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In 1980s, UK soul musicians such as Junior, Princess, the Pasadenas, Mica Paris, Soul II Soul, and Central Line [27] played soul music and had hit songs. Soul II Soul's breakthrough R&B hits "Keep on Movin'" and "Back to Life" in 1989 have been seen as opening the door to the mainstream for black British soul and R&B performers. [28]
In the 1980s, the situation began to change radically, with a wave of nostalgia for 1960s soul music. There were flourishing soul scenes in major cities like London and Manchester, often with many black artists, supported by local and pirate radio stations, but most acts were unable to break out into the national consciousness. [7]
Linx had six entries on the UK Singles Chart from mid-1980 until mid-1982. The band's biggest success was "Intuition", which reached number 7 in early 1981. [2]Other hits included "You're Lying" and "So This Is Romance."
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In 2016, leading Toronto newspaper Now interviewed McIntosh about his role in introducing Toronto to UK soul music in the 1980s and 1990s. [8] In 2017, McIntosh was asked by Red Bull Music Academy in Melbourne, Australia, to speak about how he had previously produced Loose Ends' songs. [ 9 ]
The track reached number 4 in the UK Singles Chart in July 1981, selling 250,000 copies in the UK and spending 18 weeks in the Top 50. They had two more hit singles that year, "In and Out of Love" (September 1981) and "Flashback" (November 1981), both of which peaked at number 16, all from their debut album, also called Body Talk .
This is a list of soul musicians who have either been influential within the genre, or have had a considerable amount of fame. Bands are listed by the first letter in their name (not including the words "a", "an", or "the"), and individuals are listed by last name.
16 September – Kate Bush becomes the first British female artist to reach number one in the UK album charts. 20 September – Ozzy Osbourne's debut album Blizzard of Ozz is released in the UK. 25 November – ABBA score the last of their nine number-one singles in the UK singles chart with "Super Trouper".