Tulane went on to be an actor under the name Dikran Tulaine. This six-piece line-up lasted until part-way through 1977, when Graham McPherson (better known as Suggs) took over the lead vocals after seeing the band perform in a friend's garden. Later in the year, they were joined by lead vocalist Dikran Tulaine. They later recruited John Hasler on drums and Cathal Smyth (better known as Chas Smash) on bass guitar. The core of the band formed as the North London Invaders in 1976, and included Mike Barson (Monsieur Barso) on keyboards and vocals, Chris Foreman (Chrissy Boy) on guitar and Lee Thompson (Kix) on saxophone and vocals. 1.6 2004–2010: The Dangermen and The Liberty of Norton Folgate.1.5 1992–2003: Reunion and Our House musical.
In 2000, the band received the Ivor Novello Award from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors for Outstanding Song Collection. " Our House" was their biggest US hit, reaching number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100. Madness have had 15 singles reach the UK top ten, including " One Step Beyond", " Baggy Trousers" and " It Must Be Love", one UK number-one single " House of Fun" and two number ones in Ireland, "House of Fun" and " Wings of a Dove". ( UB40 shared the same number of weeks, the largest for any British group in the decade, but over a longer period.) Madness's most successful period was from 1980 to 1986, when the band's songs spent a total of 214 weeks on the UK Singles Chart. One of the most prominent bands of the late 1970s and early 1980s two-tone ska revival, they continue to perform with six of the seven members of their original line-up. Madness are an English ska band from Camden Town, North London, who formed in 1976.
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