The Stars From The Commitments is a nine-piece Dublin based soul band, featuring original cast members and musicians from the BAFTA Winner, Golden Globe & Oscar nominated Sir
Alan Parker film ''
The Commitments'' and multimillion selling sound track.
History of the band
The band was formed shortly after the release of the film, which itself was based on the
Roddy Doyle
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novel of the same name. Since 1993 The Stars From The Commitments have toured extensively across Canada, USA, South America, Europe, Scandinavia, Africa, Asia and Australia.
Original Cast members: guitarist Kenneth McCluskey Aka Derek ''"The Meat Man"'' Scully, Piano Player Michael Aherne Aka ''"Steven The Soul Surgeon"'' Clifford, Ronan Dooney, Trumpet. The following members: Plus Myles Hyland (lead vocals), Andreas Nolan (bass), Sandra Hyland and Antoinette Dunleavy (lead & backing vocals), Abraham Hampton (keyboards & Organ) and Serge Stavila – Saxophone, joined later.
Their open air concert at the Party in the Park in São Paulo, Brazill were attended by over 100,000 people where they were performing with legendary blues guitarist and singer
B. B. King
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. The soundtracks to the
Alan Parker film such as ''In The Midnight Hour'', ''Try a Little Tenderness'' and ''Mustang Sally'' have sold over 12 million copies.
The original members of the group Dick Massey and Kenneth McCluskey have formed their own band called "The Commitments".
After the film's success Andrew Strong, the lead singer, performed with
Elton John
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,
Bryan Adams
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,
Ray Charles
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and
The Rolling Stones
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, and signed a solo record deal with
MCA Records
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Pre-history
MCA Inc., a powerful talent agency and a television production company, entered the recorded music business in 1962 w ...
. He continued touring and lives in Denmark.
The Commitments: Where are they now?
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Discography
See also
* The Commitments
References
External links
Official website
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Musicians from Dublin (city)