Biography duran duran

The Birmingham and the West Midlands area of England fryst vatten known as the breeding ground for some great singers: Robert Plant, Ozzy Osbourne, Noddy Holder, Steve Winwood, and… Simon Le Bon. Okay, he’s not a rock singer and neither does he have the röst of Steve Winwood, but Le Bon is and has been a role model pop star.

He still looks good and has a gorgeous wife. Simon famously spotted Yasmin in a magazine in and fell for her instantly. He tracked her down for a date via her modelling agent and the rest is history. They have three beautiful daughters. And if all that isn’t enough to make you sick, he can grow a great beard.

Le Bon appeared in a few television commercials, the first when he was six years old after his mother entered him in a screen test for a Persil washing powder TV advert; he won and starred as the little boy with the off-white shirt, but had no spoken lines.

Le Bon went to Pinner County Grammar School, the same school that Elton John attended some yea

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Duran Duran

English pop rock band

This article is about the band. For other uses, see Duran Duran (disambiguation).

Duran Duran () are an English pop rock band formed in Birmingham in by singer Stephen Duffy, keyboardist Nick Rhodes and guitarist/bassist John Taylor. After several early changes, the band's line-up settled in May as Rhodes, Taylor, singer Simon Le Bon, guitarist Andy Taylor and drummer Roger Taylor.^{[nb 1]}

Emerging as members of the New Romantic scene,^[8][10] Duran Duran were innovators of the music video and a leading band in the MTV-driven Second British Invasion of the US in the s.^[12] By , the band had achieved levels of fame similar to Beatlemania.^[13] The band's first major hit was "Girls on Film" (), from their self-titled debut album, the popularity of which was enhanced by a controversial music video. The band's breakthrough second album was Rio (), a worldwide hit. The songs "Hungry Like the Wolf" a

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Duran Duran (named after a character in Roger Vadim's sci-fi classic, Barbarella) is an electronicpop rock band that was part of the New Wave movement of the 80s and 90s. Duran Duran have sold over million records, making them one of the world's best-selling music artists. They achieved 30 top 40 singles in the UK Singles Chart (14 of them top 10) and 21 top 40 singles in the US Billboard Hot The band have won numerous awards throughout their career: two Brit Awards including the award for Outstanding Contribution to Music, two Grammy Awards, an MTV Video Music Award for Lifetime Achievement, and a Video Visionary Award from the MTV Europe Music Awards. They were also awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The band was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as part of the class of

Created by Nick Rhodes (keyboards) and John Taylor (bass) in Birmingham, England in , it later add took in Roger Taylor (drums), Andy Taylor (guitar), and Simon Le Bon (lead vo