The Maisonettes

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The Maisonettes was a one-hit band from England whose single, "Heartache Avenue", reached number 7 on the UK Singles Chart in 1982. The song was later sampled by UK rap group Roll Deep, for the chorus on their UK Top 40 hit, "The Avenue". The Maisonettes' oddness lay not so much in their hit as their combination of maverick indie record label beginnings with a semi-manufactured image that some indie purists might find crass. Their hit, "Heartache Avenue," entered the UK chart in late 1982 and rose all the way up to number seven. Like most of the music they would record over the next year or two, it was fairly mainstream pop / rock with period early 1980s synthesizer-abetted production and a notable (but not overwhelming) 1960s soul-pop influence, with a particularly audible debt to Motown. The song "Heartache Avenue" was discovered by David Virr in a pile of demo tapes in his office, and had been recorded in Birmingham by singer Lol Mason, guitarist Mark Tibenham, and session players Nick Parry (drums) and Mark Cunningham (bass). Virr decided to put it out on his own label, which he named Ready, Steady, Go! To fill out the band, two teenage models, Denise Ward and Elaine Williams, were recruited as backing singers (although "Heartache Avenue" had been recorded with entirely different women session vocalists). As it turned out, however, Ward and Williams could not harmonize well enough to sing with the band live or in the studio, though by the time this was decided, they had

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Heartache Avenue: The Very Best Of The Maisonettes

Maisonettes For Sale

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Heartache Avenue - The Very Best of the Maisonettes (Audio Version)

Heartache Avenue

Gerard Ekdom's BBQ Box 2014

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800 chansons des années 80

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Années 80

Dirty No-One!

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80's One Hit Wonders

Loose Ends

Sick Of This

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Les 150 plus grands tubes (Les 15 plus grands) [Le meilleur de vos tubes des années 70 - 80 - 90]

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