Artists
Artists
GARY NUMAN
Gary Numan a.k.a (Gary Numan and The Tubeway Army, Gary Numan/Tubeway Army, Gary Numan & Tubeway Army).
Gary Anthony James Webb (born 8 March 1958), known professionally as Gary Numan. He entered the music industry as front man of the new wave band Tubeway Army.
After releasing two albums with the band, he released his debut solo album ‘The Pleasure Principle’ in 1979, topping the UK Albums Chart.
While his commercial popularity peaked in the late 1970s and early 1980s with hits including ‘Are 'Friends' Electric?’, and ‘Cars’ (both of which reached number one on the UK Singles Chart), Numan maintains a cult following (read more here).
RADIO HEART
Radio Heart
Featuring Gary Numan, Radio Heart was a music project by Scottish brothers Hugh and David Nicholson, formerly of the band ‘Blue’, who are best known for their collaboration with Gary Numan in 1987.
Radio Heart was formed as a music project by brothers Hugh and David Nicholson as a vehicle for a number of songs Hugh Nicholson had written.
Gary Numan became involved with Radio Heart through the Nicholson's brother, Matt Nicholson, who at the time formed part of the management team for Numan's own label 'Numa' Records, alongside Numan and his father Tony Webb.
Songs released with Numan:
Under the name 'Radio Heart featuring Gary Numan' the single ‘Radio Heart’ reached No. 35 in the UK Singles Chart in April 1987.
Two further songs were recorded with Numan; ‘London Times’ reached No. 48 in the UK Singles Chart in June 1987 and ‘All Across the Nation’ reached No. 81 in November 1987 (read more on Wiki).
DRAMATIS
Gary Numan and Dramatis, Dramatis are an English synth-pop band formed in the early 1980s. Chris Payne (vocals, keyboards), Rrussell Bell (guitars, keyboards), Cedric Sharpley (drums), and Denis Haines (keyboards) were all originally members of Gary Numan's backing band.
They formed Dramatis following Numan's announced (but short-lived) retirement from touring in April 1981.
Songs released with Numan:
‘Love Needs No Disguise’ (with Gary Numan) was released in 1981 and spent 7 weeks on the UK Singles Chart, its highest chart position was at No. 33 (read more on Wiki).
BILL SHARPE
a.k.a (Sharpe and Numan).
Sharpe & Numan was a British synth-pop duo formed by Shakatak's Bill Sharpe (keyboards, producer) and Gary Numan (vocals).
The duo teamed up when they happened to be recording in the same studio. Sharpe had written a collection of songs for a solo album and Gary Numan provided vocals for "Change Your Mind". Released as a single on Polydor Records, it reached number 17 on the UK Singles Chart in March 1985.
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They had success with their first single ‘Change Your Mind’ which was a Top 20 hit on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number 17 in March 1985.
Limited UK Singles Chart success followed with ‘New Thing From London Town’ (3 weeks, high point No. 52) in October 1986, ‘No More Lies’ (3 weeks, high point No. 34) in January 1988 and ‘I’m On Automatic’ (2 weeks, high point No. 44) in June 1989.
In July 1989 they released their only album ‘Automatic’ which hit the UK Album Charts for one week only at No. 9 (read more here).
ADE FENTON
a.k.a (Gary Numan vs Ade Fenton).
Ade Fenton is a record producer and composer, most notably working alongside electronic music icon Gary Numan.
He has now produced five critically acclaimed albums for Numan: ‘Jagged’, ‘Dead Son Rising’, ‘Splinter (Songs From A Broken Mind)’, ‘Savage (Songs From A Broken World)’ and ‘Intruder’.
Songs released with Numan:
‘The Leather Sea’ was released in November 2007 and appeared in the UK Singles Chart at No. 72 for one week only.
‘Splinter (Songs From A Broken Mind)’ was released in October 2013, scoring Numan his first Top 20 album in over 30 years.
The follow up ‘Savage (Songs From A Broken World)’ was released in September 2017, Savage entered the Official UK Album Chart at No. 2.
In 2021, the pair delivered ‘Intruder’, again entering the Official UK Album Chart at No. 2 (read more on Ade’s website)
SKAPARIS ORCHESTRA
a.k.a (Gary Numan/Skaparis Orchestra).
England's 'Skaparis Orchestra' are a modern orchestra, flexible in size and able to adapt to any genre of music; they came to wide awareness after backing Gary Numan on his 2018 tour.
The Skaparis Orchestra (from the Old Norse skapari, "creator") was formed in 2016 at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester by Simon Robertshaw, who was taking a conducting course there. A longtime orchestral violinist (and onetime bassist for metal band Vice), he had long dreamt of becoming a conductor.
Songs released with Numan:
'When The Sky Came Down (Live At The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester)' released in December 2019 (RSD) the album spent a single week on the UK Album Charts at the No. 57 spot. (Read more here).
RICO
a.k.a. (Gary Numan vs Rico). Ricardo Capuano (23 June 1971 – 16 August 2022), better known as ‘Rico, was a Scottish rock singer-songwriter.
Capuano was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire in 1971. He was the singer with the band 'Perfect World' in the mid-1990s.
Record company interest did not translate into a record deal, and he later went solo, recording as simply Rico.
Songs released with Numan:
He supported Gary Numan on his UK tour in 2003 and had a hit with Numan in 2003 with ‘Crazier’, which reached number 13 on the UK Singles Chart (read more on Wiki).
DADADANG
Numan & Dadadang, ‘Like a Refugee (I Won't Cry)’ is a song by Gary Numan, which was released in 1994 as a non-album single under the name "Numan & Dadadang". It was written by Hugh Nicholson, and produced by Hugh and David Nicholson.
Songs released with Numan:
‘Like a Refugee (I Won't Cry)’ reached No. 78 in the UK Singles Chart in May 1994 (read more here).
PLUMP DJs
a.k.a. ( Plump DJs ft. Gary Numan).
(read more on Discogs here).