Culture: Wakeling Confesses ; Music Dave Wakeling Tells Andrew Cowen Why You Can't Beat Symphony Hall

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Is Dave Wakeling Birmingham's best songwriter? I reckon he is and to back up the claim I offer in evidence three songs: Mirror In The Bathroom, Drowning and I Confess.

If these were his only songs, he'd still have a place in history, but Wakeling's got scores more under his belt.

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Culture: Wakeling Confesses ; Music Dave Wakeling Tells Andrew Cowen Why You Can't Beat Symphony Hall

It was almost 30 years ago that The Beat burst onto the music scene, part of the Two Tone movement that gave music its biggest jolt since punk and arguably did more for multi-culturalism than any well-meaning focus group.

Mixing ska, rock, pop and reggae, The Beat, The Specials, Selector and Madness scored massive hits and their legacy can still b...

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