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Phil Oakey

Gavin Martin, Daily Mirror, 28 November 2003

IT IS 22 YEARS since the number one single 'Don't You Want Me' turned The Human League from underground Sheffield electro boffins into champions of a synth pop revolution. But in the years since Phil Oakey, the group's deadpan front man has seen the group's fortunes rise and fall.

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