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Hugh Cornwell

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English musician and songwriter, ex-member of The Stranglers

Person · Open Library

Works
7

Top works

  • Arnold Drive
  • The Stranglers
  • Future Tense
  • Multitude of Sins
  • Window on the World

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1949-08-28
rock

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
16,584
Total plays
161,870

Tags

rockalternativebritishclassic rockalternative rock

Hugh Cornwell is an English musician & songwriter, best known for being the vocalist, guitarist and original founder of the British punk/new wave group The Stranglers, 1974–90. Cornwell was born in London, England in 1949 - growing up in Tufnell Park and Kentish Town - and attended William Ellis School in Highgate, where he was friends with Richard Thompson, later a member of Fairport Convention. In the late 1960s, having obtained a degree in biochemistry from Bristol University <a href="https:

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