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Vince Hill

Top of the Pops Archive
Ballad Easy Listening Traditional Pop

TYPE

Person

BORN

16 Apr 1937

DIED

22 Jul 2023

LOCATION

United Kingdom

PRIMARY GENRE

Ballad

7

TOTAL APPEARANCES

ARTIST OVERVIEW

Vincent Brian Hill was an English traditional pop singer, best known for his cover version of the Rodgers and Hammerstein show tune "Edelweiss" (1967), which reached No. 2 on the UK singles chart. He recorded 25 studio albums and several soundtracks, wrote songs and plays and hosted TV shows during the 1970s and 1980s, including They Sold a Million (BBC), Musical Time Machine (BBC) and the chat show Gas Street (ITV). Outside of his work in show business, he was a patron of the Macular Society, a UK charity for people affected by central vision loss. Read more on Wikipedia.

Timeline


Performance Statistics

Repeat performances are not counted, unless stated otherwise.

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Repeats

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TOTP Appearances

Episode Performance archived performance image preview YouTube performance
09/05/1974 Among My Souvenirs
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04/11/1971 Look Around
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14/10/1971 Look Around
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01/06/1967 Roses Of Picardy
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23/03/1967 Edelweiss
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09/03/1967 Edelweiss
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23/02/1967 Edelweiss
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