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Limahl
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Christopher Hamill (born 19 December 1958), known professionally as Limahl ( , an anagram of Hamill), is an English singer and songwriter. He was the lead vocalist of the pop band Kajagoogoo beginning in 1982, before embarking on a solo career, releasing the 1984 hit "The NeverEnding Story", the theme song for the eponymous film.
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It is catalogued under topics including 1958 births, 20th-century English LGBTQ people and 20th-century English male singers.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Tiny Budget Cooking
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1958-12-19
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 374,480
- Total plays
- 2,067,620
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Christopher Hamill (born 19 December 1958), known professionally as Limahl, is an English pop singer. He first became known as the lead vocalist of the pop group Kajagoogoo, joining the band in 1982. After leaving the group, he began a solo career and achieved international success with the 1984 single "The NeverEnding Story", recorded as the theme song for the film of the same name. Full Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limahl Studio albums <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/L
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Key facts
- Musical artist.name
- Limahl
- Musical artist.image
- Limahl in 2016.jpg
- Musical artist.caption
- Limahl in 2016
- Musical artist.birth_name
- Christopher Hamill
- Musical artist.alias
- Limahl
- Musical artist.birth_place
- Pemberton, Lancashire, England
- Musical artist.years_active
- 1976–present
- Musical artist.partner
- Steve Evans (1994–present)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Christopher
- Family name
- Hamill
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Wigan
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Buddhism
- Genre
- new wave
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- limahl.com
- Image
- LIMAHL (8337105781) (cropped).jpg
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- member of
- Kajagoogoo
- date of birth
- 1958-12-19
- Commons category
- Limahl
- pseudonym
- Limahl
- start of work period
- 1976-00-00
- copyright representative
- PRS for Music
- social media followers
- 3289
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Career
- Early career
- Kajagoogoo
- Solo career
- 2003–present
- Personal life
- Legacy
- Discography
- Solo albums
- with Kajagoogoo
- Solo singles
- References
- External links
Christopher Hamill (born 19 December 1958), known professionally as Limahl ( , an anagram of Hamill), is an English singer and songwriter. He was the lead vocalist of the pop band Kajagoogoo beginning in 1982, before embarking on a solo career, releasing the 1984 hit "The NeverEnding Story", the theme song for the eponymous film.
==Early life== Christopher Hamill was born on 19 December 1958 at Pemberton, Wigan, Lancashire, in North West England, to Eric and Cynthia Hamill. He has one sister and two brothers. The four children were all born by the time their mother was 22. Hamill attended Mesnes High School, Wigan, Greater Manchester before eventually enrolling at the Westcliff-on-Sea Palace Theatre Repertory Company in Essex.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Limahl” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.