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12 unusual facts about UB40


Denis Crossan

Towards the end of his course at Beaconsfield he was asked to film a music video for Frankie Goes To Hollywood called "Relax", which was quickly followed by work for UB40, U2 and many others.

Eric M. Fowler

Fowler is a featured musician on many popular recordings by artists such as Sting, UB40, Rosanne Cash, Taylor Dayne, General Public, Clint Black, Kelly Price and the Boxing Gandhis.

Gary Tyler

UB40 (a British reggae band) included the song "Tyler" on their 1980 debut album, Signing Off.

Manu Farrarons

He has tattooed personalities like Ali Campbell and Astro from the band UB40, who played in Tahiti during their 2003 tour.

More UB40 Music

More UB40 Music is a compilation album of all of UB40's 1980 Graduate recordings.

Norman Hassan

He worked as a carpet fitter before joining the band UB40 in 1978.

Renford Cogle

"Sweet Sensation" was a worldwide success for British group UB40.

Rotorua International Stadium

The Rotorua International Stadium has held many events in its time including acts from New Zealand Opera singer Dame Kiri Te Kanawa to UB40, the Raggamuffin Music Festival.

The Best of UB40 – Volume One

The Best of UB40 – Volume One is a compilation album by the British reggae band UB40.

The UB40 File

The UB40 File is a compilation album of all of UB40's 1980 Graduate recordings.

UB40 Live

UB40 Live is a 1983 album (cat no. LPDEP 4) of live concert recordings of UB40 performing songs from their first three studio albums.

You Make the Whole World Smile

The song was also notable for knocking the song "Can't Help Falling in Love" by UB40 out of the number 1 spot it had held for 10 weeks, the UB40 song returned to number 1 the following week.


Alistair Campbell

Ali Campbell (Alistair Ian Campbell, born 1959), British singer formerly with UB40

DEP International

Dep International was formed in 1980 by members of UB40 to keep control over their record output and to release tracks by other artists.

Dino Jelušić

In June 2005, Dino performed as a guest star at the Langeland Music Festival next to Ronan Keating and UB40 in Denmark — the same country in which he had won the JESC two years earlier.

Eddie Hinton

His most well known song is "Breakfast in Bed" which has been recorded many times, most notably by Dusty Springfield and by UB40 with Chrissie Hynde.

Etchinghill, Staffordshire

Etching Hill is a very short distance away from the forest location that has hosted open-air concerts for music acts such as Status Quo, The Zutons, Jools Holland, and UB40.

John Thirkell

His other credits include work with artists such as George Michael, Jamiroquai, UB40, Cher, Tina Turner, Pet Shop Boys, Swing Out Sister and many more, along with stints in the Buddy Rich Orchestra and Gil Evans Orchestra.

KCCN-FM

They are also Honolulu's first FM station in this genre to target young adults of Hawaiian/Pacific Islander descent with a hit format that consists of upbeat Contemporary Hawaiian music from Hawaiian acts like The Mana'o Company, Bruddah Waltah & Island Afternoon, and Butch Helemano; along with tracks from other unique national genres, like Reggae, Dancehall and contemporary artists whose music fit those descriptions, like UB40, Bob Marley, Maxi Priest, Big Mountain and others.

Lucid 3

They’ve slotted in comfortably alongside international acts at WOMAD festivals and supported UB40 and Jimmy Cliff.

Man Next Door

The song has been covered by numerous other reggae artists including Dennis Brown, UB40 and Horace Andy who also sang in a more electronic version of the song for the Massive Attack album Mezzanine.

Marlay Park

During the Summer the park holds many concerts and events, some of the more popular artists have been : Foo Fighters, Green Day, Muse, The Killers, Westlife, Van Morrison, Sting, David Gray, Meat Loaf, UB40, The Waterboys, R.E.M., Oasis, Coldplay, The Chemical Brothers, Basement Jaxx, Underworld, Metallica and many others.

Present Arms

Present Arms in Dub (1981 release), third UB40 album, a remix version of Present Arms

Reggae Rising

Performers at the 2008 edition of Reggae Rising, which took place August 1–3, 2008 at Dimmick Ranch and French's Camp included Sizzla, Julian Marley, Junior Reid, UB40, Tanya Stephens, and Sly and Robbie.

Skafish

Release of Skafish was delayed for many months under financial constraints, and the project was eventually mixed on low budget and released by IRS just before the band left for an extended European tour with The Police, XTC, English Beat, UB40, Steel Pulse and other post punk, ska and reggae bands.

Small Axe

It has since been covered by several artists, among others Buju Banton, Andrew Tosh, Greensky Bluegrass, The Aggrovators, U Roy, UB40 and Peps Persson who made a Swedish version called "Liden såg" (Small saw).

The Best of UB40 – Volume One

The pub on the cover is the Eagle and Tun, frequented by UB40 as it is close to DEP International in Digbeth, Birmingham.

The Selecter

Joining him on stage were guests from UB40, The Specials, The Selecter along with saxophonist Carlos Garnett.

The Uptones

With this success, Bill Graham Presents started booking the band as support for major acts such as the Go-Go's and UB40 at the Greek Theater in Berkeley; X, Madness and the English Beat at the Kabuki; Oingo Boingo at the Warfield; General Public at the Henry J. Kaiser Center; and Billy Idol at the Oakland Coliseum.

VBirds

VBirds were a British virtual/cartoon girl band created by a team of designers, producers and musicians (one of whom was the drummer of the band UB40, James Brown) led by Richard Kilgarriff, The General Manager of Cartoon Network UK in 2002 and aired as 6×1 minute episodes between long form programming.

You're Amazing

In Japan, the three track CD featured "You're Amazing", Palmer's previous leading single, a cover of Bob Dylan's 1967 "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" from 1990 and its non-album B-side "Deep End", written by Palmer and British reggae band UB40.