BAD DAY AT THE OFFICE

Neil Sedaka - Happy birthday sweet sixteen

daniel porter- bad day

The Haçienda was the product of Manchester - its people, its mood and its time. From an initial idea by Rob Gretton (manager of Joy Division), and the TV broadcaster and music entrepreneur Anthony Wilson, the nightclub was set up as a then "alternative" platform and venue for new bands, many of...

Madonna - Holiday 1983 - The Tube

10cc were a UK group from Manchester who formed the band in 1972. The original line up included Eric Stewart (guitar and vocals), Graham Gouldman (bass and vocals), Lol Creme (guitar and vocals), and Kevin Godley (drums and vocals). In October 1976, Stewart and Godley and Creme left to form their...

Davy Jones - The Monkees Although generally considered to be an American pop group, Davy Jones was the Manchester born vocal element in the group. The line-up included Mike Nesmith (guitar and vocals), Peter Tork (bass and vocals), and Mickey Dolenz (drums and vocals). Formed in 1966, they were...

Sad Café were formed in 1976 when two Manchester bands ("Gyro" and "Mandella") merged together. The original line-up included vocalist Paul Young,

Phil Lynott Thin Lizzy - (1949-1986) Philip Lynott, guitarist and singer of the famed pop group "Thin Lizzy", though actually born in Birmingham, England on 20th August 1949, of an Irish mother and a black Brazilian father, moved with his mother to live in Manchester while he was still...

Gary Barlow Gary Barlow was born on the 20th January 1971 in Frodsham in Cheshire and attended Weaver Vale Junior School and then Frodsham High School. From a very early age he worked every Saturday night as a musician in Connah's Quay Labour Club. At the age of fifteen he entered the BBC's...