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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...
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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...
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David Gray
David Gray was born in Sale, Manchester in 1968, where his family ran a chain of bakery shops. As a result of a serious family dispute in 1995, he and his parents moved to live in Wales.
Later, he returned to the Northwest region to attend Liverpool University, where his interest in...
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Bee Gees
Jointly known as the Bee Gees, Barry, Maurice, and Robin Gibb's career began when the three gathered in a bedroom in their home in Manchester, working out the natural harmonies that were to become one of the distinguishing features of the Bee Gees' sound. Their talents were not exactly...
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That That
The "Brit Pop" rave of the early 1990s, this talented Manchester-based vocal group restored the ballad to the popular music charts. In some ways reviving the youth adulation which the Beatles received during the 1960s, Take That became the role models for many young people....
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