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Dexys Midnight Runners - Breaking Down The Walls Of HeartachDexys take on a CLASSIC NORTHERN SOUL song.
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Dexys Midnight Runners -There, there my dearBälinge byfest 1980 - Dexys Midnight Runners
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Dexys Midnight Runners THIS IS WHAT SHE'S LIKEDexys Midnight Runners THIS IS WHAT SHE'S LIKE 1985 TO WATCH THIS VIDEO IN HIGHER QUALITY ADD THIS CODE TO END OF THE URL &fmt=18
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Dexys Midnight runners - Come on Eileen LiveTaken in 2003 at Liverpool Royal Court Theatre
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Dexys Midnight Runners-Jackie Wilson saidTOTP performance
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Dexys Midnight Runners - Show Me [totp]Dexys Midnight Runners - Show Me [totp]
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Dexys Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen (Live Shaftesbury Theatre 1982)If you have found this website I assume that you may already know something of Kevin Rowland and Dexys Midnight Runners but if you came here by mistake or if you have only recently converted to the new soul vision then here is a quick re-cap of the story so far.... It all began back in July 1978 when Kevin Rowland and Kevin Archer (later forced to change his name to Al after Rowland said "there's only room for one Kevin in this band") quit their second division Birmingham punk outfit, The Killjoys. While everyone else was busy starting the New Romantic movement Rowland and Archer looked to the 1960s soul icons for their inspiration and decided to form an eight piece soul band. The name came from the amphetamine of choice for the Northern Soul scene - dexedrine. Their image, fashioned by Rowland, was New York Italian docker chic ! Donkey jackets, woolly hats and polo neck jumpers. Very much like the early Robert De Niro film "Mean Streets" .The debut single "Dance Stance" (later re-named "Burn It Down"), an attack on racism against the Irish, struggled into the UK charts at number 40. Trying to finance a band of eight was proving very difficult and it is alleged that Rowland instigated many shoplifting trips to supplement their income. The second single "Geno", a tribute to 60s soul singer Geno Washington, went to the top of the charts in 1980. Two months later the debut album "Searching For The Young Soul Rebels" was released to critical acclaim and commercial success ...
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Dexys Midnight Runners-Dance stanceTOTP performance
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