36-447: John Foster may refer to: 15th/16th/17th-century politicians [ edit ] John Foster (MP for Bristol) , 15th-century MP for Bristol John Foster (died 1576) , Member of Parliament for Winchester , Plympton Erle and Hindon John Foster (by 1508-47/51) , MP for Much Wenlock John Foster (died 1558) , MP for Shaftesbury and Hertfordshire John Foster (printer) (1648–1681)
72-528: A British synth-pop band formed in 1983 in London, England. The initial lineup, which recorded the majority of their hits, consisted of Jimmy Somerville (vocals), Steve Bronski (keyboards, percussion) and Larry Steinbachek (keyboards, percussion). Simon Davolls contributed backing vocals to many songs. Bronski Beat achieved success in the mid-1980s, particularly with the 1984 single " Smalltown Boy ", from their debut album, The Age of Consent . "Smalltown Boy"
108-1429: A character in the television series Skins John Foster (cinematographer) , see Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography John Foster (composer) (1752–1822), English composer Sports [ edit ] John Foster Jr. (sailor) (born 1963), American sport-sailor John Foster Sr. (sailor) (born 1938), American sport-sailor & sled racer John Foster (footballer) (born 1973), English footballer John Foster (baseball) (born 1978), American baseball player John Foster (cricketer) (born 1955), former English cricketer John B. Foster (baseball) (1863–1941), New York City baseball writer, sports editor, and ballclub officer John Foster (sport shooter) (born 1936), American sports shooter John Foster (water polo) (1931–2013), Australian water polo player Journalists [ edit ] John Foster (Canadian journalist) , see This Land John Foster (BBC journalist) on Scottish Lobby Religious figures [ edit ] John Foster (priest) (1921–2000), Anglican dean of Guernsey John Foster, 18th century American clergyman, husband of Hannah Webster Foster John Onesimus Foster (1833–1920), American Methodist minister John Foster (Archdeacon of Huntingdon) , Archdeacon of Huntingdon and Wisbech Others [ edit ] John G. Foster (1823–1874), United States Army officer and Union general during
144-499: A cover of David Bowie's " Heroes ", released in 1986 under the name of The County Line. Foster left the band in 1987. Following Foster's departure, Bronski Beat began work on their next album, Out and About . The tracks were recorded at Berry Street studios in London with engineer Brian Pugsley. Some of the song titles were "The Final Spin" and "Peace and Love". The latter track featured Strawberry Switchblade vocalist Rose McDowall and appeared on several internet sites in 2006. One of
180-579: A gay teenager leaving his family and fleeing his home town, was a hit, peaking at No 3 in the UK Singles Chart , and topping charts in Belgium and the Netherlands. The single was accompanied by a promotional video directed by Bernard Rose , showing Somerville trying to befriend an attractive diver at a swimming pool, then being attacked by the diver's homophobic associates, being returned to his family by
216-603: A number of promo singles and 12" versions of the song and sent them to radio and record stores in the UK. However, the single was shelved as tensions in the band, both personal and political, resulted in Somerville leaving Bronski Beat in the summer of that year. "Run from Love" was subsequently released in remix form on the Bronski Beat album Hundreds & Thousands , a collection of mostly remixes (LP) and B-sides (as bonus tracks on
252-469: A one-off with Jessica James (aka Barbara Bush) and said that she reminded him of Divine, because of her look and Eartha Kitt-like sound. The one-off project was to cover the track he made in 1989. In 2016, Steve Bronski again teamed up with Ian Donaldson, with the aim of bringing Bronski Beat back, enlisting a new singer, Stephen Granville. In 2017, the new Bronski Beat released a reworked version of "Age of Consent" entitled "Age of Reason". Out & About ,
288-467: The Brixton Academy , London. In 1989, Jonathan Hellyer became lead singer, and the band extensively toured the U.S. and Europe with back-up vocalist Annie Conway. They achieved one minor hit with the song " Cha Cha Heels ", a one-off collaboration sung by American actress and singer Eartha Kitt , which peaked at 32 in the UK. The song was originally written for movie and recording star Divine , who
