Vince Hill
Vince Hill | |
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Hill at his Oxfordshire home, June 2017 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | Vincent Brian Hill 16 April 1934 |
| Died | 22 July 2023 (aged 89) Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England |
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| Instrument | Vocals |
| Years active | 1959–2023 |
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| Website | vincehill |
Vincent Brian Hill (16 April 1934 – 22 July 2023) was an English traditional pop singer, best known for his cover version of the Rodgers and Hammerstein show tune "Edelweiss" (1967), which reached No. 2 on the UK singles chart. He recorded 25 studio albums and several soundtracks, wrote songs and plays and hosted TV shows during the 1970s and 1980s, including They Sold a Million (BBC), Musical Time Machine (BBC) and the chat show Gas Street (ITV). Outside of his work in show business, he was a patron of the Macular Society, a UK charity for people affected by central vision loss.