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Download 2009 - Chris Cornell

Download 2009 - Chris Cornell

Chris Cornell took time out backstage at Download 2009 to catch up with NME about the festival and his latest album...

NME Video: We Are Scientists

NME Video: We Are Scientists

Chris and Keith perform an acoustic version their track 'Lethal Enforcer'

NME Awards 2008 - We Are Scientists Guide- Part 2

NME Awards 2008 - We Are Scientists Guide- Part 2

Keith and Chris continue to interview the top names in music exclusively for NME.

Kasabian Takeover - Part One Interview

Kasabian Takeover - Part One Interview

In part one of a three part Kasabian special, the band explain how they wanted to experiment and create a "far out record" with 'West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum'. Plus NME's Chris Martin shares why the record blew...

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Chris Difford - Up The Junction

Chris Difford - Up The Junction (05:02)

From Chris Difford's new album and DVD South East Side Story, available 7/8/06 from Luna Records. Visit www.lunarecords.co.uk to find out more. © Luna Records 2006.

Chris Difford - Fat As A Fiddle

Chris Difford - Fat As A Fiddle (03:26)

From Chris' brand new solo album - 'The Last Temptation of Chris' - out 07 April 2008 on Stiff Records. More info at www.stiff-records.com.

FAT AS A FIDDLE - CHRIS DIFFORD

FAT AS A FIDDLE - CHRIS DIFFORD (03:06)

FROM THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIS CD. AVAILABLE ON AMAZON.COM

Chris Difford, Francis Dunnery and Dorie Jackson

Chris Difford, Francis Dunnery and Dorie Jackson (02:59)

Final section of Cool For Cats, recorded at Colchester Arts Centre December 2002.

Chris Difford told me my wife is...

Chris Difford told me my wife is... (01:35)

This was the night that Squeeze's Chris Difford told me that my wife was pregnant on stage at BB Kings NYC.

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Chris Difford Biography

Chris Difford (born Christopher Henry Difford, 4 November 1954, Greenwich, London) is a singer, songwriter and record producer.

He has written lyrics for almost 30 years, most notably in partnership with Glenn Tilbrook. The two were primary members in Squeeze and Difford & Tilbrook. Some of their best-known songs are "Tempted", "Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)", "Black Coffee in Bed", "Cool for Cats", "Up the Junction" and "Annie Get Your Gun". 180px|thumb|left|Chris Difford performing at London's Royal Albert Hall, October 2009, in aid of the PRS (Performing Right Society) for Music Members' Benevolent Fund.

Difford has also written lyrics for music by Jools Holland, Elton John, Wet Wet Wet, Marti Pellow and others. In 2004, Lisa Stansfield released the Trevor Horn produced single, "If I Hadn't Got You", co-written by Difford with Chris Braide, which became a hit in Europe.

In addition to his work with Squeeze, he has released three solo albums: * I Didn't Get Where I Am, 2003 * South East Side Story, 2007 , a bonus disk included with the DVD recording of Squeeze's greatest hits, included Difford singing acoustic versions of his favourite Squeeze tracks * The Last Temptation of Chris, 2008

In 2008 he also wrote the lyrics to 'Let's Not Fight this Christmas', a song performed by Difford and The One Show team, in a bid to get a Christmas Number 1. The song hasn't made it into the top 100 UK Singles Chart as yet.

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Chris Difford's Best Songs

  • 1. Up The Junction
  • 2. Come On Down
  • 3. Fat As A Fiddle
  • 4. Another Nail In My Heart
  • 5. Black Coffee In Bed
  • 6. Cool For Cats
  • 7. Town and Country Rhythm and Blues
  • 8. Hourglass
  • 9. Slap And Tickle
  • 10. Broken Family
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