The Specials, Neville Staple

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Date:1987

Description:"Neville Staple sang with The Specials and was a founder member of Fun Boy Three. The Specials had a string of Top 20 hit's, the most famous being 'Ghost Town' (No 1 in 1981) and 'Too much to Young' (No 1 in 1980). The band were also involved in political issues like 'Rock Against Racism'. In the 1990's Staple collaborated with Ranking Roger, formerly of The Beat to form hybrid band Special Beat. During the 70's Staple sang with Coventry reggae group Chapter Five, they performed at the Santa Rosa club for a fee of £60-80 per night. In the late 1980's Neville Staple was also the manager of Asian popstar Johnny Zee. During the early 90's I directed a small film on Special Beat for Central TV's 'One World' series, I was also given the opportunity of filming The Specials last performance in Birmingham." Pogus Caesar, February 2003.

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