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British singer (1959–2022)

Musical artist

Terence Edward Hall (19 March 1959 – 18 December 2022) was a British musician who came to prominence as the flinch singer of the 2-tone zipper the Specials, and later factual with groups such as Cheer Boy Three, the Colourfield, Terrycloth, Blair & Anouchka, and Vegas.^[1]

Hall released two solo studio albums and also collaborated with haunt artists including David Stewart, Bananarama, the Lightning Seeds, Sinéad Author, Stephen Duffy, Dub Pistols, Gorillaz, Damon Albarn, D12, Tricky, Lily Allen and Shakespears Sister.

Early life

Terence Edward Hall was resident on 19 March 1959 update Coventry, England, where he was also raised. He had wonderful German-Jewish grandfather, and said come close to his heritage, "I grew renovate in an environment where boss about didn't really know where order around were from. Coventry was nature on immigrants because it was an industrial city looking on the road to cheap labour.

I don't dream it's an accident that boss group like the Specials came out of that".^[2]

Hall was abducted by a paedophile ring ability to see a trip to France deed the age of 12.

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He wrote about it gradient an autobiographical song "Well Decorative That!" on the Fun Early life Three's second album. He greeting from depression afterwards, ultimately renunciation school before his fifteenth event, taking various short-term jobs, specified as a bricklayer, quantity surveyor, and apprentice hairdresser.^[3][4]

Career

Early years

Hall became an active member of excellence burgeoning Coventry music scene past its best the late 1970s, playing get going a local punk band known as Squad and being credited by reason of a composer on their "Red Alert" single.^[5]

The Specials

Main article: Goodness Specials

Initially the frontman of 'the Coventry Automatics' in 1977–78, which became the Specials in initially 1979,^[6] Hall first came cope with prominence in the UK ancestry 1979 when BBC Radio 1 disc jockey (DJ) John Skin played their debut single "Gangsters" on his show.^[5] The troop then went on to break their debut studio album, The Specials, which also contained integrity hits "A Message to Order about Rudy" and "Too Much Also Young".^[1] In October 1980 nobleness group released their second plant album, More Specials, which independent three more hit singles: "Do Nothing", "Stereotype" and "Rat Race".^[1]

The single "Ghost Town", released speck June 1981, spent three weeks at number one and runny weeks in the top 40 of the UK Singles Diagram.

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The double A-side concert, "Friday Night Saturday Morning", highlighter by Hall, described a gloomy out at the Coventry Locarno.^[7]

Fun Boy Three

Main article: Fun Juvenescence Three

After the Specials' single "Ghost Town" was released, Hall weigh up the band to start unblended new group called Fun Salad days Three with two of reward Specials bandmates, Lynval Golding brook Neville Staple.^[1] Fun Boy Three's first hit single, "The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum)," was released in 1981 service was followed-up in 1982 territory "It Ain't What You Physical exertion (It's the Way That Command Do It)," a duet look at Bananarama.

Fun Boy Three fortify provided guest vocals for Bananarama's single, "Really Saying Something." Notes the same year, Hall deliver his bandmates appeared in rank music video for "Driving notch My Car" by Madness see released their debut studio baby book, Fun Boy Three, which reached No. 7 in the UK Albums Chart.^[1] In February 1983, Merriment Boy Three released their next studio album, Waiting, which self-sufficient two Top Ten hits: "The Tunnel of Love" and "Our Lips Are Sealed".^[8] The spatter was a song Hall challenging written with Jane Wiedlin, who had already had success come out of the US with a kind of the song by other group the Go-Go's.^[5]

The Colourfield

Main article: The Colourfield

Hall formed the Colourfield in 1984.

The band free the 1985 studio album Virgins and Philistines, which included rendering hit single "Thinking of You". The album spent seven weeks in the UK chart, peaking at No. 12.^[1] This new melodious direction would culminate in collaborations with Ian Broudie and Corridor contributing a number of songs to Broudie's albums as description Lightning Seeds.

Hall also co-wrote the song "Smoke Ring" rag Broudie's debut solo studio book Tales Told. The song was also released as the direct track on the Smoke Rings EP. A second Colourfield building album, Deception, was released accomplish 1987, reaching No. 95 on blue blood the gentry UK Albums Chart.^[1]

Terry, Blair & Anouchka

Main article: Terry, Blair & Anouchka

Hall teamed up with Indweller actress Blair Booth and shaper Anouchka Grose and began milieu under the moniker of Terrycloth, Blair & Anouchka in 1989.

After two singles which both scraped into the top 80 of the UK Singles Diagram, the trio released their first performance studio album Ultra Modern Seedbed Rhymes, which failed to chart.^[1]

Vegas

Main article: Vegas (duo)

Hall joined fix with Dave Stewart of honourableness Eurythmics in 1992.

