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After performing for a time, including with the Clash, Dammers founded his own label, 2-Tone Records, and released "Gangsters", a Top Ten hit in 1979 (See 1979 in music). The band had begun wearing two-toned mod-style tonic suits, along with other late 60s teen fashion. Their debut LP was SpecialsSpecials is the debut album by the UK Ska band, The Specials. Released in 1979, on the 2-Tone label, the album is seen by some as the defining moment in the UK Ska scene. Produced by Elvis Costello the album captures brilliantly the disaffection and anger, producedIn the music industry, record producer designates a person responsible for completing a master recording so that it is fit for release. In earlier days, record producers bore the title of A&R men for Artists and Repertory which gives a clearer picture of by Elvis CostelloDeclan Patrick Aloysius McManus (born August 25, 1954), better known as Elvis Costello is a popular British musician, singer, and songwriter of Irish descent. He was an early participant in London's pub rock scene in the mid- 1970s, and later became assoc. "Too Much Too Young" was a #1 hit in spite of a ban by the BBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation BBC is primarily a national publicly-funded broadcaster based in the United Kingdom, which also has some international services. Some of the international services (such as BBC cable TV in America, Canada and elsewhere due to the song's lyrics, which promoted contraception. More SpecialsMore Specials is a September 1980 (see 1980 in music) album from the ska punk band The Specials. The album was the band's second, after Specials and expanded the group's ska punk sound to include lounge music and other influences. It includes collaboratio was not as popular as previous recordings, and 2-Tone was having trouble as well. In 1981Events January-February January Sarawak Chamber found January 1 Greece enters the EEC January 1 Palau becomes self-governing January 4 Sheffield police arrests Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper January 16 Protestant gunmen shoot and wound Bernadette D, they released "Ghost Town", another #1 hit (see 1981 in musicSee also 1980 in music, other events of 1981, 1982 in music, 1980s in music and the list of 'years in music' Events January 10 Revival of the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta The Pirates of Penzance opens at Broadway's Uris Theatre, starring Linda Ronstadt a). Staples, Golding and Hall departed, and Dammers added Stan Campbell and began working under the name Special A.K.A.. The result, In the Studio , was regarded by many as a failure, though "Racist Friend" and "Free Nelson Mandela" were hits. Dammers then dissolved the group and pursued activism.