. "In 1985, The Dream Academy reached the U.K. and U.S. charts with Life in a Northern Town, a song written for and dedicated to Drake.[4] By the early 1990s, he had come to represent a certain type of 'doomed romantic' musician in the UK music press, and was frequently cited by artists including Kate Bush, Paul Weller, and The Black Crowes.[5] Drake's first biography was written in 1997, and was f" . . . .