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Who Followed In David
After the breakup of The Housemartins, two band members, Paul
Heaton, and David Hemingway got
together with Dave Rotheray and
David Stead to form the Beautiful
South in 1988.

As with The Housemartins, the
band lineup changed throughout
the active years between 1988 and
2007. Other band members
included Briana Corrigan, Jacqui
Abbott and Alison Wheeler

The Housemartins

The band formed in 1983, initially
as a duo with Paul Heaton as the
singer, Stan Cullimore on Guitar.
Throughout the bands active
period, 1983-1988, there were
various other members of the
group, including Chris Lang, Ted
Key, and Norman Cook, the latter
going on to have chart success with
Beats International and as a solo
artist, performing as Fatboy Slim.

The band released 34 singles, of
which 5 reached the Top 10, and
the most successful of those was,
A Little Time, which received a gold
award on it’s way to Number 1 in
1990. They also released 10 studio
albums, and 5 compilation albums.
In January 2007, the band split
citing “Musical Similarities”, which
was a play on a usual phrase used
by bands splitting, “Musical
Differences”.

The Housemartins had 2 Top
Ten hits, “Happy Hour” reaching
Number 3, and “Caravan of Love”,
which reached Number 1, both
released in 1986. Their
discography was completed by 7
other singles, and 2 studio albums,
“London 0 Hull 4” and “The People
Who Grinned Themselves to Death”.
In 2009, the band assembled for a
photoshoot for Mojo
Magazine and stated they were not
interested in reforming.

The Beautiful South