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Who Followed In David
Formed in 1982, Everything But
The Girl comprised of Tracey Thorn,
and Ben Watt.
Although not originally from Hull,
they met at the University of Hull,
and performed as solo artists in
1982, before forming the duo. The
band name came from the slogan
for a shop, Turner’s Furniture, that
advertised that they sold
“Everything But The Girl”.

Mick Ronson

They had chart success from 1983
until 2002, but have not performed
publicly since 2000.

As a child, he trained classically to
play the recorder, piano, violin, and
the harmonium

As a duo, they released 31 singles,
4 of which reached the Top 10 in
the UK. The 2 most successful hits
were “I Don’t Want To Talk About
It” and the Todd Terry remix of a
previously released track “Missing”,
both of which reached Number 3.

Mick Ronson was a musician who
played as a session artist with
David Bowie, Lou Reed, Bob Dylan,
Elton John, and John Mellencamp.

Ronson released five singles and
six albums in his own right, he also
released albums with David Bowie,
Ian Hunter, and Bob Dylan. The
most successful of Ronson’s albums
was Slaughter on 10th Avenue,
which reached Number 9 on the UK
Album Chart in 1974.

They have also released 11 albums,
with “Walking Wounded”, reaching
number 3 in the Album Chart.

One of his last public performances
was at the Freddie Mercury tribute
concert, where he played guitar on
Mott the Hoople’s “All The Young
Dudes” and David Bowie’s “Heroes”
although he was suffering at the
time with terminal liver cancer. He
died in 1993, aged 46.
The Mick Ronson memorial stage
was constructed in his honour, and
is located in Queens Gardens, Hull.

Everything But The Girl