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- Birth nameTerence Edward Hall
- British singer-songwriter. Hall founded ska-punk group The Specials in 1978; they scored two UK number 1 hits with 'The Special A.K.A. Live EP' and 'Ghost Town' and were pioneering (in British music) for featuring both black and white musicians. Hall left in 1981 to form Fun Boy Three and then Colour Field before embarking on a solo career. He was also a member of the 'Nearly God' collective, including Björk, Tricky, Neneh Cherry and others, who released a self-titled album in 1996.- IMDb Mini Biography By: persistenceofvision
- Terence Edward Hall is an English musician and the lead singer of The Specials, and formerly of Fun Boy Three, The Colourfield, Terry, Blair & Anouchka and Vegas. Terry Hall has released two solo albums and has also collaborated with many artists. Terry became an active member of the Coventry music scene of the late 1970s, playing in a local punk band called Squad and being credited as a composer on their "Red Alert" single. Initially the frontman of 'The Coventry Automatics' in 1977-78, which became The Specials in early 1979, Hall first came to prominence in the UK in 1979 when BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel played their debut single "Gangsters" on his show. The band then went on to release their debut album, The Specials. The single "Ghost Town", released in June 1981, spent three weeks at number one and ten weeks in the top 40 of the UK Singles Chart. After The Specials' last single, "Ghost Town," was released, Hall left the band to start a new group called Fun Boy Three with two of his Specials band-mates, Lynval Golding and Neville Staple. In 1984, Hall formed The Colourfield, releasing the album Virgins & Philistines in 1985, which included the hit single "Thinking of You." The album spent seven weeks in the UK chart, peaking at No. 12. In 1989, Hall teamed up with actress Blair Booth and jeweler Anouchka Grose and began recording under the moniker of Terry, Blair & Anouchka. After two singles which both scraped into the Top 80 of the UK Singles Chart, the trio released the Ultra Modern Nursery Rhymes album. In 1992, Terry joined forces with David A. Stewart, most famous for his role as one half of Eurythmics. The duo took on the name Vegas and released Vegas, a slick electronic pop album that was heavily promoted by their label BMG. Hall began his formal solo career in 1994 with Home. The album was produced by his former collaborator Ian Broudie and it reached no.95 in the UK Album Chart. In 1997, Hall followed up his debut album with Laugh. It remains his most successful solo outing, making it to No. 50 in the UK Albums Chart. In 2003, Hall collaborated with Mushtaq of Fun-Da-Mental. Hall was featured on the album True Love by Toots & The Maytals, which won the Grammy Award in 2004 for Best Reggae Album, and showcased many notable musicians.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Tango Papa
- SpousesLindy Heymann(? - December 19, 2022) (his death, 1 child)Jeanette (divorced, 2 children)
- He co-wrote the 80s anthem, "Our Lips Are Sealed" with Jane Wiedlin from the Go-Gos. The song was both a hit for the Go-Gos and later for Terry's band Fun Boy Three.
- Released new album, "The Hour of Two Lights" with Mushtaq
- Has 3 sons, 2 by his first wife Jeanette and 1 by his second wife Lindy.
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