This article is about the 1970s British soul group. For the unrelated American dance music trio, see Sweet Sensation (trio).
Sweet Sensation was an eight piece British soul group who had some success in the mid-1970s.[1][2] They are best known for their 1974 No. 1 UK hit, "Sad Sweet Dreamer".
Sweet Sensation
A promotional image of the group in the Pub Entertainer of the Year competition
Junior Daye Roy Flowers Vincent James Barry Johnson Paul Douglas Marcel King Rikki Patrick St. Clair L. Palmer Gary Shaughnessy Leroy Smith Delroy Drummond
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[3] that also reached No. 14 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 the following spring.[4] The follow-up "Purely by Coincidence" reached No. 11 in the UK in January 1975.[3] Both songs were written by David Parton.
Follow-up singles "Hide Away from the Sun", "Mr Cool", "Sweet Regrets" and "Mail Train" all failed to make the charts over the next couple of years. In 1977, the band participated in A Song for Europe in an attempt to represent the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest. Their song "You're My Sweet Sensation" ended in eighth place. Subsequently, they were then dropped by Pye and disbanded shortly after. However, they were the forerunners of many similar acts from the Real Thing to Imagination.[5]
The youngest member and lead vocalist, Marcel King, tried to resurrect a solo career in 1985, and with Donald Johnson (A Certain Ratio) and Bernard Sumner (New Order) recorded "Reach for Love" (written by King) for Factory Records without commercial success, followed by "Hollywood Nights" for ZYX. King died of a brain hemorrhage on 5 October 1995 at age 38.[6]
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This article is about the 1970s British soul group For the unrelated American dance music trio see Sweet Sensation trio Sweet Sensation was an eight piece British soul group who had some success in the mid 1970s 1 2 They are best known for their 1974 No 1 UK hit Sad Sweet Dreamer Sweet SensationA promotional image of the group in the Pub Entertainer of the Year competitionBackground informationOriginManchester EnglandGenresSoulYears active1971 1978LabelsPye RecordsPast membersJunior DayeRoy FlowersVincent JamesBarry JohnsonPaul DouglasMarcel KingRikki PatrickSt Clair L PalmerGary ShaughnessyLeroy SmithDelroy Drummond Contents 1 Career 2 Band members 3 Discography 3 1 Album 3 2 Singles 3 3 Marcel King solo discography 4 References 5 External linksCareer editFormed 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 3 that also reached No 14 on the U S Billboard Hot 100 the following spring 4 The follow up Purely by Coincidence reached No 11 in the UK in January 1975 3 Both songs were written by David Parton Follow up singles Hide Away from the Sun Mr Cool Sweet Regrets and Mail Train all failed to make the charts over the next couple of years In 1977 the band participated in A Song for Europe in an attempt to represent the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest Their song You re My Sweet Sensation ended in eighth place Subsequently they were then dropped by Pye and disbanded shortly after However they were the forerunners of many similar acts from the Real Thing to Imagination 5 The youngest member and lead vocalist Marcel King tried to resurrect a solo career in 1985 and with Donald Johnson A Certain Ratio and Bernard Sumner New Order recorded Reach for Love written by King for Factory Records without commercial success followed by Hollywood Nights for ZYX King died of a brain hemorrhage on 5 October 1995 at age 38 6 Bass guitarist Barry Johnson later joined Quando Quango and then Aswad Founder member Leroy Smith was found dead in his Manchester flat on 15 January 2009 He died from bronchopneumonia at age 56 7 Band members edit nbsp Sweet Sensation Publicity Photo of Original Founding MembersJunior 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 vocalistRecardo Rikki Patrick replaced Marcel King in 1975 Discography editAlbum edit 1975 Sad Sweet Dreamer Pye US No 163 4 Singles edit Year Title Label Peak chart positions CertificationsUS Adult 9 US R amp B 9 US 9 UK 3 10 1974 Snow Fire Pye Records Sad Sweet Dreamer 18 63 14 1 BPI Silver 11 1975 Purely by Coincidence 11 Hide Away from the Sun Mr Cool 1976 Sweet Regrets Mail Train 1977 You re My Sweet Sensation Wake Up and Be Somebody denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory Marcel King solo discography edit Reach for Love Keep on Dancin 12 Factory FAC 92 March 1984 Reach for Love New York remix Reach for Love dub Keep on Dancin 12 Factory FAC 92 R February 1985 Reach for Love New York remix Reach for Love dub 12 Factory Benelux FBN 43 March 1985 Hollywood Nights 6 02 Hollywood Nights instrumental 3 53 12 Debut 12 DEBT 1 1985 References edit Hanson Amy Artist Biography AllMusic Retrieved 30 June 2014 New Faces New Stars 1986 Bfi org Archived from the original on 29 January 2009 Retrieved 23 November 2008 a b c Roberts David 2006 British Hit Singles amp Albums 19th ed London Guinness World Records Limited p 543 ISBN 1 904994 10 5 a b Sweet Sensation Awards AllMusic Archived from the original on 2 November 2014 Retrieved 30 June 2014 Rice Jo 1982 Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits 1st ed Enfield Middlesex Guinness Superlatives Ltd p 162 ISBN 0 85112 250 7 The godlike genius of Tony Hatch 27 July 2004 Archived from the original on 21 October 2006 Doc Rock The Dead Rock Stars Club 2009 January to June Thedeadrockstarsclub com Retrieved 30 June 2014 De beste bron van informatie over bodo schoenhuette Deze website is te koop Bodo schoenhuette de Retrieved 30 June 2014 a b c Sweet Sensation English band Top Songs Chart Singles Discography Music VF Retrieved 24 October 2021 SWEET SENSATION full Official Chart History Official Charts Company Retrieved 24 October 2021 Sweet Sensation Sad Sweet Dreamer bpi co uk Retrieved 15 January 2022 External links editSweet Sensation biography at AllMusic Sweet Sensation discography at Discogs nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sweet Sensation band amp oldid 1109389083, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
