Boy George
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1961
- Works
- 10
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Eltham, London, England, UK
George Alan O'Dowd, known professionally as Boy George, is an English musician, songwriter and DJ who rose to fame as the lead singer of the pop band Culture Club. He is also a solo artist and is the former lead singer of the band Jesus Loves You.
Known for
- Boy George & Culture Club — Self2026
- TFI Unplugged — Self (Archive Footage)2026
- The Official Eurovision Song Contest podcast — Self - Guest2026
- Christmas Karma — The Ghost of Christmas Future2025
- KPOPPED — Self2025
- Arthur's Whisky — Boy George2024
- The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas? — Self2024
- Camden — Self2024
- WHAM! — Self (archive footage)2023
- Let the Canary Sing — Self2023
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 202,647
- Total plays
- 1,901,747
Tags
pop80snew wavebritishsinger-songwriter
George Alan O'Dowd (born June 14, 1961, in London, United Kingdom), a Irish/British singer, songwriter & DJ who gained fame with his group Culture Club during the 80s. He epitomized the term "blue-eyed soul" and received just as much airplay on R&B radio stations as pop stations. George's androgynous style caught the attention of music executive Malcolm McLaren, who arranged for George to perform with the group Bow Wow Wow, featuring Annabella Lwin, at various shows. <a href="https://www.last.f
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- A short history of<i>SHELX</i>
· 2007 · cited 79,624x
- Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test
· 1997 · cited 47,717x
- Crystal structure refinement with<i>SHELXL</i>
· 2015 · cited 39,972x
- <i>SHELXT</i>– Integrated space-group and crystal-structure determination
· 2015 · cited 26,885x
- A new and rapid colorimetric determination of acetylcholinesterase activity
· 1961 · cited 22,997x
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Key facts
- Born
- George Alan O'Dowd , ( 1961-06-14 ) 14 June 1961 (age 64) , Barnehurst , Kent, England
- Other names
- George Angela Dust
- Occupations
- Musician singer songwriter DJ mixed media artist
- Years active
- 1980 ( 1980 ) –present
- Genres
- Pop new wave blue-eyed soul
- Instruments
- Vocals turntables
- Works
- Boy George discography
- Labels
- EMI Virgin Epic Sire More Protein Plan A Very Me Kobalt BMG
- Member of
- Culture Club
- Formerly of
- Jesus Loves You Bow Wow Wow Band Aid
- Website
- boygeorgeandcultureclub .net
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 14 June 1961
via Wikidata · CC0
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alan
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Q2057625
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Buddhism
- Participant in
- Eurovision Song Contest 2026
- Genre
- dance music
Works in European collections
5 objects attributed to Boy George, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Article
George Alan O'Dowd (born 14 June 1961), known professionally as Boy George, is a British musician, songwriter and DJ who rose to fame as the lead singer of the pop band Culture Club. He is also a solo artist and was the lead singer of the band Jesus Loves You. Boy George's music spans several genres, including pop, new wave, soul, soft rock, disco and reggae.
Boy George grew up in Eltham and was part of the New Romantic movement which emerged in the late 1970s to early 1980s. His androgynous look and style of fashion was greatly inspired by glam rock pioneers David Bowie and Marc Bolan. He formed Culture Club with Roy Hay, Mikey Craig and Jon Moss in 1981. The band's second album, Colour by Numbers (1983), sold more than 10 million copies worldwide. Their hit singles include "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me", "Time (Clock of the Heart)", "I'll Tumble 4 Ya", "Church of the Poison Mind", "Karma Chameleon", "Victims", "Miss Me Blind", "It's a Miracle", "The War Song", "Move Away" and "I Just Wanna Be Loved".
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