Happy birthday to Vincent John Martin. Who?! Vince Clarke, of course! Born 3rd July 1960.
Here's a rapid fire trawl through the video archives, with ten songs from a day job that's now in it's fifth decade. And a rare headline photo of Vince smiling! Just don't expect the same from the following videos...
This selection features of the greatest pop songs of all time, collaborations with Feargal Sharkey, Paul Quinn, Paul Hartnoll and a reunion with Martin Gore, plus stone cold classics from Yazoo and Erasure and a single from Songs Of Silence, Vince's solo album from last year. And, coming full circle, things start and end with Depeche Mode.
Have a good one, Vince!
1) Just Can't Get Enough (Swap Shop, BBC1 TV): Depeche Mode (1981)
2) Don't Go (uncredited TV performance): Yazoo (1982)
3) Never Never (Extended Version): The Assembly (1983)
4) One Day (Official Video): Vince Clarke / Paul Quinn (1985)
5) Ship Of Fools (Official Video): Erasure (1988)
6) Lowly (Official Video): VCMG (2012)
7) Better Have A Drink To Think (Official Video): Clarke : Hartnoll (2016)
8) White Rabbit (Official Video): Vince Clarke (2023)
9) Ship Of Fools (TopPop, Dutch TV): Erasure (1986)
10) Photographic (Something Else, BBC2 TV): Depeche Mode (1981)
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