Who was a famous name when you were growing up that young people today wouldn't have heard of?

[Brettthepei]

Hearsay

@barbarahunter Edward Woodward was a lovely singer too, I have about four of his LPs. You can't buy them anymore, or ask for them on Spotify, one of the reasons I distrust digital media. (Des O'Connor is another one where you can't seem to access his output digitally. He made SO MANY LPs and now you can only hear about five individual songs digitally. And for some reason they seem to have picked the absolute worst ones))

@AnxiousShep I realised a couple of minutes afterwards. 😀How soon we forget.

I think Rick Astley is still pretty well known. He's been doing a fairly big tour recently anda lso supported Take That about 3 or 4 years ago. My DCs knew who he was from his most famous song, think it's featured on TikTok etc fairly reguarly.

@TwitTwoodiniEscapeOwlogist and I missed your correction just after 😁

Now I have "I could be so good for you" going round my head 🤣

Barbara Woodhouse

Or Ee War Woo War as he is known in our house.

My sister's friend knew Ayshea Brough, she was not very nice apparently.
Elkie Brooks
Max Bygraves
Lynsey de Paul

I remember my daughters watching her on "Blind Date" and "Surprise, Surprise" when they were little, and running to me one day, shrieking "Mummy! Did you know Cilla Black used to be a singer?!

I'm guessing you knew her more for BD and SS than "Anyone Who had a Heart" and "Step Inside, Love" too

Buster Bloodvessel .
according to my grandson Green Day.

@LaMarschallin yes my mum used to see her at The Cavern, told me all about Cilla's singing. Think it was Surprise Surprise and she sang at the end? Then Blind Date later. I thought she was amazing 😂

Hinge & Bracket

Sir Roger Bannister

Abbott & Costello

Morecambe & Wise

@AnxiousShep I am extremely embarrassed to admit that I own the 45 of "I could be so good for you"...I clearly wasn't even remotely one of the cool kids back in the day.

Ross and Norris McWhirter

🤣🤣🤣 you may have the only copy in existence 🤣🤣

Samantha Fox.
Andre Agassi.
Jimmy Connors.
Gabriela Sabatini.
Prunella Scales.

…on which note, fun fact: a new anagram of FAWLTY TOWERS is WOW SALTY TERF.

J.R Hartley

Jeremy Beadle
Eric Cantona
Paul Daniels
Geoffrey, Bungle, George and Zippy

Charlie Drake....”hello my darlings”.

Yes I remember loads of entertainers but also people at school etc sticking a cup in the mouth and saying "sitting at my piano" - Jimmy Durante years after his heyday. He died in 1980 aged 86.

I give you Ruby Flipper. But to be fair, I hardly remember them myself.

Legs and co were very good.
Their interpretation dances were vintage

Lena zavaronni

Miming sipping coffee to "clouds in my coffee" in You're So Vain being a case in point.

Lena Zaveronni died from an eating disorder
It was sad :(