Musician Sting on how The Police created Number 1 hit Roxanne

In today's episode of 15 Minutes of Fame, Barnaby reads an extract where The Police frontman Sting discusses how the band went from writing hit song Roxanne, to playing it to their manager, getting signed to a big record label then finally hearing it on the radio.Buy a copy of Broken Music by Sting here: https://amzn.to/38HXqcBIf you like what you hear please click the subscribe button, send us any thoughts or questions you have in the comments section and rate the podcast out of 5 stars. Thanks so much for listening!Follow Almost Famous on:Twitter: @podalmostfamousInstagram: almostfamousthepodcastMore info at www.almostfamousthepodcast.comEnquiries: [email protected] to Barnaby's other podcast It's Your FuneralLink: https://bit.ly/34JPC77 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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