Dexys Midnight Runners

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Formed 1978.

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Kevin Rowland and Jim Paterson from Dexys join Shaun Keavney

Kevin Rowland and Jim Paterson from Dexys join Shaun Keavney.

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Biography

Dexys Midnight Runners (currently called Dexys) are an English pop group with soul influences, who achieved their major success in the early to mid-1980s. They are best known for their songs "Come On Eileen" and "Geno", both of which went No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart.

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BBC Reviews

  1. Searching For the Young Soul Rebels: 30th Anniversary Special Edition 2010

    Review of Searching For the Young Soul Rebels: 30th Anniversary Special Edition

    Reviewed by Chris Roberts

    The first of three Dexys masterpieces and one of the greatest UK debuts ever.

  2. Let's Make This Precious: The Best Of 2003

    Review of Let's Make This Precious: The Best Of

    Reviewed by Daryl Easlea

    There has been never been a more scintillating marriage of punk, soul and Irish showband.

  3. Searching For The Young Soul Rebels 1980

    Review of Searching For The Young Soul Rebels

    Reviewed by Daryl Easlea

    Fierce, raging and passionate - one of the greatest debut albums of all time.

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