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Bruce Springsteen is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and humanitarian. Springsteen has been active since 1965 and has become one of the world's best-selling artists' of all-time, selling over 64 million albums and 120 million records worldwide. He is best known for his albums Born in the U.S.A. and Born to Run which are also his most successful studio albums. Springsteen has won twenty Grammy Awards, two Golden Globes, one Academy Award, and in 1999 he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. 

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Known in North America as The English Beat, The Beat’s original lineup consisted of Dave Wakeling and Ranking Roger on vocals; Andy Cox, David Steele, Everett Morton and Saxa.  The band was formed in Birmingham England in 1978 with music fusing from multiple musical styles: ska, punk, pop, soul & reggae.  The Beat’s hits included Mirror in the Bathroom, Save It For Later and Hands Off, She’s Mine and covers of Tears of a Clown and Can’t Get Used to Losing You.                  

After the band disbanded in 1983, Dave Wakeling and Ranking Roger formed General Public while Andy Cox and David Steele formed Fine Young Cannibals.  Currently, 2 versions of the band co-exist, Ranking Roger leads The Beat and Dave Wakeling heads the English Beat.

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The Hives are a Swedish rock band from Fagersta that first gained attention in the early 2000s as a prominent group of the garage rock revival. The Hives are known for performing in ever-changing, matching black-and-white suits. The band puts emphasis on their energetic live shows, notably with lead vocalist Howlin' Pelle Almqvist's engaging onstage banter and his guitarist brother Nicholaus Arson's crazy stage antics. They have been acclaimed by music critics as one of the best live rock bands in current music.

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The button is to promote the Canadian a cappella group The Nylons. The group formed in 1978 in Toronto, Ontario. They appeared in the popular 1980's children's program Sharon, Lois & Bram's Elephant Show singing "The Lion Sleeps Tonight," which propelled the group to fame. During the mid 1980s, The Nylons gained wider recognition by singing the theme song to the popular sitcom Throb with the lead actress Diana Canova. The lineup changed throughout the years, the current members consist of Claude Morrison, Garth Mosbaugh, Gavin Hope, and Tyrone Gabriel.  

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The Thompson Twins was a British music group that gained popularity in the US during the 1980s. The groups experienced many lineup changes and different number of members at various times; however they were most successful as a trio which consisted of Tom Bailey, Joe Leeway, and Alannah Currie. Their most notable single "Hold Me Now" peaked at number three in the US in 1983. The Thompson Twins took part in the "Live Aid" concert in 1985, the was concert was held to raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia, they were joined on stage by Madonna. Leeway left the band in 1986, Bailey and Currie continued on for seven years and the Thompson Twins officially disbanded in 1993.

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"The Kids Are Alright" is a song written by Pete Townshend of The Who. It appeared as the seventh track on the group's first album My Generation in 1965. It was not released as a single until more than six months after it first appeared on the LP, first in the United States, and in the UK the following month. While not a huge hit at the time, the song, along with the album's title track, became anthems for the group and the Mod subculture of England in the 1960s. It later became the name of the documentary for the band in 1979.

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Andy Taylor was born in Cullercoats, Tyne & Wear, England on February 16, 1961. He was the guitar player for the English pop group Duran Duran. The group was widely popular in the early 1980s and was considered the "Second English Invasion." Their most notable singles were "Hungry Like the Wolf," "Rio," and "Save a Prayer."

This button was from the bands third studio album, Seven and the Ragged Tiger released in November 1983.

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Rick James (1948-2004) was an American musician and composer.  During his lifetime he released 12 studio albums and also produced several records for Motown stars such as the Temptations and Smokey Robinson.  His best known single was 1981’s Super Freak which was sampled in MC Hammer’s U Can’t Touch This in 1990.  He also produced and wrote Eddie Murphy’s Party All The Time.  Before his death, he regained popularity due to a skit on the Chappelle Show.