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.

Oakey fought the decision believing it would damage the band, but was overruled by Draper and " Don't You Want Me " was released in December 1981.

Oakey believed if the band owned their own facilities it would cut down on the production costs of future albums and the band could become more productive.

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

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.

Oakey said later:

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.

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.

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.

** Pinehead Brothers ( voiced by Dick Gautier and Frank Welker ) – Oakey and Dokey are two oversized lumberjacks that are Looten Plunder's henchmen in the final season of " The New Adventures of Captain Planet.

The ground on his left was difficult and rocky, so he concentrated his greatest strength on the right: his own cavalry regiment, two troops of dragoons and another two troops of horse, all under the command of Colonel Oakey.

With the tour only ten days away and the music media reporting that The Human League was finished now that " the talented people had left ," promoters started threatening to sue Oakey if the tour was not completed as contracted.

To complete the tour, Oakey had to recruit new people in a matter of days.

Oakey was once observed chasing Ware up a Sheffield street, throwing bottles of milk from people's doorsteps at him.

In 2001, paraphrasing an NME headline from 1980, Oakey once famously quipped: " The Human League: one day all music will be made like this!

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 reality however, other musicians had input to the record, including producer Ian Stanley, with continued playing and songwriting contributions from Neil Sutton and Russell Dennett ; and Oakey co-writing one track with Jo Callis.

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

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.

Released principally in Japan and Asia in April, 1993 the EP includes the songs " Behind The Mask " and " Kimi Ni Mune Kyun " (" I Love You ") written by Oakey and Yukihiro Takahashi, featuring the vocals of Sulley and Catherall.

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.

# " I Don't Depend on You " ( Marsh, Oakey, Ware ) – 4: 36

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.

In 1903 the 100, 000th Steinway grand piano was given as a gift to the White House ; it was decorated by the artists Thomas Wilmer Dewing and Maria Oakey Dewing under the supervision of the head of Steinway's Art Piano Department, Joseph Burr Tiffany.

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.

In addition to Joseph Borden, who became a colonel during the war, patriots Francis Hopkinson ( a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence ), Colonel Kirkbride, Colonel Oakey Hoagland and Thomas Paine resided in the area.

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.

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.

When personal and creative tensions within the group reached breaking point in late 1980 Marsh and Ware left the band, ceding the Human League name to Oakey.

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

Since 1987, the band has essentially been a trio of Oakey and long-serving female vocalists Joanne Catherall and Susan Ann Sulley ( who joined the ensemble in 1980 ), with various sidemen.

Ware then decided to invite an old school friend, Philip Oakey, to join the band.

Oakey was working as a hospital porter at the time and was known on the Sheffield social scene for his eclectic style of dress.

" When Ware called on Oakey he found he was out, so asked him to join The Future by leaving a note stuck to his front door.

From left to right Oakey, Wright, Marsh, Ware.

The Human League ( Mk2 ) 1981, from left Catherall, Callis, Wright, Oakey, Sulley, Burden.

The relationship between Oakey and Ware had always been turbulent, and the pair often quarrelled over creative and personal matters.

Ware insisted the band maintain their pure electronic sound while Oakey wanted to emulate more successful pop groups.

Retaining the Human League name came at a heavy price for Oakey ; he was responsible for all Human League debts and commitments.

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.

With no preamble, Oakey asked both girls to join the tour as dancers and incidental vocalists.