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[@sruthimohan2737]

His son stevie is my best friend ❤️❤️one of the greatest guy I ever met! He’s got the same passion as his dad! London boys RIP!

[@Fearyourown]

❤ just wondering out of curiosity if stevie himself has carried on with the music gene?

[@Oleg-Frol]

Одно враньё и фальш.Они просто танцоры.Погибли в 1996 году. А вокал был Рольфа Кёлера.Который умер от инсульта в 2007 году.

[@louisbeerreviews8964]

@@Oleg-Frolyou are silt wrong

[@stevelegrand3583]

@sruthimohan2737 We share the same name because his and my parents we're super close friends. We we're around toddler age the last time we saw each other. But I've been always wondering how he is doing. Please say Hi to him, if you read this...

[@aryafarn]

​@@Oleg-Frolне знаешь не говори! Ральф пел только на шести песнях!

[@hopeless74]

I saw them live at Hastings pier back in 89 and bought their LP which was signed by them both.... It took a lot of years until I understood their tradgedy in 96... that news never reach Sweden... Still love the "12 commandments of dance" album.... It's fantastic :)

[@FACEBOOK6250]

2023 and still Loving their music. What a fantastic tribute. R.i.p. to them all.

[@ReggieThePug]

Omg I used to absolutely love them.. There music was far beyond the 80s.. I used to cry whenever they came on the radio or TV and when they died I was grief stricken ... These guys should of gone down in history yet they are no mentioned today sadly 😢... RIP guys you were brilliant...

[@DeeJay_78]

27 years ago today! Such a horrible, deeply tragic accident. Their first album is superb. Sleep tight boys ❤

[@BlytheWorld1972]

It really is sad :(

[@Светлана-ы2ж2и]

​@@Oleg-Frolне смешно 😢

[@푸들둘몰키하나]

I'm a 52-year-old woman living in Korea, and the London Boys are a song I loved and enjoyed as a kid. I'm so sorry they died in an accident.

[@portugal5698]

Lmfao. They were a musical group/duo, not a song, but I guess it was a grammar/wording issue. Only busting your chops.

[@TT-rq9vj]

​@@portugal5698can't u even correct and understand the main point she wanna mention by urself? maybe english is not ur mother' tongue also..😅

[@AnIrishMan500]

I can't believe this,I listened to their music all the time as a kid but I never ever heard that they had died and in such a tragic way. I'm shocked. So so sad R.I.P.😢

[@SteveMcQueen999]

Unlike so many singers today, these guys worked so hard for many years. An absolute tragedy.

[@RebeccaPhythian]

A fantastic tribute to The London Boys and what they achieved 👏🏻 A huge well done on this documentary too, my love! A very enjoyable watch and it was fascinating to hear about how much music was changing around the time of The London Boy's releases! 🎶

[@AdamMartyn]

Thank you so much my lovely 🥰❤ I'm glad you enjoyed it! Wanted to make something that would truly honour Dennis and Edem's work!

[@RebeccaPhythian]

@@AdamMartyn you achieved it! ✨️😘🎶

[@sd-11-11-sd]

Remember these guys breaking through in the charts when I was a boy. Despite the trappings of the era there is great synergy and energy in their work. A tragic loss of two talented and hardworking men.

[@алексейиванов-ч8ы]

Да великие люди

[@JamesTaylor-yg7ow]

A wonderful and moving well deserved tribute. Well done Adam, you've done them proud. RIP Dennis and Edem along with all who died in that awful crash.

[@AdamMartyn]

Thank you James, they certainly deserved better!

[@Agoravai-77]

I'm Brazilian in my country, I grew up listening to these songs, I didn't understand the lyrics but they have a really good energy.

[@leejones8582]

RIP to these guys

[@vobyrne]

nicely done, a sensitive tribute to two great guys. Gave me lots of joy growing up and listening to them and watching their energetic routines. RIP guys

[@Meg-wq1gl]

I absolutely love the London boys fav songs requiem London nights my love and Chinese radio rest in peace guys. 😢

[@jaykaye7025]

London nights was a classic

[@Josh_2976]

Not my type of music at all but I always like listening to the stories of rises and falls from fame. Really brought a tear to my eye hearing how they passed. Lives cut cruelly short not giving them the opportunity to continue with their music or simply live their lives with their wives and children.

