Stephen Duffy
Stephen Anthony James Duffy
Born 30 May 1960 in Birmingham, England. In 1978, [a=John Taylor] (guitar), [a=Nick Rhodes] (keyboard) and Stephen Duffy (vocals & bass) formed a band called [a=Duran Duran]. But in 1979, before Duran Duran became wildly successful, Duffy moved on. He became the vocalist for Obviously Five Believers, a.k.a. The Hawks, a.k.a. The Subterranean Hawks, and then co-founded a new band, "[url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Tin+Tin+(4)]TinTin[/url]". Within 24 hours of signing to Warner, TinTin recorded "Kiss Me," which peaked at 155 in the UK charts. The following year, the group signed to [url=/label/Sire+Records+Company]Sire Records[/url] in America, where the single became a club hit. A re-recorded version was released in the UK in 1984.
Duffy went solo in 1984, as Stephen "Tin Tin" Duffy, and was signed to [l902]. In 1985, a new version of "Kiss Me" made it to number 22 inside a week. Within three it hit silver (250,000). During his time at 10 he released three albums and a slew of singles.
1987 saw formation of [url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Lilac+Time,+The]The Lilac Time[/url] which generated several releases before eventually splitting up in 1991. He resumed his solo career as Duffy.
In 1999, he came across an early (1978-1979) Duran Duran tape in storage and met up with former bandmate Nick Rhodes. The two decided to revisit and re-record their earlier material. The result was the album "Dark Circles" under the name "[url=/artist/Devils,+The]The Devils[/url]."
Duffy's journey continues... most notably (chartwise) producing material for [a=Robbie Williams].
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