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Gordon Sumner, better known to the world as Sting, was the lead singer of The Police – hugely popular in the 1980s (the band formed in ’77). Like all great bands, creative differences split the group up and Sting went onto a successful solo career. He is also a distinguished songwriter and actor as well as an active philanthropist.
The band’s album, “Synchronicity” shot to #1 on both the US and UK music charts. Two more albums that broke the Top Ten are “Ghost in the Machine” and “Zenyatta Mondatta.”
The single “Message in a Bottle” took the No. 1 spot in the UK but stalled out #74 in the US. However, they scored a major hit with “Every Breath You Take” – which hit Number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and also went straight to the top in the UK.
“Roxanne” (not the Steve Martin film) failed to chart when first released in the spring of 1978 but it peaked at No. 12 on the singles chart in the UK when it was re-released in ’79, taking their debut “Outlandos d’Amour” to No. 6 on the UK album chart.
Sting got the nickname from a black and yellow sweater he would wear during his early days as a musician.
Sting goes on tour with legend Paul Simon this Spring (2014).
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