[@Fearyourown]

Soooo glad I found this documentary. Really refreshing to see time and effort being put into these guys. So thank your for doing this it’s about bloody time they got the recognition they deserved. Can still remember the day reading in the daily star about their sad passing 😢 Been a fan of these 2 legends since seeing them on top of the pops as a kid. Instant connection and received the 12 commandments album on ye olde cassette for Xmas. My first album ever Always had a soft spot for these guys and recall hearing chapel of love on the radio one evening to never be heard again and no more of their music Until working away one day and being in a work car with a load of cassette tapes. This was around 1999. Chucked on of these tapes on and low and behold freedom came on 😀 I was absolutely buzzing to hear it lol. Fast forward a couple more years and I dropped onto a copy of sweet soul music at a music shop that was closing down. Naturally I ordered love for unity once I new it was out there. My fave album of the latter releases The religious cross over album just didn’t work for me but I do have a soft spot for gospel train to London Thanks again for doing this. You smashed it out of the park

[@Oleg-Frol]

Одно враньё и фальш.Они просто танцоры.Погибли в 1996 году. А вокал был Рольфа Кёлера.Который умер от инсульта в 2007 году.

[@ReggieThePug]

​@@Oleg-Frol Who told you that tripe??? The truly sang there own songs..You have been very mislead..

[@Fearyourown]

@@Oleg-Froloh god not this shit again. Rolf added backing vocals and harmony’s

[@spoopyirene9145]

Wow listening to this made me tear up, these 2 men deserved so much more. Its such a shame that they’re lives were cut short 😿

[@centrevezgaming4862]

I missed them so much I love their music to this very day and Requiem is my favorite song.

[@Oleg-Frol]

Они танцоры

[@robmortimer4150]

I had no idea how epic and sad their story was. Thanks for presenting this so well

[@AdamMartyn]

My pleasure Rob!

[@dominewimbury2039]

Can't wait for this. I remember them from when I was a little kid, around four. Didn't know they had both died until years later

[@paulfisher7911]

1m 52 yrs old and still so enjoy there music even today iv been playing there album

[@RansomeDavis]

I remember in interviews both were so incredibly friendly and polite aswell. Simply loving what they were doing and the fans.

[@ginoantonio9455]

Discovered them 3 years ago and listen to them every day. my favourite song changes every few weeks , right now it’s : Sandra , the saxophone at the end makes you feel something 🌟 lol but seriously 😂. Requiem is the first song I discovered and not much tops that for me, I always go back to it and pump it in the car while screaming the lyrics 😂

[@Sawrattan]

I discovered them 3 years ago too on the radio, and have been obsessed with them ever since. Also I have a lot of respect for South Korea now.

[@louise_8546]

I remember Pete Waterman promoting the London Boys on The Hitman & Her before they hit the charts (we used to watch it after a night out!) - and I loved the Hi-NRG sound of their earlier hits. Wasn't aware of their later stuff (probably not promoted as well, sounds like they had to battle with record companies throughout). By the 1990s it was considered quite a dated sound (by some! though I have a soft spot for eurodisco and Hi-NRG and still loved it). What a tragic ending.

[@sheronasims6783]

Best band ever. Better than the Beatles. Tragic 😥

[@darkwolfknight8293]

RIP to the two of them. They sadly had a terrible tragedy.

[@SalvaTristan]

Thank you from Spain. London Boys 4ever.

[@groovydonkey]

Very fascinating and I didn't realised they had released 3 albums. I do have The Twelve Commandments of Dance, but will look for their other albums.

[@hayleywaalen2612]

Their music is danceable.

[@CJT80]

Wow Adam, what a fantastic tribute. I have a 7 inch copy of London Nights. I’ll check out the box set. Thanks for creating this!!

[@AdamMartyn]

My pleasure mate!

[@CJT80]

@@AdamMartyn until tonight I had no idea they had such a back catalogue. Amazing.

[@footynutguy]

I saw them after they had game in the 90’s when they gave a private party for disabled people in at Helen’s. We had a chance to chat with them and they were really nice guys.

[@carolinetaylor156]

Loved this. Tragic how the story ends but their classic pop lives on. Wonderful memories of copying the London Nights dance at school. Thank you for the documentary Adam

[@juangabrieleldivodejuarez1426]

Es el único video sobre su biografía que encontré, nose por qué muchos no le han hecho un video, gracias por eso! Sin duda fue un duo increíble y mucha energía ⚡ alguna vez quisiera ser tan fuerte, bailarín y ágil como lo eran ellos dos y claro sin dejar de lado sus voces impecables !!! Me gustó mucho tu video ! 🙌🏻

[@davidcorbett62]

I loved their music at the time and still do.. great disco stuff. If they where marketed now they would be huge within the gay community. Not being gay I just love them for their music and energy. Very tragic what happened to them and their relatives

[@Sawrattan]

I'm gay and thought exactly the same thing. This was before my time on the gay scene but I can imagine the entire _12 Commandments of Love_ album going down an absolute storm at G.A.Y on Camp Attack night.

