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Also known as George Alan O'Dowd, George O'Dowd, Angela Dust

British musician (born 1961)

Person · Open Library

Born
1961
Works
10

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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

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Country
United Kingdom
Active from
1961

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
202,647
Total plays
1,901,747

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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

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. A short history of<i>SHELX</i>

    · 2007 · cited 79,624x

  2. Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test

    · 1997 · cited 47,717x

  3. Crystal structure refinement with<i>SHELXL</i>

    · 2015 · cited 39,972x

  4. <i>SHELXT</i>– Integrated space-group and crystal-structure determination

    · 2015 · cited 26,885x

  5. A new and rapid colorimetric determination of acetylcholinesterase activity

    · 1961 · cited 22,997x

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Quotes

  • Hello, I'm Boy George, and you are watching RBTV. Come out of the closet, all you students - we want you!
  • Gay unions, what is that about? I haven't been invited to any ceremonies, and I wouldn't go anyway. The idea that gay people have to mimic what obviously doesn't work for straight people any more ... I think is a bit tragic. I am looking forward to gay divorces.
  • Madonna is "a living, breathing cash register".
  • I was pleased because he is the first American rapper to say something positive about gay people. I met his mum, she's lovely.
  • It's like being at school. Except you can't leave.

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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

Official website

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Wikidata facts

Movement
New Romantic
Official website
www.boygeorgeuk.com
Image
Boy George by Dean Stockings.jpg
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Commons category
Boy George
date of birth
1961-06-14
birth name
George Alan O'Dowd
name in native language
Boy George
start of work period
1982-00-00
social media followers
508977
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Works in European collections

5 objects attributed to Boy George, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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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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