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label
  • The Beautiful South
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name
  • The Beautiful South
dbo:genre
dbo:associatedMusicalArtist
  • The_Housemartins
Subject
  • English pop music groups
  • Brit Award winners
  • Musical groups disestablished in 2007
  • English pop rock music groups
  • Music in Kingston upon Hull
  • Musical groups established in 1988
  • 1988 establishments in England
  • 2007 disestablishments in England
abstract
  • English alternative rock group formed at the end of the 1980s by by two former members of Hull group [a245780]. The group broke up in January 2007.
dbo:abstract
  • The Beautiful South was an English pop/rock group formed in 1988 by two former members of the Hull group the Housemartins—Paul Heaton and Dave Hemingway—both of whom performed lead and backing vocals. Other members throughout the band's tenure were former Housemartins roadie Sean Welch (bass), Dave Stead (drums) and Dave Rotheray (guitar). After the band's first album (recorded as a quintet), they were joined by a succession of female vocalists, all of whom performed lead and backing vocals alongside Heaton and Hemingway – Briana Corrigan for albums two and three after appearing as a guest vocalist on one, followed by Jacqui Abbott for the fourth through seventh albums, and finally Alison Wheeler for the final three Beautiful South albums.The group broke up in January 2007, claiming the split was due to %22musical similarities%22, having sold around 15 million records worldwide.
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  • Beautiful South
discogs
homepage
musicbrainz
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  • eec43ebc-815a-4105-b1cb-205b8f57b4fa
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  • 56d97b24cc2ddd0c0f6bc92f
wikipedia
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schema:dissolutionDate
  • 2007-01-30
schema:foundingDate
  • 1989
schema:members
wsb:BBC_page
wsb:allMusic_page
wsb:amazon_page
wsb:deezer_artist_id
  • 6814
wsb:deezer_fans
wsb:deezer_page
wsb:discogs_id
  • 171427
wsb:facebook_page
wsb:iTunes_page
wsb:lastFm_page
wsb:location
wsb:name_without_accent
  • The Beautiful South
wsb:rateYourMusic_page
wsb:record_label
  • Sony Music
  • Ark 21
  • Go! Discs
  • Mercury Records
wsb:spotify_page
wsb:wikia_page
wsb:wikidata_page
schema:genre
  • Pop
  • Rock
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