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Brotherhood of Man

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The Resume

    (1969- )
    Born in United Kingdom
    Members:
    Tony Burrows (1969-71)
    Roger Greenaway (1969-71)
    Sue Glover (1969-72)
    Sunny Leslies (1969-72)
    Hal Atkinson (1971-72)
    Russell Stone (1971-72)
    Martin Lee (1972- )
    Lee Sheridan (1972-81,1986- )
    Nicky Stevens (1972- )
    Sandra Stevens (1972- )
    Barry Upton (1982-84)
    Recorded the singles ‘United We Stand’ (1970), ‘Save Your Kisses For Me’ (1976), ‘Oh Boy (The Mood I’m In)’ (1977), ‘Angelo’ (1977) and ‘Figaro’ (1978)
    Winners of the Eurovision Song Contest (1976)

Why they might be annoying:

    When the group was dropped by their record label, producer/songwriter Tony Hiller hired a batch of session singers to keep the already established name alive (1972).
    After they had a hit with ‘Save Your Kisses For Me,’ which sounds like a love song but is revealed in the last verse to really be about the singer’s three-year-old daughter, they repeated the formula with ‘My Sweet Rosalie,’ which sounds like a love song but is revealed in the last verse to really be about the singer’s dog; it was far less successful.
    Their hit ‘Angelo’ was criticized as a clone of ABBA’s ‘Fernando. (The fact that both bands had two-girl, two-guy line-ups probably didn’t help.)
    Their song ‘United We Stand’ was used as the closing theme for The Brady Bunch Hour.

Why they might not be annoying:

    ‘Save Your Kisses For Me’ was the top-selling single in the UK for 1976 and hit #1 in five other European countries.
    They performed for Queen Elizabeth’s Silver Jubilee Gala (1977).
    Appropriately enough, they teamed up on tours with fellow British Eurovision champs Bucks Fizz.

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 14 Votes: 78.57% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 9 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 16 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 57 Votes: 78.95% Annoying