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S Murph

Kate’s nickname for Alan Murphy. It is often interpreted as a play on the Belgian cartoon figures, the Smurfs, but it is more likely to have been derived…

Saint Saviour

Becky Jones, better known as Saint Saviour, is an English musician from Stockton-On-Tees. Formerly of the electro band The RGBs, she toured with Groove Armada as their lead…

Salisbury Plain

Location of the first music video for Wuthering Heights, according to director Nick Abson. The exact location where Kate is standing for most of the video on Salisbury…

Salt Tank

English record producers David Gates and Malcolm Stanners and percussionist and vocalist Andy Rose from Surrey made a name for themselves during the 1990s as Salt Tank. With…

Sandman’s Orchestra (the)

Duo made up of Pierre Laplace, a singer/songwriter from Lille, France, and his niece, Léonie Gabriel. The duo started in 2010 when, during a family lunch, 15-year-old Léonie…

Sat In Your Lap

Song written by Kate Bush. Released as a single on 21 June 1981, and subsequently included on Kate’s fourth album The Dreaming. The lyrics of the song deal…

Saturday Night At The Mill

Late night chat show, broadcast on BBC television in the UK between 1976 and 1981. The show was presented by Bob Langley and featured many different guests. On…

Saturday Night Live

American late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels and developed by Dick Ebersol. The show premiered on NBC on 11 October 1975, under…

Saturday Superstore

Saturday Superstore was a children’s television series, broadcast on BBC1 from 1982 until 1987. It was shown on Saturday mornings with presenters including Mike Read, Sarah Greene, Keith…

Saxophone Song

Song written by Kate Bush, released on her debut album The Kick Inside. Originally the song was recorded as a demo produced by David Gilmour in June 1975….

Scares Me Silly

Song written by Kate Bush. Recorded as a demo, presumably in 1977. The song is also known as ‘Really gets me going’. It was released on various bootleg…

Scene 78

German TV programme, in which Kate Bush performed Wuthering Heights in April 1978.

Schief, Lindsay

Lindsay Schief is a solo recording artist living in Tucson, Arizona (USA). She was also a member of the band Lake, formed by Ashley Eriksson, Kenny Tarantino, Eli…

Schuurman, Birgit

Birgit Schuurman was born in Utrecht on 1 July 1977. She is the younger sister of Katja Schuurman, who is a successful actress and TV presenter in the…

Scott, Mike

Born as Michael Scott on 14 December 1958. He was born and raised in Edinburgh. Scott was interested in music from an early age. At age 12, after…

Season Of The Witch

‘Season Of The Witch’ is an unofficial album, released by Heathcliff in 2012. It features a live recording from the Tour Of Life at the Apollo Theatre in…

Season Of The Witch – Cathy’s Home Demos (the)

‘Season Of The Witch – Cathy’s Home Demos’ is an unofficial album release featuring 29 demos recorded in the 1970’s by Kate Bush. It was released by The…

Secret History Of Kate Bush (& The Strange Art Of Pop) (the)

Book written by Fred Vermorel, published by Omnibus Press on 12 December 1983. After writing the book Kate Bush: Princess of Suburbia in which a tabloid-style work of…

Secret Policeman’s Third Ball (the)

The Secret Policeman’s Ball is the name informally used for the long-running series of benefit shows staged initially in the United Kingdom to raise funds for the human…

Seer (the)

Song written by Stuart Adamson and recorded by his band Big Country on their album ‘The Seer’, which was released by Mercury Records on 23 June 1986. The…

Seiko

Seiko Holdings Corporation (セイコーホールディングス株式会社), more commonly known simply as Seiko, is a Japanese company that manufactures and sells watches, clocks, electronic devices, semiconductors and optical products. Kate Bush…

Sensual World – The Video (the)

Collection of music videos by Kate Bush. It contains all three of the music videos from her album The Sensual World, plus a 22 minute interview originally produced…

Sensual World (the)

Song written by Kate Bush. Originally released as a single by EMI Records on 18 September 1989. Also released on her sixth album The Sensual World. Bush was…

Sensual World (the) [album]

Sixth album by Kate Bush, released by EMI Records on 16 October 1989. The album was written, composed and produced by Kate. As with Hounds of Love, the…

Serena

Romanian singer, produced by Alex Hosu. Their version of Running Up That Hill was released digitally in 2010.

