Former Madness singer Suggs McPherson (b. Graham McPherson, 13 January 1961, Hastings, Sussex, England) had toyed with various re-formations of that hugely successful UK pop band before launching his solo career in 1995.
We signed to Stiff and recorded One Step Beyond in 10 days.
Since then, he has released two studio albums and two compilation albums.
Madness are currently working on a new original album due for release in early 2008. Some other items restored included a steamroller, a ploughing engine called "Margaret", a Blackpool "Coronation" tram, a Scammell Mechanical Horse, a Revopak garbage truck, various boats, World War II tanks, early C20 motor launches, railway locomotives and vintage cars.
Suggs has twice been a guest presenter on the BBC's long-running chart show Top of the Pops, once in 1995 and again in 2005. In 2006, Virgin launched the Party Classics radio channel, available via digital television.
[15], In 1997, Suggs recorded the song "Blue Day" for Chelsea F.C.
featuring his song "The Tune" (co-written with Mike Barson) plus covers of "Sleigh Ride" and "Alright" by Supergrass. • Interviews by Dave Simpson. As of October 2006, Suggs was the main presenter of the BBC London series Inside Out, a weekly programme for Londoners looking at surprising stories in the capital. Wed, 26th May 2021 Manhattan Center, New York, US Fri, 28th May 2021 Boston, Massachusetts, US Sun, … In 1996 the third single from the album, a version of the Simon & Garfunkel song "Cecilia", became his most successful release,[17] peaking at No. Following the death of his sister-in-law Alanah in 2012 from pancreatic cancer, he organised a fundraising night for Pancreatic Cancer UK called An Evening with Suggs and Friends.
[52] A third charity gala took place in March 2015. Suggs has also been an actor, with roles in films, theatre and television. [15], In December of that year, Suggs released The Christmas E.P. But there was a spirit of competitiveness.
I lived with relations in Wales for a while and came back to London.
[33] In November 2012, Suggs reprised his role of Joe's dad in the 10th Anniversary Concert of the musical Our House in aid of Help for Heroes.
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