Human League

Unofficial releases. She has produced (including Leo Kottke's Peculiaroso), and provided a voiceover for a 1980s cartoon version of Pinocchio, in which she played the Blue Fairy. Recently, the band have joined of a number of 80s revival tours, Oakey now describing this as being in a Human League tribute band. She hosts a weekly talk radio on KAOS (Evergreen State College radio) in Olympia, Washington. Four CDs attribute songs by The Human League under different names: on The Golden Hour Of The Future there are songs credited to The Human League when they were still The Future, on the single "I Don't Depend On You" where they call themselves The Men, on the "Dance Like A Star" Ep, there are also songs attributed to The Future and on "Love And Dancing", they pay homage to Barry White's Love Unlimited Orchestra by calling themselves League Unlimited Orchestra. She is organizer of the web community, "Furniture for the People", which is involved in gardening, social activism, bootleg exchange and left wing politics. The album Octopus went silver, and the lead-off single "Tell Me When" was the group's first major hit since "Human". Rickie has one daughter from her marriage with French musician Pascal Nabet Meyer.

Dropped by Virgin Records after the failure of their album Romantic? (1989), the group were now signed to EastWest and their line-up included producer Ian Stanley, who helped them to achieve a more modern sound. The Orb sampled her voice for "Little Fluffy Clouds" in the recording phenomenon that initiated what eventually became ambient house music. The group made a surprise comeback in 1994. John. number one, "Human", but other singles made little impact. Since her debut, Rickie has released several albums, non as successful as the first, though she won another Grammy (and two other nominations) for a cover of "Makin' Whoopie" with Dr. The Jam & Lewis-produced Crash LP (1985) did provide a U.S. Her career was the first launched successfully by video, and she was one of the only artists - if not the only - ever featured twice in two years (1979-1980) on the cover of the renowned Rolling Stone magazine.

The band also had a number of other hits but their success faded towards the mid-1980s. Commercially and critically well-received, it included a hit single, "Chuck E's in Love", and won her the Best New Artist Grammy award along with five other nominations. Their most famous single "Don't You Want Me" reached number one in the UK charts during the Christmas of 1981 and was one of the biggest selling singles of that year. A 1979 contract with Warner Brothers resulted in her first, eponymously-titled album. The band achieved a brief spell of success in the early 1980s with their style of Synthpop music. She settled down in Los Angeles where she waited tables and played at local clubs. Re-energized by the addition of new members, the band went on to record their breakthrough album Dare, and have many chart successes. As a teen, Jones became involved in the summer of '69 hippie scene in California, and ran away from home.

At the time, synthpop was starting to become fashionable due to the success of groups like OMD and Ultravox, but female vocals were rarely heard on synth records, so the addition of Sulley and Catherall gave the group a distinctive sound. Born in Chicago, she grew up in a fractured and dysfunctional family setting. However, they recruited bass player Ian Burden, guitarist Jo Callis (formerly of The Rezillos) and, famously, fronted the band with two singers, Susan Ann Sulley and Joanne Catherall, whom they had met in a Sheffield nightclub. Rickie Lee Jones (born November 8, 1954) is a vocalist and songwriter from the United States. When Ian Craig Marsh and Martyn Ware left to form Heaven 17 it seemed that Phil Oakey and Adrian Wright, the sole remaining group members, would be unable to sustain the band, which, just before the split, was beginning to achieve wider popularity. The Evening of My Best Day (2003). Their first single to chart was 'Empire State Human', which peaked at number 62 in the charts. Live at Red Rocks - (2001).

Shortly afterwards, they signed up with Virgin Records, and by the early 1980s had become a successful British electropop band. It's Like This - (2000). Originally a post punk synthesiser based group from Sheffield, the Human League (previously known as the Future) released their first single, "Being Boiled" c/w "Circus Of Death" on Bob Last's Fast Product record label in 1978. Ghostyhead - (1997). A fan site devoted to pictures of the Human League in concert during 2004. (http://www.redpenguin.net/bandphotos/human-league.php). Naked Songs - (1995). Secrets Online, excellent fan site with indepth Human League coverage both past and present. (http://www.league-online.com/). Traffic From Paradise - (1993).

Blind Youth, a site dedicated to the early post-punk works of Human League. (http://www.blindyouth.co.uk/). Pop Pop - (1991). A Human League fan site (http://users.bigpond.net.au/human-league/home.htm). Flying Cowboys - (1989). "Rock And Roll Is Dead" (2003) was a single from fellow Sheffield band, Kings Have Long Arms, that paid tribute to Oakey and eventually was re-released with Oakey doing some guest vocals. The Magazine - (1984). Today" (2003) was a single from Alex Gold featuring Oakey on vocals. Girl at Her Volcano (EP) - (1983).

"L.A. Pirates - (1981). "Together In Electric Dreams" was a solo single for Oakey rather than the whole League, but has been included on Human League albums as if it were by the whole band. Rickie Lee Jones - (1979). 'The Human League Interview'. 'The Human League Promo Mix CD' (not available).

'The Golden Hour Of The Future'. 'Dance Like A Star' (EP). 'The Future Tapes' (unreleased). 'In Darkness' (a bootleg demo album).

'Taverner Tape' (1978). 'Human League Cassette' (1978). League Live (DVD). The Very Best Of (EMI, 2 CDs, CD2 is all remixes, also on DVD).

"All I Ever Wanted". Secrets (The Japanese version has three bonus tracks)