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Stephen Patrick Morrissey was born in Davyhulme, Manchester ENGLAND,
on 22 May 1959; during the late '70s, he regularly wrote letters to the
music press and eventually began working as a freelance music journalist,
he also ran a New York Dolls fan
club and wrote a booklet about them.
Morrissey started his musical venture with a local band playing a couple
of gigs but failed to land a recording contract; in 1982 he met guitarist
Johnny Marr, the two put together a band called The Smiths, one of the
most important and critically acclaimed British Pop-Rock act of the '80s.
By the late summer of 1987 The Smiths broke up due to conflict between
the band members; Morrissey embarked on his solo career releasing the
U.K. top 5 hit single "Suedehead" which eventually became part
of his debut solo effort, 1988's "Viva Hate", the record went
straight to #1 on the British Albums chart and broke The Billboard 200
chart reaching the #48; the second single off, "Everyday Is Like
Sunday", debuted at #9 in the U.K. chart.
He followed up with the single "The Last Of The Famous International
Playboys", which hit #6 in U.K. and rose to #3 The Modern Rock Tracks
in the States; "Interesting Drug" reached respectively the #9
and #11 spots in the same charts; both these songs appeared on the compilation
of singles and B-sides "Bona Drag", which was released in October
1990, the set also included two more Modern Rock top 3 hits, "Ouija
Board, Ouija Board" and "Piccadilly Palare", plus a further
top 10 hit, the macabre "November Spawned A Monster".
In March 1991 was issued "Kill Uncle", it reached the #52 on
The Billboard Top 200 list; the first single, "Our Frank", hit
#2 on The Modern Rock chart and "Sing Your Life" reached the
#10.
A year later, "Your Arsenal", peaked at #21 on American Billboard
200 Albums chart spawning his first Modern Rock #1 hit: "Tomorrow",
followed by the #2, "We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful"
which was also successful in the U.K. cracking the top 20; "You're
The One For Me, Fatty" reached the #19 on the Official U.K. Singles
list and "Glamorous Glue" peaked at #13 in U.S. Modern Rock
Tracks chart.
In the spring of 1994 Morrissey released his fifth solo album, "Vauxhall
And I", it reached the #1 in the U.K. chart and climbed into the
top 20 of the U.S. Billboard Top 200, becoming his highest-charting album;
the single, "The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get", peaked
at #1 on The Modern Rock Tracks, made a mid-chart appearance on The Billboard
Hot 100 and rose to #8 in England.
The following year he released a collection titled "The World Of
Morrissey", then switched labels, issued the 3-track EP "Boxers",
which reached the #23 in Britain and the new album, "Southpaw Grammar",
the record earned a lukewarm reception from fans and critics alike, it
charted at #4 in U.K. and generated two minor hits: "The Boy Racer"
and "Dagenham Dave"; in America the album didn't rise higher
than #66 on The Billboard Top 200.
With "Maladjusted", he charted again in the U.K. top 10 and
in the top 70 of the American Billboard 200 list upon the album's summer
1997 release.
Morrissey returned to the musical mainstream, in May of 2004; his first
studio album in seven years, "You Are the Quarry", shot to #2
and #11 respectively in U.K. and U.S. Official charts; it contained "Irish
Blood, English Heart", which climbed into the top 3 of the British
Singles chart and hit the top 40 of the U.S. Modern Rock Tracks chart;
the follow-up single, "The First Of The Gang To Die", peaked
at #6 in England.
His ninth solo album, "Ringleader Of The Tormentors", came
out in April 2006 on Attack/Sanctuary; the set features twelve new songs
including the first single, "You Have Killed Me".
Morrissey biography is an exclusive of 100xr.com
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