324-789: The UK Albums Chart , 36 in the U.S., and 12 in Australia. Around the same time, the band headlined "Pits and Perverts", a concert at the Electric Ballroom in London to raise funds for the Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners campaign. This event is featured in the film Pride . The third single, released before Christmas 1984, was a revival of " It Ain't Necessarily So ", the George and Ira Gershwin classic (from Porgy and Bess ). The song questions
360-797: The American Civil War John Foster, sound editor, see BAFTA Award for Best Sound John Foster (trade unionist) , see Jeremy Dear John Foster (textile manufacturer) (1798–1879), British worsted cloth manufacturer John Foster Sr. (engineer) (1758–1827), Liverpool based British engineer John Foster (environmentalist) (1920–2020), British environmentalist John Foster (architect, born 1786) (1786–1846), Liverpool based British architect, son of John Foster Sr. John Foster (architect, born 1830) (1830–1880), Bristol based British architect John H. Foster (physician) (1796–1874), American physician and member of boards of education John Foster (died 1829), plantation owner, owned
396-594: The Australian chart and was also featured in the film Letter to Brezhnev . A second single, "C'mon C'mon", also charted in the UK Top 20 and an album, Truthdare Doubledare , released in May 1986, peaked at 18. The film Parting Glances (1986) included Bronski Beat songs "Love and Money", "Smalltown Boy" and "Why?" During this period, the band teamed up with producer Mark Cunningham on the first-ever BBC Children In Need single,
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#1733086168634432-555: The CD version) as well as the hit "I Feel Love". Somerville went on to form the Communards with Richard Coles while the remaining members of Bronski Beat searched for a new vocalist. Bronski Beat recruited John Foster as Somerville's replacement (Foster is credited as "Jon Jon"). A single, " Hit That Perfect Beat ", was released in November 1985, reaching 3 in the UK. It repeated this success on
468-562: The Kingdom and had the third largest electorate for an urban seat. From the 1885 United Kingdom general election the city was divided into four single member seats. These were Bristol East , Bristol North , Bristol South and Bristol West . The use of Roman numerals in the list below denotes different politicians of the same name, not that the individuals concerned would have used the Roman numerals as part of their name. Non Partisan denotes that
504-1368: The Tasmanian Legislative Council John Foster (Lord Mayor of York) on List of Lord Mayors of York John Foster, candidate in the 1927 Manitoba general election John Foster (Virginia politician) on List of mayors of Richmond, Virginia Academics [ edit ] John Stuart Foster (1890–1944), Canadian physicist John S. Foster Jr. (John Stuart Foster Jr., born 1922), American physicist and government official John Bellamy Foster (born 1953), American Marxist scholar John Wells Foster (1815–1873), American geologist John Foster (essayist) (1770–1843), English essayist John Foster (philosopher) (1941–2009), British philosopher John Foster (canon) (died 1773), headmaster of Eton College John Foster (paleontologist) (born 1966), American paleontologist John Wilson Foster (born 1942), Irish literary critic and cultural historian Art and entertainment [ edit ] John Foster (British singer) (born 1960), British singer John Foster (Italian singer) (born 1939), Italian singer John Foster (cartoonist) (1886–1959), also director John Foster (printer) (1648–1681), American printer and engraver John B. Foster (artist) (1865–1930), New England watercolorist John Foster,
540-433: The accuracy of biblical tales. It also reached the UK Top 20. In 1985, the trio joined up with Marc Almond to record a version of Donna Summer 's " I Feel Love ". The full version was actually a medley that also incorporated snippets of Summer's " Love to Love You Baby " and John Leyton 's " Johnny Remember Me ". It was a big success, reaching 3 in the UK and equalling the chart achievement of "Smalltown Boy". Although
576-686: The ancient right franchises, applicable to Bristol, preserved by the Reform Act 1832 , which also introduced a broader occupation franchise for all borough constituencies. Bristol was a fairly partisan constituency in the eighteenth century with two rival clubs - the Union Club for the Whigs and the Steadfast Society for the Tories. The bloc vote electoral system was used in two seat elections and first past
