Mickey Billingham

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Mickey Billingham
Genres
Occupations
  • Musician
  • composer
Instruments
  • Keyboards
  • organ
Years active1980–present
Formerly of

Mickey Billingham (also credited Micky Billingham) is an English keyboardist. He was the former keyboardist of the pop rock band Dexys Midnight Runners. [1] After the band broke up, he and another member, Andy "Stoker" Growcott, became co-founding members of new wave band General Public, contributing to the band's debut studio album All the Rage (1984). [2]

Billingham went on to play in the Beat with Ranking Roger and Everett Morton, who have both since died. [3]

As well as being in the Beat, Billingham also teaches singing and performance techniques at Dudley College in the West Midlands.

References

  1. Steve Huey. "Dexys Midnight Runners | Biography & History". AllMusic . Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  2. "All the Rage - General Public | Credits". AllMusic . Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  3. Mark Deming. "The English Beat | Biography & History". AllMusic . Retrieved 12 May 2020.