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{{MORRISSEY
{{MORRISSEY
| Name = Steven Patrick Morrissey
| Name = Steven Patrick Morrissey
| Born = 22 May 1959
| Born = 22 May 1959
| Record Labels = [[HMV Records|HMV]], [[Parlophone Records|Parlophone]], [[Sire Records|Sire]], [[RCA Records|RCA]], [[Reprise Records|Reprise]], [[Mercury Records|Mercury]], [[Attack Records|Attack]],<br>[[Sanctuary Records|Sanctuary]], [[Decca Records|Decca]], [[Lost Highway Records|Lost Highway]], [[Major Minor Records| Major Minor]], [[EMI]]<br>[[Harvest Records]]
| Record Labels = [[HMV Records|HMV]], [[Parlophone Records|Parlophone]], [[Sire Records|Sire]], [[RCA Records|RCA]], [[Reprise Records|Reprise]], [[Mercury Records|Mercury]], [[Attack Records|Attack]],<br>[[Sanctuary Records|Sanctuary]], [[Decca Records|Decca]], [[Lost Highway Records|Lost Highway]], [[Major Minor Records| Major Minor]], [[EMI Records]]<br>[[Harvest Records]]
| Associated Acts = [[The Smiths]], [[Ed Banger and the Nosebleeds|The Nosebleeds]], [[Slaughter & The Dogs]]
| Associated Acts = [[The Smiths]], [[The Nosebleeds]], [[Slaughter And The Dogs]]
| Official Website        = [http://www.itsmorrisseysworld.com itsmorrisseysworld.com]
| Official Website        = https://www.morrisseycentral.com/
}}
}}
Steven Patrick Morrissey (born 22 May 1959), known as Morrissey, is an English singer and lyricist. He rose to prominence in the 1980s as the lyricist and vocalist of the band [[The Smiths]]. The band was highly successful in the United Kingdom but broke up in 1987, and Morrissey began a solo career, making the top ten of the UK Singles Chart on ten occasions. Widely regarded as an important innovator in indie music, Morrissey has been described by music magazine NME as "one of the most influential artists ever," and The Independent has stated "most pop stars have to be dead before they reach the iconic status he has reached in his lifetime." Pitchfork Media has called him "one of the most singular figures in Western popular culture from the last twenty years."<ref name="wmorrissey"/>


== General Information ==
== General Information ==
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* [[:Category:Influences|Influences]]
* [[:Category:Influences|Influences]]


== Timeline ==
His own younger image featured as a backdrop during Once I Saw The River Clean's live debut (2020) and then at his Vegas residency during Never Had No One Ever (2021):
 
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===1950s===
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[[File:Morrissey family tree.jpg|right|100x100px|alt=Morrissey Family Tree (high-resolution not available)]]
*22 May - Steven Patrick Morrissey born at Park Hospital in Davyhulme, Lancashire. Morrissey's family first lived at Harper Street in Hulme<ref name="wmorrissey"/>
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===1960s===
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*Morrissey's family moved to Queen's Square in 1965<ref name="wmorrissey"/>
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| scope="row" |'''1969'''
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[[File:384_kings_road.jpg|right|100x100px|alt=384 Kings Road]]
* Morrissey's family moved to a three-bedroomed house at 384 Kings Road in the suburb of Stretford<ref name="wmorrissey"/>. Morrissey talked about his childhood in Manchester on The Oxford Road Show, 22 March 1985 | {{YTw |q682LlPr4ew}}
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===1970s===
 
