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When did Yazoo start making music?

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Yazoo's first song “In My Room” released in 1982.


Yazoo were a synthpop duo formed by producer Vince Clarke and contralto Alison Moyet. (In North America they were known as Yaz, due to a name conflict with Yazoo Records.)

Clarke had been the initial keyboardist and primary songwriter for Depeche Mode. He left the band in November 1981, a month after the release of their debut album Speak &... Read More
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