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- 105.3 The Beat
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- The Beat, consisting of Dave Wakeling (vocals, guitar), Ranking Roger (vocals), Andy Cox (guitar), David Steele (bass), Everett Morton (drums) and Saxa a.k.a.
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105.3 The Beat
The Beat (known in the United States and Canada as the English Beat and in Australia as the British Beat) are an English band formed in Birmingham in 1978. Their music fuses Latin, ska, pop, soul, reggae and punk rock.
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| Language Language | English |
| Stream status Stream status | Ok |
| Homepage Homepage | thebeatuk.com |
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| Station ID | 43722 |
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| Region | United States |
| Website | thebeatuk.com |
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| Last check | 1 day ago |
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| Stream host | stream.revma.ihrhls.com |
| Final host | cloud.revma.ihrhls.com |
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Content type | audio/aac |
| Latency | 281 ms |
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| Current stream format | AAC |
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The Beat (known in the United States and Canada as the English Beat and in Australia as the British Beat) are an English band formed in Birmingham in 1978. Their music fuses Latin, ska, pop, soul, reggae and punk rock.
The Beat, consisting of Dave Wakeling (vocals, guitar), Ranking Roger (vocals), Andy Cox (guitar), David Steele (bass), Everett Morton (drums) and Saxa a.k.a. Lionel Augustus Martin (saxophone), joined by keyboard player Dave "Blockhead" Wright in 1980, released three studio albums in the early 1980s: I Just Can't Stop It (1980), Wha'ppen? (1981) and Special Beat Service (1982), and a string of singles, including "Mirror in the Bathroom", "Save It for Later", "I Confess", "Too Nice to Talk To", "Can't Get Used to Losing You", "Hands Off...She's Mine" and "All Out to Get You".
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