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   <summary>Originally formed in Birmingham, England. The Beat had to change their name to The English Beat to avoid confusion with Paul Collins' USA band of the same name.</summary>
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   <name>The Beat</name>
   <from>England</from>
   <style number="1">Rock</style>
   <style number="2">Ska Revival</style>
   <style number="3">New Wave</style>
   <founded>1978</founded>
   <disbanded>1983</disbanded>
   <member name="Dave Wakeling" role="vocalist, guitarist" />
   <member name="Ranking Roger" role="rapper" />
   <member name="Andy Cox" role="guitarist" />
   <member name="Everett Morton" role="percussionist, drummer" />
   <member name="David Steele" role="bassist" />
   <member name="Saxa" role="saxaphonist" />
   <pastmember name="Wesley Magoogan" role="saxaphonist" />

   <release type="album" name="Special Beat Service" date="1982" />
   <release type="album" name="The Beat Goes On" date="1991" />
   <release type="album" name="Wha'ppen?" date="1981" />
   <release type="album" name="What Is Beat?" date="1983" />
   <release type="album" name="I Just Can't Stop It" date="1980" />
   <release type="album" name="I Just Can't Stop It/Wha'ppen?" date="1983" />
   <release type="album" name="Save It for Later [EP]" date="1982" />
   <release type="album" name="Beat This! The Beat of the Beat" date="2000" />
   <release type="album" name="B.P.M.: The Very Best of Beat" date="1996" />
   <release type="album" name="B.P.M.: The Very Best of the English Beat" date="1995" />

   <appearance type="compilation" name="Flashback Cafe, Volume 2" date="1995" />
   <appearance type="compilation" name="Dance Craze" date="1983" />

   <appearance type="soundtrack" name="Grosse Pointe Blank" date="1997" />
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