There are some ’80s music connections that make you stop and say, “Wait, what?” Jim Kerr, the unmistakable frontman of Simple Minds, sang backup on Peter Gabriel’s “In Your Eyes,” the song that would ...

That’s what makes the Jim Kerr connection so delightful all these years later. Two of the most recognizable sounds of the ’80s—Simple Minds and Peter Gabriel—were quietly connected on the recording of ...