UK Singles Chart

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33 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:

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The Rezillos
Wiki UK punk rock and new wave band from Edinburgh, Scotland, formed in 1976 and disbanded in 1979 when the group evolved into The Revillos, reformed in 2001 and revived their original name
Jo Callis 02 May 1951 – Living
Fay Fife 26 Feb 1957 – Living
Hi-Fi Harris no info available
Angel Paterson 26 Feb 19?? – Living
Eugene Reynolds 14 Mar 19?? – Living
Dr. D.K. Smythe no info available
Simon Templar no info available
12/08/1978 Top of the Pops #17
25/11/1978 Destination Venus #43
18/08/1979 I Wanna be Your Man / I Can't Stand My Baby #71
NB: Although William Mysterious (aka Alastair Donaldson, 1955–2013) largely featured on the accompanying album, Templar played bass on the recording session for single Top of the Pops.

 

It's always hilarious to find out what punk rockers do when they outgrow it. 

 

Wikipedia was a great starting point for this lot. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rezillos#:~:text=Mark Sinclair "Hi Fi" Harris,career as a research geologist.

 

Mark Sinclair "Hi-Fi" Harris - trained as an architect after leaving the band. According to the Register of Architects, Mark Sinclair Harris works for Donald Insall Associates: http://architects-register.org.uk/architect/051397K He has his own page here, complete with photo: 

https://www.donaldinsallassociates.co.uk/people/mark-harris/ I can't definitively find a picture of "Hi-Fi" to confirm but it all seems to check out. DoB eluding me, however.

 

David "Dr D.K." Smythe - returned to his career as a research geologist. He is an emeritus professor at the University of Glasgow and a vocal opponent of fracking (yay!). I was a little concerned this was too straightforward but on his homepage: https://www.davidsmythe.org/ he has a link to personal info where he confirms he is often asked why he left The Rezillos! He also, helpfully, has a family history page, where he says he was born in 1947.

 

Simon Bloomfield (a.k.a. Simon Templar) - pursued a career in sociology. Not as much found looking him up, but on Google Images, I found these images very close together:

                                                                                   

 

Surely it isn't just me who sees the resemblance? Bizarrely, I've eventually located the photo on the right to a Twitter account set up last year, which has had absolutely no activity whatsoever. Further investigation reveals this video on YouTube of him performing alongside Swedish singer Thomaz in 2013 (this collaboration is mentioned on Wikipedia). Can't quite decide if the guy in the video could turn into the guy on Twitter in 6 years? That's about all I've been able to find on him thus far, but that was fun!

 

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9 minutes ago, RoverAndOut said:

 

It's always hilarious to find out what punk rockers do when they outgrow it. 

 

Wikipedia was a great starting point for this lot. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rezillos#:~:text=Mark Sinclair "Hi Fi" Harris,career as a research geologist.

 

Mark Sinclair "Hi-Fi" Harris - trained as an architect after leaving the band. According to the Register of Architects, Mark Sinclair Harris works for Donald Insall Associates: http://architects-register.org.uk/architect/051397K He has his own page here, complete with photo: 

https://www.donaldinsallassociates.co.uk/people/mark-harris/ I can't definitively find a picture of "Hi-Fi" to confirm but it all seems to check out. DoB eluding me, however.

 

David "Dr D.K." Smythe - returned to his career as a research geologist. He is an emeritus professor at the University of Glasgow and a vocal opponent of fracking (yay!). I was a little concerned this was too straightforward but on his homepage: https://www.davidsmythe.org/ he has a link to personal info where he confirms he is often asked why he left The Rezillos! He also, helpfully, has a family history page, where he says he was born in 1947.

 

Simon Bloomfield (a.k.a. Simon Templar) - pursued a career in sociology. Not as much found looking him up, but on Google Images, I found these images very close together:

                                                                                   

Surely it isn't just me who sees the resemblance? Bizarrely, I've eventually located the photo on the right to a Twitter account set up last year, which has had absolutely no activity whatsoever. Further investigation reveals this video on YouTube of him performing alongside Swedish singer Thomaz in 2013 (this collaboration is mentioned on Wikipedia). Can't quite decide if the guy in the video could turn into the guy on Twitter in 6 years? That's about all I've been able to find on him thus far, but that was fun!

 

Yeah I agree, even somewhat embarrassing in certain instances but at least all these guys went on to have respectable careers! Better than a heroin overdose I suppose.

Harris – certainly wasn't born in Scotland as I've checked the records there. Nothing coming up on Ancestry or the GRO. Grrr researching these things would be 10x easier if the English/Welsh records had middle names like the Scottish ones!

Smythe – cheers, added!

Bloomfield – I see the resemblance. Likely our guy. I think I saw an interview with him somewhere so he hasn't fallen off the earth. Sadly can't seem to narrow down where he's from otherwise I'd be able to pinpoint him in the GRO.

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I've seen The Rezillos in recent years opening for The Stranglers.

[YoungWillz 18,957]

Renaissance.

 

Terry Sullivan's FB page: https://www.facebook.com/Terrencesullivanmusician/ Interesting he uses two Rs in the page but only one for his name!

 

Allegedly this I a link to his wife's page, but I can't access as not on FB: https://www.facebook.com/christine.sullivan.1466 and it may not exist.

 

Terry and Christine were married on 9 January 1971 according to a post on his FB - where I don't know and do I know her maiden name? Nup. But how many Terence Sullivans were married in the UK on that day?

 

Finally, Renaissance page: https://www.facebook.com/pg/RenaissanceTouring/

 

 

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6 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

Terry and Christine were married on 9 January 1971 according to a post on his FB - where I don't know and do I know her maiden name? Nup. But how many Terence Sullivans were married in the UK on that day?

 

 

FreeBMD is your friend.  Only one Terence Sullivan marriage in the first quarter of 1971.

 

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42 minutes ago, Toast said:

 

FreeBMD is your friend.  Only one Terence Sullivan marriage in the first quarter of 1971.

 

Cheers! Possible for someone to extrapolate that into a dob for Terry?

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1 hour ago, YoungWillz said:

Cheers! Possible for someone to extrapolate that into a dob for Terry?

Sadly can't locate them in the Electoral Register (possible they're not on it).

Terence J Sullivan – there are none born between 1939 and 1951. Then, like buses, six come along at once (between 1952 and 1955). 4 from London, one from Cheltenham, one from Brighton.

Seems likely he is one of them. I'm looking at pictures. He does look to be between 22 and 26 years old at the time of their hit I would say? And it's believable that he's a bit younger than the rest of the band.

I've put it as "1950s – Living" for now.

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11 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Sadly can't locate them in the Electoral Register (possible they're not on it).

