SONG OF THE DAY: Godley and Creme "CRY"

 





                     


FROM WIKIPEDIA: Godley & Creme were an English rock duo composed of Kevin Godley and Lol Creme. The pair began releasing albums as a duo after splitting from the rock band 10cc. In 1979 they directed their first music video for the single "An Englishman in New York". After this, they became involved in the production of videos for such artists as Ultravox, The Police, Yes, Duran Duran, Frankie Goes to Hollywood and Wang Chung, as well as directing the ground-breaking video for their 1985 single "Cry".



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