Gilmore left school at 14 to become an actor and after leaving National Service in the early 50s, he joined up with a singing group and starred in some musicals with little success.

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"We could say Busted broke with that trend of the all-singing, all-dancing boy group that was around, and remains a force in the industry, but less so, " he says.

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On the other hand, the group I saw singing "Toujours" at the French ambassador's residence in Washington a few weeks ago didn't look like anyone I knew in college.

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Later, in San Francisco, she formed a singing group called the Creolettes, who were discovered by bandleader Johnny Otis, who coincidentally also died this week.

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But please don't think that UKIP is just some little pressure group that will go away because someone in Downing Street starts singing the same song.

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In 1993, Justin was singing, dancing and acting in the Disney Channel's "The Mickey Mouse Club" alongside a group who would later become a who's-who of teenage idols, including Ryan Gosling, Cristina Aguilera, J.

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The group, which also featured father Pops, sister Yvonne and brother Pervis, began singing in church in Chicago in 1948.

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