Terence J Sullivan – there are none born between 1939 and 1951. Then, like buses, six come along at once (between 1952 and 1955). 4 from London, one from Cheltenham, one from Brighton.

Seems likely he is one of them. I'm looking at pictures. He does look to be between 22 and 26 years old at the time of their hit I would say? And it's believable that he's a bit younger than the rest of the band.

I've put it as "1950s – Living" for now.

He's definitely from London: https://web.archive.org/web/20060219131904/http://www.tsullivan.net/index.php?a=bio

 

Odd - most sources say he joined Dry Ice in 1965 which at best would make him 13 on the basis of birth records, ha! His own archived website is a bit more generous with the late sixties vibe though. Acht, we are near.

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29 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

He's definitely from London: https://web.archive.org/web/20060219131904/http://www.tsullivan.net/index.php?a=bio

 

Odd - most sources say he joined Dry Ice in 1965 which at best would make him 13 on the basis of birth records, ha! His own archived website is a bit more generous with the late sixties vibe though. Acht, we are near.

Ah. I will scrub "1950s" then.

Another problem with birth records is that they didn't historically always record middle initials such as "J".

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19 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said:

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Tony Rees and the Cottagers c. 1947 – Living
Discogs UK singer and bass guitarist with backing group composed of supporters of Fulham F.C., released to coincide with the club's appearance in the 1974–75 FA Cup Final
10/05/1975 Viva El Fulham #46
NB: Can't find too much on Rees. Here's a clip of him singing the record in a pub in 2009. A newspaper cutting from September 1967 here gives his age as 20.

 

 

I guess you can't speculate too much, but the article with the news clip refers to him as 'Tony Reese (aka Rees)'. As you're probably already aware, there is only one Tony Reese born in the UK according to FreeBMD and, helpfully, right in your timeframe:

 

                                                                                    

 

A few more if you put Anthony Reese though, admittedly, but none in West London. His passing won't elude the club or the fan sites, though.

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34 minutes ago, RoverAndOut said:

 

I guess you can't speculate too much, but the article with the news clip refers to him as 'Tony Reese (aka Rees)'. As you're probably already aware, there is only one Tony Reese born in the UK according to FreeBMD and, helpfully, right in your timeframe:

 

                                                                                    

 

A few more if you put Anthony Reese though, admittedly, but none in West London. His passing won't elude the club or the fan sites, though.

Hmm cheers, will keep in mind.

Do we have anything to tie him to Penzance, Cornwall though?

On a personal note, who the bloody hell calls their son "Tony"? Honestly. You're holding a newborn baby boy in your arms and say "Yeah he's a Tony". Conjures images of a middle aged bloke at the pub slugging on a pint and munching on a pack of McCoys. 

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1 minute ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Hmm cheers, will keep in mind.

Do we have anything to tie him to Penzance, Cornwall though?

On a personal note, who the bloody hell calls their son "Tony"? Honestly. You're holding a newborn baby boy in your arms and say "Yeah he's a Tony". Conjures images of a middle aged bloke at the pub slugging on a pint and munching on a pack of McCoys. 

 

Don't have anything tying him to anywhere in all honesty! Long way from Fulham, but if he moved when he was young? Just threw it out there as a possibility, thought it was interesting that only one matched the criteria and it fit for the dates too.

 

Maybe it's something to do with nominative determinism - are you really surprised to discover that someone called Tony Rees recorded a novelty record to celebrate Fulham's 1975 FA Cup Final? 

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Brian Locking, Shadows, dead: https://www.granthamjournal.co.uk/news/grantham-musician-brian-licorice-locking-who-found-fame-with-the-shadows-has-died-9125699/

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I've reached 1960 in my chart music marathon (is it a marathon if you stop and start?). Anyway, since Ulitzer and co have put so much work into finding records, it feels a little pointless for me to continue Googling every act from now on. Here's what I found for the artists of all 1,064 songs from 1952-59. Not putting it in a spoiler because this thread already said fuck you to people trying to scroll.

 

 

 

Posthumous releases (3)

15/12/1944 Glenn Miller
17/06/1954 Danny Cedrone
03/02/1959 Ritchie Valens

 

 

 

Exact date of death (424)

