Hampshire: Craig David (a Southampton lad)

Humberside - The Housemartins?

Bosscat wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 18, 2023 5:11 pm

Hampshire: Craig David (a Southampton lad)

Great shout

Pickles wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 18, 2023 5:13 pm

Great shout

Am sure he was at school with my niece but not totally sure

JoStarling wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 17, 2023 2:31 pm

West Midlands- Slade

Wolverhampton is Staffordshire not west Midlands

ClaretPope wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 17, 2023 11:46 am

Suffolk - Ed Sheeran

Ed Sheeran was born in Halifax.

West Yorkshire - Ed Sheeran?

Northumberland - Lindisfarne

Wiltshire - Moody Blues

Cumbria -
Northumberland -
Durham - Prefab Sprout
Tyne & Wear - Sting
Lancashire - Little Boots
North Yorks - Shed Seven
West Yorks - Kaiser Chiefs
East Ridings (Humberside) - Beautiful South
South Yorks - Def Leppard
Merseyside - The Beatles
Greater Manchester - Oasis
Cheshire - Gary Barlow
Derbyshire -
Notts - Jake Bugg
Lincolnshire -
Shropshire - T’Pau
Staffordshire - Robbie Williams
West Midlands -
Leicestershire - Kasabian
Worcestershire -
Warwickshire -
Northants - Bauhaus
Camebridgeshire -
Norfolk -
Gloucestershire -
Oxfordshire - Radiohead
Bucks - Marillion
Bedshire - Jethro Tull
Herts - Deep Purple
London - Elton John
Essex - Depeche Mode
Suffolk -
Wiltshire -
Berkshire -
Surrey - Genesis
Kent - Josh Stone
Cornwell - Aphex Twin
Devon - Muse
Somerset - Tears For Fears
Dorset -
Hampshire - Craig David
West Sussex - The Cure
East Sussex - Keane
Isle of White - Level 42

Northumberland - the animals

Outstanding are:
Cumbria
Northumberland
Derbyshire
Lincolnshire
West Midlands
Worcestershire
Warwickshire
Norfolk
Suffolk
Gloucestershire
Wiltshire
Berkshire
Dorset
Cambridgeshire

5 I’ve never heard of, 1 better known for another talent and 1 not closely associated with the county(although it is correct).

Wild Beasts, Cumbria?

Northumberland - Sting/The Police.

Or

Bryan Ferry/ Roxy Music.

P.S. Little Boots - Lancashire ??

Can't be right.

Cambridgeshire - Olivia Newton John? Sure it said she was born in Cambridge when she died recently and she sold massively with the Grease soundtrack
Cumbria - It Bites? Only band i know from Cumbria
West Midlands - Duran Duran? Birmingham band and massive in the 80s

James Blunt, isn't he from the Dorset/Wiltshire area

Some of these are a bit dubious to say the least (Little Boots )!

... and on that basis, I'm going to claim Queen for Norfolk, on the basis that Roger Taylor is from Kings Lynn
Failing that... maybe Mylene Klass or Beth Orton?

Olivia Newton John, Duran Duran, James Blunt (Wilts) and Beth Orton all correct

could suffolk be Brian Eno ?

Friend of mine is from Cumbria and he says if it's not It Bites how about a lad called Matt Fagan or Pagan who apparently is/was in Collabro?

sjb wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 20, 2023 2:07 pm

Friend of mine is from Cumbria and he says if it's not It Bites how about a lad called Matt Fagan or Pagan who apparently is/was in Collabro?

Neither.

Aha ... Emerson Lake and Palmer; Dorset

Bosscat wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 20, 2023 2:58 pm

Aha ... Emerson Lake and Palmer; Dorset

Lake would surely be Cumbria.

West Midlands. — Moody Blues - Steve Winwood/Spencer Davis Group or Ted Chippington

Bosscat wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 20, 2023 2:58 pm

Aha ... Emerson Lake and Palmer; Dorset

That’s the one that annoyed me. Keith Emerson from Todmorden and Carl Palmer from Birmingham. Stretching it a bit too much for me.

Tricky Trevor wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 20, 2023 5:23 pm

That’s the one that annoyed me. Keith Emerson from Todmorden and Carl Palmer from Birmingham. Stretching it a bit too much for me.

Me too TT ...

Going out on a tangent here, but:-

Suffolk - Benjamin britten - Aldeburgh. Put the place on the map.
Gloucestershire - Ralph Vaughan Williams. Also excellent.

Both fun to sing.

Lincolnshire ought to be William Byrd. I guess he is the most famous musician to come from the place, but whether he's sold many records is another thing as he's pretty boring. Taverner ( not the Bristol City one) more likely.

gawthorpe_view wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 20, 2023 1:41 pm

Northumberland - Sting/The Police.

Or

Bryan Ferry/ Roxy Music.

Roxy from Durham

Cambridgeshire; Olivia Newton John (Born in Cambridge even if she was an Australian National)

XTC-Wiltshire

West Midlands - Black Sabbath

Wiltshire - Dave Dee, Dozy, Mick and Titch

sjb wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 20, 2023 2:07 pm

Friend of mine is from Cumbria and he says if it's not It Bites how about a lad called Matt Fagan or Pagan who apparently is/was in Collabro?

Francis is a friend of mine, we used to busk in Keswick.

Down_Rover wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 20, 2023 7:57 pm

Roxy from Durham

Prefab Sprout bigger than Roxy Music according to above?

Not a chance.

Warwickshire - The Specials?

James Blunt: Wiltshire

He was in the Army there driving tanks across Salisbury Plain

West Midlands - Duran Duran

West Midlands- black sabbath?

Berkshire ; Will Young (as everyone knows Will Young is a Berk)

Cambridgeshire - David Gilmour (assuming Pink Floyd come under London as previously stated incorrect for Cambridgeshire)

gawthorpe_view wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 21, 2023 8:27 am

Prefab Sprout bigger than Roxy Music according to above?

Not a chance.

Could not agree more. Saw Roxy in Manchester in September as part of 50th anniversary tour. They were even better than I remember them back in their halcyon days

Down_Rover wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 21, 2023 2:55 pm

Could not agree more. Saw Roxy in Manchester in September as part of 50th anniversary tour. They were even better than I remember them back in their halcyon days

For Durham that would only be Bryan Ferry. Although he would be worth considering in his own right.

I've cheated and found the map. East Riding/Lincolnshire is very difficult.

Pickles wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 21, 2023 3:07 pm

I've cheated and found the map. East Riding/Lincolnshire is very difficult.

I've found three different maps and they're all bo££ocks.

As folk have been googling maps heres one ...

Most of the acts have been said now but theres a few on this I've never heard of

Bosscat wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 21, 2023 6:27 pm

As folk have been googling maps heres one ...
best-selling-music-england.png
Most of the acts have been said now but theres a few on this I've never heard of

That’s the one I saw.

That's the one I saw too. Would be flabbergasted if anyone guessed Nicola Roberts. Girls Aloud, Scouser/wool, has the accent. But born in Lincolnshire.

Stubsy wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 21, 2023 6:56 am

Wiltshire - Dave Dee, Dozy, Mick and Titch

Did Beaky upset you at any time!

Burnley. Slack Alice!!!

Imagine calling people Dozy, Beaky and Titch these days..

Stayingup wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 21, 2023 8:42 pm

Burnley. Slack Alice!!!

Got to be Notsensibles.