Hue & Cry is tagged as: scottish, pop, eighties, blue eyed soul, total geniusness Hue & Cry are coatbridge brothers Patrick (vocals) and Greg (instruments) Kane, who have been recording and performing since the mid-to-late 1980s to the present day. The Kanes became known for both their creative jazz-pop style records and Patrick’s distinctive, soulful voice (drawing strong similarities to Level 42 in both respects) - despite not achieving overwhelming commercial success, they are well respected by a large fanbase, and have recorded and released albums regularly (some of them failing to chart in the UK). Their biggest hit via the singles chart in the UK came with ‘Labour of Love’, a punchy, identifiable record which reached #6, spending a total of 16 weeks on the chart (they also managed to secure two top ten albums, ‘Seduced and Abandoned’ and ‘Remote / The Bitter Suite’ in the late 1980s). Their only other top 20 hit arrived with ‘Looking For Linda’ in 1989, though both their ‘Violently (Your Words Hit Me)’ EP in the same year and a remix of ‘Labour of Love’ in 1993 scored them top 30 successes. Hue & Cry have witnessed a minor rebirth in the last couple of years thanks to finishing in the final seven of ‘Hit Me Baby One More Time’, an ITV1 show in the ... Read More About Hue & Cry Biography... Send Hue & Cry ringtones to your cell |
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