16/03/1958 Charlie Kunz
03/02/1959 The Big Bopper
03/02/1959 Buddy Holly
07/10/1959 Mario Lanza
02/04/1960 Gene Alford
17/04/1960 Eddie Cochran
05/11/1960 Johnny Horton
25/02/1961 Lee Lawrence
17/06/1961 Harry Wilmot
30/08/1963 Axel Stordahl
29/10/1963 Michael Holliday
11/12/1964 Sam Cooke
15/02/1965 Nat "King" Cole
18/06/1965 George Melachrino
13/08/1965 Charles Fizer
08/10/1966 Johnny Kidd
26/10/1966 Alma Cogan
27/02/1968 Frankie Lymon
15/06/1968 Gary Miller
13/10/1968 Edric Connor
25/03/1969 Billy Cotton
22/06/1969 Judy Garland
26/03/1969 Dickie Pride
23/10/1969 Tommy Edwards
18/11/1969 Ted Heath
06/05/1971 Dickie Valentine
06/07/1971 Louis Armstrong
13/08/1971 King Curtis
12/10/1971 Gene Vincent
21/12/1971 Charlie Fuqua
16/01/1972 Ross Bagdasarian
13/06/1972 Clyde McPhatter
19/10/1972 David Hughes
02/05/1973 June Hutton
10/09/1973 Jim Mauzey
20/12/1973 Bobby Darin
02/01/1974 Tex Ritter
25/02/1974 Cyril Stapleton
03/03/1974 Barbara Ruick
24/05/1974 Duke Ellington
06/08/1974 Robert Rounseville
14/04/1975 Michael Flanders
18/05/1975 Leroy Anderson
29/10/1975 John Scott Trotter
05/02/1976 Rudy Pompilli
10/07/1976 Mike Pratt
26/02/1977 Sherman Garnes
30/06/1977 Bob Carey
16/08/1977 Elvis Presley
30/09/1977 Mary Ford
14/10/1977 Bing Crosby
23/01/1978 Vic Ames
02/03/1978 Johnny Wallace
23/05/1978 Reg Owen
14/07/1978 Lennie Hastings
07/08/1978 Eddie Calvert
24/08/1978 Louis Prima
05/09/1978 Joe Negroni
09/09/1979 Norrie Paramor
19/09/1979 Lou Busch
27/09/1979 Gracie Fields
07/01/1980 Larry Williams
15/01/1980 David Whitfield
06/03/1980 Bobby Jones
29/03/1980 Mantovani
16/04/1980 Morris Stoloff
22/04/1980 Jane Froman
04/05/1980 Joe Henderson
06/07/1980 Frank Cordell
24/07/1980 Peter Sellers
15/11/1980 Bill Lee
03/01/1981 David Lynch
09/01/1981 Cozy Cole
09/02/1981 Bill Haley
13/05/1981 Joan Weber
16/05/1981 A. E. Sims
11/07/1981 Steve Gauna
03/12/1981 Bob Morris
28/06/1982 Harry Mills
16/07/1982 Bill Justis
14/09/1982 Grace Kelly
28/01/1983 Billy Fury
28/02/1983 Winifred Atwell
03/04/1983 Danny Rapp
21/01/1984 Jackie Wilson
07/02/1984 Red Price
12/05/1984 Royston Smith
16/07/1984 Billy Williams
26/07/1984 Stanley Smith
13/09/1985 Muriel Smith
24/11/1985 Big Joe Turner
31/12/1985 Ricky Nelson
24/01/1986 Gordon MacRae
01/02/1986 Dick James
01/05/1986 Hugo Peretti
29/06/1986 Cliff Townshend
05/11/1986 Bobby Nunn
04/02/1987 Liberace
13/02/1987 Seymour Spiegelman
03/03/1987 Danny Kaye
10/04/1987 Mike Bermani
15/07/1987 Alfie Bass
08/09/1987 Bob Sharples
05/11/1987 Eamonn Andrews
07/02/1988 Ray Martin
18/02/1988 Billy Regis
09/04/1988 Brook Benton
08/08/1988 Harold Smith
09/10/1988 Cliff Gallup
09/10/1988 Jack Llewellyn
22/11/1988 Janet Ertel
17/01/1989 Patti McCabe
01/02/1989 Paul Robi
20/03/1989 Archie Bleyer
12/04/1989 Herbert Mills
20/04/1989 Barbara Macdonald
14/09/1989 Perez Prado
08/10/1989 Richard Dehr
24/02/1990 Johnnie Ray
26/02/1990 Cornell Gunter
03/04/1990 Sarah Vaughan
16/05/1990 Sammy Davis Jr.
02/06/1990 Ken Street
27/07/1990 Bobby Day
07/12/1990 Dee Clark
05/01/1991 Billie Anthony
22/03/1991 Dave Guard
08/07/1991 Geoff Love
04/08/1991 Jeri Southern
26/09/1991 Billy Vaughn
17/10/1991 Tennessee Ernie Ford
10/01/1992 Babette DeCastro
25/01/1992 Clarence Dixon
26/01/1992 José Ferrer
08/02/1992 Denny Wright
04/05/1992 Russ Conti
03/08/1992 Don Lang
14/08/1992 Tony Williams
08/03/1993 Billy Eckstine
19/04/1993 Steve Douglas
05/06/1993 Conway Twitty
11/06/1993 Bernard Bresslaw
19/06/1993 Tony Brent
30/09/1993 Ronnie Aldrich
26/03/1994 Stan Roderick
06/05/1994 Isaac Royal
15/05/1994 Frederik van Pallandt
06/07/1994 Cameron Mitchell
31/07/1994 Anne Shelton
06/08/1994 Domenico Modugno
27/10/1994 Donnie Owens
11/12/1994 Jimmy Troxel
09/06/1995 Frank Chacksfield
10/07/1995 Barbara Lyon
24/09/1995 Emyr Griffith
09/12/1995 Vivian Blaine
14/12/1995 Jimmy Holmes
25/12/1995 Dean Martin
15/01/1996 Les Baxter
17/01/1996 Harry Robertson
22/03/1996 Billy Williamson
15/06/1996 Ella Fitzgerald
26/10/1996 Leslie Fyson
17/12/1996 Ruby Murray
26/12/1996 Joe Valino
22/01/1997 Wally Whyton
20/03/1997 Marino Marini
26/04/1997 Gene Ames
01/05/1997 Ernie Field
19/06/1997 Bobby Helms
10/08/1997 Al Saxon
06/12/1997 George Chisholm
19/01/1998 Carl Perkins
23/02/1998 Marie Adams
24/02/1998 Martha Shepherd
14/04/1998 Dorothy Squires
14/05/1998 Frank Sinatra
07/06/1998 Wally Gold
10/06/1998 Johnny Johnston
22/06/1998 Benny Green
14/08/1998 Eve Boswell
10/01/1999 Sonny Forriest
15/01/1999 Marion Ryan
14/02/1999 Buddy Knox
07/03/1999 Marv Ingram
03/04/1999 Lionel Bart
13/04/1999 Anthony Newley
30/05/1999 Carl Weismann
05/06/1999 Harry Douglass
05/06/1999 Mel Tormé
01/07/1999 Guy Mitchell
23/07/1999 Max Smith
04/08/1999 Warren Covington
17/09/1999 Frankie Vaughan
19/09/1999 Ed Cobb
15/10/1999 Terry Gilkyson
18/10/1999 Tony Crombie
13/11/1999 Donald Mills
16/01/2000 Will "Dub" Jones
09/03/2000 Ivo Robić
18/05/2000 Julie Dawn
01/06/2000 Ralph Jones
15/07/2000 Johnny Duncan
16/08/2000 Alan Caddy
18/10/2000 Julie London
16/11/2000 Russ Conway
09/12/2000 Ray Burns
12/12/2000 Dotty Todd
23/12/2000 Jimmy Shand
31/12/2000 Edna Savage
21/02/2001 Ronnie Hilton
21/03/2001 Anthony Steel
