Brian Connolly's Plaque - Famous Graves
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ม.ค. 2023
- Todays Famous Grave visit is the memorial plaque of Brian Connolly, the legendary lead singer from The Sweet.
Brian Francis Connolly (5 October 1945 - 9 February 1997) was a Scottish singer-songwriter, musician and actor, best known as the lead singer of glam rock band The Sweet between 1968 and 1979 and renowned for his charismatic stage presence and distinctive voice.
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Brian connolly had one of the very best voices during 1970's stardom.
His vocal range was spot on and of course helped blending beautifully with steve priests.
The sweet are/were something else, they were incredibly unique. They were capable of any musical style if
they wished. There are bands and there are bands, there are singers and there are singers.
Brian connolly was ahead of his time. It deeply saddens me that he was given such horrid grief.
Rip brian connolly. (Your not wrong for loving me)
Brian was an incredible talent.
I met Brian here in Australia in 1990 where he was touring with his version of Sweet and he was A pure gentleman who love talking to the fans, RIP Brian.
Yes 👏his music lives on thank you for just being you Brian 🎉🎉💕💋🎸👋
Brian Connolly, will live on through, the Sweet’s , music. I will remember him, when playing, Sweet !! Rock in peace, Brian Connolly. 🎤🎸🎵🎹🥁
Brian was the very first pop singer I listened to as a youngster, and if my memory serves me correctly he sang "Co-Co". Brian's life was indeed blighted with terrible misfortune. I only hope people will remember him as I do, a great front man backed by talented musicians. Thank-you Paul.
I met him once , in and around 1995, I worked at Tower records, Kensington, and a work colleague , who also worked there, was friends with Brian, and was meeting him for lunch, and told me, he'll introduce me, when he turns up, so when he came in to the store, I was introduced to him. He was quite frail, and had bad shakes, which I noticed, when he shook my hand, but he was friendly to me, and was not put out, to come and talk to me. I'm glad I got the opportunity to meet him in person.
Quelle chance !
One of the saddest things I've ever seen was the Brian docu shot when he was playing Butlins towards the end of his life. Poor guy. What a 70s legend. I'm from Philadelphia and in 1975 when "Fox on the Run" came out of my transistor radio, I was a Sweet fan for life. Fantastic band. RIP Brian.
ANOTHER great one, Paul. Thanks man.
Yeah, Tommy. That Doco is really sad and seeing him struggling in that, especially before he goes on stage is heartbreaking. Especially when you've seen photos of the Band in their Heyday , getting ready before a show having a Laugh, having a good time and then in this Doco Brian's in so much pain physically and mentally. BUT he still goes out on stage and gives it his best shot.
If anyone watches this Documentary and doesn't feel for him ,even a tiny bit, they have to be pretty Bitter or Sour!! ❤️🩹🐈⬛💨🎵
I was named after Brian Connolly in 1975. My mum was a big Sweet fan then and still is.
I saw him live in Camberley in the early 90s. He could bearly walk or talk but when he sang...he still had the voice of a 25 year old.
One of the most tragic stories in rock history. I hope he's resting well, wherever he is.
51 is no age to die. I wonder why management can't protect people like Brian from self destruction like Elvis wasn't.
In 1975, I was in a pub with my girlfriend and the Sweet was playing on the Duke box. It was Block Buster, Brian's vocals were something else.
The management is only interested in the money. They saw it as a product and that product broke so what to do with it. Money destroys everything. Elvis' manager was a guy from Breda, a city in Holland, where I am also from. He never let Elvis go abroad because then Colonel Parker, as he called himself, would be caught for various crimes. The question that keeps coming back is, is Elvis dead, I'm sure not.😉
I grew up in the 70's and listened to the likes of sweet 😊Mark Bolam & T Rex Brian was a fantastic singer and it's cruel 💔 that his career was cut short .I bet he's rocking with Steve and Mick now
"We just haven't got a clue _what_ to do!" Huge fan of The Sweet. R.I.P. Brian.
Sad Loss of Life Still Have The 45s in The Shed R.I.P. Brian Never Forgotten
My era, loved him rip Brian xx
Very sad what happened to Brian 😥
He was my teenage hero 🥰.
Sweet-Music lives on 🎶.
Brian is missed but unforgotten and always in my heart ❤
R.I.P BRIAN. Ty for youre great music 🤟
Blockbuster was number 1 when i was born , and he died on my 24th birthday, The Sweet were one of the original hard rock bands , love them
Ich habe dich sehr sehr lieb gehabt du bist zu früh gestorben und ich habe lange geweint mach es gut, Ruh in Frieden 💟♥️🌛🌼
Great tribute, Brian Connolly and Sweet where a big influence to me in the 70's . Loved the music and the outrageous style, was lucky enough to see them live in the Glasgow Apollo. Still listen to the music and still a big fan.
