Dire Straits is an English rock band formed in 1976 by Mark Knopfler (guitar and vocals), David Knopfler (guitar), John Ilsley (guitar) and Pick Withers (drums).
The band's line-up changed over the years, but one constant was Mark Knopfler, who wrote most of the band's songs. (The best-of album Sultans of Swing contains only two songs not credited to Knopfler alone: "Money For Nothing", which he co-wrote with Sting, and "Tunnel of Love", which contains an instrumental section based on music from Carousel but is otherwise all Knopfler's own work.)
Discography
- Dire Straits (1978 in music)
- Communiqué (1979 in music)
- Making Movies (1980 in music)
- Love Over Gold[?] (1982 in music)
- Alchemy, live, (1984 in music)
- Brothers in Arms (1985 in music)
- Money for Nothing, a compilation, (1988 in music)
- On Every Street (1991 in music)
- On The Night, live, (1993 in music)
- Live at the BBC, live, (1995 in music)
- Sultans of Swing: The Best of Dire Straits, a compilation
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