28/03/2001 Moe Koffman
11/04/2001 Harry Secombe
24/04/2001 Al Hibbler
27/04/2001 Charlie Applewhite
10/05/2001 Bob Taylor
12/05/2001 Perry Como
19/05/2001 Mike Sammes
20/05/2001 Renato Carosone
22/10/2001 Cliff Adams
13/11/2001 Panama Francis
04/01/2002 Bill Savich
21/01/2002 Peggy Lee
16/02/2002 Billy Ward
27/02/2002 Spike Milligan
15/03/2002 Marshall Leib
15/04/2002 Dave King
02/06/2002 Boyd Bennett
29/06/2002 Rosemary Clooney
26/08/2002 Frankie Brent
03/11/2002 Lonnie Donegan
05/11/2002 Billy Guy
08/01/2003 Ron Goodwin
01/02/2003 Nancy Whiskey
08/03/2003 Adam Faith
12/03/2003 Jack Lerole
13/03/2003 Ian Samwell
05/09/2003 Gisele MacKenzie
16/09/2003 Sheb Wooley
19/09/2003 Slim Dusty
22/01/2004 Billy May
23/02/2004 Don Cornell
06/03/2004 Peggy DeCastro
09/03/2004 Ruby Wright
06/04/2004 Niki Sullivan
07/05/2004 Rudi Maugeri
09/06/2004 Ike Clanton
15/06/2004 Jimmy Arnold
18/08/2004 Elmer Bernstein
06/09/2004 Bill Courtney
22/10/2004 Bill Reed
25/01/2005 Ray Peterson
22/02/2005 Harry Simeone
22/05/2005 Thurl Ravenscroft
24/08/2005 Harold Kalin
22/11/2005 Ken Mackintosh
01/05/2006 Johnny Paris
22/05/2006 Jack Fallon
03/06/2006 Johnny Grande
21/06/2006 Herbert Kalin
20/08/2006 Carol Lindsey Young
21/08/2006 Don Storer
14/09/2006 Norman Brooks
17/09/2006 Al Casey
19/09/2006 Chuck Rio
16/10/2006 Lionel Mattice
09/12/2006 Georgia Gibbs
11/12/2006 Walter Ward
23/12/2006 Charlie Drake
06/02/2007 Frankie Laine
09/03/2007 George Sweetnam-Ford
19/03/2007 Johnny Martyn
30/04/2007 Zola Taylor
13/07/2007 Reg Weller
10/09/2007 Jane Wyman
10/10/2007 Art Todd
17/10/2007 Teresa Brewer
22/12/2007 Joe Ames
11/01/2008 Sue Singleton
20/01/2008 Tommy McQuater
10/02/2008 Freddie Bell
25/04/2008 Humphrey Lyttelton
28/05/2008 Jerry Cole
16/07/2008 Jo Stafford
03/08/2008 Erik Darling
14/08/2008 Lita Roza
01/10/2008 Nick Reynolds
11/10/2008 Russ Hamilton
25/12/2008 Eartha Kitt
07/03/2009 Jimmy Boyd
15/03/2009 Edmund Hockridge
25/04/2009 Jimmy McDaniels
19/06/2009 Gene Adkinson
10/07/2009 Judith Shepherd
12/08/2009 Les Paul
20/08/2009 Larry Knechtel
13/10/2009 Al Martino
21/10/2009 Clinton Ford
27/11/2009 Al Alberts
06/02/2010 Johnny Dankworth
09/02/2010 Malcolm Vaughan
14/03/2010 Cherie DeCastro
27/03/2010 Cyril Reuben
28/04/2010 Connie Codarini
18/07/2010 Bob Hamlin
31/07/2010 Mitch Miller
08/08/2010 Ted Kowalski
22/09/2010 Eddie Fisher
27/09/2010 Buddy Morrow
04/10/2010 Norman Wisdom
30/11/2010 Monty Sunshine
04/01/2011 Zeph Nkabinde
18/03/2011 Jet Harris
10/06/2011 Jerry Mayo
12/06/2011 Carl Gardner
20/06/2011 Ottilie Patterson
01/01/2012 Fred Milano
17/01/2012 Johnny Otis
20/04/2012 Bert Weedon
04/06/2012 Herb Reed
09/06/2012 Roy Ayres
12/07/2012 Dave Mahoney
27/07/2012 Tony Martin
31/08/2012 Max Bygraves
07/09/2012 Dottie McGuire
25/09/2012 Andy Williams
29/09/2012 Buddy Wheeler
06/12/2012 Harold Jackson
01/01/2013 Patti Page
27/01/2013 Lou Silvestri
04/02/2013 Pat Halcox
05/04/2013 Rosario Vaccaro
18/05/2013 Claramae Turner
25/05/2013 Marshal Lytle
03/06/2013 Jean-Louis Jaubert
19/06/2013 Slim Whitman
14/07/2013 Shirley "Shan" Palmer
10/08/2013 Eydie Gormé
12/09/2013 Joan Regan
17/09/2013 Marvin Rainwater
03/01/2014 Phil Everly
09/02/2014 Ronnie Milne
24/02/2014 Franny Beecher
07/03/2014 Joe Muddel
01/04/2014 Joe Frazier
31/05/2014 Dick Smith
01/07/2014 Buddy Bruce
23/07/2014 Adolph Jacobs
25/08/2014 Glen Mason
17/09/2014 George Hamilton IV
31/10/2014 Ian Fraser
14/11/2014 Glen A. Larson
14/11/2014 Cherry Wainer
07/02/2015 Joe Mauldin
08/02/2015 Sally Sweetland
07/03/2015 Jimmy Sacca
16/03/2015 Don Robertson
07/04/2015 Stan Freberg
13/04/2015 Ronnie Carroll
11/06/2015 Jim Ed Brown
14/07/2015 Dave Somerville
31/08/2015 Joy Beverley
03/12/2015 Desmond Lane
08/12/2015 Bonnie Lou
13/12/2015 Luigi Creatore
15/12/2015 Frank Miller
07/01/2016 Kitty Kallen
22/02/2016 Sonny James
10/03/2016 Gogi Grant
04/04/2016 Carlo Mastrangelo
11/04/2016 Emile Ford
12/05/2016 Julius La Rosa
28/05/2016 Floyd Robinson
16/07/2016 Bonnie Brown
27/07/2016 Pat Barrett
02/08/2016 Carmen Romano
03/11/2016 Kay Starr
04/11/2016 Rosemary June
07/11/2016 Jimmy Young
12/12/2016 Jim Lowe
28/12/2016 Debbie Reynolds
11/01/2017 Tommy Allsup
17/02/2017 David Yorko
06/03/2017 Vernon Nesbeth
18/03/2017 Chuck Berry
11/05/2017 Corki Casey O'Dell
13/05/2017 Earl Sinks
31/05/2017 Eddie Lewis
26/07/2017 Johnny Brandon
08/08/2017 Glen Campbell
20/08/2017 Jerry Lewis
24/10/2017 Fats Domino
11/02/2018 Vic Damone
04/04/2018 Don Cherry
20/04/2018 Artie Venosa
07/05/2018 Gayle Shepherd
06/06/2018 Teddy Johnson
06/07/2018 Vince Martin
08/07/2018 Tab Hunter
07/09/2018 Donald McGuire
20/10/2018 Alan Dean
28/10/2018 Babs Beverley
09/11/2018 Michael King
28/12/2018 Christine McGuire
04/01/2019 Diana Decker
21/01/2019 Maxine Brown
28/01/2019 Frank Busseri
16/02/2019 Ken Nordine
16/03/2019 David White
25/03/2019 Jimmy Parkinson
15/04/2019 Joe Terry
13/05/2019 Doris Day
12/07/2019 Dick Richards
12/12/2019 Jack Scott
26/01/2020 Bob Shane
06/02/2020 Lynn Evans
16/02/2020 Pearl Carr
26/02/2020 Michael Medwin
27/04/2020 Young Jessie
09/05/2020 Little Richard
25/05/2020 Al Rex
18/06/2020 Vera Lynn
28/09/2020 Jackie Dennis

