Brotherhood of Man found Eurovision glory in 1976 by winning for the UK
with No:1 "Save your kisses for me" two years after Abba's ESC win. They were in the 70's constantly compared to Abba, yet as you see in the last post- was it any wonder when 'Angleo'
was released in 1977 hot on the heals of the Abba '76 Classic 'Fernando'
But wait there was more ... just 6 months later in 1978 'Figaro' was born- another dose of latin lover pop-schlager from Brotherhood of Man. 'Figaro' was a bit more bouncy & became the third UK No:1 following this same latin lover theme. The follow-up to this was not so successful - only peaking at No:15 the title was 'Beautiful Lover' Hold on, its got that same theme in the lyrics only this latin guy "-she don't need to know his name.."
Brotherhood of Man's run of Golden Hits came to an end with a final flop single in 1978 "In the Middle of the Night" their whole career ended bit like a Brit 2-week package holiday in Belidorm or Cotsa Del Sol lol
Yet Brotherhood of Man still perform today as the orginal 2 girl, 2 boy line-up.
or more like 2 uncle, 2 auntie line- up! Still 'Figaro' was the best, struting around in his
trunks down at the beach.
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