[@Fridja]

What an amazing documentary! Thank you so much. ❤

[@winny8420]

I have to confess, I had no idea these guys had died in 1996 until a couple of weeks ago, don't know how I missed that terrible news at the time

[@titanictotired]

How did I not know about this? Thanks for making this video Adam. I'm thankful to now know of these people.

[@AdamMartyn]

Thank you so much pal! I've wanted to make a video about their story for years! I think the work of Dennis and Edem deserves to be heard 😊

[@titanictotired]

@@AdamMartyn Yes. May they be remembered

[@paulmiles9102]

they were great loved their music was so sad when they sadly left us they made such great music

[@owenmcgheeandbdawg]

I remember the video of "Sat in Your Lap" by Kate Bush, the masked roller skaters were The London Boys before they became famous.

[@ohhellothere-ok]

damn there music is groooovy! sadly I was born in 2012 (cry about me being young) so I didn’t see anything related to them. I wish time travel was real so I could meet them before they died, R.I.P chain here

[@ohhellothere-ok]

R.I.P

[@NicolasPetrosLanning]

*their*

[@220773]

Lad, if I had a time machine I'd travel on the motorway that took away my gran's and one of my best friend's lives within the space of three months in 1990. Same hell of an Italian motorway. I'd be there to stand beside their cars with mine and drive them away from the crash scene. I'd do the same with the two blokes from London, if only I knew where exactly they faced death.

[@алексейиванов-ч8ы]

Светлая память великим певцам лондон бойс

[@Oleg-Frol]

Одно враньё и фальш.Они просто танцоры.Погибли в 1996 году. А вокал был Рольфа Кёлера.Который умер от инсульта в 2007 году.

[@Светлана-ы2ж2и]

@@Oleg-Frol за Рольфа Келера знаю у него много своих песен но и дуэт с Эдемом Эфраимом был Много читала о них о их дуэт 👍💕😘

[@aryafarn]

Рольф пел только на шести песнях! остальные пел сам Эфраим!

[@terrycharnley]

I only found out that they'd been killed back in 1996 a few years ago. A real gut punch. What a fantastic musical legacy though. They worked hard and never gave in and they reaped their just rewards. They shined for a while very bright. London Nights and Chinese Radio remain standout tracks for me. Such energy and both were exciting and charismatic performers. I have their album. RIP guys. A great documentary by the way. Very heartfelt and a wonderful tribute.

[@salfordguy69]

Requiem was boosted by a pwl 12inch remix called london remix. it was massive in the gay clubs and the boys did a tour of nightclubs.

[@rogerdarthwell5393]

I have heard of them, and I have also heard of their terrible tragedy, can't wait to see this Adam! BTW It's lovely that you do these documentaries, are you considering the idea of doing one about Simply Red?

[@AdamMartyn]

I'm not too informed on Simply Red but nothings impossible!

[@rogerdarthwell5393]

@@AdamMartyn Jolly good!

[@evalizmamanic.8477]

En mi país seguimos bailando sus hermosas músicas, igualando sus buenos pasos 💃🕺Delajaron buenas canciones para la humanidad😊 😊😊😊😊😊

[@Borusa1976]

Incredible…. Love requiem and London nights. Remember getting the single back in 1989 and I was 13… loved the euro disco pop beat

[@AdamMartyn]

Such a good tune!

[@clarkejoseph49]

6:43 RICKROLLED!

[@dominewimbury2039]

Blimey, didn't realise they were local to me! Greenwich borough. Bless em

[@dianerobison617]

Never knew this. How awful, RIP x

[@monikamikolajewicz8677]

Chlopcy wracajcie z powrotem ja tesknie za wami 💕💕😭💕💕 nie mam sily plakac za wami 💕💕😭 nigdy sie z tym nie pogodze ze odeszli tak szybko 😭😭ale gdzie sa pochowani gdzie?

[@jakubdabrowski3846]

Tak, wakacje w Ciechocinku 1989 i Requiem na dyskotece, co za czasy

[@paulmcfarlane5481]

Loved these guys still do❤

[@Oleg-Frol]

Танцоров.

