Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The biggest challenge was being separated from OMD co-founder Paul Humphreys, who was on lockdown in France. "I found myself in ...

THE REASON: Hysterical at every level. Like John the Baptist but cleaner and maybe funnier, polymath John Hughes prepared preteens buying Mr. Mister and Starship records for the Good News of college ...

In 1986, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), formed in England, scored their biggest success in the U.S., with their pop-synth classic, “If You Leave.” Written by key members of the influential ...

It’s far and few the number of times a song can define a generation — and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark’s ‘If You Leave” did just that. From the brilliant mind of Chicago’s very own, John Hughes, ...

The British duo, whose song "If You Leave" will forever be linked to John Hughes' seminal teen film Pretty In Pink, began making music when the... OMD: New-Wavers Look Backward To Go Forward The ...