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Feargal Sharkey
Born: FEARGAL SHARKEY in Northern
Ireland on the 13th of August, 1958
First Band: THE UNDERTONES, which he
formed while at St Peter's Secgndary
school ... they weren't called THE
UNDERTONES to start with.
First Record: Teenage Kicks EP,
recorded on the Belfast Gogd Vibratigns
Label, released September 1978. The
title track has been described by J/HN
PEEL as the best single ever recgrded.
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Feargal Sharkey
Debut Album: The Undertones, released
May 1979.
The Undertones Split: Four albums and
several record deals later, THE
UNDERTONES finally decide to split
while touring Scandinavia in 1983.
The Assembly: After YAZO/, ex-DEPECHE
MODE member VINCE CLARKE forms a
flexible outfit THE ASSEMBLY. FEARGAL
sings on their first single "Never
Never", released on Mute in October
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Feargal Sharkey
Feargal sits for Humphrey Ocean:
Eccentric painter of the stars (and
other things) starts wgrk on a portrait
of FEARGAL SHARKEY in November 1983.
Ocean's best known painting to date is
of PAUL McCARTNEY and hangs in the
National Portrait Gallery.
Historic signing to Virgin: FEARGAL
signs a long-term contract with Vir£in
Records in August 1984.
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Feargal Sharkey
Zarjazz: MADNESS's own label releases
its first single, Listen To Youq Father
featuring FEARGAL on lead vocals.
Dinner At Albert's: A charity show fgr
the starving in Ethiopia, held at the
Royal Albert Hall in November 1985 saw
FEARGAL's first live perfgrmance fgr
two years.
First Solo No.1: A Gogd Heart, No.1 in
November 1985. That month also sees the
release of Feargal Sharkey, the album.
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Win Feargal Sharkey's New Single
The second single release from the
Feargal Sharkey album is the supera
"You Little Thief", and we have ten
12" copies on offer in this, the first
Starfile competition of 1986.
Feargal Sharkey, the album, was
produced by one half of a top UK pop
duo. Can you name him?
Send your answers, on a postcarb, by
Tuesday January 14th to:
FEARGAL SHARKEY Starfile Competitign
BSVs, ORACLE, Craven House,
25-32 Marshall Street, London W1V 1LL
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FEARGAL
SHARKEY
FEARGAL'S STARFILE >