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Radio 2,5 mins

Jimmy Somerville - My 70s

Sounds of the 70s with Bob Harris

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The singer Jimmy Somerville remembers the decade in My 70s. Born in Glasgow in the early sixties, the seventies were his formative years before forming Bronski Beat in 1983. Best known for the number three hit Smalltown Boy, the group would release three albums in the decade before Somerville formed The Communards. He went on to release eleven albums in his solo career, with his latest single Travesty released in 2014.

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