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British synth-pop group Thompson Twins had a run of international success in the mid-1980s with songs including “Hold Me Now” and “Doctor! Doctor!”
• Though 10 different members rotated through at various points, the definitive lineup featured Tom Bailey on bass, guitar, keyboards, and vocals; Joe Leeway on percussion, keyboards, and vocals; and Alannah Currie on drums, percussion, and vocals.
• There were never people named Thompson nor twins in the band’s lineup. The name comes from characters in the French comic strip The Adventures of Tintin.
• Thompson Twins debuted in 1980 with a pair of singles, neither of which charted. Their first album, A Product Of …, came out in 1981 and made little commercial impact.
• In 1982, the band scored two No. 1 hits on the US dance charts: “In the Name of Love'' and “Lies.” Thompson Twins’ pop breakthrough came on their 1983 album Quick Step & Side Kick (released as Side Kicks in the US). The album reached No. 2 in the UK and cracked the Top 40 in the US.
• Thompson Twins’ next album, 1984’s Into the Gap, would be their biggest commercial success, reaching No. 1 in the UK and No. 10 in the US. The LP spawned three UK Top 10 pop singles, including “Hold Me Now” (No. 4 in the UK, No. 3 in the US) and “Doctor! Doctor!” (No. 3 in the UK and No. 11 in the US).
• The group’s 1985 album Here’s to Future Days reached No. 5 in the UK and No. 20 in the US. Leeway departed from the group in 1986, leaving Bailey and Currie to carry on as a duo. None of Thompson Twins’ three subsequent albums cracked the Top 40.
• Following Thompson Twins’ 1991 album Queer, Bailey and Currie brought in Keith Fernley, their longtime recording engineer, and changed the band’s name to Babble. The trio released a pair of studio albums before splitting in 1996.
Hometown
Sheffield, England
Genre
Pop
Members of Thompson Twins
Thompson Twins was formed in 1977. Members of Thompson Twins include, or have included, the following 4 members.
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