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Terry was a wonderful husband and father and one of the kindest, funniest, and most genuine of souls. His music and his performances encapsulated the very essence of life… the joy, the pain, the humour, the fight for justice, but mostly the love. Filename G:\EAC What\Terry Hall - Laugh... Plus (1997)\10. Terry Hall - Laugh... plus - I Saw the Light.wav

READ MORE: The Big Read – The Specials and Saffiyah Khan: “What we said has reached people – and that’s the only important thing” Even their greatest achievement is mired in gloom: the 1981 No 1, Ghost Town, remarkable not just for its brilliantly original, impossibly bleak musical content but the way its tenure at No 1 coincided with some of the most serious urban rioting of the 20th century; and the fact that the band celebrated its success by splitting up in the dressing room at Top of the Pops. a b c "The Official Charts Company – Fun Boy Three". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 10 March 2009. One of the few things the band’s seven members agreed on in retrospect was that there frequently wasn’t much to smile about in The Specials This is the discography of Terry Hall (born Terence Edward Hall; 19 March 1959 in Coventry, England – 18 December 2022) who was the lead singer of the Specials, and formerly of Fun Boy Three, the Colourfield, Terry, Blair & Anouchka and Vegas. He released his first solo album, Home, in 1994.

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Filename G:\EAC What\Terry Hall - Laugh... Plus (1997)\02. Terry Hall - Laugh... plus - Sonny and His Sister.wav So as well as breaking down barriers with his socially-inclusive 2-Tone ska revival music, Hall also broke them down when it came to one of the biggest and least understood health issues of modern times. “Terry was incredibly brave to be so open and honest about these things. He never shied away from talking to anyone about it,” says Langan, who says she and her colleagues are “devastated” at his death. The Specials have always been a protest band according to guitarist and vocalist Lynval Golding. “From day one, we were a multiracial line-up and that was a statement,” he says. But Hall, he says, helped to spearhead a change in attitudes. “People are more aware now of their own health, and people are starting to realise that their wellness is really important being on tour,” says Ficek. In recent months artists including Arlo Parks and Sam Fender have cancelled shows to focus on their mental health. Filename G:\EAC What\Terry Hall - Laugh... Plus (1997)\15. Terry Hall - Laugh... plus - Bang Went Forever.wav

Ever the laconic contrarian, Hall closed Laugh with a deadpan but faithful cover of Todd Rundgren’s FM radio staple, I Saw The Light. He has excited less attention and enjoyed less commercial success with his solo career, yet this is a state of affairs that should ideally be rectified. The Specials' success had been sudden and immense: five top 10 singles and two No 1s in under two years between 1979 and 1981, with a whole youth movement, 2-Tone, effectively forming in their wake. Their concerts were regularly disrupted by violence (Hall and Jerry Dammers were arrested and charged with incitement to riot after one particularly bloody confrontation between fans and bouncers in Cambridge) and the attentions of the National Front: the band had begun playing ska in the hope of short-circuiting the far right's concerted effort to co-opt the burgeoning skinhead revival, and recruiting fans instead to their left-wing, anti-racist credo.Hall was born in Coventry on 19 March 1959 to a family who predominantly worked in the car industry. He was an academically gifted child and also a noted footballer who was invited to try out for West Bromwich Albion. After he sailed through the 11-plus exam, his parents also declined his place at a nearby grammar school.