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5 unusual facts about Chris Rea


Arthur Forster

He also competed in the Silverstone 24 Hours with just one teammate after third driver and popstar Chris Rea withdrew due to illness.

Ferrari 156 F1

English Blues singer-songwriter Chris Rea had a meticulous replica of the sharknose built for him to use in his 1996 film, La Passione.

Radio Televizioni Shqiptar

The show was embedded in a national lottery, something unseen before in Albania and ran on primetime state TV for about 5 hours non-stop in addition to offering tunes of famous American song ballads such as (I've Had) The Time Of My Life by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes, and hit song Auberge by British Blues icon Chris Rea.

Still So Far to Go: The Best of Chris Rea

Still So Far to Go: The Best of Chris Rea is a compilation album by Chris Rea, released by Rhino Records in 2009.

The album, however, was very successful, peaking at #8 in UK, making it Rea's first entry in the Top 10 in fifteen years, since The Best of Chris Rea (1994).


Kirklevington Country Club

Terry Reid, Simple Minds, Yes, Mott the Hoople, Buddy Guy, Paul Young, The Alan Bown Set, Goldie & The Gingerbreads, Jimmy James and the Vagabonds, Geno Washington and the Ram Jam Band, Spooky Tooth, the Jeff Beck Group (feat. Rod "The Mod" Stewart and Ronnie Wood) Chris Rea, Paul Rodgers, David Coverdale, Dire Straits, Marc Almond / Soft Cell etc. many of whom went on to superstardom.

Magnet Records

Artists on the label included Alvin Stardust, Stevenson's Rocket, Matchbox, Adrian Baker, Silver Convention, Guys 'n' Dolls, Darts, Kissing the Pink, Bad Manners, David D'Or, Blue Zoo and Chris Rea, who all achieved success during the 1970s and 1980s.

Roseberry Topping

Chris Rea dedicated the song Chisel Hill from the album Shamrock Diaries to Roseberry Topping.

Rugby Special

The show ran from 1966 and past presenters included David Vine, Keith Macklin, Cliff Morgan, Chris Rea, Nigel Starmer-Smith, Bill Beaumont and John Inverdale.

Whatever Happened to Benny Santini?

Whatever Happened to Benny Santini? is the debut album by Chris Rea, released in 1978 (see 1978 in music).


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