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The Beautiful South were a British pop group formed at the end of the 1980s, from the ashes of Hull group The Housemartins. The band was put together by lead singer, Paul Heaton, and drummer, Dave Hemingway. They were joined by sean welch (Bass), Dave Stead (Drums) and Dave Rotheray (Guitar). Rotheray also co-writes the songs with Heaton.

In The Beautiful South, Heaton remained lead singer but was joined by Hemingway and female singer Briana Corrigan to create a trio of lead vocalists. This set-up helped to characterize the bittersweet kitchen sink dramas played out in Heaton’s often barbed songs.

The band’s music might sound like bubbly, catchy, lightweight pop but Heaton’s sour, savage and amusing worldview on everything and anything (alcoholism, religion, sex, politics and, mostly, the down side of relationships) is always lurking beneath the surface of the quirky melodies. The tastes and smells of the local pub are never far away either, with the band gaining a reputation for boozing. The band’s first album was Welcome to the Beautiful South (1989) and spawned the hits

Song For Whoever and

You Keep It All In. The release of 1990’s Choke album saw the band claim its only Number 1 hit to date,

A Little Time. 0898 followed in 1992, with hits including

Old Red Eyes is Back.

In 1994, after Corrigan quit the band when she saw Paul’s lyrics for the forthcoming album Miaow, St Helens supermarket shelf-stacker, Jacqui Abbott, was brought on board to fill in. Heaton had heard her sing at an after show party in St Helens and remembered her vocal talents.

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Track	Time	Listeners	Download
Add this track to your playlist Song For Whoever full track	4:05	16,339	Buy mp3
Add this track to your playlist A Little Time full track	3:00	16,257	Buy mp3
Add this track to your playlist Don't Marry Her full track	3:22	12,525	Buy mp3
Add this track to your playlist You Keep It All In full track	2:52	11,521	Buy mp3

Choke

Welcome to the Beautiful South

Top Tracks, Last Week

–	1	Add this track to your playlist Song For Whoever full track	412
–	2	Add this track to your playlist A Little Time full track	387
–	3	Add this track to your playlist Don't Marry Her full track	322
–	4	Add this track to your playlist You Keep It All In full track	287
–	5	Add this track to your playlist Perfect 10 full track	241
–	6	Add this track to your playlist Rotterdam (Or Anywhere)	226
–	7	Add this track to your playlist Old Red Eyes is Back full track	200
–	8	Add this track to your playlist I'll Sail This Ship Alone full track	186
–	9	Add this track to your playlist Everybody's Talkin' full track	184
–	10	Add this track to your playlist Rotterdam full track	155
1	11	Add this track to your playlist Dream A Little Dream full track	147
1	12	Add this track to your playlist Prettiest Eyes full track	145
2	13	Add this track to your playlist Good As Gold (Stupid As Mud) full track	125
1	14	Add this track to your playlist One Last Love Song full track	116
3	15	Add this track to your playlist Let Love Speak Up Itself	112
3	16	Add this track to your playlist Bell Bottomed Tear full track	102
2	17	Add this track to your playlist We Are Each Other full track	101
2	18	Add this track to your playlist My Book full track	98
2	19	Add this track to your playlist Blackbird on the Wire full track	97
4	20	Add this track to your playlist 36D	93

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Top Tracks, Last Six Months

–	1	Add this track to your playlist Song For Whoever full track	5,958
–	2	Add this track to your playlist A Little Time full track	5,494
–	3	Add this track to your playlist Don't Marry Her full track	4,666
–	4	Add this track to your playlist You Keep It All In full track	4,019
1	5	Add this track to your playlist Perfect 10 full track	3,635
1	6	Add this track to your playlist Rotterdam (Or Anywhere)	3,618
–	7	Add this track to your playlist Old Red Eyes is Back full track	3,287
–	8	Add this track to your playlist Everybody's Talkin' full track	2,868
–	9	Add this track to your playlist I'll Sail This Ship Alone full track	2,577
1	10	Add this track to your playlist One Last Love Song full track	2,243
1	11	Add this track to your playlist Rotterdam full track	2,223
–	12	Add this track to your playlist Good As Gold (Stupid As Mud) full track	2,208
–	13	Add this track to your playlist Prettiest Eyes full track	2,195
–	14	Add this track to your playlist Dream A Little Dream full track	2,118
–	15	Add this track to your playlist We Are Each Other full track	1,848
1	16	Add this track to your playlist My Book full track	1,765
–	16	Add this track to your playlist Let Love Speak Up Itself	1,765
–	18	Add this track to your playlist Bell Bottomed Tear full track	1,604
–	19	Add this track to your playlist Dumb full track	1,598
1	20	Add this track to your playlist Blackbird on the Wire full track	1,511
1	21	Add this track to your playlist 36D	1,405
–	22	Add this track to your playlist How Long's a Tear Take to Dry? full track	1,239
–	23	Add this track to your playlist Little Blue full track	1,200
–	24	Add this track to your playlist Mirror full track	1,110
–	25	Add this track to your playlist The Sound of North America full track	1,082
1	26	Add this track to your playlist Alone full track	1,020
1	27	Add this track to your playlist Have Fun full track	1,014
–	28	Add this track to your playlist Closer Than Most full track	1,012
–	29	Add this track to your playlist Foundations full track	1,006
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