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Sorry for resurrecting an old post here, but I'm interested in finding out if the John Skelley Snr that was mentioned ever lived in Charlotte road in Wallington?? If so he was an old mate of mine. Hi Mr Green yes We did live in Charlotte rd Wallington. Would be good to hear from you and found out h...

Great to find this on the net, My Uncle Mick Hack was the lead guitarist with Martin Jae and the Hi - 5 & i agree the track should have been a hit, My Uncle passed away some years ago now but my dad confirms that John Skelley was indeed the organist but on the T.V. show - Thank your lucky stars...

Did he call himself Stevens? See my previous post for photo No Dad didnt call himself Stevens. As far as i'm aware the band didn't have a keyboard player and the song wasn't written with a keyboard part. Bobby Richards the writer of the song lived near us in Wallington Surrey and my Dad and him kne...

John: Welcome and thanks for this information. Did you dad play for any other groups? Hi, yes he managed a group called "The Woodlanders" who had a minor chart entry with a song he wrote called " Never be Free" the flip side was "A love that will always be with me" whi...

Hi folks I came across this discussion because i surfed "Cossack Melodies". My reason for this is, that my Dad John Skelley was the organist on this song. I cant furnish too much info because I was only 11 at the time and my Dad has passed away. My Mum who is still alive remembers the neig...