612-476: The band in Australia, Switzerland, Germany, France and the Netherlands. At the end of 1984, the trio released an album titled The Age of Consent . The inner sleeve listed the varying ages of consent for consensual gay sex in different nations around the world. At the time, the age of consent for sexual acts between men in the UK was 21 compared with 16 for heterosexual acts, with several other countries having more liberal laws on gay sex. The album peaked at 4 in
648-531: The band were joined by Jonathan Hellyer before dissolving in 1995. Steve Bronski revived the band in 2016, recording new material with 1990s member Ian Donaldson. Steinbachek died later that year; Bronski died in 2021. Bronski Beat formed in 1983 when Jimmy Somerville, Steve Bronski (both from Glasgow ) and Larry Steinbachek (from Southend , Essex ) shared a three-bedroom flat at Lancaster House in Brixton , London. Steinbachek had heard Somerville singing during
684-457: The city had 10,315 names on the electoral register. Note on percentage change calculations: Where there was only one candidate of a party in successive elections, for the same number of seats, change is calculated on the party percentage vote. Where there was more than one candidate, in one or both successive elections for the same number of seats, then change is calculated on the individual percentage vote. Note on sources: The information for
720-514: The election results given below is taken from Sedgwick 1715–1754, Namier and Brooke 1754–1790, Stooks Smith 1790-1832 and from Craig thereafter. Where Stooks Smith gives additional information or differs from the other sources this is indicated in a note after the result. 1710s – 1720s – 1730s – 1740s – 1750s – 1760s – 1770s – 1780s – 1790s – 1800s – 1810s – 1820s – 1830s – 1840s – 1850s – 1860s – 1870s – 1880s John Foster (British singer) Bronski Beat were
756-460: The historic geographical counties of Gloucestershire and Somerset. It was usually accounted as a Gloucestershire borough in the later part of the 19th and the 20th centuries. The parliamentary borough of Bristol was represented in Parliament from the 13th century, as one of the most important population centres in the Kingdom. Namier and Brooke comment that in 1754 the city was the second largest in
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#1733086168634792-409: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Foster&oldid=1229027370 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Bristol (UK Parliament constituency) Bristol
828-574: The making of Framed Youth: The Revenge of the Teenage Perverts and suggested they make some music. They first performed publicly at an arts festival, September in the Pink . The trio were unhappy with the inoffensive nature of contemporary gay performers and sought to be more outspoken and political. Bronski Beat signed a recording contract with London Records in 1984 after doing only nine live gigs . The band's debut single, " Smalltown Boy ", about
864-442: The original had been one of Marc Almond's all-time favourite songs, he had never read the lyrics and thus incorrectly sang "What’ll it be, what’ll it be, you and me" instead of "Falling free, falling free, falling free" on the finished record. The band and their producer Mike Thorne had gone back into the studio in early 1985 to record a new single, "Run from Love", and PolyGram (London Records' parent company at that time) had pressed
900-465: The other songs from the project called "European Boy" was recorded in 1987 by disco group Splash. The lead singer of Splash was former Tight Fit singer Steve Grant. Steinbachek and Bronski toured extensively with the new material with positive reviews, however the project was abandoned as the group was dropped by London Records. Also in 1987, Bronski Beat and Somerville performed at a reunion concert for "International AIDS Day", supported by New Order , at
936-459: The police and having to leave home. (The police officer was played by Colin Bell, then the marketing manager of London Records .) "Smalltown Boy" reached 48 in the U.S. chart and peaked at 8 in Australia. The follow-up single, " Why? ", adopted a hi-NRG sound and was more lyrically focused on anti-gay prejudice . It also achieved Top 10 status in the UK, reaching 6, and was another Top 10 hit for
972-505: The politician concerned is not known to have been associated with a party (not necessarily that he was not). Whilst Whig and Tory societies in the city continued to nominate candidates in the last half of the 18th century, the electoral labels used in Bristol had very little to do with what the MPs did in national politics. Notes:- During the existence of this constituency, Bristol was a city with
