80s Icon Had NO IDEA a Famous Boy Band RIPPED OF His #1 Hit Till I Told Him! | Professor of Rock

Up next, Tony Hadley, the former lead singer of Spandau Ballet, one the 80s leading new romantic bands, tells the story of one of the best songs of 1983: "True". It's a song that has become a bonafide standard… Tony admits that he has sung True at weddings, but when does he has to get really drunk… haha. He admits it’s a very difficult song to sing and he was scared about hitting the notes night after night. Well, it’s been decades and Tony can still nail it. And though he’s sung it over a thousand times, he never gets tired of it. But Tony does get embarrassed when fans tell him the things they do to this song. It’s a fabulous interview coming up and one where Tony is taken aback when I tell him that a famous boy ripped off the melody… Tony had no idea until this interview. The story is next on Professor of Rock.

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It’s time for another edition of #1 on our Hearts where we change the past and give a song its due by making it a #1 hit. Is there a better love song than True by Spandau Ballet? It's an elegantly written song by Martin Kemp and masterfully sung by Tony Hadley. The song is a bonafide pop culture phenomenon. A modern-day standard having been covered by everyone from Paul Anka to members of the Black Eyed Peas including the heavenly sampled #1 hit Set Adrift on Memory Bliss by PM Dawn, Tony Hadley former lead singer of Spandau Ballet is going to tell us all about it. But first a little history.

Spandau Ballet was formed in Islington Long in 1979, inspired by the post-punk underground dance scene. First called the APPLAUSE, before changing to Spandau and becoming one of the successful bands of the new romantic era of British pop helping with the second British invasion, conquering the American charts with A SONG THAT HAS BECOME A NEW STANDARD. TRUE. Their classic lineup of that time included Gary Kemp on guitar, Synth, and backing vocals, brother Martin Kemp on bass Tony Hadley as the vocalist, Saxophonist Steve Norman, and drummer John Keeble.

True was composed by group leader Gary Kemp who composed the song at his parents' house while living there., ANOTHER NEW WAVE SONG THAT was inspired by Motown, as Marvin Gaye is mentioned in the lyrics To quote Kemp, he said “It was a bit like a Marvin Gaye, Al Green song, a blue-eyed soul song. It was at a time when it was me concentrating on melody first rather than the sort of riff and the groove. Kemp also said, "'True' became a song about writing a love song. 'Why do I find it hard to write the next line? I want the truth to be said?' Because I didn't want to write it down—because there's nothing more embarrassing.

The song was partly about Kemp's platonic relationship (and unrequited love) with Altered Images singer Clare Grogan. I had the opportunity to sit down with former lead singer Tony Hadley who sang the original master and he told be the story