===1980s===
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| scope="row" |'''1983'''
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[[File:HandInGlove.jpg|link=Hand In Glove|right|100x100px|alt=Hand In Glove]]
* 13 May - "[[Hand In Glove]]", the first single by The Smiths is released on [[Rough Trade Records]]<ref name="whandinglove"/>
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===2010s===
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| scope="row" |'''2013'''
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*08 January - Morrissey performs on The Late Show With David Letterman<ref name="wmorrissey"/><br><br>
*26 January - Morrissey hospitalized in Michigan due to "bleeding ulcer"<ref name="wmorrissey"/><br><br>
*26 February - Morrissey cancels Jimmy Kimmel Live performance over fellow guests, the cast of Duck Dynasty<ref name="wmorrissey"/><br><br>
*11 March - Morrissey hospitalized in California due to "double pneumonia"<ref name="wmorrissey"/><br><br>
*22 May - Morrissey turns 54 <ref name="wmorrissey"/>
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[[File:Playboys2013.jpg|right|100x100px|alt="The Last Of The Famous International Playboys" single (high-resolution not available)]]
*08 April - "[[The Last Of The Famous International Playboys (single)|The Last Of The Famous International Playboys]]" is re-released as a multi-format single on [[Parlophone Records]]<ref name="wmorrisseydiscog"/>
[[File:Killuncle2013.jpg|right|100x100px|alt='Kill Uncle' Remastered (high-resolution not available)]]<br><br><br>
*08 April - [[Kill Uncle]] Remastered is released on [[Parlophone Records]]<ref name="wmorrisseydiscog"/>
[[File:AutobiographyUK.jpg|right|100x100px|alt="Autobiography" cover (high-resolution not available)]]<br><br><br><br>
*17 October - "[[Autobiography]]" is released on paperback in the UK by Penguin Classics<ref name="wmorrisseydiscog"/>
[[File:25livecover.jpg|right|100x100px|alt="Morrissey 25: Live" cover(high-resolution not available)]]<br><br><br>
*21 October - [[25 Live|Morrissey 25: Live]] is released on DVD and Blu-ray by Eagle Vision<ref name="wmorrisseydiscog"/>
[[File:Satellite of love digital download.jpg|right|100x100px|alt="Satellite Of Love" (live) single (high-resolution not available)]]<br><br><br><br>
*02 December - "[[Satellite Of Love (single)|Satellite Of Love]]" (live) is released as a digital single on [[Parlophone Records]]<ref name="wmorrisseydiscog"/>
[[File:AutobiographyUS.jpg|right|100x100px|alt="Autobiography" US cover (high-resolution not available)]]<br><br><br><br>
*03 December - "[[Autobiography]]" is released on paperback in the US by G.P. Putnam's Sons<ref name="wmorrisseydiscog"/>
[[File:AutobiographyUKspecial.jpg|right|100x100px|alt="Autobiography" hardback cover (high-resolution not available)]]<br><br><br>
*05 December - "[[Autobiography]]" is released on hardback in the UK by Penguin Classics<ref name="wmorrisseydiscog"/>
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*09 January - [[Greenvale, New York 2013-01-09 (Morrissey concert)|Tilles Center]]<ref name="tty2014tour"/>
*11 January - [[Brooklyn, New York 2013-01-11 (Morrissey concert)|Brooklyn Academy of Music]]<ref name="tty2014tour"/>
*12 January - [[Atlantic City, New Jersey 2013-01-12 (Morrissey concert)|House of Blues]]<ref name="tty2014tour"/>
*15 January - [[Red Bank, New Jersey 2013-01-15 (Morrissey concert)|Count Basie Theatre]]<ref name="tty2014tour"/>
*16 January - [[North Bethesda, Maryland 2013-01-16 (Morrissey concert)|The Music Center at Strathmore]]<ref name="tty2014tour"/>
*18 January - [[Reading, Pennsylvania 2013-01-18 (Morrissey concert)|Sovereign Performing Arts Center]]<ref name="tty2014tour"/>
*19 January - [[Port Chester, New York 2013-01-19 (Morrissey concert)|Capitol Theatre]]<ref name="tty2014tour"/>
*21 January - [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 2013-01-21 (Morrissey concert)|Heinz Hall]]<ref name="tty2014tour"/>
*22 January - [[Columbus, Ohio 2013-01-22 (Morrissey concert)|LC Indoor Pavilion]]<ref name="tty2014tour"/>
*24 January - <strike>[[Flint, Michigan 2013-01-24 (Morrissey concert)|James H Whiting Auditorium]]</strike><ref name="tty2014tour"/>
*25 January - <strike>[[Minneapolis, Minnesota 2013-01-25 (Morrissey concert)|Orpheum Theatre]]</strike><ref name="tty2014tour"/>
