Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Chiu is a freelance music writer based in New York. Sometime around 2016, Kevin Rowland, the driving force behind the ...
Few pop songs evoke such an overwhelming, immediate rush of pure joy more than Dexys Midnight Runners’ No. 1 hit “Come On Eileen.” In the world of 1982 pop radio, there was simply nothing like it – ...
More than 40 years since the release of Dexys’ 1980 debut, Searching for the Young Soul Rebels, and breakthrough, Too-Rye-Ay, in 1982, which featured the band’s No. 1 hit “Come on Eileen,” Rowland ...
Four decades ago, soulful British post-punks Dexys Midnight Runners, now simply known as Dexys, became unlikely pop superstars when their skiffle-inflected banjo jam "Come On Eileen" went to No. 1 in ...
To most of the world, Dexys Midnight Runners are the definition of a one-hit wonder. In reality, however, they achieved significantly more success in their homeland. The British band is best known for ...
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The band formerly known as the Midnight Runners hopes to move beyond one-hit wonder status in the U.S. with "One Day I'm Going to Soar." By Jonathan Bernstein Dexys One Day I'm Going to Soar Album - P ...