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Richard Winters Peebles (born 1956), who performs under the name Rikki, is a Scottish singer, songwriter and producer who is known for having written songs for the band, Middle of the Road.[1]Appeared in Rock Musical HAIR 70s mid 70s Vocalist Marmalade Rock. Band Sunfighter Produced by Roy Baker Chris Rainbow EMI 70s single releases Europe “Seven Days A Week” “Bad Money” record of the week “Smile For Me “ Wogan radio 2 mid 80s

Rikki
Birth nameRichard Winters Peebles
Born1956 (age 65–66)
OriginGlasgow, Scotland
GenresPop, hi-NRG
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Years active1980s–present
LabelsCBS Records, OK Records

Peebles's song "Only the Light" won the BBC's A Song for Europe contest in 1987 going on to be the UK entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1987 where it placed 13th out of 22 .[2] Only artiste who wrote recorded produced performed and published his song It failed to reach the UK Top 75 singles chart lack of promotion and a subsequent album of same name released late. 80sArticles in RadioTimes and the DailyRecord Top performance in the contest.[3][4]


Discography



Albums


Year Album title Chart positions
UK
1987 Only the Light —

Singles


Year Single Peak chart positions Album
UK[5]
1987 "Only the Light" 96 Only the Light
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.

References


  1. "Eurovision 1987 United Kingdom - Rikki - Only the light". YouTube. Archived from the original on 9 May 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  2. Barclay, Simon (2010) The Eurovision Song Contest: Lugano 1956 - Oslo 2010, lulu.com, ISBN 978-1-4457-8415-1, p. 84
  3. Walker-Arnot, Elliot (23 May 2015). "Britain's best and worst Eurovision entries". RadioTimes.com. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  4. Fulton, Rick (17 December 2012). "Comedian Karen Dunbar Is Serious About Eurovision Aim". Daily Record.
  5. "The UK's highest charting Eurovision stars revealed!". Retrieved 10 May 2015.


Preceded by United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest
1987		 Succeeded by

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[de] Rikki (Sänger)

Rikki (eigentlich: Richard Peebles, * 1956) ist ein ehemaliger britischer Popsänger beim Concours Eurovision de la Chanson 1987 in Brüssel. Mit seinem selbstkomponierten Popsong Only the Light gewann er die britische Vorauswahl und landete beim Wettbewerb in Brüssel dann auf Platz 13.[2] Die Single landete in den UK-Charts auf 96, ein Album von ihm konnten sich nicht in den Charts platzieren und er verschwand von der Bildfläche.
- [en] Rikki (British singer)


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