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Phil Oakey
Born 1955-10-02 · Hinckley, Leicestershire, England, UK
Philip Oakey (born 2 October 1955) is an English singer-songwriter who is the frontman and co-founder of the synth-pop band the Human League. Aside from the Human League, he has enjoyed an extensive solo music career and has collaborated with numerous other artists and producers. Oakey was among the most visually distinctive music artists of the early 1980s. At the height of their success, the Human League released the triple platinum-certified studio album Dare (1981) and Oakey co-wrote and sang the multimillion-selling single "Don't You Want Me", a #1 single in both the US and UK, where it remains the 28th-highest-selling single of all time. Oakey has been lead vocalist of the Human League for more than 40 years. With the band, he has sold more than 20 million records worldwide. He continues recording and performing internationally.
Acting credits
8.5Two friends search for a quality sausage at an open air meat festival.
The Weekenders
1992
7.9Documentary following a generation of post-punk musicians who took the synthesiser from the experimental fringes to the centre of the pop stage.
Synth Britannia
2009
7.3Former pop-star turned con artist Simon Delancey is kidnapped by two fans of his eighties band the Venus Hunters, and blackmailed to re-form the band for one final show.
Hunting Venus
1999
NRThe Very Best of the Human League is a DVD by veteran British Synthpop group The Human League, containing most of the band’s music videos recorded up to that point, digitally re-mastered. The only music video missing is Filling up with Heaven from 1995 which was excluded due to a licensing fee dispute between Virgin Records and EastWest. The DVD also contains as bonus material 4 notable appearances on UK BBC 1 flagship music program Top of the Pops and two songs from a live set performed on BBC 2 program Later with Jools Holland in 1996.
The Human League: The Very Best Of
2003
9.0The Human League Live at the Dome is a DVD by the veteran British Synthpop group The Human League, containing a recording of a complete concert. It was commissioned by the band themselves due to the success of the Virgin Records commissioned The Very Best of the Human League (DVD) the previous year; and the high uptake for their live concerts. The DVD records the entire concert played at the Brighton Dome on 19 December 2003, which was the closing night of the band's Very Best of Tour 2003. Concert set list Intro "Hard Times" "Love Action (I Believe in Love)" "Mirror Man" "Louise" "The Snake" "Heart like a Wheel" "Darkness" "All I Ever Wanted" "Open Your Heart" "The Lebanon" "One Man in My Heart" "Human" "Things That Dreams Are Made Of" "Love Me Madly?" "(Keep Feeling) Fascination" "Tell Me When" "Don't You Want Me" "Empire State Human" "Together In Electric Dreams" "The Sound of the Crowd"
The Human League: Live at the Dome
2004
NR12 top hits from the English band Human League
Human League - Greatest Hits
1989