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Oakey and Moroder
Later that year, success outside of The Human League came for Oakey in the shape of the huge hit single " Together In Electric Dreams ", a collaboration with one of his idols, synth pioneer Giorgio Moroder.
However, the success of the original Oakey and Moroder track encouraged Virgin to release one final single from Hysteria in November, 1984, the ballad " Louise " was released and reached No. 13 in the UK.
In 1984, Moroder worked with Philip Oakey of The Human League to make the album Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder ; which was a UK singles chart hit with " Together in Electric Dreams ", title track to the 1984 film Electric Dreams.
" Together In Electric Dreams ", a collaborative effort of Giorgio Moroder and Philip Oakey ( of The Human League ) features in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories.
Also in 1985, she provided back-up vocals for Human League front-man Philip Oakey's debut solo album, Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder.
# Together In Electric Dreams-Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder

Oakey and then
Ware then decided to invite an old school friend, Philip Oakey, to join the band.
In an event that is now firmly embedded in popular folklore and regularly repeated by the media, Oakey and his then girlfriend went into Sheffield city centre on a Wednesday night with the intention of recruiting a single female backing vocalist.
Oakey further recruited multi-instrumentalist Nic Burke, then aged 21, who he had seen playing in Sheffield, to play electric guitar and keytar.

Oakey and album
His choice was to be " Don't You Want Me ", a track Oakey considered to be a filler and the weakest track on the album.
" Philip Oakey often plays down claims of " Dare " being such an influential album, but at other times acknowledges its influence on modern music.
Damaged by the failure of the album, their rejection by Virgin, harsh criticism in the media and facing financial ruin, the emotional well-being of Oakey and Sulley deteriorated badly.
On the album cover artwork and in videos, the group was now presented simply as a trio of Oakey / Catherall / Sulley.
In 2009, Kid Gloves contributed to Little Boots ' gold-selling debut album, Hands, writing and producing her duet, " Symmetry ", with The Human League's Phil Oakey.
After 4 months in Minneapolis, Oakey pulled the band out of further recording and they returned to Sheffield leaving Jam and Lewis to complete the album using session musicians.
Oakey with hindsight states that it was this album that saved the band ’ s career and one of the main reasons they are still recording today.
The Job album was re-released on Op: l's record label Lefta Records in Finland, with liner notes written by Philip Oakey ( of The Human League fame ).

Oakey and together
After looking in various venues, they visited the Crazy Daisy Nightclub on High Street where Oakey spotted two teenage girls dancing together on the dance floor.
Mount Taylor is listed on the Register of the National Estate as the most prominent landmark in southern Canberra, and together with nearby Oakey Hill, Wanniassa Hills and Isaacs Ridge, is valued as a key part of the landscape of Canberra.

Oakey and for
Ian Craig Marsh and Martyn Ware were the founder members of pioneering British electro-pop group The Human League ; Glenn Gregory had been their original choice when seeking a vocalist for the band but he was unavailable at the time, so they chose Philip Oakey instead.
Oakey was working as a hospital porter at the time and was known on the Sheffield social scene for his eclectic style of dress.
Retaining the Human League name came at a heavy price for Oakey ; he was responsible for all Human League debts and commitments.
Because of the girls ' ages, Oakey and Wright later had to visit Sulley and Catherall's respective parents to obtain permission for the girls to go on the tour.
In addition to Sulley and Catherall, Oakey employed professional musician Ian Burden from Sheffield synth band Graph as a session keyboard player for the tour to cover for the keyboards of the now departed Ware and Marsh.
Charlton published the short-lived Hillbilly Comics by Art Gates in 1955, featuring " Gumbo Galahad ," who was a dead ringer for Li ' l Abner, as was Pokey Oakey by Don Dean, which ran in MLJ's Top-Notch Laugh and Pep Comics.
The Australian Defence Force is also present in the local community, with the city providing housing and amenities for many of the personnel based at the Oakey Army Aviation Centre ( in Oakey, NW of Toowoomba ) and Borneo Barracks at Cabarlah to the city's North.
Oakey and the creek around which the town is located, were named for the river oaks that dominate the banks of the creek.
Oakey originally wanted to return to the Vogue cover style of Dare artwork for Crash.
In the small town of Oakey Oaks, Chicken Little rings the school bell and cries for everyone to run for their lives.
Phil Oakey of The Human League eulogised that despite its limitations " the Jupiter 4 will be tatooed on my heart for ever ".

Oakey and Virgin
Heavily in debt to Virgin Records, Oakey and Wright were under pressure to produce results quickly.
Virgin Records remastered and re-issued Travelogue on CD in 1988, with an expanded track listing which included the Holiday ' 80 EP, the disco single " I Don't Depend on You " ( originally released under the moniker " The Men "), and the single " Boys and Girls ", which had been produced by Oakey and Wright after the line-up split.

Oakey and Philip
* Philip Oakey
* October 2 – Philip Oakey, English rock musician ( The Human League )
Philip Oakey of the Human League and Richard H. Kirk of Cabaret Voltaire as well as music journalist Simon Reynolds has cited the soundtrack as an inspiration.
The only constant band member since 1977 is vocalist and songwriter Philip Oakey.
* Philip Oakey
* Philip Oakey can be seen wearing a t-shirt depicting Judge Death and the other dark judges in the video to the 1984 song " Together in Electric Dreams ".
This tradition waned somewhat in the late ' 70s but was revived in the New Wave era of the ' 80s, as pop singers Boy George ( of Culture Club ), Pete Burns ( of Dead or Alive ), and Philip Oakey ( of The Human League ), frequently appeared in a sort of semi-drag, while female musicians of the era dabbled in their own form of androgyny, with performers like Annie Lennox, Phranc and The Bloods sometimes performing as drag kings.
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Kings Have Long Arms have collaborated with Philip Oakey from The Human League on the track " Rock and Roll is Dead ", Marion from The Lovers and Mira from Ladytron.
It featured former Smiths members Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce, Philip Oakey, Denise Johnson ( A Certain Ratio ) and Ray Dorset ( Mungo Jerry ).
:#" Rock and Roll is Dead "-Kings Have Long Arms & Philip Oakey
Philip Oakey ( 7 " and CD single, Twins Of Evil, 2003 )
* 1980s Interview with Philip Oakey from The Human League about the use of computers and the Emulator in pop music

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