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Meanwhile, "March of the Swivelheads", an instrumental version of the Beat's song "Rotating Head", was used in the climactic chase scene of 1986's Ferris Bueller's Day Off the band was listed in the end credits as "The (English) Beat". However, the band broke up shortly after he joined when its last album was shelved by the record company.
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Ranking Roger also briefly joined Mick Jones' post- Clash band Big Audio Dynamite and performed at several live shows with the band. The International Beat toured the UK and United States before calling it a day in 1992. The album was produced by Ranking Roger and he often guested with the band at some of their shows. Drummer Everett Morton and Saxa formed the International Beat along with the Birmingham-based singer, Tony Beet, and the band released an album titled The Hitting Line on Blue Beat Records in 1990 (BBSLP 009). ĭuring their early career, the band were associated with Birmingham-based cartoonist Hunt Emerson, who designed their 'Beat Girl' icon and painted the mural that was used on the cover of Wha'ppen? Post-breakup Īfter the break-up of the Beat in 1983, Dave Wakeling and Ranking Roger went on to form General Public and had a couple of hit singles in the US and Canada including "Tenderness", while Andy Cox and David Steele formed Fine Young Cannibals with vocalist Roland Gift from the ska band Akrylykz. Members of the band often collaborated on stage with the Specials. The Beat toured the world with well-known artists including David Bowie, the Clash, the Police, the Pretenders, R.E.M., the Specials and Talking Heads.
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The Beat had a sizable following in the US and Canada, where the band were known as the English Beat for legal reasons (to avoid confusion with the American band the Beat).
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Īlthough the Beat's main fan base was in the UK, the band was also popular in Australia, partly due to exposure on the radio station Triple J and the TV show Countdown. The Beat received support from modern rock radio stations such as KROQ-FM in Los Angeles, the now-defunct KQAK The Quake 99FM (98.9) in San Francisco and KYYX in Seattle. The album yielded more UK hits, with "All Out to Get You", "Drowning" and "Doors of Your Heart", all of which broke into the Top 40 of the UK Singles Chart. The second Beat album, Wha'ppen? was supported by extensive touring, including a United States tour with the Pretenders and Talking Heads. Notable singles from the first album included "Can't Get Used to Losing You", "Mirror In the Bathroom", "Hands Off.She's Mine" and "Best Friend". He joined The Beat to record their first single, " Tears of a Clown", a cover version of the Motown hit by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles. Saxa (born Lionel Augustus Martin in 1930) had played saxophone with Prince Buster, Laurel Aitken, and Desmond Dekker in the first wave of ska. Jamaican saxophonist Saxa added a Jamaican ska instrumental sound. Ranking Roger, one of the band's vocalists, added a Jamaican vocal flavour to the band's sound with his toasting style.
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The Beat was formed in Birmingham, England, in 1978, during a period of high unemployment and social upheaval in the United Kingdom.