biography
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Sting
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originally Gordon Matthew Sumner
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1951– )
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| biography:
| Singer, songwriter, and actor, born in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE England, UK. Former vocalist and lyricist of The Police, his first film role came in Quadrophenia (1978), and his first solo hit song was ‘Spread A Little Happiness’ (1982), taken from the soundtrack of the television film Brimstone and Treacle, in which he also starred. His debut album, The Dream of the Blue Turtles (1985), topped both the UK and US music charts. Later albums include Soul Cages (1991), which reached number 1 in the UK music charts, and Mercury Falling (1996). Later films include Dune (1984), Stormy Monday (1988), and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1999). He has been much associated with campaigns to do with the environment and with Amnesty International, and in 1989 he was a keynote speaker at the 2nd annual Human Rights Awards ceremony. |
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