Sydney Devine dies

[cabbageandribs1875]

just announced on off the ball so it won't be in the media outlets yet, he was taken to hospital 3 weeks ago but sadly passed away early this morning, older ones will remember him as steak and kidney, RIP Sydney :(




Scots showbiz legend Sydney Devine releases an NHS tribute single as he battles a mystery illness (msn.com) (https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/music/scots-showbiz-legend-sydney-devine-releases-an-nhs-tribute-single-as-he-battles-a-mystery-illness/ar-BB1dCpBs)

[Peevemor]

just announced on off the ball so it won't be in the media outlets yet, he was taken to hospital 3 weeks ago but sadly passed away early this morning, older ones will remember him as steak and kidney, RIP Sydney :(




Scots showbiz legend Sydney Devine releases an NHS tribute single as he battles a mystery illness (msn.com) (https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/music/scots-showbiz-legend-sydney-devine-releases-an-nhs-tribute-single-as-he-battles-a-mystery-illness/ar-BB1dCpBs)That's a shame. A style of entertainment from a different era and some pretty ropey songs he became a figure of fun, but he was our figure of fun and he could sing a bit all the same.

RIP Steak & kidney!

[lord bunberry]

Sad to hear that. As Peevemor says he was a bit of a fun figure, but it was all good natured. I used to sing tiny bubbles when I was pissed.
RIP steak and kidney.

[CropleyWasGod]

Couldn't bear his music, but man was he popular . Such a talent for giving his audience what they wanted.

RIP

[Hibrandenburg]

My old dear loved him to bits, him and Jim Reeves. Nobody's Child was part of her psychological warfare armoury.

[heretoday]

He entertained a lot of people.

[Pretty Boy]

Say what you like about his music but no one has a career of that longevity without having something about them. He knew his audience and played to it.

[One Day Soon]

Just the once surely?

[H18S NX]

I used to carshare with a weegie when working on Kielder dam,he only had 1 cassette,"Crying Time" by oor Sydney,after a about a year it mysteriously disappeared,I was shocked.RIP Sydney.

[CropleyWasGod]

Say what you like about his music but no one has a career of that longevity without having something about them. He knew his audience and played to it.

Can we? Please? :greengrin

[Keith_M]

My old dear loved him to bits, him and Jim Reeves. Nobody's Child was part of her psychological warfare armoury.


My Dad used to sing that when he was p1ssed

:faf:

[Keith_M]

Here's a wee tribute to Sydney Devine, from Rikki Fulton

:greengrin


https://youtu.be/C6uZuVymU2Y

[Peevemor]

My Dad used to sing that when he was p1ssed

:faf:Crikey, maybe we're brothers in that case.

[Keith_M]

Crikey, maybe we're brothers in that case.



I've longed to find my real parents for decades!!!!


But no. Sadly, Everybody's Dad used to sing that song when we were young

:greengrin

[Peevemor]

I've longed to find my real parents for decades!!!!


But no. Sadly, Everybody's Dad used to sing that song when we were young

:greengrinAh.

[WoreTheGreen]

Old shep My brother used to come home pissed and put that on

[Billy Whizz]

Sydney recorded this as one of our World Cup songs for Argentina 1978
It’s a great song

https://youtu.be/ql93dJbH13Y

[cabbageandribs1875]

That's a shame. A style of entertainment from a different era and some pretty ropey songs he became a figure of fun, but he was our figure of fun and he could sing a bit all the same.

RIP Steak & kidney!




heard on the news earlier he sold 15m(i think) Albums which is quite remarkable i think

[CropleyWasGod]

heard on the news earlier he sold 15m(i think) Albums which is quite remarkable i think

What you heard was "he sold records to 15m musical bums"

c. Jack McLaughlin 1978

[Hibrandenburg]

My Dad used to sing that when he was p1ssed

:faf:

It borders on child abuse. :greengrin

[Peevemor]

Maybe I'm just imagining it, but was there not a TV advert where a guy was out fishing and he played a Sydney Divine record through a speaker in the water which made all the fish jump out on to the river bank, leaving the angler to smoke his cigar or drink his beer (or whatever was being advertised)?

[CropleyWasGod]

Maybe I'm just imagining it, but was there not a TV advert where a guy was out fishing and he played a Sydney Divine record through a speaker in the water which made all the fish jump out on to the river bank, leaving the angler to smoke his cigar or drink his beer (or whatever was being advertised)?

Des O'Connor 😁

https://youtu.be/Q4hhOU2BBeo

[Peevemor]

Des O'Connor [emoji16]

https://youtu.be/Q4hhOU2BBeoThat's the one. Cheers.

[Keith_M]

It borders on child abuse. :greengrin


:agree:

[Bostonhibby]

Crikey, maybe we're brothers in that case.Count me in as well then, that and High Noon, every bloody new year[emoji23]

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[Peevemor]

Count me in as well then, that and High Noon, every bloody new year[emoji23]

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Or "the Litte boy that Santa Clause forgot", including the classis lyric - "I feel sorry for that laddie, for he hasn't got a daddy..."

[CropleyWasGod]

Or "the Litte boy that Santa Clause forgot", including the classis lyric - "I feel sorry for that laddie, for he hasn't got a dadddy..."

Wan singer, wan song. Let's hear it for Naeb'dy's Child....


As ah wis slowly passin' the orphanage wan dayyyyy

I stopped there fur a moment, just tae watch the children playyyyyy.



:Ummm:

[Bostonhibby]

Or "the Litte boy that Santa Clause forgot", including the classis lyric - "I feel sorry for that laddie, for he hasn't got a dadddy..."[emoji16]

" Doonotforsakemeooohhhhhmydarling"

All suddenly and unexpectedly belted out as one big word after a significant intake of whisky is how I remember it.

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[stu in nottingham]

This thread's getting emotional. :singing:

[Keith_M]

Jeezo, maybe we really all have the same Dad after all!

[gbhibby]

My mum and her pal were invited backstage after his gig at the baron suite many years ago. Said he was a nice guy. I thought he recorded a song for 1974 World Cup I think it was our wee willie ormond is his name.
RIP
PS Its on ytube but can't post the link on my phone.

[CMurdoch]

Jeezo, maybe we really all have the same Dad after all!

Leigh Griffiths faither!