*26 January - <strike>[[Chicago, Illinois 2013-01-26 (Morrissey concert)|The Chicago Theatre]]</strike><ref name="tty2014tour"/>
*28 January - <strike>[[Asheville, North Carolina 2013-01-28 (Morrissey concert)|The Orange Peel]]</strike><ref name="tty2014tour"/>
*29 January - <strike>[[Nashville, Tennessee 2013-01-29 (Morrissey concert)|Ryman Auditorium]]</strike><ref name="tty2014tour"/>
*31 January - <strike>[[Atlanta, Georgia 2013-01-31 (Morrissey concert)|Cobb Energy Centre]]</strike><ref name="tty2014tour"/>
*02 February - <strike>[[Lawrence, Kansas 2013-02-02 (Morrissey concert)|Liberty Hall]]</strike><ref name="tty2014tour"/>
*05 February - <strike>[[Clear Lake, Iowa 2013-02-05 (Morrissey concert)|Surf Ballroom]]</strike><ref name="tty2014tour"/>
*06 February - <strike>[[Lincoln, Nebraska 2013-02-06 (Morrissey concert)|Rococo Theatre]]</strike><ref name="tty2014tour"/>
*09 February - <strike>[[Las Vegas, Nevada 2013-02-09 (Morrissey concert)|The Cosmopolitan]]</strike><ref name="tty2014tour"/>
*10 February - <strike>[[Tempe, Arizona 2013-02-10 (Morrissey concert)|Marquee Theater]]</strike><ref name="tty2014tour"/>
*12 February - <strike>[[El Paso, Texas 2013-02-12 (Morrissey concert)|Tricky Falls]]</strike><ref name="tty2014tour"/>
*13 February - <strike>[[Austin, Texas 2013-02-13 (Morrissey concert)|Austin Music Hall]]</strike><ref name="tty2014tour"/>
*15 February - <strike>[[Pharr, Texas 2013-02-15 (Morrissey concert)|Pharr Events Center]]</strike><ref name="tty2014tour"/>
*16 February - <strike>[[Beaumont, Texas 2013-02-16 (Morrissey concert)|Jefferson Theatre]]</strike><ref name="tty2014tour"/>
*18 February - <strike>[[Dallas, Texas 2013-02-18 (Morrissey concert)|Palladium Ballroom]]</strike><ref name="tty2014tour"/>
*21 February - <strike>[[Denver, Colorado 2013-02-21 (Morrissey concert)|Temple Hoyne Buell Theatre]]</strike><ref name="tty2014tour"/>
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| scope="row" |'''2014'''
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*15 January - Morrissey signs a two-album deal with Capitol Music <ref name="wmorrissey"/><br><br>
*01 February - Morrissey begins recording [[World Peace Is None Of Your Business]] in France <ref name="wmorrissey"/><br><br>
*22 May - Morrissey turns 55 <ref name="wmorrissey"/>
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[[File:Satellite of love 12 inch vinyl single artwork.jpg|right|100x100px|alt="Satellite Of Love" (live) single (high-resolution not available)]]
*27 January - "[[Satellite Of Love (single)|Satellite Of Love]]" (live) is released as a multi-format single on [[Parlophone Records]]<ref name="wmorrisseydiscog"/>
[[File:Yourarsenal2014.jpg|right|100x100px|alt='Your Arsenal' Definitive Master (high-resolution not available)]]<br><br><br><br>
*24 February - [[Your Arsenal]] Definitive Master is released on [[Parlophone Records]]<ref name="wmorrisseydiscog"/>
[[File:Wpinoyb single.jpg|right|100x100px|alt="World Peace Is None Of Your Business" digital single (high-resolution not available)]]<br><br><br>
*13 May - "[[World Peace Is None Of Your Business (single)|World Peace Is None Of Your Business]]" is released as a digital single by [[Harvest Records]]<ref name="wmorrisseydiscog"/>
[[File:Wpinoyb single.jpg|right|100x100px|alt="Istanbul" digital single (high-resolution not available)]]<br><br><br>
*20 May - "[[Istanbul (single)|Istanbul]]" is released as a digital single by [[Harvest Records]]<ref name="wmorrisseydiscog"/>
[[File:Vauxhallandi20thanniversary.jpg|right|100x100px|alt='Vauxhall And I' Definitive Master (high-resolution not available)]]<br><br><br>
*02 June - [[Vauxhall And I]] Definitive Master is released on [[Parlophone Records]]<ref name="wmorrisseydiscog"/>
[[File:Wpinoyb single.jpg|right|100x100px|alt="Earth Is The Loneliest Planet" digital single (high-resolution not available)]]<br><br><br>
*04 June - [[Earth Is The Loneliest Planet (single)|Earth Is The Loneliest Planet]] is released as a digital single by [[Harvest Records]]<ref name="wmorrisseydiscog"/>
[[File:World Peace Is None Of Your Business digital cover.jpg|right|100x100px|alt='World Peace Is None Of Your Business' (high-resolution not available)]]<br><br><br>
