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Teddy
Kate's nickname for John Barrett. The nickname arose from the prevalence of "Johns" and "Jons" in the studio; Never For Ever co-producer Jon Kelly was dubbed "Andy Pandy," Barrett was "Teddy," and Kate herself was "Loopy Lou." All three names come from the British children's television show Andy Pandy. Barrett is mentioned by this name in the song Moments Of Pleasure.
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Tench, Brian
Engineer and mixing on the album Hounds Of Love. His voice can be heard among those exhorting Kate to "wake up" in The Ninth Wave.
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Them Heavy People
A song on the album The Kick Inside. Them Heavy People was released as Kate's second single in the United States and Japan, rather than her preferred choice of The Man With The Child In His Eyes.
This song is also listed in the Discography section.
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There Goes A Tenner
A song on the album The Dreaming.
This song is also listed in the Discography section.
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This Woman's Work (collection)
A boxed set released in 1990, consisting of all of Kate's albums from The Kick Inside to The Sensual World, plus two additional discs of singles, b-sides, and rarities.
This collection is also listed in the Discography section.
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This Woman's Work (song)
A song originally composed for the soundtrack of the film She's Having A Baby, and included on the album The Sensual World.
This song is also listed in the Discography section.
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Thompson, Danny
A bass player with one of the most interesting resumes in music. After playing with influential British jazz bandleader Alexis Korner, Thompson went on to found the folk-jazz group Pentangle, and has played with Cliff Richard, Rod Stewart, Donovan, David Sylvian, The Incredible String Band, and Roy Orbison. Thompson plays string bass on the song Pull Out The Pin, and double bass on the song Watching You Without Me.
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Thornton, Richard
Choirboy on the song All The Love.
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Top Of The City
A song on the album The Red Shoes.
This song is also listed in the Discography section.
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Tour Of Life, The
The only live concert tour by Kate Bush, running from 3 April to 14 May 1979 with dates in England, Scotland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Holland and France. The penultimate show of the tour, at the Hammersmith Odeon in London, was recorded for video release. The backing band consisted of Paddy Bush on mandolin and backing vocals, Del Palmer on bass, Brian Bath on rhythm guitar, Alan Murphy on lead guitar, Kevin McAlea on keyboards and saxophone, Ben Barson on keyboards, Preston Heyman on drums, and a variety of additional performers.
The dates of the tour were:
2 April Poole Arts Centre, Dorset, England
(a pre-tour runthough which ended tragically)
3 April Liverpool Empire, Liverpool, England
4-5 April Birmingham Hippodrome, Birmingham, England
6 April Oxford New Theatre, Oxford, England
7 April Southampton Gaumont, Southampton, England
9 April Bristol Hippodrome, Bristol, England
10-11 April Manchester Apollo Theatre, Manchester, England
12 April Sunderland Empire, Sunderland, England
13 April Edinburgh Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland
16-20 April London Palladium, London, England
24 April Stockholm Concert House, Stockholm, Sweden
26 April Copenhagen Falkoneer Theatre, Copenhagen, Denmark
28 April Hamburg Congress Centrum, Hamburg, Germany
29 April Amsterdam Carre Theatre, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2 May Stuttgart Leiderhalle, Stuttgart, Germany
3 May Munich Circus Krone, Munich, Germany
4 May Cologne Guerzerich, Cologne, Germany
6 May Paris Theatre Des Champs Elysees, Paris, France
8 May Mannheim Rosengarten, Mannheim, Germany
10 May Frankfurt Jahunderthalle, Frankfurt, Germany
12 May Hammersmith Odeon, London
(the Bill Duffield memorial concert)
13 May Hammersmith Odeon, London (videotaped)
14 May Hammersmith Odeon, London
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Townhouse Studios
A London recording studio which was the site of some recording for the album The Dreaming.
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Townshend, Pete
(b. Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend, 19 May 1945) Leader of the rock group The Who. Townshend joined Kate in providing backing vocals for the Leslie Duncan song Sing Children Sing, but both made their contributions in the studio and may never have met. The two certainly did meet when Townshend played guitar in the all-star backing band for Kate's performance of the song The Wedding List at the Prince's Trust Rock Gala concert.
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Trench, Fiachra
Arranged and conducted strings for the song Mna Na h-Eireann, performed by the Irish Studio Orchestra.
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Trio Bulgarka, The
A trio of singers -- Yanka Rupkhina, Eva Georgieva, Stoyanka Boneva -- from the Sophia region of Bulgaria. The Trio Bulgarka contribute their diaphonic harmonies to the songs Deeper Understanding, Never Be Mine, Rocket's Tail, The Song Of Solomon, You're The One, and Why Should I Love You?
"They work so hard! When we went out there we worked from 9 in the morning to 11 at night. They'll sing all day and always stand in the same order. You'd think that the soloist would stand in the middle, but she stands at one end. They run Yanka, Eva, Stoyanka -- and it spells 'yes'..."
Kate Bush
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Tube, The
For the 100th edition of this music program in March 1986, Kate contributed a live version of the song Under The Ivy, recorded at Abbey Road Studios.
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Tupan
An instrument played by Paddy Bush in the song Deeper Understanding.
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Two Rooms
A 1991 tribute album to the songs of composer Elton John and lyricist Bernie Taupin, featuring cover versions by artists including Eric Clapton, The Who, The Beach Boys, Sinead O'Connor, and Phil Collins. Kate contributes her version of the song Rocket Man. She also recorded a version of the song Candle In The Wind, which was released as the b-side of the Rocket Man single, but strangely enough no version of that song -- by Kate or anyone else -- is included on the album.