Sexual Healing

Song written by Marvin Gaye and Odell Brown. Originally recorded by Marvin Gaye, it was his first hit on the CBS label in 1982, a year after leaving…

Sharpson

‘Sharpson’ is a house project from DJ and Producer Dónal Sharpson. Dónal has over 10 years experience when it comes to DJing and producing. As well as DJing…

She’s Having A Baby

She’s Having a Baby is an American romantic comedy film directed and written by John Hughes, released in cinemas on 5 February 1988. The film portrays a young…

She’s Leaving Home

Song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Originally released on the Beatles’ 1967 album ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’. McCartney wrote and sang the verse and…

Sheahan, John

Born in Dublin (Ireland) on 19 May 1939, John Sheahan took on an active interest in music when he was 12 years old. He learned to play the…

Shell, Ray

African-american singer and actor, who arrived in London in 1978 with the Gospel musical ‘Little Willie Jr’s Resurrection’. He started recording tracks with the post-punk band Magazine. In…

Shem ba’even (שם באבן)

Hebrew translation of Kate Bush’s song Army Dreamers, created by Mazi Cohen and Matti Caspi. Recorded by Mazi Cohen (with Matti Caspi on backing vocals) on her self-titled…

Shop Assistance

Kate participated in a charity event July 30, 1988 called ‘Shop Assistance’ to benefit the Terrence Higgins trust to help people with HIV/AIDS. She helped out in a…

Show A Little Devotion

Song written by Kate Bush.  Formats ‘Show A Little Devotion’ appeared as an extra track on the CD-single of Moments Of Pleasure in the UK, and on the…

Show Vor Acht

German amusement TV show, featuring musical guests. Kate Bush appeared on this show on 30 August 1985 to do lipsynched performances of Running Up That Hill and Cloudbusting.

Shrubberies

‘Shrubberies’ is an unofficial album release featuring 26 demos recorded in the 1970’s by Kate Bush. It was released by Red Robin Records. Track listing The album features…

Shut Beak

Actually an anagram of ‘Kate Bush’, Shut Beak recorded a cover version of Army Dreamers entitled ‘Army Runners’ for the PRF Monthly Tribute Series in April 2017. According…

Siàn, Beck

Beck Siàn was born in Melbourne, Australia. Her mother is Welsh, and her father was born in England, but is from an Irish family. With Welsh and Irish…

Sidney, Emma

Originating from Melbourne, Australia, Emma has a solid professional background in one of the world’s most prolific jazz cities. A dedicated vocalist since her teens, Emma has performed…

Sidwell, Neil

Neil Sidwell – brother of Steve Sidwell – studied composition, orchestration, piano, bass guitar and trombone at the London College of Music and the Los Angeles jazz workshop….

Sidwell, Steve

Steve Sidwell – brother of Neil Sidwell – studied trumpet, piano, composition and orchestration at The Royal College of Music and The Guildhall School of Music and Drama….

Silk Cut

Silk Cut is a brand of cigarettes produced by the Gallaher Group, a division of Japan Tobacco. The packaging is characterised by a distinctive stark white packet with…

Silvermoths

Silvermoths was founded by Emma Churchley, a songwriter and clasically trained multi instrumentalist.  The band bring her songs to magical life and their own uniqueness to live performances….

Simmons, Kate

American model who appeared in the September 1978 issue of Penthouse magazine in the USA. Three photographs from that article were used on the back sleeve of the…

Simpsons (the)

The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical depiction of working-class life, epitomized by the…

Sing Children Sing

Song written by Lesley Duncan. Originally released in 1971 on her album of the same name. The song was re-recorded in 1979 by Lesley Duncan with Pete Townsend,…

Singing Bowls

Singing Bowls (also known as Tibetan Singing Bowls, rin gongs, Himalayan bowls or suzu gongs) are a type of bell, specifically classified as a standing bell. Rather than…

Single File (the)

Collection of music videos by Kate Bush. It contains all of her music videos from Wuthering Heights to There Goes A Tenner. The video compilation was originally slated…

Single File 1978-1983 (the)

The Single File 1978-1983 is a box set released on 23 January 1984, containing all of Kate Bush’s 7″ singles from Wuthering Heights (1978) to There Goes A…

Sister and brother

Song written by Midge Ure and recorded by Midge Ure and Kate Bush as a duet for Midge’s album ‘Answers to nothing’, which was released by Chrysalis records…

Sister Mantos

Sister Mantos is a music and performance art group based in Los Angeles. They use a psychedelic blend of Latin beats, punk attitude and funk rhythms. They sing…

