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Lick The Tins

12+ albums
folkpopacoustic80sceltic pop

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Lick the Tins was an English Celtic/folk rock/indie band from London, active in the mid to late 1980s. Their name was derived from a nickname given to an old tramp by the children from the hometown of one of the band members, Ronan Heenan. They are best known for their cover version of "Can't Help Falling in Love". In 1986, the quartet scored their one and only hit with a clever cover version of a song associated with Elvis Presley, 'Can't Help Falling In Love'. Presley's version sold a million and was a US Top 3 hit in January, 1962, and reached Number One in the UK. The band's cover version by Lick The Tins didn't do quite as well as that, although is spent two months in the UK singles chart, but then LTT were almost completely unknown before the single was released, and returned to anonymity not long afterwards. This is their story, and this album features (almost) their entire output. Drummer Simon Ryan was living in Kilburn, North West London, when he re-met singer/songwriter/guitarist Ronan Heenan, with whom he had played in an earlier group, The Almost Brothers. This very obscure combo released a 1980 single, 'You'll Never Make It', which remarkably made the all important Radio One playlist, but the group folded soon afterwards. Ryan also got to know a friend of Heenan's, Alison Marr - both she and Heenan came from Northern Ireland, where he had trained as a veterinary surgen, and she as a reporter before they moved to London. Ryan was a graphic designer, who worke

top songs

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Can't Help Falling In Love

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Can't Help Falling In Love (12")

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Can't Help Falling in Love (Bonus Track) [From the Motion Picture "Some Kind of Wonderful"]

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I Can't Help Falling in Love

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Belle of Belfast City

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Hey Joe

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In the Middle of the Night

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Road to California

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Light Years Away

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Get Me to the World on Time

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albums

Blind Man on a Flying Horse

Blind Man on a Flying Horse

Some Kind of Wonderful

Some Kind of Wonderful

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Some Kind of Wonderful (Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Some Kind Of Wonderful: Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack

Some Kind Of Wonderful: Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack

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Some Kind Of Wonderful Soundtr

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Some kind of wonderful soundtrack

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Maxi Pop V

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Kevin's Swain Sampler

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Some Kind Of Wonderful (Original Soundtrack)

Can't Help Falling In Love

Can't Help Falling In Love

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Life Moves Pretty Fast: The John Hughes Mixtapes

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Some Kind Of Wonderful Original Soundtrack

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