Thanks Paul..
Hi fellow Aquarian .I will be 66 years old on tuesday 31st .Loved Brian & The Sweet .Happy Birthday for tomorrow ,Paul xxx
Happy birthday for Tuesday
@@UnusualThings1 Thank you xxx
I was a very young child growing up in a village, I often so Brian Connolly he use to be seeing a young women who lived 6 doors away from me.
He was a good looking man, i didn't follow music back then but my brothers did, as I got into my teenage years I started to listen to Sweet and T Rex I loved both the bands.
There are lots of today's younger generation who do reactions on you tube about music years gone by, the one group that is very popular at the moment with the reactors is Sweet, they love the group.
All their songs have a mass of viewings and masses of likes.
I'm sure The Sweet members would be flabbergasted with the amount viewings and likes their Music/Songs has accumulated..
So deeply sad he had so much chrisama , showmanship ,the first ever single I got for Christmas present, 🎁 from my mum and late father in my Christmas stocking in 1973 was blockbuster I still have it Evan now in my 7" singles collection , I have loved their music ever since then. I was only 13 yrs old, May be thats why I have always been a glam rock fan , and Queen fan and loved their lovely sweet music , because of the b side of block, which is called need alot of loving , he had a very unhappy life and a real tragedy of way he past away, 😭🙏💔 RIP Brian Connolly You was one of my hero's 😭🙏💔 Thank you Paul much appreciated Rodney Roger Brook 🙂🤘🎤🎸
An excellent band. I saw them at the Mecca Ballrooms in Stevenage in 1974.
My childhood hero; I still love Sweet to this very day and I listen to them regularly .
I visited Brian's plaque on January 11th of this year and fixed a rose to it with a message - sad to see it's fallen off ❤.... did leave the rest of the bunch on the floor though - spotted those 👍😁
Brian was a brilliant frontman, Sweet were brilliant and very underated imo. 👍
I saw the sweet live at a disco around about 1972 or 3 a very good band such a shame about brian i still enjoy the bands music to this day.
Loved the group sweet great music beautiful place his plack is in sadly missed rest in peace god best ❤🎉
Thank you so much for posting this special video. It really means a lot to me beings a Sweet fan since the age of 12. Brian will always be one of the most awesome singers I ever heard.
Loved Sweet....
Loved the sweet and brian, so glam rock, they summed up the 70s,for me
I watched the Sweet perform at the Sergeants Mess on RAF Brize Norton base, Oxfordshire and I guess that it would have been about 1969 so just before they became famous. I remember the place was packed out and that their music on the night went down very well with the people there. I was only about 15 years old at the time but managed to get a couple of bottles of Newcastle brown ale from the bar which I drank, and was very sick afterwards!! I remember Brian's long blonde hair vividly when he was performing on stage. Happy memories!
Always loved Sweet my first single was Hell Raiser in 1973 . Thank you for looking up this one .rock in peace Brian 💕
That was the first single that I also bought ; I was 7 years old and I still have it .
@@TheHumbuckerboy wow me the same I was 8 that year . Had a great B side too Burning . Still have my copy 👍
@@David-uf8ex Burning has one of my favourite guitar solos on it ; those self-penned B sides had so much energy !
"Hellraiser" was George Michael's favourite record growing up,if you googke it,there is a T-Shirt with him & "Hellraiser"
@@richardbray6454 Yes, years ago I read an interview in which George Michael said that it was the first single that he ever bought.
I'm sure he used to live by my great aunt and uncle in Hayes, Middlesex. My aunt used to say one of the neighbours, who was in a band called The Sweeties (! 😄😄), used to climb into a tree and sing. They used to listen to him while they sat having tea in their garden.
So sad, RIP Brian x What a beautiful place of rest
Very Sad what happened to him and yet Sweet were a 70, s Legend....
my mum was a big glamrock fan in the 70s so that was how l got into glamrock listening to it on a sunday afternoon such a shame what happened to brian the sweet were pretty good looks a nice crematorium.
Every documentary about The Sweet or especially Conolly always takes such a sad turn. I see their careers in a positive light though. They might not be as famous as other bands like Deep Purple, but they were just the greatest anyway. Even after the throat incident they successfully toured Japan, Germany and the US with having some of their all-time best live shows.
They had fun while it lasted. And even after their breakup, life went on for them :) Sweet forever.
