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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Bless Me Father
- Evaluating the long-term impact of a special educational needs course on the professional practice of teachers
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Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK
Kevin Rowland is an English singer-songwriter best known as the passionate, fiercely independent frontman and co-founder of the pop/soul band Dexys Midnight Runners (now known simply as Dexys). Rowland has guided the band through massive global commercial peaks, intense creative reinventions and deep personal comebacks across nearly five decades.
Known for
- The End — (voice)2026
- Dexys at the BBC — Self2025
- Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Closing Ceremony — Self2022
- Funny Cow — Jeff2018
- Proclaimers: This Is the Story — Self2017
- The Story of Skinhead — Himself, Contributor2016
- Dexys: Nowhere Is Home — Himself2014
- Nowhere Is Home: Live at Duke of York's Theatre — Self2014
- Victoria Wood - That Musical We Made — Self2014
- 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80s2009
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1953-08-17
Discography
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- Total plays
- 65,342
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Born Wolverhampton, England. Rowland's first group, Lucy & The Lovers, were influenced by Roxy Music and turned out to be short-lived. His next project, punk rock act The Killjoys, were slightly more successful, releasing the single "Johnny Won't Go To Heaven" in 1977. Alienated by the punk scene, Rowland, together with Killjoys guitarist, Al Archer, decided to form a new soul influenced group, Dexys Midnight Runners. When Dexys disbanded in 1987 <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Kevin+Rowland
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- human
- Given name
- Kevin
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Wednesfield
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- new wave
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Creation Records
- Image
- Rowland crop.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1953-08-17
- Commons category
- Kevin Rowland
- start of work period
- 1974-00-00
- member of
- Dexys Midnight Runners
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