Terry Hall

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Coventry, England, UK

Terry Hall was a singer, songwriter, actor, and composer. He's best known as founder and lead-singer of the ska-punk band The Specials, as well as founding bands Fun Boy Three and Colour Field, before going on to work as a solo artist and composer. Hall has also done work with other bands, such as the Go-Gos (co-writing their hit "Our Lips Are Sealed" with Jane Wiedlin) and appearing in No…

Known for

• Record On: The Specials - A Message to You — Self2024
• The Specials Live in Session for 6 Music2021
• The Go-Go's — Self - The Specials2021
• The Specials en concert au Bataclan2014
• …Sings Musicals — Self (archive footage)2012
• The Specials: 30th Anniversary Tour2010
• The Specials Live At The Lowlands Fest 20102010
• A Song for Eurotrash — Self - Special Guest1998
• Oscar — Self1997
• Never Mind the Buzzcocks — Self1996

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Listeners

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Terry Hall (19 March 1959 – 18 December 2022) was the lead singer of The Specials, the Fun Boy Three, The Colourfield, Terry, Blair and Anouchka and Vegas. He released his first solo album, Home, in 1995. He has also worked with The Lightning Seeds, Stephen Duffy, Dub Pistols, Gorillaz and Tricky. Hall was an active member of the burgeoning Coventry music scene of the late 1970s, playing in local punk band Squad, and being credited as a composer on their single "Red Alert" / "£8 a Week". <a hre

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Edward

Family name

Hall

Gender

male

Citizenship

United Kingdom

Place of birth

Coventry

Occupation

songwriter

Languages spoken

English language

Field of work

singing

Genre

ska

Instrument

voice

Official website

www.thespecials.com

Image

Terry Hall CC (Paul Clarke).jpg

Number of children

3

Work location

England

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