Really enjoyed watching remember the glam rock era but so tragic to hear his story 💔
A star dont die, its only put back in the sky. There itt shine so wonderful bright, you ll se it on a cold starry night❤ BFC 1945 - 1997.😊
A sad life for Brian, but he did achieve a wonderful music career. Thank you Paul for sharing.
I was to young to see the Sweet, but still loved the music.
R I P Brian thanks for the music
Bless Brian an the sweet group had pictures on my bed room wall wen was a teenager
Back in the early 70’s my elder sister bought his house off of him, when he lived in Dukes Wood Drive in Gerard’s Cross / Bucks. She said he was a very nice guy. The Sweet were a great band, from the Glam Rock era. Very much missed to this day. 😀
Use to love The Sweet when I was younger! A great shame what happened to him.
Happy Birthday by the way!
What happened to him was tragic! I'm sure I read that his attackers knew who he was and stamped on his throat on purpose. I hope he's resting in peace. Thanks for this one Paul. Was nice to see the appreciation from the fans.
Ellersee,they did know him,they were jealous their girls friends liked him,if they kicked him in the throat it would stop his singing,very sick.
More to this than what you know...RIP
Brian he was sweet xx
AH WHAT A SAD LIFE BRIAN HAD
HE DIED TOO YOUNG AS WELL
BUT HIS MUSIC WILL LIVE ON
THANKS FOR THE INFO PAUL
MAY BRIAN FIND PEACE NOW
IN HEAVEN
R I P BRIAN 🥀🙏
hi there. very much missed, always saw him on Top of the Pops with Steve Priest thursday evenings, just great, blockbuster we really loved this song, wish the 70s would come back ! now going to Blockbuster out
Ich habe sie geliebt😢
i loved the 70's music, Brian with his long blond hair, the Sweet was glam rock and I loved that era, thanks Paul, another great story.
i hope he is resting in peace.many years and albums listening to the sweet especially give us a wink.i still listen now and think they where untouchable untill the alcohol took over R I P brian
Pretty much the first band i ever got into at the tender age of 5 or 6 years old, around half a century ago. My late mum used to go out and buy their 7" singles for me (thanks Mum!), which i loved playing on the old crappy record player that was in the house at the time. As time went by i got heavily into so many other bands and have had many 'favourite' bands at various points in my life, which i guess we all do. But the strange thing is, i never heard any of this bands albums until relatively recently, thanks to the internet, and that, even more recently, has made me realise one thing: i now have to say that (The) Sweet is my ALL TIME fave band. Now that is some accolade, considering just how many bands/artists i love! Funny how now, being able to see 60 years old from here, it has all come full circle. I absolutely adore their music and love it even more now than i did then! My 'interest' in drums and drumming actually began all those years ago with this band (thanks Mick Tucker - what a drummer!). Thanks for this, Paul. Despite how relatively sad Brian's story is, i did enjoy seeing this. RIP Brian. And RIP Mick and Steve. Thank you for everything, Guys! You will be forever missed by so many. Much love and respect 🤟😞 🙏
Yeah. Great band in their heyday. Loved them growing up, but suddenly, they disappeared. Not having the Internet or a paper, as I was young. Now I know the story. Sad. Thanks Paul
"All right fellows, let's staaaaaaart". How I miss The Sweet, because of their very much underrated hard rock stuff. The Sweet were hughe in the seventies; best time of my life. Thank you for making this video, it means a lot.
Hi Paul. Today i layed my Dad's ashes to rest. While talking to the undertaker she told me that one of the plaques next to Brian Connolly's is her Dad's. Small world.
Oh wow, yes and I’m so sorry for your loss 🙏
RIP Brian, #OnlyLove 🙏
I saw him perform just before he died, he could only sing every other song and had to lie down recovering while the band played an instrumental. Brian still belted out the hits though.
