Pop Quiz: Jim Kerr of Simple Minds explains why the band disappeared from America
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In the 1980s, it felt like Simple Minds was everywhere. In its billowy satin suit heyday, the…
In the 1980s, it felt like Simple Minds was everywhere. In its billowy satin suit heyday, the Scottish band scored a No. 1 hit with “Don’t You (Forget About Me),” from the brat-pack blockbuster film “The Breakfast Club,” dominated MTV with singles like “Alive and Kicking” and “Sanctify Yourself,” and performed at everything from Live Aid to Mandela Day. But
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Jim Kerr, lead singer of the rock group Simple Minds
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Why Simple Minds almost didn't record the classic hit Don't You (Forget About Me)
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Pop Quiz: Jim Kerr of Simple Minds explains why the band disappeared from America
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Simple Minds' Jim Kerr on survival, searching and their 'black swan' song
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Simple Minds' Jim Kerr: You want to conjure ghosts of the past, but you can't go back.
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Jim Kerr, lead singer of the rock group Simple Minds
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