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Ann Lennox OBE (born 25 December 1954) is a Scottish singer-songwriter, political activist and philanthropist. After achieving moderate success in the late 1970s as part of the new wave band the Tourists, she and fellow musician Dave Stewart went on to achieve international success in the 1980s as Eurythmics.
In 2007, Lennox resumed her solo career with her fourth album, Songs of Mass Destruction, which was a top 10 success in the UK and the US. In 2009, she released her first solo "greatest hits" package, The Annie Lennox Collection. The same year, Lennox stated that although she and Stewart remain friends, she does not foresee any further ...
Coombes was the band's main songwriter, although later releases had the first compositions by Lennox and Stewart. [1] In 1980, the band signed to the UK branch of RCA Records. [1] They toured extensively in the UK and abroad, including as support for Roxy Music on their 1979 Manifesto Tour. [7] [8] [9] The group disbanded in late 1980. [1]
This article is the discography of the Scottish pop and rock singer-songwriter Annie Lennox.After a decade of major international success as part of Eurythmics, Lennox began her solo career in earnest in 1992 with the release of her first album Diva, which produced several hit singles including "Why" and "Walking on Broken Glass".
With Annie Lennox appearing with orange cropped hair and wearing a man's business suit in the music video, the BBC stated Lennox's "powerful androgynous look" was the music video that "broke the mold for female pop stars“. [6] Rolling Stone called the song "a synth-pop masterpiece that made Lennox and Dave Stewart MTV superstars". [7]
Annie Lennox: It's a really mixed bag, really eclectic, different groups of people coming from different genres of music. So, that's really interesting. You know, if you talk about diversity ...
"Would I Lie to You?" is a song written and performed by British pop duo Eurythmics. Released on 9 April 1985 as the lead single from the band's fourth studio album, Be Yourself Tonight (1985), the song was the first by the duo to feature their change in musical direction from a predominantly synthpop style to rock and rhythm and blues.
Peter George "Peet" Coombes (16 July 1953 – 30 March 1997) [1] was an English guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. He was the lead singer and primary songwriter of the group The Tourists, the first charting band to feature guitarist Dave Stewart and singer Annie Lennox, who later gained greater fame as the duo Eurythmics.