*14 July - [[World Peace Is None Of Your Business]] is released on [[Harvest Records]]<ref name="wmorrisseydiscog"/>
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*07 May - [[San Jose, California 2014-05-07 (Morrissey concert)|City National Civic Auditorium]]<ref name="tty2014tour"/>
*08 May - [[Santa Ana, California 2014-05-08 (Morrissey concert)|The Observatory]]<ref name="tty2014tour"/>
*10 May - [[Los Angeles, California 2014-05-10 (Morrissey concert)|Los Angeles Sports Arena]]<ref name="tty2014tour"/>
*13 May - [[El Paso, Texas 2014-05-13 (Morrissey concert)|Plaza Theatre]]<ref name="tty2014tour"/>
*14 May - [[Albuquerque, New Mexico 2014-05-14 (Morrissey concert)|Sunshine Theater]]<ref name="tty2014tour"/>
*16 May - [[Salt Lake City, Utah 2014-05-16 (Morrissey concert)|Kingsbury Hall]]<ref name="tty2014tour"/>
*17 May - [[Denver, Colorado 2014-05-17 (Morrissey concert)|Ellie Caulkins Opera House]]<ref name="tty2014tour"/>
*19 May - [[Lincoln, Nebraska 2014-05-19 (Morrissey concert)|Rococo Theatre]]<ref name="tty2014tour"/>
*20 May - [[Lawrence, Kansas 2014-05-20 (Morrissey concert)|Liberty Hall]]<ref name="tty2014tour"/>
*22 May - [[Dallas, Texas 2014-05-22 (Morrissey concert)|Majestic Theater]]<ref name="tty2014tour"/>
*24 May - [[Austin, Texas 2014-05-24 (Morrissey concert)|Austin Music Hall]]<ref name="tty2014tour"/>
*25 May - [[Beaumont, Texas 2014-05-25 (Morrissey concert)|Julie Rogers Theatre]]<ref name="tty2014tour"/>
*27 May - [[Memphis, Tennessee 2014-05-27 (Morrissey concert)|Orpheum Theatre]]<ref name="tty2014tour"/>
*28 May - [[Nashville, Tennessee 2014-05-28 (Morrissey concert)|Ryman Auditorium]]<ref name="tty2014tour"/>
*30 May - [[St. Petersburg, Florida 2014-05-30 (Morrissey concert)|Mahaffey Theater]]<ref name="tty2014tour"/>
*31 May - [[Miami, Florida 2014-05-31 (Morrissey concert)|Knight Concert Hall]]<ref name="tty2014tour"/>
*04 June - [[Atlanta, Georgia 2014-06-04 (Morrissey concert)|Cobb Energy Centre]]<ref name="tty2014tour"/>
*06 June - [[Atlantic City, New Jersey 2014-06-06 (Morrissey concert)|Revel Ovation Hall]]<ref name="tty2014tour"/>
*07 June - [[Boston, Massachusetts 2014-06-07 (Morrissey concert)|Boston Opera House]]<ref name="tty2014tour"/>
*10 June - [[Baltimore, Maryland 2014-06-10 (Morrissey concert)|Meyerhoff Symphony Hall]]<ref name="tty2014tour"/>
*11 June - [[Washington, DC 2014-06-11 (Morrissey concert)|Lincoln Theatre]]<ref name="tty2014tour"/>
*13 June - [[Chicago, Illinois 2014-06-13 (Morrissey concert)|Civic Opera House]]<ref name="tty2014tour"/>
*14 June - [[Flint, Michigan 2014-06-14 (Morrissey concert)|James Whiting Auditorium]]<ref name="tty2014tour"/>
*16 June - [[Lewiston, New York 2014-06-16 (Morrissey concert)|Artpark Main Stage Theater]]<ref name="tty2014tour"/>
*17 June - [[Wilmington, Delaware 2014-06-17 (Morrissey concert)|Grand Opera House]]<ref name="tty2014tour"/>
*19 June - [[Hershey, Pennsylvania 2014-06-19 (Morrissey concert)|Hershey Theatre]]<ref name="tty2014tour"/>
*21 June - [[New York, New York 2014-06-21 (Morrissey concert)|Barclays Center]]<ref name="tty2014tour"/>
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== References ==
[[Category:Concert Backdrop]]
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<ref name="wmorrissey">{{cite | title=Morrissey Wikipedia page | url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morrissey | pub=Wikipedia | author= | date= | dom=Wikipedia.org | type=ext }}
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<ref name="wmorrisseydiscog">{{cite | title=Morrissey Discography Wikipedia page | url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morrissey_discography | pub=Wikipedia | author= | date= | dom=Wikipedia.org | type=ext }}
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<ref name="whandinglove">{{cite | title=Hand In Glove Wikipedia page | url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_in_Glove | pub=Wikipedia | author= | date= | dom=Wikipedia.org | type=ext }}
</ref>
<ref name="tty2014tour">{{cite | title=2014 Tour Dates True-To-You page | url=http://true-to-you.net/morrissey_news_140213_01 | pub=True-To-You | author= | date= | dom=True-To-You.net | type=ext }}
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Revision as of 07:11, 22 August 2022

