Vince Hill

For the American football player, see Vince Hill (American football).

Vince Hill
Hill at his Oxfordshire home, June 2017
Hill at his Oxfordshire home, June 2017
Background information
Birth nameVincent Hill
Born(1934-04-16)16 April 1934
Holbrooks, Coventry, England
Died22 July 2023(2023-07-22) (aged 89)
Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • record producer
  • playwright
InstrumentVocals
Years active1959–2023
Labels
Websitevincehill.co.uk

Vincent 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 (staying on the chart for 17 weeks).[1] He recorded 25 studio albums and several soundtracks,[2] 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).[3] Outside of his work in show business, he was a patron of the Macular Society, a UK charity for anyone affected by central vision loss.[4]

  1. ^ "Full Official UK Chart History for Vince Hill". OfficialCharts.com. 30 November 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference McLaughlin was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "The Official Vince Hill Website Biography". VinceHill.co.uk. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  4. ^ "Pop legend Vince Hill becomes Macular Society patron". MacularSociety.org. Retrieved 31 October 2020.