Pete Burns

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Know for being the lead singer of Dead Or Alive and Morrissey's friend.

He sang a live duet with Morrissey on Barbarism Begins At Home at The Royal Albert Hall (April 6, 1985).

He appeared in a Smash Hits photo session with Morrissey, which can be seen in the Smash Hits Media Gallery (1985).

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Pete Burns (born 5 August 1959, Bebington, Cheshire, England – died 23 October 2016) was an English singer-songwriter and television personality. He founded the band Dead Or Alive in 1980, in which he was vocalist and songwriter.

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Peter Jozzeppi Burns (5 August 1959 – 23 October 2016) was an English singer, songwriter and television personality who formed the band Dead or Alive in 1980 during the New Romantic era and acted as the band's lead vocalist and principal songwriter. They are estimated to have sold over 17 million albums and 36 million singles worldwide; they also gave successful English songwriting and record production trio Stock Aitken Waterman (SAW) their first UK No. 1 hit single. Their first three albums, which Burns wrote, all reached the UK Top 30, with Youthquake reaching the Top 10. In December 2016, Billboard ranked Dead or Alive as the 96th most successful "dance artist" of all time.Their debut album, Sophisticated Boom Boom, was released in 1984, producing a series of minor hits in the United Kingdom, most notably their version of "That's the Way (I Like It)" (originally recorded by KC and the Sunshine Band) which gave the band their first UK Top 40 hit. Their second album, Youthquake, brought Burns and the band international recognition, largely due to the success of the lead single, "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" which reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart and No. 11 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 1985. In 2020, The Guardian ranked the song No. 5 in their list of "The 100 Greatest UK No. 1s" and Classic Pop ranked it No. 1 in their 2021 list of "Top 40 Stock Aitken Waterman songs". The album also contained three other UK Top 30 hits and was certified Gold by both the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The band's third album, Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know, was released in 1986, scoring several further hit singles including "Brand New Lover" which peaked at No. 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and spent two weeks at No. 1 on the American dance chart in addition to "Something in My House" which peaked at No. 12 on the UK singles chart and No. 3 on the American dance chart. In 1987, a greatest hits album was released entitled Rip It Up containing singles from their two prior albums and the following year, Nude was released with singles "Turn Around and Count 2 Ten" and "Come Home with Me Baby" being massive chart successes, especially in America and Japan.Burns continued to achieve further celebrity status in the British media following his appearance on Celebrity Big Brother 4, in which Burns received attention for his verbal tirades against housemates Jodie Marsh and Traci Bingham. He finished in fifth place on the finale, receiving 13.6% of the vote, and appeared on further television reality shows, including as a presenter. Burns was noted for his deep baritone voice as well as for his flamboyant dress style and androgynous gender bender appearance. Burns was an advocate for the LGBT community and has been recognised as a gay icon. Burns was also regularly the subject of tabloid speculation over his appearance which was greatly modified by cosmetic surgery that eventually bankrupted him and caused severe and fatal health problems.

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