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Ivan Doroschuk is a Canadian musician best known as the lead vocalist and songwriter for the band Men Without Hats. Born on October 9, 1957, in Champaign, Illinois, USA, he formed Men Without Hats in 1977 with his brothers Stefan and Colin. Doroschuk's distinctive vocals and quirky lyrics contributed to the band's success, particularly with their hit song "The Safety Dance." Throughout his career, Doroschuk has continued to create music and perform, maintaining a cult following among fans of 1980s synth-pop, while "The Safety Dance" has embedded itself into popular culture with appearances in TV shows such as "The Simpsons", "Bevis and Butthead" and "Glee"

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Desmond Child is a prolific American songwriter and producer, best known for his work in the pop and rock music genres. Born on October 28, 1953, in Gainesville, Florida, Child began his career in the music industry during the 1970s. He gained widespread recognition for his collaborations with renowned artists such as Bon Jovi, Aerosmith, and Kiss.

Child is celebrated for his ability to craft catchy melodies and memorable lyrics, contributing to numerous hit songs. Some of his notable compositions include Bon Jovi's "Livin' on a Prayer" and "You Give Love a Bad Name," Aerosmith's "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)," and Ricky Martin's "Livin' la Vida Loca."

Throughout his career, Child has received numerous accolades, including Grammy Awards and induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. He recently released his memoir " Livin' On A Prayer: Big Songs Big Life"

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Billy Steinberg is an American songwriter who was inducted into the songwriters hall of fame in 2011. Billy has had Number 1 hits in the USA with "Like A Virgin" (Madonna), "True Colors" (Cyndi Lauper), "So Emotional" (Whitney Houston), "Eternal Flame" (The Bangles) and “Alone” (Heart).

Billy co-wrote other well-known Top 10 hits, including "I'll Stand By You" (Pretenders, Carrie Underwood), "I Touch Myself" (the Divinyls), "How Do I Make You" (Linda Ronstadt), "I Drove All Night" (Roy Orbison, Cyndi Lauper, Celine Dion), "In Your Room" (The Bangles) and “Too Little Too Late” (JoJo).

We discuss the creative process in writing the hits and find out if Quentin Tarantino was correct with his metaphor for "Like A Virgin" in Reservoir Dogs.

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On this week’s episode we are joined by Colin Blunstone, Colin is an English singer, songwriter, and musician. He started his career in 1962 while still in school as a singer and founding member of The Zombies where he remained until the band split in 1968. The group had British and American hits with "She's Not There" and "Tell Her No". Shortly before the band split, they released their masterpiece, Odessey and Oracle, featuring the mega-hit “Time of the Season” and the beautiful "This Will Be Our Year”, with the album being credited by many musicians as the best of that decade. In 1971 Colin released his debut solo album "One Year” which was co-produced and partly co-written by The Zombies co-founder Rod Argent. Hits such as "Say You Don't Mind", "Caroline Goodbye" and the haunting "Old and Wise" recorded with Alan Parsons Project, would follow. By the start of the new Millennium, Blunstone and Argent were inspired to resurrect The Zombies, which has led to several critically acclaimed new albums including the 2023 release "Different Game" which has been met with very positive reviews. 

A special thanks to Sacha at Hush PR for arranging the interview.

Let Christy Take It are proud to bring you Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Colin Blunstone.

On this week’s episode Derek and Kieran are joined by blue eyed soul and jazz Singer, Songwriter and Musician Sam Brown. Born in London in October 1964, Sam has been active in music industry from the age of 12. She came to prominence in the late 1980s as a solo artist, and released six singles that entered the UK Singles Chart during the 1980s and 1990s

Brown released her debut album Stop! in 1988 and in total has released six studio albums, one EP, one live album, and three compilation albums, as well as three albums as part of the group Homespun. She developed serious problems with her singing voice in 2007 after which she stopped recording and singing live.

Her new album Number 8 is due to release on the 20th of January

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Derek and Kieran are joined by Andy Morahan. Andy is a film and music video director who has worked with iconic acts such as Guns and Roses, Aretha Franklin, George Michael, Pet Shop Boys and Paul McCartney to name but a few. We talk all things November Rain, West End Girls and as it’s our Christmas episode we had to ask Andy about shooting the festive favorite Last Christmas by Wham! 

