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Richard Keith Robert Coles FRSA FKC (born 26 March 1962) [1] is an English writer, radio presenter and Church of England clergyman who was the vicar of Finedon in Northamptonshire from 2011 to 2022. He first came to prominence as the multi-instrumentalist who partnered Jimmy Somerville in the 1980s band the Communards. They achieved three UK top ten hits, including the No. 1 record and best-selling single of 1986, a dance version of " Don't Leave Me This Way". British certifications – Communards – Never Can Say Goodbye". British Phonographic Industry. 1 December 1987 . Retrieved 8 February 2022.Duggins, Alexi (22 March 2023). " 'It just feels a bit sad': the Rev Richard Coles disappointed at 'rushed' BBC Radio 4 exit". The Guardian . Retrieved 22 March 2023. Brit Awards > History > 1985". Brit Awards. BPI. 11 February 1985. brits.co.uk . Retrieved 6 June 2023. Best British Group" and "Best British Single (only winners published) British Film Institute Awards (UK) > 1984 Awards". Internet Movie Database. IMDb. imdb.com . Retrieved 6 June 2023. Grierson Award (see 'WINNER' and the listed names)

Post-music career and church ministry [ edit ] The Church of St Mary the Virgin, Finedon, Northamptonshire Gallup Year End Charts 1987 – Albums" (PDF). Record Mirror. 23 January 1988. p.37. ISSN 0144-5804– via World Radio History. The band had their first UK top 30 hit in 1985 with the piano-based number 30 single "You Are My World". [6] The following year, they had their biggest hit with an energetic hi-NRG [7] cover version of Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes' soul classic " Don't Leave Me This Way" (in a version inspired by Thelma Houston's cover) which spent four weeks at number one and became the UK's biggest selling single of 1986. [8] It also made the US top 40. It featured Sarah Jane Morris as co-vocalist, taking advantage of the contrast between Morris' deep and rounded contralto and Somerville's soaring falsetto. [6] The Communards split in 1988; Somerville began a solo career the following year. He released his debut solo album Read My Lips in November 1989, [1] which contained three UK Top 30 hits, including a hit cover of Sylvester's disco song " You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" and a cover of " Comment te dire adieu?", a duet with June Miles-Kingston, which reached number 14 in the UK Singles chart. He also sang on the second Band Aid project at the end of 1989.

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The Communards’ sophomore album ‘Red’ consolidated thegenius of the musical partnership between Bronski Beat singer Jimmy Somerville and pianist Richard Coles. The Communards straddled pop and the political, fusing synths and hi-NRG production with lush string and horn arrangements to the political unrest and moral panic of late 80s Britain. A global smash upon its release, this remastered and expanded edition features B-sides and 3 remixes, including the Jalapeño mix of There’s More to Love by Clivilles & Cole (better known as C&C Music Factory) and new liner notes from Owen Jones. In April 2022, Coles announced that he retired from parish duties due to the Church of England allegedly increasingly excluding gay couples, and what he described as its "conservative, punchy and fundamentalist" direction. [24] Writing [ edit ] a b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrateded.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p.72. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

Colin Larkin, ed. (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (Conciseed.). Virgin Books. p.293. ISBN 1-85227-745-9. R.SH-Gold (Die Show der Goldpreisträger)". Fernsehserien (in German). imfernsehen GmbH & Co. KG. 28 February 1991. fernsehserien.de . Retrieved 6 June 2023. (see the 4th ceremony from 1991)

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Swerling, Gabriella (17 April 2022). "Rev Richard Coles: Church of England increasingly 'excluding' gay couples". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 17 April 2022. Coles suffers from tinnitus in his right ear, the result of him performing loud pop music, which he described in 2020 as sounding "like something from the National Grid kind of powering through your ear ... can be very frustrating." [35]Salaverrie, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (PDF) (in Spanish) (1sted.). Madrid: Fundación Autor/SGAE. p.922. ISBN 84-8048-639-2 . Retrieved 22 July 2022. Exclusive interview with Jimmy Somerville: 'A huge part of Soho's culture and history has gone – it's been wiped off the map, Ray Kinsella, Madame Soho, 17 November 2015 Mirror news (28 June 2010). "More BBC vicar? Popstar Reverend Richard Coles inspires sitcom". Daily Mirror. London.