Sitar

The sitar is a plucked stringed instrument used mainly in Hindustani music and Indian classical music. The word ‘sitar’ originally derived from Sanskrit words saptatantri veena (Sanskrit: seven…

Situations

Situations is the experimentations, meditations & complications of Ashley Altadonna, a transgender singer/songwriter, filmmaker and activist. In April 2017 Situations participated in the PRF Monthly Tribute Series dedicated…

Sixteenth Wave (the)

Unofficial album release featuring a live recording of Kate’s Before The Dawn live performance at Eventim Apollo in London (UK) on 20 September 2014, the sixteenth night of…

Skan The Skin

Italian band, consisting of Kathya West (vocals, backgrounds vocals), 
Valerio Scrignoli (electric guitar),
 Enrico Terragnoli (electric guitar, banjo, flute, podophono, maracas), 
Danilo Gallo (bass, vox continental organ, piano,…

Skeaping, Adam

Adam Skeaping is an English musician and audio engineer. He mainly plays different early music stringed instruments, such as viol, violone and rebec. He set up Sound Mastering,…

Skeaping, Jo

Also known as Joe Skeaping. An early music expert, who was a member of the British early music ensemble The City Waites during the 1970’s. He played lironi…

Skidmore, Alan

Born as Alan Richard James Skidmore in London (UK) on 21 April 1942. Alan began his professional career at 16 and early in his career toured with comedian…

Sky Channel

Sky One started on 26 April 1982 as Satellite Television Ltd, and was Europe’s first ever cable and satellite channel, originally broadcasting from the Orbital Test Satellite aimed…

Smith, Gizelle

Born to a Seychellois mother and an American father, Joe Smith, who was a band member of legendary Motown group the Four Tops, Gizelle was raised in Manchester,…

Smitko, Catherine

Catherine Smitko first sang in a jazz band when she was fourteen and there have been many rock bands since then including; Afterglow, Crave the Day, and an…

Snow Bowl

Song written by Kate Bush. Recorded as a demo, presumably in 1976. The song has never been released officially, but it did end up on various bootlegs. The…

Snowed In At Wheeler Street

Song written by Kate Bush. Originally released on her tenth studio album 50 Words For Snow in 2011. Duet with Elton John. Kate about ‘Snowed In At Wheeler…

Snowflake

Song written by Kate Bush. Originally released on her tenth studio album 50 Words For Snow in 2011. The track details the birth of a snowflake in the…

Society Island

The Society Island is the musical project of Cologne, Germany-based composer, singer and multi-instrumentalist Boris Rogowski. The music of The Society Islands oscillates between Neo-Folk, chamber music and…

Some Edited Highlights From Her New Album “Never For Ever”

Flexi disc featuring three tracks from the album Never For Ever: edited versions of Delius (Song Of Summer), Blow Away (For Bill) and Egypt. The disc was distributed…

Some Goodies

Unofficial CD, released by Midnight Dreamer records in 2009. It features 17 tracks from Kate’s live concert at Carre in Amsterdam (Netherlands) on 29 April 1979, followed by 16 tracks…

Somerville-Large, Bill

Engineer with a long career in music engineering. At the end of the 1960’s, Somerville-Large worked at Dublin’s Eamonn Andrews studios. He joined Radio Luxembourg in 1969 and…

Something Good

Song written by Jez Willis and recorded by the Utah Saints. Originally released as a single in 1992 and included on the band’s self-titled album from the same…

Something Like A Song

Song written by Kate Bush. Recorded as a demo, presumably in 1973. The song has never been released officially, but it did end up on the withdrawn LP…

Somewhere In Between

Song written by Kate Bush. Originally released on her eighth studio album Aerial in 2005. Versions There is only one studio version of this song. A live version…

Song Of Solomon (the)

Song written by Kate Bush. Originally released on her seventh album The Red Shoes. Versions There are two versions of ‘The Song Of Solomon’: the album version from…

Sorrow Stories

Sorrow Stories is Tina Forlorn, a female songwriter, musician, vocalist and producer from London, England (UK). She makes acoustic, alternative and electronic music. Sorrow Stories writes all of…

Sound In S

Japanese TV programme, to which all of Kate’s television appearances have been credited. Broadcast on 23 June 1978, the show featured a disco-inspired version of Them Heavy People…

Sounds Like Friday: Leo Sayer

‘Sounds Like Friday: Leo Sayer’ was a series of six music programmes, broadcast on BBC 2 television between 27 October and 1 December 1978. Each show featured special…