1008-457: The post for single member by-elections. Each voter had up to as many votes as there were seats to be filled. Votes had to be cast by a spoken declaration, in public, at the hustings (until the secret ballot was introduced in 1872). Namier and Brooke, in The House of Commons 1754-1790 , estimated the electorate of Bristol to number about 5,000. When registration of electors was introduced in 1832
1044-457: The slave Abdul Rahman Ibrahima Sori John Foster (fireboat) , see MetalCraft Marine See also [ edit ] Jon Foster (disambiguation) Jack Foster (disambiguation) John Forster (disambiguation) Jonathan Foster (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
1080-455: The song "Stranger to None" by the UK alternative rock band, All Living Fear . Four different mixes were made, with one appearing on their retrospective album, Fifteen Years After . Bronski also remixed the track "Flowers in the Morning" by Northern Irish electronic band Electrobronze in 2007, changing the style of the song from classical to Hi-NRG disco. In 2015, Steve Bronski teamed up as
1116-416: The status of being a county of itself. That meant that the city was not subject to the administration of the officials of the geographic counties in which it was situated. In electoral terms it meant that the voters for the parliamentary borough included those qualified on the same 40 shilling freeholder franchise as that for a county constituency. Other electors qualified as freemen of the borough. These were
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1152-627: Was a two-member constituency, used to elect members to the House of Commons in the Parliaments of England (to 1707), Great Britain (1707–1800), and the United Kingdom (from 1801). The constituency existed until Bristol was divided into single member constituencies in 1885. The historic port city of Bristol is located in what is now the South West Region of England . It straddles the border between
1188-520: Was released the following year with Hellyer returning as lead vocalist, as Foster had dropped out of the project and Ian Donaldson was brought on board to do keyboards and programming. After a few years of touring, Bronski Beat then dissolved, with Steve Bronski going on to become a producer for other artists and Ian Donaldson becoming a successful DJ (Sordid Soundz). Larry Steinbachek became the musical director for Michael Laub 's theatre company, 'Remote Control Productions'. In 2007, Steve Bronski remixed
1224-1142: Was the earliest American engraver and the first Boston printer. 18th-century politicians [ edit ] John Foster of Dunleer (died 1747), MP for Dunleer, grandfather of 1st Baron Oriel John Thomas Foster (1747–1796), MP John William Foster (1745–1809), MP for Dunleer John Foster, 1st Baron Oriel (1740–1828), speaker of the Irish House of Commons John Foster (Dunleer MP) (1770–1792), MP for Dunleer 1790–1792, son of 1st Baron Oriel 19th/20th-century politicians [ edit ] John Leslie Foster (1781–1842), Irish barrister, judge and member of parliament John Foster (Australian politician) (1818–1900), politician in colonial New South Wales and Victoria John W. Foster (1836–1917), American diplomat John H. Foster (1862–1917), U.S. Representative from Indiana Kenneth Foster (politician) (John Kenneth Foster, 1866–1930), British Conservative Party politician John Foster (MP for Northwich) (1904–1982), British Conservative Party politician John Foster (Tasmanian politician) (1792–1875), member of
1260-473: Was their only US Billboard Hot 100 single. All members of the band were openly gay and their songs reflected this, often containing political commentary on gay issues. Somerville left Bronski Beat in 1985 and went on to have success as lead singer of the Communards and as a solo artist. He was replaced by vocalist John Foster, with whom the band continued to have hits in the UK and Europe through 1986. Foster left Bronski Beat after their second album, and
1296-545: Was unable to record the song before his death in 1988. 1990–91 saw Bronski Beat release three further singles on the Zomba record label, "I'm Gonna Run Away", "One More Chance" and "What More Can I Say". The singles were produced by Mike Thorne . Foster and Bronski Beat teamed up again in 1994, and released a techno "Tell Me Why '94" and an acoustic "Smalltown Boy '94" on the German record label , ZYX Music . The album Rainbow Nation
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