Sweet Sensation - Purely By Coincidence (1975) • TopPop

Sweet Sensation was an eight piece British soul group who had some success in the are best known for their 1974 No. 1 UK hit, “Sad Sweet Dreamer“. Formed in Manchester in 1971, the band came to prominence after appearing on the ITV talent show New Faces. Under the guidance of panellist Tony Hatch, the band signed to Pye Records. The debut single “Snowfire“ failed to reach the charts, but the follow-up “Sad Sweet Dreamer“ was a UK number one single in October 1974 that also reached No. 14 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 the following spring. The follow-up “Purely by Coincidence“ reached No. 11 in the UK in January 1975. Both songs were written by David Parton. This TopPop performance was first broadcast on January 31, 1975 Junior Daye (born 26 June 1950, Kingston, Jamaica) – vocalist Roy Flowers (born 4 August 1951, Kingston, Jamaica) – drummer Vincent James (born 12 February 1951, St. Mary’s, Jamaica - died 9 May 2019) – vocalist Barry Johnson (born 20 August 1954, Kingston, Jamaica) – bassist Marcel King (born Marcel Neville King, 4 January 1957, Manchester – died 5 October 1995) – vocalist St. Clair L. Palmer (born 4 March 1954, St. Kitts) – vocalist Gary Shaugnessy (born 25 July 1953, Manchester) – guitarist Leroy Smith (born 3 September 1952, Kingston, Jamaica – died 15 January 2009) – keyboardist[8] Delroy Alexander Drummond (born 26 December 1950, Kingston, Jamaica) – vocalist Recardo “Rikki“ Patrick replaced Marcel King in 1975. This hit reached No 8 in the Dutch Top 40 on March 1, 1975 Watch our great music videos ❯ More TopPop? Subscribe here ❯ More info on Wikipedia ❯ Broadcast date:1/25/1975 This is to let you know that the video recording of the video clip was originally recorded by AVROTROS Broadcasting. AVROTROS Broadcasting hereby warrants and represents that it is the sole and exclusive owner of the physical film and/or videotape footage in this video clip. The performance of the artist(s) in the clip was filmed and recorded with the written consent of the artist(s) and their representatives. AVROTROS is a Dutch radio and television broadcaster, founded in 2014 from a merger of AVRO and TROS. From January 1st, 2014 the name of the merged broadcaster was used in joint programmes. AVRO was founded in 1923 as the Netherlands first public broadcaster. TROS started broadcasting in 1964. Toppop was a weekly AVRO pop program that was aired between 1970 and 1988. AVROTROS Broadcasting PO Box 2 1200 JA Hilversum The Netherlands TopPop was the first regular dedicated pop music TV show in the Dutch language area. Dutch broadcaster AVRO aired the programme weekly, from 1970 to 1988. Presenter Ad Visser hosted the show for its first fifteen years. World famous music artists performed on TopPop: ABBA, 10CC, Bee Gees, The Jacksons with Michael Jackson, David Bowie, Earth & Fire, Queen, Golden Earring, Boney M, KC & The Sunshine Band, Chic, Donna Summer and many many more.