 

 

 

Believed to be alive

1952: no survivors as of June 2020

 

1953 (3): Ray Anthony; Teddie Beverley; Joni James

1954 (8): Joey Ambrose; Petula Clark; Ronnie Harris; Suzi Miller; Margie Needham; John Perkins; Ray Perkins; Bernie Toorish

1955 (10): Joey Ambrose; Ed Ames; Tony Bennett; Pat Boone; Petula Clark; Phyllis McGuire; Bob Porter; Rusty Regan; Caterina Valente; Anne Warren

1956 (19): Joey Ambrose; Alan Arkin; Tony Bennett; Teddie Beverley; Wade Buff; Wally Fawkes; Dickie Harrell; Bill Hayes; Dick Hyman; Stephen James; Sheila Jones; Shirley Jones; Phyllis McGuire; Patience McIntyre; Prudence McIntyre; Jimmy Merchant; Herman Santiago; Tommy Steele; Mitchell Torok

1957 (25): Jerry Allison; Paul Anka; Alan Arkin; Shirley Bassey; Teddie Beverley; Petula Clark; Jim Dale; Terry Dene; Don Everly; Charlie Gracie; Leon Hughes; Shirley Jones; Anthony King; Denis King; Phil Levitt; Jerry Lee Lewis; Laurie London; Chas McDevitt; Patience McIntyre; Prudence McIntyre; Jimmie Rodgers; Mary Lou Shepherd; Tommy Steele; Mitchell Torok; Allan Wilmot

1958 (52): Gene Alden; Jerry Allison; Paul Anka; Frankie Avalon; Shirley Bassey; Harry Belafonte; Bruce Belland; Pat Boone; Dave Burgess; Carol Buschmann; Valerie Carr; Toni Cistone; Petula Clark; Carol Connors; Dash Crofts; Sonny Curtis; Jim Dale; Terry Dene; Robert Earl; Duane Eddy; Don Everly; Connie Francis; Charlie Gracie; Walter Hammond; Sheila Jones; Anthony King; Denis King; Melvin King; Elias Lerole; Jerry Lee Lewis; Robin Luke; Hank Marvin; Johnny Mathis; Phyllis McGuire; Norman Mitham; Jane Morgan; James Moschello; Margie Needham; Sandy Nelson; LaVerne Novak; Ken Pavey; Vito Picone; Cliff Richard; Jimmie Rodgers; Jodie Sands; Jim Seals; Terry Smart; Phil Spector; Tommy Steele; Frank Tardogno; Bruce Welch; Marty Wilde

1959 (55): Raymond S. Adams; Jerry Allison; Paul Anka; Frankie Avalon; Chris Barber; Teddie Beverley; Pat Boone; Freddy Cannon; Tony Carlucci; Clem Cattini; Gretchen Christopher; Toni Cistone; John Cuffley; Sonny Curtis; Angelo D'Aleo; Dion DiMucci; Craig Douglas; Robert Earl; Duane Eddy; Barbara Ellis; Paul Evans; Don Everly; Johnny Farina; Santo Farina; Connie Francis; Brian Gregg; Stonewall Jackson; Joni James; Sheila Jones; Jerry Keller; Jerry Lee Lewis; Wink Martindale; Hank Marvin; Johnny Mathis; Phyllis McGuire; David MacBeth; Elaine Murtagh; Valerie Murtagh; Sandy Nelson; LaVerne Novak; Bill Parsons; Mike Preston; Lloyd Price; Lenny Renda; Cliff Richard; Neil Sedaka; Terry Smart; Tommy Steele; Dave Sweetnam-Ford; Gary Troxel; Sammy Turner; Nina van Pallandt; Richard Wagner; Bruce Welch; Marty Wilde

[Ulitzer95 10,951]

On 29/02/2020 at 20:16, Ulitzer95 said:

