Oakey had never sung in front of an audience before, could not play keyboards and only owned a saxophone ( which he could not play ).

Listening to one of Ware and Marsh's demos, Oakey was inspired to write some lyrics which later became the single " Being Boiled ".

Eventually it was agreed that Oakey would continue with The Human League name while Ware and Marsh would form a completely new band, which became Heaven 17.

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.

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.

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.

The airport, which primarily functions as the Oakey Army Aviation Centre is located on the site of the original World War 2 airbase.

The Oakey Army Aviation Centre located at the airport, also includes the Museum of Australian Army Flying, which displays aircraft and memorabilia dating from World War I to the present.

A storyline which aired in July 2009 saw the Parker family going on a road trip to Oakey, however the car crashed before it reached its destination, resulting in the tragic death of a family member.

Immediate surrounding areas include the old mining hamlet of Vale of Clywydd and Oakey Park, a famous iron and steel village, of which fiery night scenes have been depicted in many paintings, as well as large areas of bush and state forest.

A 1950's map of the district shows four paddocks, Weston paddock, Track paddock, Brown Hill paddock and Oakey Hill paddock intersecting the area which is now the suburb of Waramanga.

Oakey () is a rural town situated in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia.

Oakey has been regularly mentioned on the Australian soap opera, Neighbours, with characters both originating from the town and moving to the town.

In the small town of Oakey Oaks, Chicken Little rings the school bell and cries for everyone to run for their lives.

She worked on the 22nd Bond adventure Quantum of Solace and reprised her role as M. She is interested in horse racing and in partnership with her chauffeur Bryan Agar owns a four-year-old horse, " Smokey Oakey ", who won the 2008 Brigadier Gerard Stakes.

The only constant band member since 1977 is vocalist and songwriter Philip Oakey.

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.

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 is connected to Toowoomba and Brisbane by bus.

Oakey is one of the towns contained in the Queensland State Electoral district of Condamine.

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.

:#" Rock and Roll is Dead "-Kings Have Long Arms & Philip Oakey

Other towns situated on what is now called the Downs include Dalby, Warwick, Roma, Oakey, Mitchell, Pittsworth, Allora, Clifton, Cecil Plains, Drayton, Millmerran, Nobby, and Chinchilla in the west.

* Don Knotts as Turkey Lurkey, a turkey who is the mayor of Oakey Oaks.

Hanley is also the uncle of British Professional boxer Jonathan Oakey.

* 126 Squadron with 12 AS532UL / AL Cougar but is currently based at Oakey Airbase in support of SAF's training need in Australia ;

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 Hill Nature Reserve, part of Canberra Nature Park, is located within the suburb.

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.

Heavily in debt to Virgin Records, Oakey and Wright were under pressure to produce results quickly.

Bands in the Sheffield scene were also referred to as Futurists, although Oakey himself has said: " We thought we were the punkiest band in Sheffield.

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.

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.

Oakey and Moroder then recorded an album together for Virgin, Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder, but this met with rather less success and the following two singles failed to make the UK Top 40.

Also in 1985, she provided back-up vocals for Human League front-man Philip Oakey's debut solo album, Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder.

Oakey originally wanted to return to the Vogue cover style of Dare artwork for Crash.

Phil Oakey of The Human League eulogised that despite its limitations " the Jupiter 4 will be tatooed on my heart for ever ".

Oakey, Paddock and Larcom Creeks are the main tributaries of the river.