The Stargazers - Twenty Tiny Fingers (1955)

GB No. 4 () 12 Weeks The Stargazers were a British vocal group, jointly founded in 1949 by Cliff Adams and Ronnie Milne. Other original members were Marie Benson, Fred Datchler and Dick James. Very shortly after the group made their first broadcasts with BBC Radio on such programs as Workers’ Playtime, Dick James decided to resume his career as a solo vocalist, left the group, and was replaced by Bob Brown. Ronnie Milne took care of the musical arranging, while Cliff Adams became their manager, in addition to contributing scores for the group. In September 1953, Milne left the Stargazers to emigrate to Canada, and was replaced in the group by Dave Cary. The group served as backing vocalists for Petula Clark on her first recordings The Stargazers enjoyed considerable commercial success during the 1950s, including two United Kingdom number one hit singles on their own, “Broken Wings“, which was the first recording by a native British act to top the UK Singles Chart, and