1960
Born 55 Highfield Road Alum Rock Birmingham 8
Educated : Bromford Primary & Infants School
Washwood Heath Comprehensive School
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1978
City of Birmingham Polytechnic Department of Foundation Studies
& Experimental Workshop
Formed Duran Duran with fellow student John Taylor & Nick Rhodes.
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1979
Formed Obviously Five Believers (AKA The Hawks) with David Kusworth David Twist Simon Colley & Paul Adams
Release 7 inch single Words of Hope c/w Sense of Ending
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1982
Formed Tintin with Muligan Dik Davies (Fashion) & Stokert (Dexys Midnight Runners/The Bureau)
Release 7 & 12 inch singles of Kiss Me on WEA/Sire
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1983
Now solo but still Tintin release Hold It on
WEA/Sire
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1984
She Makes Me Quiver as Stephen Tintin Duffy on Virgin/10
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1985
Programme 7 as Dr.Calculus with Roger Freeman (Pigbag) Virgin/10
Kiss Me Stephen Tintin Duffy Virgin/10
The Ups And Downs a long playing 33 & a 1/3rd album by Stephen Tintin Duffy on the 1st April
Icing on the Cake Stephen Tintin Duffy
Unkiss That Kiss Stephen A.J. Duffy
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1986
Perfume from Spain as Dr.Calculus
I Love You Stephen Duffy
Something Special Stephen & Sandii
Designer Beatnik Dr Calculus mdma (L.P.)
Because We Love You Stephen Duffy (L.P.)
Extended Play Stephen Duffy all Virgin/10
Forms The Lilac Time with his brother Nick
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1987
The Lilac Time by The Lilac Time released on Swordfish Records. (2,000 l.p.’s, 1,000 c.d.’s)
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1988
January - BBC session. The King and Queen Of the Carioca, Take Time,
Streetcorner, Hargeesha.
February - Return to Yesterday, Trumpets from Montparnasse, Reunion Ball, Railway Bazaar released as a single on Swordfish Records. (2,000 12in. 1,000 7in.)
The Lilac Time by The Lilac Time released on Fontana.
July - Return to Yesterday, Rooftrees, Gone for a Burton, Reunion Ball released by Fontana.
September - You’ve Got to Love, Railway Bazaar, Rain on a River, Trumpets from Montparnasse released as a single by Fontana.
BBC Session. (Mark Goodyear). You’ve got to Love, Black Velvet, Together and Return to Yesterday.
November - BBC Session. Black Velvet, La Strada, The Price You Pay For Love, Rockland, Too Sooner Late Than Better.
The Lilac Time released by Mercury in the US
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1989
August - American Eyes, The World in Her Arms, Shepherds Plaid, Crossing the Line released
October - The Days of the Week, The Queen Of Heartless, Spin a Cavalu released.
Paradise Circus lp/cd. released Fontana/Mercury
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1990
Promo copies of American Eyes, American Eyes (acoustic), Big Yellow Taxi, The World in her Arms, Crossing the Line, Shepherd’s Plaid released as a 12in mini album called, by Mercury, “Welcome to Hell - Here’s Your Accordion”.
February - Paradise Circus reaches #10 College / Alternative U.S. The Lilac
Time's only notable chart position.
April - All For Love & Love For All, Rubovia, Bed Of Roses, Night Mail-Dirty Armour single released.
July - It’ll End In Tears/Julie Written On The Fence/Cover, released
August - & Love For All l.p. released.
Recording BBC Session, Maida Vale, London
November - BBC Session Maid Vale London. Fields, All for Love, Paper Boat, Let Our Land be the One.
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1991
May - Dreaming, The Darkness Of Her Eyes, The RainFalls Deepest On The Shortest Haircut released on Creation Records
August - Astronauts released on Creation Records.
I’m Your Fan Leonard Cohen tribute released on East West. Including TLT’s Bird on the Wire.
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1993
April - Natalie, A Man Without A Star, An Angel Gets His Wings, Cest La Vie, Cest La Guerre by Stephen Duffy strings by Nigel Kennedy released on Parlophone.
May - Music In Colors album released on Parlophone
August - Holte End Hotel, It Sparkles!, It Sparkles! (demo), Holte End Hotel (demo) released by Parlophone in Germany.
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1995
June - London Girls released by Duffy on Indolent/RCA
July - Sugar High released.
August - Duffy album released.
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1996
January - Needle Mythology released.
August 5th - Hanging Around by Me Me Me released.
It reaches #19 in the UK
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1998
May - The Lilac Time Astronauts+ released by Sony Legacy & Jazz in Japan. +7 extra unreleased tracks.
April - Seventeen single by Duffy released by Cooking Vinyl.
I Love My Friends released by Cooking Vinyl.
July - You Are released by Cooking Vinyl.
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1999
January - They called him TinTin by Stephen Duffy (compilation 82-86) released by Virgin.
Paradise Circus voted one of the centuries top 100 alternative albums in the Guardian newspaper.
April - Looking For A Day In The Night released
A Dream That We All Share single released.
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2001
July - The Lilac Time Compendium: The Fontana Trinity
compilation album released by Universal
September 10th - Fly to New York City
October - This Morning single released
lilac6 album released
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2002
June - The Devils Dark Circles album released on Tape Modern/Universal (Stephen Duffy & Nick Rhodes journey to old Duran demos and concepts)
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2003
July - Stephen Duffy & the Lilac Time Keep Going album released on Folk Modern/Universal
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2004
June - An Open Book c/w Folk Hours seven inch single on Pop Renaissance