MORRISSEY
Name Steven Patrick Morrissey
Born 22 May 1959
Record Labels HMV, Parlophone, Sire, RCA, Reprise, Mercury, Attack,
Sanctuary, Decca, Lost Highway, Major Minor, EMI Records
Harvest Records
Associated Acts The Smiths, The Nosebleeds, Slaughter And The Dogs
Official Website https://www.morrisseycentral.com/

General Information

His own younger image featured as a backdrop during Once I Saw The River Clean's live debut (2020) and then at his Vegas residency during Never Had No One Ever (2021):

Writer

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Photographer

Discogs Information

Profile

British singer and songwriter (born May 22, 1959, in Manchester, UK), best known as the former lead singer and co-founder of The Smiths with Johnny Marr. He began his music career in the late 1970s as a lead singer for punk bands. He formed Sulky Young (renamed The Tee Shirts) and later paired for a short time with Billy Duffy for a handful of live performances. In 1982, Morrissey and Marr formed The Smiths, and he remained in the band until he decided to leave in late 1987. He debuted as a solo artist in 1988.

Previously worked at the Inland Revenue.

External Links

Wikipedia Information

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Steven Patrick Morrissey ( MORR-iss-ee; born 22 May 1959), known mononymously as Morrissey, is an English singer and songwriter. He came to prominence as the frontman and lyricist of rock band the Smiths, who were active from 1982 to 1987. Since then, he has pursued a successful solo career. Morrissey's music is characterised by his baritone voice and distinctive lyrics with recurring themes of emotional isolation, sexual longing, self-deprecating and dark humour, and anti-establishment stances. Morrissey was born to working-class Irish immigrants in Davyhulme, Lancashire, England; the family lived in Queen's Court near Loreto convent in Hulme and his mother worked nearby at the Hulme Hippodrome bingo hall. They moved because of the 1960s demolitions of almost all the Victorian-era houses in Hulme, known as 'slum clearance', and he grew up in nearby Stretford. As a child, he developed a love of literature, kitchen sink realism, and 1960s pop music. In the late 1970s, he fronted the punk rock band the Nosebleeds with little success before beginning a career in music journalism and writing several books on music and film in the early 1980s. He formed the Smiths with Johnny Marr in 1982 and the band soon attracted national recognition for their eponymous debut album. As the band's frontman, Morrissey attracted attention for his trademark quiff and witty and sardonic lyrics. Deliberately avoiding rock machismo, he cultivated the image of a sexually ambiguous social outsider who embraced celibacy. The Smiths released three further studio albums—Meat Is Murder, The Queen Is Dead, and Strangeways, Here We Come—and had a string of hit singles. The band were critically acclaimed and attracted a cult following. Personal differences between Morrissey and Marr resulted in the separation of the Smiths in 1987. In 1988, Morrissey launched his solo career with Viva Hate. This album and its follow-ups—Kill Uncle (1991), Your Arsenal (1992), and Vauxhall and I (1994)—all did well on the UK Albums Chart and spawned multiple hit singles. He took on Alain Whyte and Boz Boorer as his main co-writers to replace Marr. During this time his image began to shift into that of a burlier figure who toyed with patriotic imagery and working-class masculinity. In the mid-to-late 1990s, his albums Southpaw Grammar (1995) and Maladjusted (1997) also charted but were less well received. Relocating to Los Angeles, he took a musical hiatus from 1998 to 2003 before releasing a successful comeback album, You Are the Quarry, in 2004. Ensuing years saw the release of albums Ringleader of the Tormentors (2006), Years of Refusal (2009), World Peace Is None of Your Business (2014), Low in High School (2017), California Son (2019), and I Am Not a Dog on a Chain (2020), as well as his autobiography and his debut novel, List of the Lost (2015). Highly influential, Morrissey has been credited as a seminal figure in the emergence of indie pop, indie rock, and Britpop. In a 2006 poll for the BBC's Culture Show, Morrissey was voted the second-greatest living British cultural icon. His work has been the subject of academic study. He has been a controversial figure throughout his music career due to his forthright opinions and outspoken nature, endorsing vegetarianism and animal rights and criticising royalty and prominent politicians. He has also supported far-right activism with regard to British heritage, and defended a particular vision of national identity while critiquing the effects of immigration on the UK.