THE BEAT (RANKING ROGER'S VERSION)
Genres: Dub, Ska, Reggae • United Kingdom

The Beat released their final album Special Beat Service in 1983 following a four-year run of remarkable success including Top 10 singles like Tears of A Clown, Mirror In The Bathroom and Can't Get Used To Losing You. While vocalists Dave Wakeling and Ranking Roger continued to work together throughout the 1980s and into the 1990s with their group General Public, the pair eventually fell out. This situation later resulted in them forming two separate reincarnations of The Beat, which now exist simultaneously: US-based Wakeling kept the band's American name for The English Beat, while The Beat feat Ranking Roger also features the frontman's son, Ranking Junior. from www.irishnews.com