They were named after a British unemployment benefit form, They were formed in a welfare line in 1978. There well-known songs were, "Red Red Wine", "Can't Help Falling in Love", and "I Got You Babe" which were all cover songs from different artists. The Pretenders' Chrissie Hynde discovered them in a pub and had them tour with her band and gained more popularity. "Signing Off" was their first released album spending 71 weeks in the UK Album Charts, and has earned platinum status.In 1983 they released, "Labour of Love" which also ended up on the UK Album Charts at number one and also on the Billboard Top 200 in the number 8 spot.
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