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The Communards
The alliance of classically trained instrumentalist Richard Coles and energetic,
falsetto-voiced singer Jimmy Somerville was an unusual one, but it produced a
strikingly successful hi-NRG pop-dance act; who had two massive hits in the
1970s with dance covers of soul classics "Don't Leave Me This Way" and "Never
Can Say Goodbye". Jimmy Somerville, a queer icon who'd already gained fame with
Bronski Beat, had met Richard Coles when he played clarinet on Bronski's hit "It
Ain't Necessarily So", and they were joined by ex-Bronski Beat bass player Dave
Renwick to form The Communards. ...