Yes,such a sad ending,got into Sweet or The Sweet at the time,,when "Poppa Joe" came out,around March 1972,I was 13,& followed them till they finally disbanded as a 3 piece in 1982,I was at the 24th February concert at Hammersmith Odeon,went on my own,number 73 bus all the way from Stoke Newington,(Marc Bolan's birthplace,he lived at 25 Stoke Newington common for the 1st 15yrs of his life), ),& again,it was so sad it all went wrong in the end,especially after " Love Is Like Oxygen",was nominated for the Ivor Novello award for best song of 1978,but lost out to "Baker Street" the long version is sublime,& the 1978 album Level Headed was such a departure from their previous work,they had more strings to their bow that they were given credit for,started off as a bubblegum band,then glam,hard rock,even a little proggy,they never got the credit they deserved IMHO,i don't think they could quite shake off their earlier Bubblegum tag,,which was a shame,missing out on that Who concert was a body blow to them,as people would of seen them play,& would of had a different opinion,as they could play,their B-sides,their own work,were superb,& they were the only Glam band that really cracked Ametica,,with 4 top ten hits & 1 top twenty hit,they had others too,I was going to see Brian in the early 80s at the Marquee Club in Central London,but when I got there,it was cancelled,due to his health issues,saw Andy Scott's Sweet in 1992,at The Royal Standard pub in Walthamstow,but it's never the same without the 4 original members,R.I.P Brian,Mick & Steve 🙏❤
My first record ever bought. Blockbuster. Great group
So sad...I used to watch him with The Sweet on TOTP when I was little. Blockbuster being my all-time favourite. He always looked so happy, and it just goes to show that no one really knows what goes on 'behind closed doors' so to speak. May he rest in peace x
I saw Sweet live in the summer of 1971 in an open field with the stage on the back of a large lorry. It was in Hayle . Cornwall .
Me and a friend were on holiday and we decided to go ......they`d had a couple of hits but were not really big at this stage. Glad we did because it was a great gig.
Always had a soft spot for Sweet .... liked most of their singles but , as others have said, they were more than just a pop band and could rock with the best of them.
loved the sweet when much younger.....it is very sad what he went through 😞 think too he probably experienced rejection because of being left by his biological mother.... which probably didn't help when he was going through such dark times 😔 so very easy to let alcohol 'ease' the pain
especially when you have a prepencity to be addicted to it 😔
thankyou for sharing this and the really good intro and information about his life and death (not all obviously) 🌏
So sad stoll play is songs on my phone,i just love sweet 😋 ❤
I loved Brian and The Sweet, especially their rousing song “Blockbuster “. We had just married when that song came out, and my husband had a job on a farm milking the cows, which meant early starts, but we were both dreadful at waking up to the alarm clock.( a wind up one back then.) so we took our record player upstairs and put the Sweets blockbuster record on its table, set it up to play when the record arm moved, ( keep following) tied a piece of string to the arm, the other end to the alarm winder on the clock, which was wound up full and set to 4.30am…omg in the morning the alarm clock went off, which we slept through, but it kept winding the string until it pulled the record arm which dropped and the record started to play at full blast! If you all recall, it starts off with police sirens and a real racket which would wake the dead! It certainly woke us! And was brilliant! So Thankyou Brian and the group for such a great song and that happy memory. I’m appalled to hear his life story and awful end to it. He didn’t deserve any of it, and I hope he hears us all saying his name now with grateful thanks and sending him love for all the good times. Thanks for this Paul…really glad you visited his grave. Bless you. 🙋♀️😘 🙏🙏🙏💕
People would pay good money to see your alarm clock in action. Sounds ingenious. Heath Robinson would be proud. 🙂
Fabulous story Helen, what a contraption that must have been! 😊
@@rivaest38 Thankyou! it was Mark! Wish modern video recorders had been invented then, as I’d have recorded it! Was hilarious trying to get to the player in time to switch off before neighbours banged on the walls lol….but ingenuity ruled the day back then….can still remember the mental confusion of waking up to police type sirens wailing loudly, and wondering where the heck I was! Lol…happy days.
We are given too many things ready made for us these days, we don’t have to bother using our brains to work out a problem…it was fun too! Best wishes! Helen 🙋♀️😘
@@alangood8190 Thanks Alan! I pride myself on being one of his protégés! What’s the saying? “Needs must when the Devil drives!”….As I said to Mark,below, it was a real problem as we couldn’t wake up to just an alarm clock…tried putting clock on a biscuit tin lid, which was better as sound amplified and clock rattled, but it wasn’t enough, so then the length of string idea! …warm regards Helen ! 😁😘🙋♀️
@@helencheadle5285 Coming straight back to you. 🙂🙂🙂🙂 Alan.
Love is Like Oxygen ❤
I loved sweet thanks Paul ❤
thank you you did Brian proud his voice his beauty his songs with sweet and after sweet are now part of music history Brian is missed so much think you need to visit Mick Tucker another great missed drummer of sweet Steve priest maybe harder to visit as in America but rest in peace all legends to music.
Hi paul another cracking vid. R.I.P. Brian.x.
Very lovely plaque ❤ Such a beautiful, well-kept crematorium.
