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BEING OF GENERAL PUBLIC INTEREST

As the mainstays of the Beat (known in America as the English Beat, to distinguish them from a California power-pop band that had first dibs on the name the Beat), Dave Wakeling and Ranking Roger always seemed on the verge of pop star success.

July 1, 1985
Richard Grabel

BEING OF GENERAL PUBLIC INTEREST

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