About The Bachelors
The Bachelors were a trio formed in 1960 by brothers Con and Dec Cluskey and John Stokes who had previously been in an instrumental harmonica act together called The Harmonichords. They had several international hits during the 1960s, including eight top-ten singles in the UK and in Ireland between 1962 and 1966. They also did well worldwide with chart hits in Europe, Australia, South Africa, South America, USA and USSR.
Their hits included Charmaine, Diane (first UK no. 1 by an Irish group), I Believe, Ramona, I Wouldn't Trade You for the World (UK no. 2), Marie (by Irving Berlin), In the Chapel in the Moonlight. In 1965 they also had the 'most played jukebox track' with The Stars Will Remember, from the film "It's all over town". Their last big hit in the UK was a cover of The Sound of Silence, which reached no. 3 in April 1966. Their album World of the Bachelors reached the top 10 in 1968.
The group split in 1984, with the former members of the group continuing under two variants of the name 'The Bachelors'.
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The Bachelors - Diane
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