing Off/Present Arms/UB44/Labour of Love/Geffery Morgan)
Artist: UB40
Genre: Reggae
Collections
Title: 70s And 80s Together Synths (CD2)
Genre: Rock, New Wave, Rock & Roll, Synth Pop, Funk
Title: Hits Of The Introduce 80s
Genre: Dancefloor, Reggae, World Music, Dance Pop, Ska, Alternative, Funk
Title: Golden Hits 80s Vol. 11
Genre: Rock, Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: Let Me Love You Old School
Genre: Electropop, Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Gospel, Jazz, Teen Pop, Synth Pop, Indie
Title: M80 Love (CD1)
Title: Definitive 80s Under Pressure (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, New Wave, World Music, Pop Rock, Synth Pop, Funk
Title: Radio Hits 90s Vol. 2 (CD2)
Title: Boom-Box - Changed The World (CD1)
Genre: Dancefloor, Disco, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: 80s Mixtape - The Ultimate Collection (CD2)
Genre: New Beat, Rock, New Wave, World Music, Pop, Pop Rock, Synth Pop, Ska, Alternative, Indie, Folk
Title: Grand 12-Inches 15 (Compiled By Ben Liebrand) (CD3)
Genre: Hard NRG, Blues, Disco, Italo Disco, Eurodisco
Title: 101 90s Hits 5CD (CD1)
Genre: Eurodance, Power Pop, World Music, Country, Pop, Folk
Title: 101 90s Hits 5CD (CD3)
Genre: Eurodance, Power Pop, World Music, Country, Pop, Folk
Title: I Love The 90s The No1s (CD2)
Genre: Pop
Title: Fetenhits The Real Summer Classics Best Of (CD2)
Genre: Pop
Title: Reggae Reggae Hits (CD1)
Genre: Soul, Rock, Reggae, Lovers Rock, Reggae Fusion, Ska
Title: Joe FM Hitarchief Top 2000 Volume 6 (CD1)
Genre: Electronica, Rock, Punk Rock, Pop, Synth Pop, Classical
Title: Joe FM Hitarchief Top 2000 Volume 6 (CD2)
Genre: Electronica, Rock, Punk Rock, Pop, Synth Pop, Classical
Title: Girls Night Out - The Ultimate Collection (CD03)
Genre: Hard NRG, Post Disco, Electropop, Soul, Gospel, Dancefloor, Disco, Pop, Dance Pop, Funk
Title: 101 Drivetime 5CD (CD1)
Genre: Soul, Blues, Rock, Pop, Synth Pop, Alternative, Indie
Title: 80s Magic Turn Around (CD1)
Genre: Electronica, Electro, Soul Jazz, Rock, New Wave, Punk, Punk Rock, Italo Disco, Synth Pop
Title: 101 No. 1 Hits (CD3)
Genre: Electropop, Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Power Pop, World Music, Disco, Pop, Indie, Folk
Title: 101 No. 1 Hits (CD5)
Genre: Electropop, Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Power Pop, World Music, Disco, Pop, Indie, Folk
Title: 101 No. 1 Hits (CD4)
Genre: Electropop, Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Power Pop, World Music, Disco, Indie, Folk
Title: Just The Hits 90s (CD3)
Genre: Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: 101 Party Hits 5CD (CD4)
Genre: Gothic Rock, New Wave, Post Punk, Country, Disco, Pop, Synth Pop, Alternative
Title: 101 Party Hits 5CD (CD5)
Genre: Gothic Rock, New Wave, Post Punk, Country, Disco, Pop, Synth Pop, Alternative
Title: 101 Girls Night 5CD (CD4)
Genre: Hard NRG, Electropop, Hip Hop/R&B, Glam Rock, New Wave, Power Pop
Title: Smash Hits Love Songs 2018 (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Dancefloor, Reggae, World Music, Latin, Disco, Pop, Dance Pop, Synth Pop, Indie, Folk
Title: Ultimate No. 1 Mum (CD1)
Title: Magic 80s (Universal Music Operations Limited) (CD1)
Genre: Rock, New Wave, Power Pop, Pop, Synth Pop, Alternative, Indie
Title: 80 Smash Hits Of The 80s 4CD (CD3)
Genre: Freestyle Music, Soul, Darkwave, New Wave, Pop, Synth Pop
Title: 80 Smash Hits Of The 80s (CD3)
Genre: Rock, Punk Rock, Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: DMC DJ Only Promo 231 (May 2018) (CD2)
Genre: House, Hip Hop/R&B, Dancefloor, Club/Dance, Disco, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: Island Reggae Box Set, Explicit Lyrics 2018 (CD3)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Reggae, Roots Reggae, Dub, Dancehall, Ska
Title: DMC Dance Mixes 206
Genre: Electronica, Garage, Euro House, Dancefloor, Reggae, Disco, Dance Pop
Title: DMC Classic Mixes - I Love Reggae And Ska Volume 2
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Dancefloor, Reggae, Latin, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: I Love Reggae & Ska Volume 2
Genre: Downtempo, Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz, Reggae, Pop, Funk
Title: NOW Thats What I Call Music 100 (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: DMC DJ Promo 228 (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Dancefloor, Reggae, Latin, Disco, Pop, Dance Pop, Funk
Title: Summer: The Ultimate Collection (CD1)
Genre: Garage, Electropop, Soul, Rock, Reggae, Dancehall, Disco, Pop Rock, Funk
Title: Summer: The Ultimate Collection (CD2)
Genre: Garage, Electropop, Soul, Rock, Reggae, Dancehall, Disco, Pop Rock, Funk
Title: NOW Thats What I Call Music! 1 2018 (CD1)
Genre: Jazz, Rock, New Wave, World Music, Country, Disco, Synth Pop, Folk
Title: NOW Thats What I Call Music! 1 2018 (CD2)
Genre: Jazz, Rock, New Wave, World Music, Country, Disco, Pop, Synth Pop, Folk
Title: Mastermix DJ Beats Volume 69
Genre: Electropop, Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, New Wave, Reggae Fusion, Synth Pop, Funk, Indie
Title: Mastermix DJ Beats Vol. 69 (Augustus 2018)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Punk Rock, Dancefloor, Reggae, Disco, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: Best Of British: 90s
Title: 101 Hits: Long Hot Summer (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Disco, Pop, Funk
Featuring albums
Title: Bringing Out The Dead - Music From The Motion Picture
Artist: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Genre: Pop
Title: Ed TV (Music From The Motion Picture)
Artist: Ed TV Soundtrack
Genre: Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Nostalgie Love Volume 3 (CD1)
Artist: The Young Professionals
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Dancefloor, Disco, Pop
Title: Grand 12-Inches 15
Artist: Ben Liebrand
Genre: Electronica, Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Disco, Synth Pop, Funk
Title: The Real Summer Classics (CD3)
Artist: Fetenhits
Genre: Eurodance, Reggaeton, World Music, Latin, Synth Pop
Title: Throwback Reggae Dancehall
Artist: Ministry Of Sound
Genre: Reggae, Lovers Rock, Dancehall, Reggae Fusion
Title: Rights Tracks Massive 2CD (CD1 - Redrums Distance Tracks)
Artist: Coming Soon
Genre: Trip Hop, House, Electro, Dancefloor, Latin, Country, Dance Pop, Trap
Title: Mastermix DJ Beats: Summer Volume 2
Artist: DJ Beats
Genre: Eurodance, Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, New Wave, Reggae Fusion, Disco, Synth Pop