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Christopher Anton Rea was an English-Irish rock and blues singer-songwriter, guitarist and record producer. He was known for his distinctive gravelly voice, slide guitar playing and music style blendi
Rea performing in the 1980s
Rea in 1978
Rea playing his Fender Stratocaster "Pinky" at the Congress Hall in Warsaw, 2012
Rea playing his Italia Maranello "Bluey" at the Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam, 2010
On the Beach is the eighth studio album by British singer-songwriter Chris Rea, released in April 1986, and built on the success of the preceding Shamrock Diaries. It reached No. 11 on the UK Albums C
Chris Rea
…success with Water Sign (1983) and Wired to the Moon (1984), his commercial breakthrough came with Shamrock Diaries (1985), followed by platinum-sellers On the Beach (1986) and Dancing with Strangers (1987). Two of his million-selling albums topped the UK Albums Chart: The Road to Hell in 1989 and its successor…
On The Beach