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John Waite

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Also known as John Charles Waite

British musician

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Vinony's link graph records 278 inbound references to John Waite, and connects out to UK Singles Chart, Mainstream Rock and Adult Contemporary.

It sits within the topics 1952 births, Bad English members and Brother Clyde members.

Vinony links it to 17 Wikipedia language editions.

Person · Open Library

Works
22

Top works

  • An address to the members of the House of Representatives
  • Legionary a Call to Arms
  • Tursiops Syndrome
  • Britannia
  • Beauty and the Singularities

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1952-07-04
classic pop and rockpoppop rock

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
443,205
Total plays
2,601,151

Tags

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John Charles Waite (born 4 July 1952) is an English musician. He was lead vocalist for The Babys and Bad English. As a solo artist, 1984's "Missing You", was a No. 1 hit on the US Billboard Hot 100 and a top ten hit on the UK Singles Chart. Waite was born in Lancaster, and was educated at Lancaster Art College (The Storey Institute). Waite first came to attention as the lead singer and bassist of The Babys, a British rock band which had moderate chart success, including two pop hits that both

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Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Place of birth
Lancaster
Occupation
musician
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
English language
Field of work
music
Instrument
voice
Record label
Chrysalis Records
Image
John Waite Tulalip Amphitheatre 2021 (cropped).jpg
Residence
Santa Monica
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start of work period
1975-00-00
date of birth
1952-07-04
member of
Bad English
birth name
John Charles Waite
name in native language
John Waite
social media followers
68700
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