Paul, I just want to say Thank You !!!! for all the time, effort, research, compassion and respect that you dedicate to all of your videos. It is a pleasure to take these journeys with you and pay our respects to these people and keep their memories living on and on. Stay safe and take care of yourself 🙏👍😊😉
love the plaque❤
Great video Paul I wasn't a fan of Glam Rock I did like the first couple hits like Co-Co, Poppa Joe, Sad how things turned out for him.
Thanks Paul. I saw Sweet, along with Brian in the early 70"s. They played locally to where i lived then and still do now. (The Medway Towns).
So sad, I never ever knew about him being attacked and badly injured !!, That's shocking 😖. Hope that your resting and at peace now Brian. 🙏
Another great frontman taken too soon, Sweet were a superb band, Brian had a great singing voice.
One band I never got to see back in the day, wish I had. I've seen Andy Scott's The Sweet but obviously nowhere near as good as when Brian fronted them.
Thanx for this Paul.
R.I.P Brian, Steve and Mick.
Many thanks for a nice and fair portrayal of Brian Connolly. There are far too many negative comments about Brian and Sweet out there, so thank you.
I love the Sweet bk in the 70s 🤩 made great songs (Wig Wam Bam, blockbuster, Fox on the run) and many others👍loved all Glam rock bands Brian Connolly gone way to soon RIP 🙏
My Partner Andy saw The Sweet Live at The Agincourt Night Club in Camberley Surrey xxx
Truly terrible what happened to that man. You don't wish anyone what you are good at and earn your living from and also HAVE to lose a lot of fun with your band members. All in all, a sad ending for this star of The Sweet. R.I.P. and warm greetings from Rotterdam.
Hi paul sweet were fabulous they sure made my early days memorial block buster was a smash for them brain was the lead singer us teenboopers were head oover heels crazy bout him rip brain great choice 👍👍👍👏👏👏
Ironic as it's 50 years ago this week that The Sweet were topping the charts with 'Blockbuster'.
Miss them so much
Still missed rip Brian x
Sweet recorded some excellent 70's glamrock classics...too many mention here but my favourite was Wig Wam Bam..
Continue to RIP Brian..
Thanks for doing this one. Weirdly was listening to the sweet earlier I'm an 80s boy and the sweet were before my time however I tell anyone who's prepared to listen there is a lot more to the sweet than the chinn and chapman bubblegum hits. Listen to the album desolation boulevard and tell me they aren't as heavy as Sabbath or Deep Purple. Sad they are all gone except Andy Scott. They were all brilliant musicians. As you say Brian's story was tragic and his last TV appearances very sad to see. Shame he doesn't have an actual grave as I'd have visited it
There was a lot more to The Sweet than Blockbuster and Ballroom Blitz. I think their earlier songs like The Juicer were quite diffferent from their chart hits. Brian Connolly's life was filled with sadness and tragedy despite the great music he made. The Sweet and Alice Cooper on the same bill would have been well worth seeing.
I thought he was lovely , I remember watching him as a kid of 8 and I was transfixed...can't believe I missed this earlier 😢
I loved the sweet and Brian had a fantastic voice such a shame what happened to him
Co mu sie przydazylo no mie wiem.
Brilliant group, he died too young 🌹
Well done paul lovely jst lovely no one is perfect each have their own issues bless him his music rocked our world thanks paul 👍🙌👍👌👌😎😎
This was Sweet of you to share lol of Brian Connolly may he rest easy. 🙏😔🤘🕊️
So young.. thanks for this one Paul
A great band , but such a sad loss . Their ,what I believe to be last single , Love is like oxygen , has one of the best B sides ever . ( Cover Girl ) . It harks back to their earlier sound , And should have done a lot better . RIP, Brian . Thanks for the music .
brian was my mums claim to fame..she was a roadie in the 60s and not only met Brian but slept with him too!! ironically he died on my 19th birthday 9th February ..r.i.p brian
Sorry mean 29th birthday.. i was born in 68 a few years after mums ‘’encounter’’ lol
Not something you’d share about your mum!!
I had a hand in making that plaque, small company in Northumberland where I used to work
That’s awesome thanks for your message… it’s a lovely plaque
Certainly one of the faces of the glam scene in the early to mid 70's...frequently on TOTP, a sad case of the excesses of fame from that period. RIP Brian
I saw Brian in a hospital ward in Amersham bucks when my late father in law was in the same ward but I didn’t get to speak to him
Even after being assaulted Brian still went on to record great heavy rock style vocals on the 'Give Us a Wink' album (1976) and some very pure/clear vocals on the verses of 'Love Is Like Oxygen' (1978) .
Love that song, one of my favs. Love is like oxygen ❤️
@@YTD41 Brilliant song !