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Band · from United Kingdom · since 1986

Johnny Hates Jazz

  • pop
  • new wave
  • sophisti-pop

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Johnny Hates Jazz
Photo: Andrew Hurley · CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

The story

Johnny Hates Jazz are a British pop band that consists of Clark Datchler and Mike Nocito. Formed in 1986 by Datchler, Nocito, and Calvin Hayes, Johnny Hates Jazz achieved international success beginning in April 1987 with their second single, "Shattered Dreams", which reached Number 5 in the United Kingdom and Number 2 in the United States. Their self-produced debut 1988 album, Turn Back the Clock, sold four million copies, reached Number 1 on the U.K. album charts, and spawned two more Top 20 singles, "Heart of Gold", and "I Don't Want to Be a Hero".

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Records

Records from MusicBrainz, completed with the release lists of Deezer. Sleeves from the Cover Art Archive and the same lists.

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Members

Members past and present, each with their own page. From MusicBrainz.

If you like Johnny Hates Jazz

Where the listeners of ListenBrainz, Last.fm and Deezer agree, with the circle of Johnny Hates Jazz’s own bands. A source that names other people with the same name is left out.

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