The Beat (music group)

The Beat, known in America as The English Beat and in Australia as The British Beat, a British group from Birmingham to ska with pop , soul , reggae and punk mixes. The group made ​​three albums in its heyday (I Just Can't Stop It (1980), Wha'ppen? (1981) and Special Beat Service (1982)) and scored hits like Mirror In The Bathroom and Too Nice To Talk To. Their songs are mostly about love, politics and social issues.



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*1 History  ==History [  edit ] == ===[Start  edit ] === The Beat was founded in 1978 during the great wave of unemployment and growing social unrest where England at that time was suffering. The core members were Dave Wakeling (vocals, guitar), Andy Cox (guitar) and David Steele (bass guitar). In 1979 they were joined by successively Everett Morton (drums), 'Ranking' Roger Charlery (vocals) and Lionel 'Saxa' Martin (sax);All three of Caribbean descent. The 49-year-old Saxa had in his own words which found one band where he had spent years looking, Morton drummed ten years in reggae bands and the 18-year-old Roger was one of the few black punks (with rasta colored millimeter capsule) in the local scene. He started as a drummer but could also toast (a crude form of Jamaican rapping) and after a series of spontaneous guest appearances he became permanent member.
 * 1.1 Start Time
 * 1.2 Breakthrough
 * 1.3 Divestitures
 * 1.3.1 General Public
 * 1.3.2 Fine Young Cannibals
 * 1.3.3 International Beat
 * 1.3.4 Special Beat
 * 1.4 Reunion
 * 1.5 Tribute
 * 2 Singles

The Beat has appeared in shows for The Selecter and asked yourself UB40 (which Roger also invited themselves when their own toaster Astro was a roadie) to warm up. Then the group signed a contract with the prestigious 2 Tone label for a single; This was Tears Of A Clown, a cover of Smokey Robinson & The Miracles .

Following the example of 2 Tone founded his own label (Go-Feet) that due to a major record label ( Arista was distributed) with equal profit sharing. The Go-Feet mascot (Beat Girl) is based on a photo of a girl with ska pioneer Prince Buster is dancing. In early 1980 appeared Mirror In The Bathroom which was played frequently on British radio and debuted The Beat on Dutch soil. The following singles were Hands Off She's Mine and Stand Down Margret (supposedly an old calypso tune). ===[Breakthrough  edit ] === The Beat caught the attention of then popular bands like The Pretenders and Talking Heads and cared for the program during their tours. In America, however, had its name be changed because there is already a Beat occurred.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Also in the US hit The (English) Beat in demand because their songs were played on local radio stations in Los Angeles and Seattle. The band was then popular in Australia. There were long tours as support of various artists such as David Bowie , The Clash (which Roger took the stage during Rock The Cashbah), The Police , REM and The Specials . With performances with the Specials was much collaboration; so it was exchanged for the bass players of both bands when they are in the same broadcast of Top of the Pops were on display. The African tinted Too Nice To Talk To marked the transition to the album Wha'ppen? (Roughly translated, Watzke Burt?). ===<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[Divestitures  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ====General Public <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== ====Fine Young Cannibals <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== ====International Beat <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== ====Special Beat <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">From 1989 to 1993 sat Ranking Roger and Saxa in Special Beat; 2-Tone supergroup frequently traveled around the world with songs from The Specials and The Beat plus new material. The Californian performances of their American farewell tour came to join Dave Wakeling. ===<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[Reunion  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">In 2003 attempts the music channel VH1's The Beat gather again; Andy Cox and David Steele refused to cooperate, and finally Dave Wakeling guest at a new version of the band which is assisted by son Roger Murphy (Ranking Jr.) as co-frontman. Saxa, who has suffered in the heyday of The Beat with health problems, is in short supply and will retire in 2005, leaving only Everett Morton and Ranking Roger of the original line. A new album is recorded that as yet remains on the shelves.
 * In 1982 the third album Special Beat Service appeared; high time to stop according to Dave Wakeling, because "after three albums you lose your credibility." And so in the summer of 1983 when the band thanks to the collector What Is Beat? Scored a hit with the three year old Andy Williams -Cover Can not Get Used To Losing You. Dave Wakeling and Ranking Roger continued as General Public with former members from The Specials (bassist Horace Panter ) and Dexy's Midnight Runners . Saxa and Mick Jones (who had just put out The Clash) contributed to the debut album All The Rage that singles General Public and the Motown -like Tenderness spawned. England shrugged, but America could not get enough of it. After the second album (Hand To Mouth) 1986 Ranking Roger and Dave Wakeling went quarrel apart. Ranking Roger released his solo debut at the IRS label of Miles Copeland (brother of Police-drummer Stewart ) Dave Wakeling exchanged the rainy Birmingham sunny Los Angeles and recorded the album No Warning on; not so much a continuation of the soul-pop of General Public and with one returning to the ska sound of The Beat. Because he was also concerned with what was happening in the world, he went to work for Greenpeace. In 1994, General Public came together to record a cover of Staple Singers' I'll Take You There (originally sampled in Let's Talk About Sex by Salt 'N Pepa ); it became a hit, but the album that followed in 1995 did not match that success and apart from a one-off reunion concert in 1998 was not followed up.
 * Andy Cox and David Steele founded with singer Roland Gift (as co-frontman of Akrylykz still at The Beat has been in the program for) Fine Young Cannibals on. This group scored in the eighties top 10 hits with Good Thing, Johnny Come Home and She Drives Me Crazy and was the most successful spin-off of The Beat.
 * Saxa and Everett Morton made ​​through a series of jam sessions with vocalist / guitarist Tony Beet a restart as The International Beat. In 1990, to hear their debut album which dance influences were instead of traditional ska. After the break in 1993, Morton was active for some time as a landlord.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Dave Wakeling therefore takes the audience all deceit and has its own (English) Beat up which he also plays the hits of General Public and mainly by touring America.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">In late June 2012, the albums by The Beat be re-released with bonus tracks and liner notes by former Body Snatchers -zangeres Rhoda Dakar . ===Tribute <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">In 2013 the tribute album released Specialized 2 - Beat Teenage Cancer (continued on Specialized with the Specials cover) which ska bands songs by The Beat retreading to raise money for Teenage Cancer Trust. Its successor, Specialized 3 - Mad Not Cancer is dedicated to Madness; Dave Wakeling, ambassador of the foundation Specialized, has taken the initiative with a 2 Tone opportunity group Our House to tackle; Saxa also pledged his cooperation. ==<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[Single  Edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==
 * Tears Of A Clown (1979)
 * Hands Off, She's Mine (1980)
 * Mirror In The Bathroom (1980)
 * Best Friend (1980)
 * Too Nice To Talk To (1981)
 * All Out To Get You (1981)
 * Doors Of Your Heart (1981)
 * Hit It (1981)
 * Save It For Later (1982)
 * Jeannette (1982)
 * I Confess (1982)
 * Can't Get Used To Losing You (1983)
 * Ackee 1-2-3 (1983)