Boy George and Culture Club
Culture Club's first commercial success was with "Karma Chameleon" which shot to No.1 in 1983. It was taken from the album "Colour By Numbers", which also featured the hit singles "It's A Miracle", "Church Of The Poison Mind" and "Victims".
I remember very well lead singer Boy George causing a storm when he first appeared on Top Of The Pops. His unique look had everyone guessing whether he was a man or a woman - he sure was the talk of the school playground!
Of course, he is still a larger than life character and is never out of the headlines. He was in the newspapers again in 2008/2009 for kidnapping a rent boy and was sent to jail!
Culture Club's first album, Kissing to be Clever was released in 1981, and between 1982 and 1986 (when they disbanded), they had amassed ten Top 40 hits in the US, most of which
went Top 10. The band also had subsequent hits in the UK during a
reunion period of 1998–2002, where they scored a No.4 single and a No.25
single.
The band released four studio albums during the 80s, with Colour By Numbers being the most successful and reaching 2 x Platinum sales in the UK. All of the first three albums reached Platinum status, and the fourth album From Luxury To Heartache achieved Silver in the UK.
1982 Kissing To Be Clever (No.5 UK) (No.14 U.S.)
1983 Colour By Numbers (No.1 UK) (No.2 U.S.)
1984 Waking Up With The House On Fire
(No.2 UK) (No.26 U.S.)
1986 From Luxury To Heartache (No.10 UK) (No.32 U.S.)
