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Captain Sensible

An eccentric character, Raymond Burns aka Captain Sensible (born in London in 1954) won his first stripes with The Damned, a punk precursor band of which he was bassist, before going solo. He first took part in Johnny Moped's cult single "Jet Boy, Jet Girl" (1978), before completely emancipating himself with Women And Captain First (1982), which brought him his two biggest hits: "Wot", ranked No. 3 in the U.K. and acclaimed in France thanks to its offbeat video, and a cover of the standard "Happy Talk", No. 1 on the U.K. charts. As well as taking part in successive reformations o...