I've no plans to do another album of covers, but I still think it was really overlooked. Worse, it was ridiculed. I don't think most journalists could get past the image. They were more interested in how the album was doing than the music. I saw something in another magazine which said it sold 562 copies. Do you want to know how many it actually sold? Twenty thousand. If anyone's got any doubts about the quality of the music on My Beauty they should listen to "The Greatest Love Of All" or "Reflections Of My Life". It's a good album, it really is.
2
In my opinion, "This Is What She's Like". The record company were prepared to release it as a 12" - the whole version - but I said no. That's another example of me being stupid and belligerent for all the wrong reasons. It was fear, really. And I think "Knowledge & Beauty" is a great song, too. (When asked what he thought was his best song)
3
In Dexys, we rehearsed all day every day for six months. When we weren't rehearsing, I was writing. We worked really hard. Then, people came to us, because we were good. It's as simple as that.
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Fact
1
Kevin Rowland was (and is) the effective leader and singer for the popular '80s band Dexys Midnight Runners.
2
Before achieving fame in Dexys Midnight Runners, he was a member of an art-rock band called Lucy And The Lovers, who were heavily influenced by Deaf School. The band turned into a punk rock outfit called The Killjoys.
3
He has two brothers and two sisters. His parents emigrated from Crossmolina, County Mayo, Ireland in the early 1950s
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Cuéntame
2015
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Top of the Pops: The Story of 1980
2015
TV Movie documentary writer: "Dance Stance", "Geno"
Brows Held High
2014
TV Series writer - 1 episode
One Chance
2013
lyrics: "Come On Eileen" / music: "Come On Eileen"
One Hit Wonderland
TV Series documentary writer - 2 episodes, 2012 - 2013 performer - 1 episode, 2012
Svengali
2013
writer: "There There My Dear"
Misfits
2012
TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
2012
writer: "Come on Eileen"
Community
2012
TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Five-Year Engagement
2012
performer: "Jackie Wilson Said I'm In Heaven When You Smile"
EastEnders
2001-2012
TV Series writer - 5 episodes
No me la puc treure del cap
2012
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Take Me Home Tonight
2011
writer: "Come On Eileen"
Dancing with the Stars
2010
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Get Him to the Greek
2010
writer: "Come On Eileen"
Parenthood
2010
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Ashes to Ashes
2009
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel
2009
writer: "Geno" - as Roland
Dancing on Ice
2009
TV Series writer - 2 episodes
Is Anybody There?
2008
writer: "Come On Eileen"
Psych
2008
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Lost Islands
2008
writer: "Come On Eileen"
SingStar '80s
2007
Video Game writer: "Come on Eileen"
This Is England
2006
writer: "Come On Eileen"
Meine verrückte türkische Hochzeit
2006
TV Movie writer: "Come On Eileen"
American Dad!
2006
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Idols!
2005
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Namco Museum: 50th Anniversary
2005
Video Game music: "Come On Elieen"
Sex Lives of the Potato Men
2004
writer: "Come on Eileen", "There There My Dear"
I Love the '80s
2002
TV Series documentary writer - 1 episode
Drakarna över Helsingfors
2001
writer: "Come On Eileen"
My Brother Tom
2001
writer: "Come on Eileen"
Stickmen
2001
writer: "Come On Eileen"
100 Greatest Number One Singles
2001
TV Special documentary writer: "Come On Eileen"
Spaced
1999
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Since You've Been Gone
1998
TV Movie writer: "Come on Eileen"
Tommy Boy
1995
"Come On Eileen"
Brush Strokes
TV Series performer - 1 episode, 1986 writer - 1 episode, 1986
Breathless
1983
writer: "Celtic Soul Brothers"
No 73
1982
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Dexys Midnight Runners: Come on Eileen
1982
Video short writer: "Come On Eileen"
Top of the Pops
1980-1981
TV Series writer - 8 episodes
Costume Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Survivors
1975
TV Series dresser
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Top of the Pops: The Story of 1980
2015
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Dexys
Oh! You Pretty Things: The Story of British Music and Fashion
2014
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
Dexys: Nowhere Is Home
2014
Documentary
Lead Vocals
I'm in a Rock 'n' Roll Band
2010
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself / Himself - Dexys Midnight Runners
Soul Britannia
2007
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
100 Greatest One Hit Wonders
2002
TV Movie
Himself (as Dexy's Midnight Runners)
VH-1 Where Are They Now?
2000
TV Series documentary
Himself / Dexy's Midnight Runners
Top Ten
2000
TV Series documentary
Himself
Young Guns Go for It
2000
TV Series documentary
Himself
Top of the Pops
1980-1986
TV Series
Himself - Dexy's Midnight Runners / Himself
Saturday Night Live
1983
TV Series
Himself - Musical Guest
Dexys Midnight Runners: Come on Eileen
1982
Video short
Himself - lead singer
Punk in London
1977
Documentary
Himself (as The Killjoys)
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
TV's Funniest Music Moments
2008
TV Movie
Himself
20 to 1
2006
TV Series documentary
Himself
Pure 80's: The DVD
2002
Video
Himself (segment "Come on Eileen") (as Dexy's Midnight Runners)
Top of the Pops
1980
TV Series
Himself - Dexy's Midnight Runners
Known for movies
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) as Soundtrack
$13 Million
