January 5

Artists & Songs related to the broadcasts of Thessaloniki's radio legend, Yorgos Alexiou (mostly birthdays of musicians but also releases & charts)

Phil Thornalley (born January 5, 1960)

Bass player, singer, songwriter, sound engineer & producer

Sound engineer / remixer on:

LP All Mod Cons (The Jam, 1978)

LP Mystery (Hot Chocolate, 1982)

LP Set (Thompson Twins, 1982)

LP Pornography (The Cure, 1982) + producer

LP The Real Macaw (Graham Parker, 1983)

LP Seven & The Ragged Tiger (Duran Duran, 1983)

LP Quick Step & Side Kick (Thompson Twins, 1983)

LP Into The Gap (Thompson Twins, 1984)

also XTC, The Danse Society 

and Never Never Comes (Classix Nouveaux, 1983)

Bass Player & producer on "The LoveCats" by The Cure (1983)

Producer on "When Love Breaks Down" by Prefab Sprout (LP Steve McQueen, 1985)

but also for Seona Dancing ("Bitter Heart", 1983), Orange Juice ("What Presence?!" 1984), Robbie Nevil ("C'est La Vie", 1986), Wax ("Right Between The Eyes", 1986), Bryan Adams ("On A Day Like Today", 1998) and also Strawberry Switchblade

Singer & bass player on Johnny Hates Jazz second LP (Tall Stories, 1991), with two major radio hits in Thessaloniki: "Let Me Change Your Mind Tonight" & "The Last To Know" (released January 6, 1992).

Songwriter of "Torn" by Natalie Imbruglia (1997)

The song was originally recorded by: 

Lis Sørensen (Brændt, 1993)

Covers:

Ednaswap (Torn, 1995)

Trine Rein (Torn, 1996)

Άσπα (Νιώσε Το Φιλί, 2003)