[@vulpixsmi]

NGL almost shead a tear towards the end I must say

[@80schick]

Won't be able to watch live, but look forward to catching up with it later. I saw the London Boys along with Jason Donovan and other Stock Aitken Waterman acts back in 1989.

[@musicfactcheck]

I am a Korean. In my memory, I'm gonna give... & Harlem desire can be ranked number 1 in my regional several unofficial chart. But I wonder what you mean three chart toppers? Who said like that? Which chart you refer? And who said My Love ranked no.1 in my territory? My love is my favorite song of theirs, but I'm very curious what chart you're talking about because I don't think it was popular enough to top the Korean charts.

[@EleaRillon]

They are not lucky. enough to live and entertain more the public

[@NicolasPetrosLanning]

These two would have been 63 as of today

[@FTW523.]

Rest up now boys. Thankyou for the brillant songs snd dance moves.

[@Oleg-Frol]

Они танцоры а не певцы.

[@FTW523.]

@@Oleg-Frol no bro they sang aswel as danced

[@Oleg-Frol]

@@FTW523. Одно враньё и фальш.Они просто танцоры.Погибли в 1996 году. А вокал был Рольфа Кёлера.Который умер от инсульта в 2007 году. Друг был Дитер Болен.Вместе писали музыку.

[@louisbeerreviews8964]

@@Oleg-FrolEnglish please and they are both

[@louisbeerreviews8964]

@@Oleg-Frolyou are wrong

[@ColeHomeVideo]

Fucking brilliant documentary. Wonderful work, Adam.

[@AdamMartyn]

Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it 😊

[@WRCSeb]

I wonder what could of been if they hadn't tragically passed away

[@leejones8582]

They died a few days after my 8th birthday that drunk driver robbed us of 2 talented singers/dancers.

[@WRCSeb]

@@leejones8582 not better said mate

[@qiarra]

I can hear influence from Bad Boys Blue and also Modern Talking

[@kimmonks116]

Wow...Fantastic tribute Adam 👏I loved these two..always have and my heart would sing at hearing London Nights at my local disco..I was just 17 and dancing to it every time..😃🤩Totally awesome 👌 and fond memories of my current boyfriend at the time whom I met up with there each week. Crikey my eyes filled up 😢😢at the end..so sad..Thanks for these memories..Bless their dancing shoes 🙏😇😍❤❤

[@traciemarsh1611]

beautiful songs fantastic men gone to soon rip edem and dennis

[@Stevenspielburger]

Brilliant documentary, very interesting to hear about a band I was aware of, but didn't know much about

[@AdamMartyn]

Thank you so much! Their story is often buried amongst the more prolific names of the music industry, but I feel its every bit as valid! Feel free to share the video and spread their story! I'm glad you enjoyed it 😊

[@thisisnotme7017]

thank you so much for this. I was a big LB fan back in the day. I was so sad when I found out on MTV they died

[@Oleg-Frol]

Танцоры

[@louisbeerreviews8964]

@@Oleg-FrolEnglish please

[@rednoggy]

I remember watching top of the tops before I went to bed one night and they were on. I remarked that I liked the song and then Santa brought me the album 😃. It's still on heavy rotation via Spotify now.

[@jaygent2836]

Always refreshing seeing the more ephemeral and transient end of pop given proper apprecation!

[@sandipanbanerjee5010]

RIP The London Boys.. ❤❤

[@SpaceAgeMark]

This is superb, really well researched and presented. Excellent tribute to them.

[@AdamMartyn]

Thanks Mark! Just felt their story needed to be shared more!

[@Borusa1976]

Ok….. massive hand slaps for Adam…. Sheer mastery as usual…..

[@AdamMartyn]

Thanks Lee! So glad you enjoyed it!

[@Acidonia150reborn]

13:38 Whys the outFits remind me of Dont copy that Floppy.

[@joeclayton2875]

Well done. You're good at these. It's amazing how the mind plays tricks. I was convinced Requiem hit the top for one week only in the UK but evidently not. Didn't realise Harlem Desire was an oldie at the time either. I liken these guys to Modern Talking style wise with the addition of acrobatic dancing.

[@Oleg-Frol]

Одно враньё и фальш.Они просто танцоры.Погибли в 1996 году. А вокал был Рольфа Кёлера.Который умер от инсульта в 2007 году. Друг был Дитер Болен.Вместе писали музыку.

