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The Beat

On 8 May 2017, The Beat was a guest on The Do!! You!!! Breakfast Show w/ Charlie Bones. The Beat has been played on NTS over 30 times, featured on 29 episodes and was first played on 12 July 2013.

The English two-tone ska band The Beat, known as The English Beat in North America and The British Beat in Australia.

The band were founded in Birmingham, England, in 1978. Their music fuses ska, pop, soul, reggae and punk rock. The Beat, consisting of Dave Wakeling (vocals, guitar), Ranking Roger (vocals), Andy Cox (guitar), David Steele (bass), Everett Morton (drums), and Saxa a.k.a. Lionel Augustus Martin (1930 – 2017) (saxophone), released three studio albums in the early 1980s: I Just Can't Stop It (1980), Wha'ppen? (1981) and Special Beat Service (1982).

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The Beat

On 8 May 2017, The Beat was a guest on The Do!! You!!! Breakfast Show w/ Charlie Bones. The Beat has been played on NTS over 30 times, featured on 29 episodes and was first played on 12 July 2013.

The English two-tone ska band The Beat, known as The English Beat in North America and The British Beat in Australia.

The band were founded in Birmingham, England, in 1978. Their music fuses ska, pop, soul, reggae and punk rock. The Beat, consisting of Dave Wakeling (vocals, guitar), Ranking Roger (vocals), Andy Cox (guitar), David Steele (bass), Everett Morton (drums), and Saxa a.k.a. Lionel Augustus Martin (1930 – 2017) (saxophone), released three studio albums in the early 1980s: I Just Can't Stop It (1980), Wha'ppen? (1981) and Special Beat Service (1982).

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Mirror In The Bathroom
The Beat
Go-Feet Records1980
Mirror In The Bathroom
The English Beat
Sire1980
Too Nice To Talk To
The Beat
Go-Feet Records1980
Twist And Crawl
The English Beat
London Records, Go-Feet Records0
Mirror In The Bathroom
The Beat
Go-Feet Records1983
Tears Of A Clown
The English Beat
London Records, Go-Feet Records0
I Confess
The Beat
Go-Feet Records, Arista1982
End Of The Party
The English Beat
I.R.S. Records1982
Wha'ppen?
The English Beat
Go-Feet Records, Shout! Factory2012
Whine & Grine/Stand Down Margaret
The English Beat
Go-Feet Records, Shout! Factory2012

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