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Kieran and Derek are joined by Stuart O'Connor. Stuart has been responsible for some of the biggest shows in Ireland in recent years including being the performance producer of the Late Late Toy Show. Stuart discusses his start in the industry, moving from child to adult performer and then moving onto producer of the 3olympia Panto while running his company Spotlight Stage School and Productions.  Let Christy Take It bring you Stuart O Connor.

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Fresh from our interview with Amanda Wyss, Kieran and Derek discuss the 1984 cult movie A Nightmare On Elm Street. Teenager Nancy Thompson must uncover the dark truth concealed by her parents after she and her friends become targets of the spirit of a serial killer with a bladed glove in their dreams, in which if they die, it kills them in real life. One..Two..Freddy's Coming For You... 

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Derek and Kieran are joined by Amanda Wyss. Amanda is an American television and film actress famous for her roles in movies such as A Nightmare on Elm Street (playing the role of Tina who was Freddy Krueger's first on screen kill!!) Silverado and Better Off Dead. Amanda has also had several leading roles on television including Highlander: The Series, Woody Harrelson’s girlfriend in legendary sitcom Cheers and guest-starred in Dexter and Charmed.  We discuss the filming of those iconic scenes in the first of the Elm Street movies and ask just how scary was the man himself on set? 

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Kieran and Derek are joined by singer and songwriter Jimmy Gnecco.  The Band OURS is the brainchild of singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer Gnecco who has eight LP’s under his belt and going stronger than ever. Over the years Jimmy Gnecco and OURS have remained faithful to the original intention of the band’s creation: to touch people with the music, the lyrics, the voice, the songs, whether on album or live. We talk all things music and how it happened that Lana Del Rey wrote the song "Jimmy Gnecco".

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The Blow Monkeys are celebrating 40 years in the music industry this year and we are delighted to be joined by Robert Howard AKA Dr. Robert. Kieran and Derek discuss the origins of the band and having global hits with songs such as Digging Your Scene, It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way and how the cover of Lesley Gore’s You Don’t Own Me found its way onto the Dirty Dancing soundtrack. The Band continue to record and release new material with the latest album Journey To You receiving very positive reviews. At the time of recording this interview The Blow Monkeys were preparing to tour Ireland and the UK in Sept/Oct 2022.

Derek and Kieran are joined by Garry Christian. Garry is lead singer of the band THE CHRISTIANS who burst onto the music scene in the late 80's when their debut album, The Christians was released to huge acclaim. The instantly recognisable album released seven singles including Forgotten Town, Ideal World, Born Again and Hooverville. The bands second album COLOUR hit the Number One spot in 1991 and the band went on to enjoy success with Words, What's In A Word and Father. The CHRISTIANS continue to tour across Ireland and the UK and all details can be found on their socials.

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Kieran and Derek are delighted to chat to the legendary Leo Sayer. Leo is a singer/songwriter who is known around the world for hits which include Thunder In My Heart, Moonlighting, One Man Band, I Can’t Stop Loving You, More Than I Can Say, Have You Ever Been in Love, The Show Must Go On and the transatlantic number ones, When I Need You and You Make Me Feel Like Dancing. We discuss the recording of these classic records Leo's journey through the decades and his drive to keep making music and preforming.

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On this weeks episode. Kieran and Derek are joined by singer/songwriter Nick Heyward. Nick rose to prominence with his band Haircut 100 and had a slew of top ten hits including "Favorite Shirts (Boy meets Girl)"," Fantastic Day" and "Love Plus One" which seen Nick nominated for an Ivor Novello Award. Upon leaving Haircut 100 Nick's solo career took off with the single “Whistle Down The Wind”, Two further Top 20 hits followed: “Take That Situation” and “Blue Hat for a Blue Day” amongst many many more. Nick continues to tour steadily and is a prolific songwriter.

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Derek and Kieran are joined by Trevor Devall. A native of Canada, Trevor is  a prolific voice artist having performed in hundreds of animated productions including television, movies and video games. Working on titles such as Guardians of the Galaxy, The Lego Star Wars series and Johnny Test. Trevor has recently voiced a host of characters (Bolo, Goomer, Red, Mr. Holtenwasser) on the hilarious Bill Burr Netflix comedy series, F Is for Family. Let Christy Take It are proud to bring you Trevor Devall.