# Terry Hall (UK Musician) has died

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**Created:** [December 20, 2022, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terry-hall-uk-musician-has-died/976836 "2022-12-20T07:52:48Z")\
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No idea how well known he is in the US but **Terry Hall** has died aged 63.

He rose to fame in the post punk UK music Ska revival scene (alongside bands like **Madness** , **Selector** and **The Beat** ) with **The Specials**. Their first big hit was **Gangsters** and Terry is the lead singer:

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/lgCZN1rU5co/maxresdefault.jpg "The Specials - Gangsters (Official Music Video) [HD]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgCZN1rU5co)

**The Specials** were very socially aware with their lyrics. Arguably their finest hour was **Ghost Town:**

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/RZ2oXzrnti4/maxresdefault.jpg "The Specials - Ghost Town [Official HD Remastered Video]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ2oXzrnti4)

After **The Specials** split Terry formed **Fun Boy Three** and the hits continued with **The**  **Lunatics Have Taken Over The Asylum** :

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/on-y9Pv-CJA/maxresdefault.jpg "Fun Boy Three - The Lunatics Have Taken Over The Asylum (Official Music Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=on-y9Pv-CJA)

But Terry showed a lighter side with collaborations with the very successful “Girl Band” **Bananarama** including **It Ain’t What You Do**

[Fun Boy Three - It Ain't What You Do It's The Way That You Do It (Official Music Video) - YouTube](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0_kjctTbMHA)

Terry then pursued a solo career usually working alongside other artists before recently reforming **The Specials**.

He was co-writer of **Our Lips Are Sealed** which was recorded by **The Go-Gos** (because **The Go-Gos Jane Wiedlin** was the other writer) and **The Fun Boy Three**. **The Go-Gos** version:

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/r3kQlzOi27M/maxresdefault.jpg "The Go-Go's - Our Lips Are Sealed") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3kQlzOi27M)

And **The Fun Boy Three** version:

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/JdlhLfwCE6c/maxresdefault.jpg "Fun Boy Three - Our Lips Are Sealed (Official Music Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdlhLfwCE6c)

TCMF-2L

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**Post date:** [December 20, 2022, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terry-hall-uk-musician-has-died/976836/2 "2022-12-20T08:09:01Z")

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One of the sounds and voices of my youth, sad to hear about this. RIP Terry you mopey bugger.