James William Somerville (born 22 June 1961) is a Scottish singer. He rose to prominence in the 1980s as a member the synth-pop groups Bronski Beat and the Communards; with the former, Somerville achieved commercial success worldwide with the 1984 single "Smalltown Boy", which peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart. Bronski Beat's debut album The Age of Consent (1984) was the only release Somerville contributed to as lead vocalist before leaving the band in 1985 to join... [more on Wikipedia]
Top songs: #1: You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) - #2: Comment te dire adieu - #3: Heartbeat - #4: Hurt So Good - #5: Read My Lips (Enough Is Enough)| Date | Title | Points | Charts Peaks | Links | Comment | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1989-1990 | Read My Lips | 126 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 11/1989 | 33 | UK 14 | MP3 | featuring June Miles-Kingston written by Arnold Goland, Jack Gold & Serge Gainsbourg | |||
| 2. | 01/1990 | 73 | US 87 • US dance 34 • UK 5 | MP3 | [London-Sire 886 973-4] written by James Wirrick & Sylvester | |||
| 3. | 03/1990 | 20 | UK 26 | MP3 | written by Jimmy Somerville | |||
| 2. | 1995 | Dare to Love | 66 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 01/1995 | 30 | US dance ✫1 • UK 24 | MP3 | written by Richard Stannard, Matt Rowe & Jimmy Somerville | |||
| 2. | 05/1995 | 27 | UK 15 | MP3 | written by Phillip Mitchell | |||
| 3. | 10/1995 | 8 | UK 41 | MP3 | written by Jimmy Somerville | |||
| 3. | 1997-1999 | Manage the Damage | 7 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 09/1997 | 5 | UK 66 | MP3 | written by Jimmy Somerville | |||
| 2. | 06/1999 | 2 | UK 116 | MP3 | written by Serge Gainsbourg, Jimmy Somerville | |||
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