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The Communards
The alliance of classically trained instrumentalist Richard Coles and energetic,
falsetto-voiced singer Jimmy Somerville was an unusual one, but it produced a
strikingly successful hi-NRG pop-dance act; which had two massive hits in the
1970s with dance covers of soul classics Don't Leave Me This Way and Never Can
Say Goodbye. Somerville, a gay icon who'd already gained fame with Bronski Beat,
had met Coles when he played clarinet on Bronski's hit It Ain't Necessarily So
and they were joined by ex-Bronski Beat bass player Dave Renwick to form The
Communards. They had their first ...
For a FriendThe Communards
Red
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There's More to Love Than Boy Meets GirlBronski Beat and The Communards
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TomorrowThe Communards
Red
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TomorrowJimmy Somerville, The Communards and Sarah Jane Morris
Red
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Don't Leave Me This WayThe Communards and Sarah Jane Morris
Communards
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Why?The Communards and Bronski Beat
The Age of Consent
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