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Mickey Billingham

Mickey Billingham is an English keyboardist. He was the former keyboardist of the pop rock band Dexys Midnight Runners. After the band broke up, he and another member, Andy "Stoker" Growcott, became co-founding members of new wave band General Public, contributing to the band's debut studio album All the Rage (1984).

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Mickey Billingham
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  • Musician
  • composer
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  • Keyboards
  • organ
Years active1980–present
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Mickey Billingham (also credited Micky Billingham) is an English keyboardist. He was the former keyboardist of the pop rock band Dexys Midnight Runners.1 After the band broke up, he and another member, Andy "Stoker" Growcott, became co-founding members of new wave band General Public, contributing to the band's debut studio album All the Rage (1984).2

Billingham went on to play in the Beat with Ranking Roger and Everett Morton, who have both since died.3

As well as being in the Beat, Billingham also teaches singing and performance techniques at Dudley College in the West Midlands.

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References

  1. Steve Huey. "Dexys Midnight Runners | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  2. "All the Rage - General Public | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  3. Mark Deming. "The English Beat | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
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