Philip Oakey

British singer · United Kingdom · On the map · Musicians · Born 1955 · age 71

Philip Oakey is an English singer-songwriter who is the frontman and co-founder of the synth-pop band the Human League. Aside from the Human League, he has enjoyed an extensive solo music career and has collaborated with numerous other artists and producers.

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The Human League, Someday all music will be made like this!" - and it is!
1980 · Philip Oakey quoting a newspaper headline from 1980, in UK Channel 4 TV documentary Top 10 Electropop Pioneers (2001), Own words
Scenario: In the summer of 1977 The Human League was formed due to the members finding no conventional channels for their immense talents.
April 1978 · Press release by Philip Oakey about the The Human League's first single "Being Boiled" (April 1978), quoted in "Blind Youth - The Way It, Own words