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
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Broadcast date:1/25/1975
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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.
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