South Bank Sky Arts Award

The South Bank Sky Arts Award (originally The South Bank Show Award) is an accolade recognizing British achievements in the arts. The awards have been given annually since…

Spillane, Davy

Born in Dublin on 6 January 1959, Davy Spillane started playing uillean pipes at the age of 12. At the age of 16, he played in Ireland, the…

Spillios, Chris

Canadian singer who contributed a cover version of Reaching Out to the compilation Kate Bush Covered in 1996. In the same year, he recorded a version of XTC’s…

Spirit Of The Forest

Song written by Gentlemen Without Weapons, released on 7″ and 12″ single on 5 June 1989. The record was launched on 1 June 1989 by Richard Branson and…

Spleen United

Danish electronic rock band consisting of the brothers Bjarke (vocals and guitar) and Gaute Niemann (bass and synths), Kasper Nørlund (synths and backing vocals), Rune Wehner (synths) and…

Split Infinitives (the)

Project founded by Holden Martinson and Brian Adkins in Salt Lake City, Utah (USA) in 2008. Between then and now they have released over twenty albums, varying in…

Spong, Paul

Paul Spong started playing trumpet with the National Youth Jazz Orchestra of Great Britain, and The European Youth Jazz Orchestra. Subsequently, he started playing salsa and Samba with…

Springfield, Dusty

Born as Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O’Brien on 16 April 1939, Dusty Springfield grew up in Enfield, Middlesex, England (UK) in a family that enjoyed music. She learned…

St. Joseph’s Convent Grammar School

An all-girl Roman Catholic school in Abbey Wood, South East London. It was run by nuns with a more liberal outlook, waring modern clothes and encouraging a more…

Stars In Their Eyes

Stars in Their Eyes is a British television talent show, based on Joop van den Ende’s Dutch TV format Soundmixshow. It featured a singing contest in which members…

Steely Dan

American rock band founded by core members Walter Becker (guitars, bass, backing vocals) and Donald Fagen (keyboards, lead vocals) in 1972. The group name comes from a sexual…

Stephenson, Debra

Born in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (UK) on 4 June 1972, Debra Stephenson made her first appearance on TV at age 14 in the programme ‘Opportunity…

Stephenson, Nick

At the age of 5, Nick Stephenson heard The Beatles’ ‘A Hard Day’s Night’ for the first time while on the way to the hospital to have his…

Stephenson, Pamela

Pamela Helen Stephenson, Lady Connolly was born on 4 December 1949 in Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand. She started an acting career in 1972. She starred during 1973–74 as…

Still Dream

Also known as ‘Kate Bush Goes Trance’, this track by Beyond was released on a promotional single-sided 12″ single in 1999. It features samples of the track Cloudbusting….

Stivell, Alan

Alan Stivell was born in Riom, Auvergne (France) on January 6, 1944.  In 1953, Alan began playing the instrument at the age of nine under the tutelage of…

Storm Cloud Katherine

Song written by Colin Vearncombe, also known as Black. Originally performed live in December 1993, it was finally recorded on his 1999 album ‘The Accused’. Colin Vearncombe about…

Storm Of Capricorn

Born in 2002 to counter-balance the unhealthy and unearthly nightmares of industrial outfit Neon Rain, Storm Of Capricorn is formed by Celine and Serge Usson.  In 2005 they…

Storm, Victoria

Victoria Storm was influenced by Jane Siberry, Sarah McLachlan and Ani Difranco and started performing live with her acoustic guitar in the 1990’s. Her work in Chicago’s psychiatric…

Story So Far (the)

45 minute TV special, originally broadcast on 10 June 1987 on MuchMusic in Canada. The special incorporates a new interview by Laurie Brown, recorded at Kate’s home in…

Strange Fruit

In 1996, Kate Bush spent some time at the Royal College of Art, working on a bronze sculpture inspire by Billie Holiday, entitled ‘Strange Fruit’. A stone base…

Strange Phenomena

Song written by Kate Bush. Originally released on Kate’s debut album The Kick Inside. Versions There are two officially released versions of ‘L’amour Looks Something Like You’: the…

Stranger Things

Stranger Things is an American science fiction horror drama television series created by the Duffer Brothers and streaming on Netflix. The brothers serve as showrunners and are executive…

Straw, Syd

American rock singer and songwriter and daughter of actor Jack Straw (‘The Pajama Game’). She began her career singing backing vocals for Pat Benatar. She joined the Golden…

Strumento de Porco

The Strumento de Porco is a variety of the psaltery, a stringed instrument of the zither family. It was originally made from wood, and relied on natural acoustics…