2 October 2026
The former The Police voice/bassist/songwriter STING was
born Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner on 2 October 1951.
Happy 75!
With The Police (1977–1984 and a reunion in 2007-2008) he recorded/released
5 LPs, and solo he added 15 albums. He has sold a combined total of more than
100 million records.
He also played in several movies and lots of TV Shows.
THE POLICE
SOLO
Significant longplayers from the past
15 October 2025
Legendary trio THE POLICE (1977–1984, 1986, 2007–2008) topped released their
3rd LP ZENYATTA MONDATTA this day 45 years ago? ON 15 October 1980.
Rolling Stone said: “A near-perfect pop by a band that bends
all the rules and sometimes makes musical mountains out of
molehill-size ideas.”
Stewart Copeland (drummer) about the album’s title: “It’s not an attempt to be mysterious, just syllables that sound good together, like the sound of a melody that has no words at all has a meaning.
Miles (Stewart Copeland’s brother and group manager) came up with “Trimondo Blondomina”. Very subtle. Geddit? Like three blondes and the world. Then somebody thought of “Caprido Von Renislam”. That rolls off the tongue. It was the address of the studio in the Netherlands.
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SINGLE
More than 270 million
streams on Spotify
ALBUM
Top singles from the past…
19 September 2025
Legendary trio THE POLICE (1977–1984, 1986, 2007–2008) released their hit single
DON’T STAND SO CLOSE TO ME’ on 19 September 1980, today 45 years ago.
It topped the UK Charts and was the best-selling
single that year. In the US it peaked at #9.
It featured on their 3rd LP
Zenyatta Mondatta.
The song deals with the mixed feelings of lust, fear and guilt that a schoolteacher
has for a student and the fallout when the inappropriate relationship is discovered
by other adults.
Great concert posters from the past
THE POLICE
THE CRAMPS
Emilia, Italy
3 April 1980
Never saw a human fly walking on the moon.
8 February 2025
“For all their unanimity of image – three good-looking blonde lads, a strong Breton shirt/suit jacket game – very quickly, their distinct characters emerge in print. Stewart Copeland, a garrulous American whose glib and cynical wit is clearly a gift to anyone holding a tape recorder.
Andy Summers, a laconic older statesman whose wisdom encourages him to keep his own counsel, wryly teasing those he meets. And then there’s Sting, who has simply never encountered a moment’s self-doubt about his ability to do anything.
– 1978 –
The music which has brought him there is among the most commercially successful
of its era, and on the following pages we have reviewed each of the albums in depth to follow its development.
They would make bigger albums with more instantly-recognisable hit singles, but it’s hard to argue that it ever got better than the second album Reggatta de Blanc. The title punned on their white reggae mode, but on the record they extended far beyond that joky remit.”
Sting (now 73) in an interview with English music magazine Melody Maker in 1979: “I don’t take drugs. I don’t even smoke dope. I don’t mean to sound boring but I don’t have any habits that vast amounts of money will exaggerate. I know I’m arrogant. But it’s largely a professional arrogance. It’s a useful tool for me. If I wasn’t arrogant, I wouldn’t be as successful as I am.”
All you need to know about The Police is here, in this ultimate guide.
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– 1983 –
Top singles from the past
4 November 2024
Today 45 years ago, THE POLICE topped the UK Singles Chart with
WALKING ON THE MOON (almost 155 million streams on Spotify).
It was the British trio’s second No. 1 hit in their home country, written
by Sting and taken from their 2nd album Reggatta De Blanc
Sting later revealed in an interview when and how he wrote the song: “I was drunk in a hotel room in Munich, slumped on the bed with the whirling pit when this riff came into my head. I got up and started walking around the room, singing ‘Walking round the room, ya, ya, walking round the room’. That was all. In the cool light of morning I remembered what had happened and I wrote the riff down. But ‘Walking Round the Room’ was a stupid title so I thought of something even more stupid which was ‘Walking on the Moon’.”
Watch the 45-year-old clip right here.
13 October 2024
Band: U2
Album: UNFORGETTABLE FIRE
Their 4th longplayer.
No 1 in the UK this day 40 years ago.
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Band: THE POLICE
Album: REGGATTA DE BLANC
Their 2nd LP.
No 1 in the UK this day 45 years ago.
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Band: THE ROLLING STONES
Album: GOATS HEAD SOUP
Their 11th one.
No. 1 in the US this day in 1973.
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Top singles from the past
29 September 2024
British pop/rock legends THE POLICE scored their first UK No. 1 single
with MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE on 29 September 1979, today 45 years ago.
It appeared on their 2nd LP Regatta De Blanc.
The song was written by Sting, about a castaway on an island, who sends out
a message in a bottle to seek love. A year later, he sees ‘a hundred billion bottles‘
on the shore, finding out that he’s not the only one who’s alone.
SOS!
Top singles from the past
6 June 2024
World-famous trio THE POLICE had one of their biggest hits – #1 in the US, UK and Canada – with EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE. It topped the US Single Charts 41 years ago today, on 4 June 1983. It also hit #1 in the UK and Canada. It was from their fifth and final LP Synchronicity.
Video: It was directed by Godley & Creme (from 10CC) with reference to Albian artist
Gjon Mili‘s 1944 short film Jammin’ The Blues. The clip shows the band, accompanied
by a pianist and string section, performing the song in a darkened ballroom as a man washes the floor-to-ceiling window behind them. Sting plays an upright bass.
THE POLICE: Story
VERTIGO by U2
No 1 in the UK on 14 November 2004
EVERY LITTLE THING SHE DOES IS MAGIC by THE POLICE
No 1 in the UK on 14 November 1981
SUGAR SUGAR by THE ARCHIES
No 1 in the UK on 14 November 1969
GEORGIA ON MY MIND by RAY CHARLES
No 1 in the US on 14 November 1960
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