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The B52's - Love Shack (1989)

This upbeat tune was the B52's best-selling single in the UK and reached No.2 in the singles chart. Produced by Don Was, the song's inspiration was a cabin around Athens, Georgia complete with tin roof. The album Cosmic Thing went platinum in the UK and 4 x platinum in the U.S.


               

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The B52s

The B52's formed in Athens, Georgia, USA in 1976.

Original Line-up:
Kate Pierson (b. 27 April 1948, Weehawken, New Jersey, USA; organ/vocals)
Cindy Wilson (b. 28 February 1957, Athens, Georgia, USA; guitar/vocals)
Ricky Wilson (b. 19 March 1953, Athens, Georgia, USA d. 1986; guitar)
Fred Schneider (b. 1 July 1951, Newark, Georgia, USA; keyboards/vocals)
Keith Strickland (b. 26 October 1953, Athens, Georgia, USA; drums)
Julie Cruise (backing vocals).


Unfortunately, in 1986 one of the band members, Ricky Wilson (Cindy Wilson's older brother), died at the age of 32 from an aids-related illness.

 

Studio albums

Year Album U.S. UK AUS RIAA Certification[1]
1979 The B-52's 59 22 7 Platinum
1980 Wild Planet 18 18 12 Gold
1982 Mesopotamia 35 18 79 N/A
1983 Whammy! 29 33 97 Gold
1986 Bouncing off the Satellites 85 74 73 N/A
1989 Cosmic Thing 4 8 1 4x Multi-Platinum
1992 Good Stuff 16 8 36 Gold
2008 Funplex 11 73 93 N/A

 

The B52's - Rock Lobster

 

The B52's talk about Funplex

This video is from 2008 when the band made a comeback - after a 16 year absence - with their fantastic new album Funplex. 



The B-52's Roam 12 Inch Dance Remix

The B52's stormed into the UK charts in 1989 with their upbeat hit single "Love Shack", followed by the platimum-selling album "Cosmic Thing", which was their fifth studio album.

The success was partly due to using producer Don Was from eighties pop act "Was Not Was", who had a hit with "Walk The Dinosaur". He had managed to tighten-up the band's sound and make them more commercially viable.

The second single from the album, "Roam" was also a UK hit and was the only track to feature only Kate Pierson's and Cindy Wilson's vocals, without Fred Schneider.


    

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