Vince Clarke

Vincent Clarke (born Vincent Martin, South Woodford, Essex, England, July 3 1960) is an English pop musician and songwriter, who has been involved with a number of successful pop groups, including Depeche Mode, Yazoo, and Erasure.

Yazoo

Clarke left Depeche Mode soon after the release of the first album. He then teamed up with singer Alison Moyet to form the electropop band Yazoo, which had a number of hits.

Related Topics:
Alison Moyet - Electropop - Yazoo

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Yazoo split in 1983, and Alison Moyet went on to have a successful solo career. In the following few years Clarke had one-off associations with several artists, notably with Paul Quinn and the single One Day, and Feargal Sharkey as The Assembly and the minor hit Never Never.

Related Topics:
1983 - Paul Quinn - Feargal Sharkey - The Assembly

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In 1985 he put an ad in the Melody Maker for a singer, and the 41st of applicant was Andy Bell, with whom he teamed to form the group Erasure, among the biggest selling acts in British history.

Related Topics:
1985 - Andy Bell - Erasure

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