The Shadows [see also Cliff Richard]
Wiki UK instrumental rock band from London, backing band for Cliff Richard between 1958 and 1968, originally called The Drifters but changed their name owing to the American group of the same name, fourth most successful act in UK chart history after Elvis Presley, The Beatles and Cliff himself, Jet Harris and Tony Meehan parted from the group and released records as a duo, the group would go on to represent the United Kingdom in the 1975 Eurovision Song Contest and place second, Bruce Welch and Brian Bennett both received an OBE in 2004, Jet Harris became an MBE in 2010, John Rostill died in November 1973 from an overdose which was ruled to be suicide, Tony Meehan died in November 2005 after falling down a flight of stairs at his London flat
Brian Bennett 09 Feb 1940 – Living
Jet Harris 06 Jul 1939 – 18 Mar 2011 (71) Guardian obit
Brian Locking 22 Dec 1938 – 08 Oct 2020 (81) Local obit
Hank Marvin 28 Oct 1941 – Living
Tony Meehan 02 Mar 1943 – 28 Nov 2005 (62) Guardian obit
John Rostill 16 Jun 1942 – 26 Nov 1973 (31) FindAGrave memorial
Ian Samwell 19 Jan 1937 – 13 Mar 2003 (66) Guardian obit
Terry Smart 1942 – Living
Bruce Welch 02 Nov 1941 – Living
19/09/1958 Move it #2 Released as Cliff Richard and The Drifters
21/11/1958 High Class Baby #7 Released as Cliff Richard and The Drifters
30/01/1959 Livin' Lovin' Doll #20 Released as Cliff Richard and The Drifters
08/05/1959 Mean Streak #10 Released as Cliff Richard and The Drifters
15/05/1959 Never Mind #21 B-side to Mean Streak / Released as Cliff Richard and The Drifters
10/07/1959 Living Doll #1 Released as Cliff Richard and The Drifters / Featured in the 1959 film Serious Charge
09/10/1959 Travellin' Light #1 Released as Cliff Richard and The Shadows
09/10/1959 Dynamite #16 B-side to Travellin' Light / Released as Cliff Richard and The Shadows
15/01/1960 Expresso Bongo EP #14 Released as Cliff Richard and The Shadows / Featured in the 1960 film Expresso Bongo
22/01/1960 A Voice in the Wilderness #2 Released as Cliff Richard and The Shadows / Featured in the 1960 film Expresso Bongo
24/03/1960 Fall in Love with You #2 Released as Cliff Richard and The Shadows
30/06/1960 Please Don't Tease #1 Released as Cliff Richard and The Shadows
21/07/1960 Apache #1
22/09/1960 Nine Times Out of Ten #3 Released as Cliff Richard and The Shadows
10/11/1960 Man of Mystery / The Stranger #5
01/12/1960 I Love You #1 Released as Cliff Richard and The Shadows
09/02/1961 F.B.I. #6
02/03/1961 Theme For a Dream #3 Released as Cliff Richard and The Shadows
30/03/1961 Gee Whiz It's You #4 Released as Cliff Richard and The Shadows
11/05/1961 Frightened City #3
22/06/1961 A Girl Like You #3 Released as Cliff Richard and The Shadows
07/09/1961 Kon-Tiki #1
16/11/1961 The Savage #10
11/01/1962 The Young Ones #1 Released as Cliff Richard and The Shadows / Featured in the 1961 film The Young Ones
01/03/1962 Wonderful Land #1
10/05/1962 I'm Lookin' Out the Window / Do You Want to Dance #2 A-side credited as Cliff Richard, B-side as Cliff Richard and The Shadows
02/08/1962 Guitar Tango #4
06/09/1962 It'll be Me #2 Released as Cliff Richard and The Shadows
06/12/1962 The Next Time / Bachelor Boy #1 Released as Cliff Richard and The Shadows / Featured in the 1962 film Summer Holiday
13/12/1962 Dance on! #1
21/02/1963 Summer Holiday #1 Released as Cliff Richard and The Shadows / Featured in the 1962 film Summer Holiday
07/03/1963 Foot Tapper #1
09/05/1963 Lucky Lips #4 Released as Cliff Richard and The Shadows
06/06/1963 Atlantis #2
19/09/1963 Shindig #6
07/11/1963 Don't Talk to Him #2 Released as Cliff Richard and The Shadows
05/12/1963 Geronimo #11
06/02/1964 I'm the Lonely One #8 Released as Cliff Richard and The Shadows
05/03/1964 Theme For Young Lovers #12
07/05/1964 The Rise and Fall of Flingel Bunt #5
02/07/1964 On the Beach #7 Released as Cliff Richard and The Shadows / Featured in the 1964 film Wonderful Life
03/09/1964 Rhythm and Greens #22
03/12/1964 Genie with the Light Brown Lamp #17
10/12/1964 I Could Easily Fall (in Love with You) #9 Released as Cliff Richard and The Shadows
11/02/1965 Mary Anne #17
10/06/1965 Stingray #19
05/08/1965 Don't Make My Baby Blue #10
19/08/1965 The Time in Between #22 Released as Cliff Richard and The Shadows
25/11/1965 The War Lord #18 Featured in the 1965 film The War Lord
17/03/1966 I Met a Girl #22
24/03/1966 Blue Turns to Grey #15 Released as Cliff Richard and The Shadows
07/07/1966 A Place in the Sun #24
13/10/1966 Time Drags by #10 Released as Cliff Richard and The Shadows
03/11/1966 The Dreams I Dream #42
15/12/1966 In the Country #6 Released as Cliff Richard and The Shadows
13/04/1967 Maroc 7 #24 Featured in the 1967 film Maroc 7
27/11/1968 Don't Forget to Catch Me #21 Released as Cliff Richard and The Shadows

Updated.

I'm a little anxious about Terry Smart dying off radar.

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Charlie Rich 14 Dec 1932 – 25 Jul 1995 (62) Independent obit
Wiki American country singer-songwriter, pianist and guitarist from Colt, Arkansas, nicknamed the Silver Fox, inducted into the Memphis Music Hall of Fame in 2015
16/02/1974 The Most Beautiful Girl #2
13/04/1974 Behind Closed Doors #16
01/02/1975 We Love Each Other #37

Rich Kids
Wiki UK new wave band from London, formed in 1977 and disbanded in 1979 with occasional reunions between 2010 and 2019, founded by bass guitarist Glen Matlock following his departure from punk rock band the Sex Pistols, frontman Midge Ure was also a member of Slik, Visage, Ultravox and briefly Thin Lizzy (touring only), he also enjoyed a successful solo career and co-wrote "Do They Know it's Christmas?" by Band Aid – in 2005 he was awarded an OBE, drummer Rusty Egan was also a member of Visage and Skids, guitarist Steve New was a cross-dresser and later went by the name of Stella Nova
Rusty Egan 19 Sep 1957 – Living
Glen Matlock 27 Aug 1956 – Living
Steve New 16 May 1960 – 24 May 2010 (50) Guardian obit
Midge Ure 10 Oct 1953 – Living
28/01/1978 Rich Kids #24

Cliff Richard 14 Oct 1940 – Living
Wiki UK singer, musician and actor, born in Lucknow, British India and raised in London, real name Harry Rodger Webb, has sold over 250 million records worldwide to date and 21 million singles in the UK alone, making him the 3rd best selling artist in Britain after The Beatles and Elvis Presley, closely associated with his backing group The Shadows (originally called The Drifters – not to be confused with the American group of the same name), initially marketed as a rebellious rock and roll singer but his image gradually softened and he later ventured into contemporary Christian music, awarded an OBE in 1980 and knighted in 1995
21/02/1970 The Joy of Living #25 Released as Cliff and Hank
06/06/1970 Goodbye Sam Hello Samantha #6
05/09/1970 I Ain't Got Time Anymore #21
23/01/1971 Sunny Honey Girl #19
10/04/1971 Silvery Rain #27
17/07/1971 Flying Machine #37
13/11/1971 Sing a Song of Freedom #13
11/03/1972 Jesus #35
26/08/1972 Living in Harmony #12
17/03/1973 Power to All Our Friends #4 The UK's entry for the 1973 Eurovision Song Contest (finished third)
12/05/1973 Help it Along / Tomorrow Rising #29
01/12/1973 Take Me High #27 Featured in the 1973 Cliff Richard film Take Me High
18/05/1974 (You Keep Me) Hangin' on #13
07/02/1976 Miss You Nights #15
08/05/1976 Devil Woman #9
21/08/1976 I Can't Ask For Anymore Than You #17
04/12/1976 Hey Mr. Dream Maker #31
05/03/1977 My Kinda Life #15
16/07/1977 When Two Worlds Drift Apart #46
31/03/1979 Green Light #57
21/07/1979 We Don't Talk Anymore #1
03/11/1979 Hot Shot #46

Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers
Wiki American rock band from Natick, Massachusetts, formed in 1970 and disbanded in 1988, frontman Jonathan Richman also had a successful solo career, drummer David Robinson was also a member of rock band The Cars and keyboardist Jerry Harrison was a member of rock band Talking Heads
Ernie Brooks 28 Sep 1949 – Living
Jerry Harrison 21 Feb 1949 – Living
Jonathan Richman 16 May 1951 – Living
David Robinson 02 Apr 1949 – Living
16/07/1977 Roadrunner #11
29/10/1977 Egyptian Reggae #5
21/01/1978 The Morning of Our Lives #29

The Righteous Brothers
Wiki American pop duo from Orange County, California, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003, Hatfield died in November 2003 from heart failure related to cocaine use
Bobby Hatfield 10 Aug 1940 – 05 Nov 2003 (63) Guardian obit
Bill Medley 19 Sep 1940 – Living
19/11/1977 You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' (2nd re-release) #42

The Rimshots
Wiki American funk and disco band, formed around 1971
Tommy Keith n/a – before 2004
Walter Morris 24 Jul 1948 – 24 Mar 2011 (62) Obit
Clarence Oliver 07 Jan 1954 – Living
Mozart Pierre-Louis 03 Feb 1949 – Living
Bernadette Randle 08 Jan 1947 – Jun 2016 (69) Obit
Jonathan Williams 29 Mar 1952 – Living
19/07/1975 7-6-5-4-3-2-1 (Blow Your Whistle) #26 Retitled cover of Get Up by Blue Mink

Miguel Rios 07 Jun 1944 – Living
Wiki Spanish pop and rock and roll singer, composer and actor from Granada
11/07/1970 A Song of Joy #16 Based on the last movement from Beethoven's Symphony No. 9

Minnie Riperton 08 Nov 1947 – 12 Jul 1979 (31) NY Times obit
Wiki American singer-songwriter from Chicago, Illinois, known for her five-octave soprano range, died in July 1979 after a three year battle with breast cancer
12/04/1975 Loving You #2

The Ritchie Family
Wiki American disco vocal trio from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, formed in 1975 and disbanded in 1984, assembled by French disco producer Jacques Morali (1947–1991) who also created Village People, Gwendolyn Oliver was married to Fred Wesley (b. 1943) who was a trombonist in Parliament-Funkadelic (see Funkadelic) and worked with James Brown
Theodosia "Dodie" Draher 13 Apr 1948 – Living
Ednah Holt 28 Mar 1948 – Living
Cheryl Mason Jacks 04 Sep 1948 – Living
Gwendolyn Oliver 21 Jul 1949 – 27 Nov 2020 (71) Local obit
Jacqui Smith-Lee 05 Aug 19?? – Living
Cassandra Ann Wooten 12 Nov 1949 – Living
23/08/1975 Brazil #41
18/09/1976 The Best Disco in Town #10
17/02/1979 American Generation #49

Austin Roberts 19 Sep 1945 – Living
Wiki American pop and country singer-songwriter from Newport News, Virginia, real name George Austin Robertson Jr.
25/10/1975 Rocky #22

BA Robertson 12 Sep 1956 – Living
Wiki UK singer-songwriter, keyboardist, producer and actor from Glasgow, Scotland, the "BA" stands for Brain Alexander
28/07/1979 Bang Bang #2
27/10/1979 Knocked it Off #8

Smokey Robinson 19 Feb 1940 – Living
Wiki American R&B and soul singer-songwriter, record producer and executive from Detroit, Michigan, frontman of R&B vocal group Smokey Robinson and The Miracles (who became simply The Miracles and used another lead singer when he was absent), inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987, with his group following in 2012
23/02/1974 Just My Soul Responding #35
24/02/1979 Pops, We Love You (A Tribute to Father) #66 Released as Diana Ross, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson and Stevie Wonder / Recorded in honour of the 90th birthday of Motown Founder Berry Gordy's father, who died later that year from cancer

Smokey Robinson and The Miracles [see also The Miracles]
Wiki American R&B vocal group from Detroit, Michigan, the first successful act on the Motown label, Smokey Robinson later enjoyed a solo career and he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987, controversially The Miracles were not inducted until 2012
Pete Moore 19 Nov 1938 – 29 Nov 2017 (79) Telegraph obit
Smokey Robinson 19 Feb 1940 – Living
Claudette Rogers 20 Jun 1942 – Living
Bobby Rogers 19 Feb 1940 – 03 Mar 2013 (73) LA Times obit
Marv Tarplin 13 Jun 1941 – 30 Sep 2011 (70) Guardian obit
Ronnie White 05 Apr 1939 – 26 Aug 1995 (56) NY Times obit
01/08/1970 The Tears of a Clown #1 Originally released in 1967 but failed to chart
30/01/1971 (Come 'round Here) I'm the One You Need #13
05/06/1971 I Don't Blame You at All #11
02/10/1976 The Tears of a Clown (re-release) #34

Tom Robinson Band
Wiki UK punk rock and new wave band from London, formed in 1976 and disbanded in 1979, frontman Tom Robinson later had a successful solo career, their song Glad to be Gay became an anthem for the LGBT rights movement in Britain, keyboardist Mark Ambler was thrown out of the pub where they played their first gig for being underage
Mark Ambler 1960 – Living
Preston Heyman 05 Mar 1953 – Living
Danny Kustow 10 May 1955 – 11 Mar 2019 (63) Obit
Ian "Quince" Parker 26 Nov 1953 – Living
Tom Robinson 01 Jun 1950 – Living
Dolphin Taylor 10 Nov 1958 – Living
22/10/1977 2-4-6-8 Motorway #5
18/02/1978 Don't Take No For an Answer #18
13/05/1978 Up Against the Wall #33
17/03/1979 Bully For You #68

Rock Candy
Discogs UK pop group from London, formed in 1971 and disbanded in 1972
Mike Lovatt no info available
Martin O'Mahony no info available
Butch Osborn no info available
Bob Sturt 1949 – Living
11/09/1971 Remember #32
NB: Probably one of the most obscure acts I've come across whilst doing this entire project. Next to nothing on them online. The lineup came from the Collins Complete UK Hit Singles book. Can't find it replicated elsewhere.