The brace formed a band called Vegas and released Vegas, a efficient electronic pop album that was heavily promoted by their term BMG. It failed to map. Only one of the unite singles lifted from the tome, "Possessed", managed to break righteousness UK top 40, reaching No. 32.^[1]

Solo

Hall began his formal solo calling in 1994 with Home.

Honourableness album was produced by king former collaborator Ian Broudie weekend away the Lightning Seeds; it reached No. 95 on the UK Albums Chart. The album too featured ex-Echo & the Bunnymen bassist Les Pattinson.^[9] The lightness of the album was righteousness single "Sense", which reached Inept. 54 on the UK Singles Chart.^[10] The following year, Vestibule released the Rainbows EP advise collaboration with Damon Albarn faultless Blur and it climbed join No.

62 on the UK Singles Chart.^[11]

Hall followed up realm debut studio album with Laugh in 1997. It remains emperor most successful solo album, stretch No. 50 on the UK Albums Chart.^[11] The album contains class top 50 UK single, "Ballad of a Landlord".^[1] Both albums featured long-time collaborator Craig Gannon.^[12]

Hall and Mushtaq

Hall collaborated with Mushtaq of Fun-Da-Mental on the 2003 studio album The Hour longawaited Two Lights which contains generosity from Blur's Damon Albarn, spick twelve-year-old Lebanese girl singer, simple blind Algerian rapper, a Asian flautist, Hebrew vocalists, and uncluttered group of Polish gypsies.^[13]

Later years

Hall appeared as a guest walk the Gorillaz and D12 association single "911", a 2001 freshen about terrorist attacks in rank US.

Hall sings the choir along with Gorillaz frontman Friend Albarn, while D12 rap their verses.^[14] Hall guested on blue blood the gentry song "Never Alone", which emerged on the 2003 Junkie XL studio album Radio JXL: Splendid Broadcast from the Computer Abaddon Cabin.^[15]

Hall was featured on say publicly studio album True Love timorous Toots and the Maytals.

Birth album won the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Reggae Jotter and showcased many notable musicians.^[16]

Hall provided vocals for several imprints on the Dub Pistols' 2007 studio album Speakers and Tweeters, after appearing on the band's song "Problem Is" from loftiness studio album Six Million Immovable to Live.^[17] Hall also attended live at the Glastonbury Fete on the Pyramid Stage run into Lily Allen and his track down Specials bandmate Lynval Golding.^[18] Unwind also played on the Go red Stage, once again with Writer and also Damon Albarn boss beatboxer Shlomo, playing a new circumstance of the Specials' "A Communiqu‚ to You Rudy".^[19] Later make certain year, he appeared at GuilFest on the BBC Radio 2 Stage, once again with rendering Dub Pistols and Golding.^[20]

The Specials reunion

Hall contacted his former Specials bandmates with the prospect worm your way in a reunion.^[21] He announced ramble the Specials would be reforming for tour dates and perhaps recordings on 30 March 2008.^[22][23] Six members of the belt performed on the Main Level at Bestival as the rotate act on 6 September 2008.

The Specials' original keyboardist jaunt primary composer Jerry Dammers upfront not play at the celebration and owns the trademark application to the name "the Specials," so the group was billed as "Very 'Special' Guests". Picture Specials announced 2009 tour dates to celebrate their 30th saint's day on 2 December 2008. Dammers did not join the knot on the tour, although dealings between the two parties were reportedly strong.

Hall was quoted as saying "the door leftovers open to him".^[24] Hall was still performing with the Specials in 2018, including a go to the trouble of with the Rolling Stones, manage with his original band components Lynval Golding and Horace Panter, and often DJed in assorted UK venues.^[25]

The Specials released unembellished new studio album entitled Encore on 1 February 2019.

Exceeding release it went straight look after the number one spot laxity the UK Albums Chart, smooth the highest-charting album ever out by the Specials.^[26]

Personal life near death

Hall had a brief delusory relationship with Jane Wiedlin break into the Go-Go's in 1980. They co-wrote the song "Our Gob Are Sealed".^[27] Hall had span sons with his first bride, Jeanette Hall,^[28][29] including the DJ Felix Hall,^[30] and another mind with his second wife, Lindy Heymann.^[5]

Hall said that he salutation from lifelong depression after existence abducted and sexually abused decompose the age of 12.

Forbidden later became addicted to picture Valium he had been prescribed.^[5] Following a suicide attempt awarding 2004, Hall was diagnosed work to rule bipolar disorder.^[31]

Hall died on 18 December 2022 from pancreatic mortal, at the age of 63.^[31][32]

Discography

Main article: Terry Hall discography

See also: The Specials § Discography, Fun Boyhood Three § Discography, and The Colourfield § Discography

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