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| - Remixers
- Musical groups established in 1981
- Brit Award winners
- Electronic music duos
- English musical duos
- Pet Shop Boys
- English New Wave musical groups
- British disco groups
- English electronic music groups
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| - Formation and early years: 1981–84Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe met in an electronics shop on Kings Road in Chelsea, London in August 1981. Recognising a mutual interest in dance music, they began to work on material together, first in Tennant's flat in Chelsea and from 1982, in a small studio in Camden Town. It was during those early years that several future hit songs were created, including %22It's a Sin%22, %22West End Girls%22, %22Rent%22 and %22Jealousy%22.Initially Tennant and Lowe performed as West End because of their love of London's West End, but later they came up with the name Pet Shop Boys, derived from friends of theirs who worked in a pet shop in Ealing. Their big break came in August 1983, when Tennant was assigned by Smash Hits to interview The Police in New York. The duo were obsessed with a stream of Hi-NRG records made by New York producer Bobby Orlando, simply known as Bobby O. According to Tennant: %22I thought: well, if I've got to go and see The Police play, then I'm also going to have lunch with Bobby O.%22 They shared a cheeseburger and carrot cake, at a restaurant called the Apple Jack, on 19 August (two years to the day since Tennant and Lowe had met) and, after hearing a demo tape that Tennant had brought along with him, Orlando suggested making a record with the Pet Shop Boys.From 1983-84, Orlando recorded eleven tracks with Tennant and Lowe including; %22West End Girls%22, %22Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money%22), %22It's A Sin%22, %22I Want A Lover%22, %22I Get Excited%22, %22Two Divided By Zero%22, %22Rent%22, %22Later Tonite%22, %22Pet Shop Boys%22, %22A Man Could Get Arrested%22 and %22One More Chance%22. In April 1984, the Orlando-produced %22West End Girls%22 was released, becoming a club hit in Los Angeles and San Francisco. On 2 November, it was voted %22Screamer of the Week%22 by listeners of Long Island, New York radio station WLIR. It was a minor dance hit in Belgium and France, but was only available in the United Kingdom as a 12%22 Import.The most successful pop duo in British chart history. In the early 90s they ran Spaghetti Recordings and more recently, Olde English and Lucky Kunst labels. From April 2013 their releases are put out on their own new label x2 (2).
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| - Pet Shop Boys are a British electronic pop duo, formed in London in 1981 and consisting of Neil Tennant (main vocals, keyboards, occasional guitar) and Chris Lowe (keyboards, occasional vocals).Pet Shop Boys have sold more than 50 million records worldwide, and are listed as the most successful duo in UK music history by The Guinness Book of Records. Three-time Brit Award winners and six-time Grammy nominees, since 1985 they have achieved forty-two Top 30 singles and 22 Top 10 hits in the UK Singles Chart, including four UK number ones: %22West End Girls%22 (also number one on the US Billboard Hot 100), %22It's a Sin%22, an acclaimed cover of %22Always on My Mind%22 and %22Heart%22. Other hit songs include a remake of %22Go West%22, %22Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)%22 (satire of Thatcherism) and %22What Have I Done to Deserve This?%22 in a duet with Dusty Springfield. At the 2009 Brit Awards, Pet Shop Boys received an award for Outstanding Contribution to Music.
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