Clodagh Rodgers 05 Mar 1947 – Living
Wiki UK pop singer and actress from Warrenpoint, County Down, Northern Ireland
04/04/1970 Everybody Go Home the Party's Over #47
20/03/1971 Jack in the Box #4 The UK's entry for the 1971 Eurovision Song Contest (finished fourth)
09/10/1971 Lady Love Bug #28

Kenny Rogers 21 Aug 1938 – 20 Mar 2020 (81) Guardian obit
Wiki American country and pop singer-songwriter, actor and record producer from Houston, Texas, sold over 100 million records worldwide making him one of the best selling artists of all time, inducted into the County Music Hall of Fame in 2013, co-founder of restaurant chain Kenny Rogers Roasters
30/04/1977 Lucille #1
17/09/1977 We've Got Tonight #28 Released as Kenny Rogers & Sheena Easton / Cover of a single by Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
02/06/1979 Eyes That See in the Dark #61

Kenny Rogers and The First Edition
Wiki American electric rock band from California, Kenny Rogers later went on to have a successful solo career as a country and pop singer-songwriter, actor and record producer, he sold over 100 million records worldwide making him one of the best selling artists of all time, he was inducted into the County Music Hall of Fame in 2013, Mickey Jones became a prolific actor and Thelma Camacho an opera singer
Thelma Camacho 28 Dec 1947 – Living
Mickey Jones 10 Jun 1941 – 07 Feb 2018 (76) LA Times obit
Kenny Rogers 21 Aug 1938 – 20 Mar 2020 (81) Guardian obit
Mike Settle 20 Mar 1941 – Living
Terry Williams 06 Jun 1947 – Living
07/02/1970 Something's Burning #8

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30 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:

R (part 3/4)
Rock Candy
Discogs UK pop group from London, formed in 1971 and disbanded in 1972
Mike Lovatt no info available
Martin O'Mahony no info available
Butch Osborn no info available
Bob Stuart no info available
11/09/1971 Remember #32
NB: Probably one of the most obscure acts I've come across whilst doing this entire project. Next to nothing on them online. The lineup came from the Collins Complete UK Hit Singles book. Can't find it replicated elsewhere.

 

Given the dearth of information, I'm assuming you've already come across this, but thought I'd post it anyway just in case: http://left-and-to-the-back.blogspot.com/2010/09/one-hit-wonders-13-rock-candy-remember.html

 

Although the article muses about the band being essentially made-up, comments underneath confirm they did exist, and had gone through previous iterations. Only one name is mentioned, although it does link up with your line-up - Bob Stuart. Annoyingly, there's a guy on there who says he was selling a press cutting about them on eBay but it's 4 years old and not visible anymore. A 2019 comment suggests Bob is a neighbour of the person, but their identity is unknown, so doesn't give an area! 

[Ulitzer95 10,951]

19 minutes ago, RoverAndOut said:

 

Given the dearth of information, I'm assuming you've already come across this, but thought I'd post it anyway just in case: http://left-and-to-the-back.blogspot.com/2010/09/one-hit-wonders-13-rock-candy-remember.html

 

Although the article muses about the band being essentially made-up, comments underneath confirm they did exist, and had gone through previous iterations. Only one name is mentioned, although it does link up with your line-up - Bob Stuart. Annoyingly, there's a guy on there who says he was selling a press cutting about them on eBay but it's 4 years old and not visible anymore. A 2019 comment suggests Bob is a neighbour of the person, but their identity is unknown, so doesn't give an area! 

Didn't actually see that page when I was searching!

Interesting.

There is a Martin O'Mahony born in Chelsea in 1957. Possibly him. Can't find any matching names for the others around that period though. Definitely need a press cutting of some kind to get a head start on this. 

I find it pretty crazy that nothing is known of a band who had a top 40 single!

[Ulitzer95 10,951]

42 minutes ago, RoverAndOut said:

 

Given the dearth of information, I'm assuming you've already come across this, but thought I'd post it anyway just in case: http://left-and-to-the-back.blogspot.com/2010/09/one-hit-wonders-13-rock-candy-remember.html

 

Although the article muses about the band being essentially made-up, comments underneath confirm they did exist, and had gone through previous iterations. Only one name is mentioned, although it does link up with your line-up - Bob Stuart. Annoyingly, there's a guy on there who says he was selling a press cutting about them on eBay but it's 4 years old and not visible anymore. A 2019 comment suggests Bob is a neighbour of the person, but their identity is unknown, so doesn't give an area! 

Okay, take 2.

It's Bob STURT, not Stuart as the Collins book says.

Here's a post by him on Facebook. In the comments section he mentions Rock Candy. He lives in Adelaide, Australia now. From County Durham / London. Looks like he's still in the music business and visits the UK regularly. No clues about his age etc. and still can't find him in the GRO.

Also, the only other member of Rock Candy that he's friends with is Chris Reeves who commented on that blog link you posted saying that he joined the band after the release of the single.

So more info but still nothing useful. 

[YoungWillz 18,957]

The Modern Lovers.

 

Ernie Brooks raised in New York and Connecticut. This article says he was in senior year at Harvard around 1971: https://ffanzeen.blogspot.com/2010/04/ernie-brooks-lover-looks-back-at-roots.html. Backed up by this article from WSJ from 2012 which indicates his age as then 62: https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304724404577297761990013888

 

So born 1949/1950.

[YoungWillz 18,957]

The Rimshots.

 

There's mention here that Tommy Keith was already dead by 2011. https://www.soul-source.co.uk/forums/topic/212155-the-delites-lover-alternative-acetate-take/

[Toast 14,800]

1 hour ago, YoungWillz said:

The Rimshots.

 

Is it just me that thinks that sounds really filthy? 

(I do know what it means, but still ...... )

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2 minutes ago, Toast said:

 

Is it just me that thinks that sounds really filthy? 

(I do know what it means, but still ...... )

Please explain what it means. The people need to know.

 

[Lard Bazaar 3,687]

25 minutes ago, Toast said:

 

Is it just me that thinks that sounds really filthy? 

(I do know what it means, but still ...... )

Love a rimshot, me.

[RoverAndOut 3,398]

12 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Okay, take 2.

It's Bob STURT, not Stuart as the Collins book says.

Here's a post by him on Facebook. In the comments section he mentions Rock Candy. He lives in Adelaide, Australia now. From County Durham / London. Looks like he's still in the music business and visits the UK regularly. No clues about his age etc. and still can't find him in the GRO.

 

Ok, so this is where I get called a stalker but let's just leave it at this being an object lesson of what can be found online with surprisingly little determination. 

 

From his Facebook page, he's married to a woman called Jenny. On her page, there are photos with young kids and comments underneath thanking 'Grandad and Jenny'. Clicked this to another woman called Sturt. She married Robin Sturt in 2006 (10 years ago today! in 2016) and his 40th birthday was September 29th 2016. Easy enough...

                                                                       

 

(On Ancestry, it narrows this down to October 1976, which makes sense given he was born so close to the end of the month).

 

That gives me: STURT, Robert F m. SEARS, Christine P in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, Sept. 1972. Only two Robert Fs born remotely before that, 1938 is too early so I guess our guy is:

                                                               

 

Not sure about the County Durham link, but that all seems to check out. Jenny is a second (younger) wife. One down?