Edward "Eddy" Huntington (born 29 October 1965) is a pop star from the UK, popular in Scandinavia, Europe and the former USSR.
Huntington was born in the north east of England and moved to London at the age of 18, where he became a music video extra and model.
He was discovered by Baby records, an Italian record label who took him to Milan to record the song "USSR" written by R. Turatti, M. Chieregato and T. Hooker.
When "USSR" was released throughout Europe in 1986 on ZYX Records it became a hit in mainland Europe and in the Soviet Union and is widely popular to this day. Huntington went on to have other lesser hits including "May Day" and "Meet My Friend". He also released the album Bang Bang Baby in 1988.
Huntington left the music industry in the early 1990s and trained to become a primary school teacher in the UK. He taught at Eldon Grove Primary School in Hartlepool teaching children in year 1. He provided after school drama and singing lessons as well as everyday lessons. He then moved to Thailand for 2 years with his wife teaching at Bangkok Patana School. There his youngest son was born, which prompted a move back to England, where he is the deputy head of a community primary school. In 2005 Huntington made a brief return to music opening the Discotechka 80's concerts in Russia. These were two performances of European and Soviet 1980s pop stars held in Moscow and Saint Petersburg, also headlining were; Bonnie Tyler, Alphaville, Sabrina Salerno, Mike Mareen and Savage. Both concerts played to large stadium crowds, appeared on national television and were released on DVD.
Lyrics "USSR":
Day in the night Taking places in the train to Moscow Now I’m coming back to drink some iced vodka
Landscape in white Sun is shining through the icicles I’m dancing in the snow to balalaika
Time can go by But the Russian girls don’t ever seem to leave my mind Fine, don’t see why I should even try to leave my heart behind
U.S.S.R. I’m back into the U.S.S.R. U.S.S.R. I’m back into the U.S.S.R.
Jumpin' is right Now this time I’m on vacation And I’m going to have some fun rocking in Gorki Park.
Passion - The Flirts (Disco) Video, Cover & Lyrics
The Flirts "Passion" Lyrics:
Passion - Passion - Passion - Passion . . . I'm waiting for you baby it's time for show and tell
A prisoner I was captured I'm under your spell. I want to be your woman come on and be my man. This feeling that I have for you I understand. Passion - Passion
This dream of love is restless it really is so strong. I want to give you all my love before it's too far gone. Our love is like a lion it's hungry for it's prey. Come on and show your lovin' I really can wait. Passion - Passion - Passion - Passion Oh I'm ready for your passion
Oh I'm looking for your lovin'
Oh I'm ready for your lovin' oh I'm ready for passion. Passion - P-A-S-S-I-O-N - She's ready for his Passion. Oh I'm ready for your passion . . . P-A-S-S-I-O-N - P-A-S-S-I-O-N I'm waiting for you baby it's time for show and tell . . . Passion - Passion - Passion - Passion . . .
Laut.de writes:
The American Girls Trio The Flirts did not choose its name clumsily lasted her time in the bright light of show business but in fact much longer than is generally a light and amorous holiday acquaintance. The brief affair with the high chart positions for fertilization by the more violent. read more And yet there is no doubt why they choose the girls their band name could not even, because the main responsibility was for the '80s synth-pop-Bunny in all matters from start to career-end of the then highly acclaimed New York Hi NRG-producer Bobby Orlando, known as Bobby O.
He was the changing Occupation of the girls on the record cover was staged, composed of their hits for his label and the Ur-O Records Flirts Andrea, Holly and Rebecca in the first casted. A pioneering boy band that pulled the strings for later as Nigel Martin Smith (Take That) and Louis Pearlman (New Kids On The Block), so to speak, only with exceptionally talented musical work.
have remained in the memory Flirts primarily for their mega hit "The Passion" in 1982 after a first U.S. chart listing with "Jukebox (Do not Put Another Dime)" unrolls quickly half the globe. Not least, the very young Pet Shop Boys would two years later because of this monstrous Bobby O. extra number to the master to New York, of them the demo of "West End Girls" then you should also failed with its typical rolling bass lines.
titles such as "Passion" and "All You Ever Think About Is Sex" suggest that Orlando's core issues are to be found primarily in the interpersonal area. Last but not least thanks to "Passion" is one of the Flirts debut "10 Cents A Dance" is also the most successful of the one-man project.
addition to the bulk of the simplistic electric hits are songs like "Jungle Rock" on the side also recognize Bobby Os fascination with Kim Wilde's early punk rock success.
in 1983 it was time for fresh blood: replace Chris and Debby Andrea and Rebecca. The album "Born To Flirt" occupied but clear that even a Bobby Orlando is not just loose a second "Passion" shakes off the cuff. "Big Girls Say No" is based once more to Kim Wilde and the Ramones (!), "Dream Boy" second exploited the chords of Human League's "Do not You Want Me" and "Passion" while "Teenage Werewolf ( I Was A) "content on the set of Michael Jackson just about served (" Thriller ").
Lustig also the appeal, which was at the time printed in all seriousness on the album back: "Dedicated to the youth of the world, for without you there is no future Let's built our future with a foundation of enthusiasm and the spirit of freedom. . Bobby O. was just a little free spirit. tours
Although the Flirts 1983/84 for the first time in Europe, the enthusiasm and the existence of liberal sentiments of their followers will start but at least in this country already diminishing. Nevertheless, it Bobby O. not loose, cast his ladies moves further from cheerful and brings it even to flirt releases "Made In America" (1984), "Blondes, Brunettes & Redheads (1985) and" Questions Of The Heart "(1987). Of the singles stay up to "Danger," "Helpless (You Took My Love)", "Oriental Boy" and "Dancin 'Madly Backwards" in memory.
outside his native America, the interest in Bobby's flirtations activity fades rapidly. And Germany 1985 finally gets its own hi-NRG hit machine known as Modern Talking.
