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The biggest UK teen sensation since the
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Beatles, Take That sent squeals across the
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land in the early 1990s, putting the likes of
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Bros and A-ha to shame. Led by ruddy-
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cheeked Gary Barlow, they pretty much
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coined the term ΓÇ£boybandΓÇ¥ and set an all-
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singinΓÇÖ, all-dancinΓÇÖ standard that would be
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followed worldwide by such lesser acts as
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Westlife and *NSYNC.
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Barlow, Mark Owen and Robbie Williams
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started performing as the Cutest Rush, before
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breakdancing champs Jason Orange and
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Howard Donald augmented the trio. Their first
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chart hit as Take That was It Only Takes a
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Minute in 1992, and by the end of that year
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they had won seven gongs at the Smash Hits
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Awards. They reached the top of the singles
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and album charts in 1993, but despite
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continuing success and a series of UK No1
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hits through 1994 into 1995, Robbie
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announced his ambitions to pursue a solo
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career and left in the middle of the year.
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Their popularity now being challenged by
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guitar-driven Britpop groups, the band finally
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threw in the sweaty towel in February 1996.
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Gary BarlowΓÇÖs debut solo single was held off
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the No1 spot by the Spice Girls, who were
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being touted as the female Take That.