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Tuesday 9 February 2016

Tracey Ullman - Breakaway - 1983

 
Tracey Ullman- "Breakaway"
The debut Single from Tracey Ullman was released on March 1983 and reached Number 4 on the U.K. singles chart.  Written by Jackie DeShannon and Sharon  Sheeley  it was released on Stiff records on  7 inch & 10 inch disc and spent 12 weeks on the chart.
 


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7 comments:

  1. Who were the backing singers on Top of the Pops singing Breakaway? I recognise one of the girls. Thanks!

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  2. The one on the left looks like the actress who played Jean Quigly (Sicknote’s wife) in London’s Burning. They were am dram players in that as I remember. One on the right could possibly be Rosemary Ford, not sure though.

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  3. Allison Thomas the girl with the dark hair and Amanda dickinson the fair haired girl were Tracey ullman back up singers and were also on most of her pop videos

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    1. When Tracy did a more recent HBO special of her past show, she did a revival of the Breakaway video and had 2 backup singers/dancers... I'm curious if she used the same 2 girls, just 20+ years on?

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  4. Allison Thomas reason she looks familiar is she used to be on Benny Hill show

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  5. Breakaway was released February 83.

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