Music News was lucky enough to grab some time with Eurovision winners the Brotherhood Of Man on May 7th 2019 in central London to discuss all things Eurovision and the release of Brotherhood of Man Gold 3xCD set.
Brotherhood of Man are Martin Lee, Lee Sheriden, Nicky Stevens and Sandra Stevens. Check out the full uncut interview below.
As the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest approaches (14 – 19 May) what better way to celebrate the career of Eurovision 1976 winners Brotherhood of Man than with Brotherhood of Man Gold, a 60 track, 3CD set released on the Crimson label on 10 May 2019.
The four-piece British group won in the Netherlands with Save Your Kisses For Me with the hit song that topped the UK charts before going on to take the Eurovision crown. Save Your Kisses For Me sold more than 6 million copies worldwide and remained in the Number One position on the UK charts for six weeks and is, to this day, one of the few UK singles to sell in excess of one million units.
Brotherhood of Man, comprising Martin Lee, Lee Sheriden, Nicky Stevens and Sandra Stevens went on to have numerous hits around the world in the mid to late seventies with Kiss Me Kiss Your Baby, Angelo, Oh Boy (The Mood I’m In) and Figaro. The Brotherhood of Man line up remains the same today and the group has released 16 studio albums with worldwide sales topping 15 million records.
Brotherhood of Man Gold includes 60 of their biggest hits from across the 1970s in a 3CD Digi sleeve with hit covers such as Dancin’ Queen, I Will Survive, Woman In Love along with the chart topping, Eurovision winning Save Your Kisses For Me, Kiss Me Kiss Your Baby which was a huge hit all over Europe in 1975 and likely opened the door for the group’s Eurovision victory the following year. Amongst the 60 tracks are also My Sweet Rosalie which reached number 30 in the UK charts but fared better around Europe, Oh Boy (The Mood I’m In) which was a Top 10 UK hit in 1977 and also did well in Europe; Angelo which topped the UK charts and drew comparisons to Abba’s Fernando and Figaro which was their third number one single in the UK.
Brotherhood of Man GOLD CD 1 1. Save Your Kisses For Me 2. Oh Boy (The Mood I’m In) 3. My Sweet Rosalie 4. United We Stand 5. He Ain’t Heavy (He's My Brother) 6. Lady 7. Catch Me Catch Me If You Can 8. Honey Don’t Throw Our Love Away 9. Kiss Me Kiss Your Baby 10. Kiss Me Senor 11. The Night The Circus Came To Town 12. Bye Bye One Kiss Goodbye 13. Don’t Go Breaking My Heart 14. I’m In A Dancing Mood 15. In Love 16. People Over The World 17. Middle Of The Night 18. Highway Man 19. Send In The Clowns 20. Tonight’s The Night
CD 2 1. Angelo 2. Figaro 3. Beautiful Lover 4. Where Are You Going To My Love 5. Don’t Give Up On Us Baby 6. Chanson d’Amour 7. Images 8. Dancin’ Queen 9. Papa Louis 10. When Will I See You Again 11. How Deep Is Your Love 12. I’ll Go Where The Music Takes Me 13. Woman In Love 14. Working My Way Back To You 15. Heartbreaker 16. Tugging 17. Feels Like I’m In Love 18. Together We Are Beautiful 19. When You’re In Love With A Beautiful Woman 20. Blame It On The Boogie
CD 3 1. Brown Girl In The Ring 2. D.I.S.C.O. 3. Yes Sir I Can Boogie 4. Will You Love Me Tomorrow 5. Night Fever 6. Use It Up And Wear It Out 7. When I Need You 8. Song Sung Blue 9. Dance Yourself Dizzy 10. If You Leave Me Now 11. I Will Survive 12. Knock On Wood 13. Ring My Bell 14. We Don’t Talk Anymore 15. Copacabana (At The Copa) 16. Lay All Your Love On Me 17. Taxi 18. Annie’s Song 19. My Eyes Adored You 20. Y.M.C.A.
Brotherhood of Man was first created in 1969 by songwriter and record producer Tony Hiller and was initially a group of an ever-changing line up of session singers. It was in 1973 that Hiller formed the definitive line up that endures to this day.