[@aryafarn]

​@@Oleg-Frol у вас уши есть? Ральф пел только на шести песнях! остальное пели сам парни! Все песни написал Мауи. Луис Родригес у Мауи был звукоинженером.

[@Oleg-Frol]

@@aryafarn уши с семи лет музыкой занимаюсь.Я не заморачиваюсь как ты вокалом.Мне особо без разницы кто там и когда пел.С этой группы,кроме тройки треков взять нечего.Моё мнение.

[@firebrand36]

Absolutely brilliant doc. Love hearing these kinds of stories - keep it up!

[@pavankumar-cy8bi]

RIP, good London boys

[@alamore5084]

Good on Pete Waterman!

[@David.0.0.7]

R.I.P Boys. 23:03

[@moonlightaffairs]

They were so big in Asia.

[@0originalchocolate0]

I discovered the london boys by the Spotify algorithm and i was absolutely fascinated by them!! I knew they had something different and unique and when i saw their music videos their dances were something i haven't seen much in the whole 80s scene. Its sad to see that so much of the potential they had couldn't be archived due to fundings, specially at the time advertising was a whole different thing, those dances would go viral if it happened in this decade!! It broke my heart to see that they died so early through their careers... RIP the boys... their music will never get old!!

[@scrambled5948]

As someone who grew up Anglican, I can definitely imagine their 90’s dance mix cover of he’s got the whole world in his hands playing at a harvest disco at the village hall

[@andrewbowman4611]

Thanks for this. The London Boys were indeed a force majeur in 1989, with Requiem being one of the best songs of that year. Their deaths were a shock to us all at the time, and posthumously raised their profile for a brief period, as ghoulish as it sounds. In fact, their demise was very close to a similar accident suffered by Bucks Fizz. Although all four survived, singer Mike Nolan was severely injured, with massive trauma to his brain. He still performs, but even now he has difficulty with his memory. The history of Bucks Fizz is fascinating in itself, culminating with the majority of the band (Nolan, Cheryl Baker and Jay Aston) not being allowed to use the name Bucks Fizz, because former bandmate Bobby Gee won the rights to own the name, despite the fact he's the only original member of it. It's weird, quite honestly, but fascinating, as I said.

[@AdamMartyn]

Thanks Andrew! Maybe Bucks Fizz may be a future topic for a documentary! I had no idea the story went that deep!

[@andrewbowman4611]

@@AdamMartyn It's certainly a tangled web. Weirdly, Cheryl Baker is one of the few artists who competed in the Eurovision Song Contest in two separate acts, which is a nice little titbit of information, I think. Of the official Bucks Fizz, I believe that the ownership of the name was transferred to Bobby Gee's wife, who's a member of the group as well. As a result, the other three are now known as The Fizz, having previously been called Mike, Jay and Cheryl, Formerly of Bucks Fizz, with Bobby McVie (Gee's replacement). Needless to say, there's a fair bit of bad blood between the former bandmates at the moment!

[@marktubeie07]

Great job and very interesting. Incredibly sad. Not heard of here in Australia, however I think I'll dive into the Cherry Red Box set.

[@AdamMartyn]

Glad you enjoyed it! The Cherry Red Box Set is so well put together!

[@chrissmirk6113]

I met them in Southampton hmv. They were lovely to talk to . Miss them xx❤😢

[@joeclayton2875]

Just found the twelve commandments of dance cd in a charity shop. Great find.. Thought of you and this documentary.

[@andrewfaduk214]

Two very talented guys... Great passion.... Great rhythm.... Great music...... Danced till dawn in many a club here to there amazing tunes. Still play them often. Very sad that they were taken so young and so cruel... Well dance again one day guys!!!! Regards from South Africa Andrew 🇿🇦

[@MariaSimonds-fx8ib]

In

[@thisisnotme7017]

Love For Unity was a really good album

[@Fearyourown]

Calling the world is a hauntingly good track

[@thisisnotme7017]

@@Fearyourown yeah

[@aryafarn]

some stupid people always posts under LB videos fake info that Edem Ephraim only danced in band,but not sang! claim all vocals belongs to Rolf Kohler. its s lie! Rolf sang only as backing,additional vocalist! !(btw LB composer Ralf Maue sang too on backing vocals!) only in 2 songs Rolf voice is leading! in "Requem" and "Helpless". in ALL other songs Edem's vocals is leading! his tembre is very different from Rolf's! Rolf himself told about his vocal work together with Edem! he never claimed He sang alone.( its the same case as "Blue System" where Rolf " helped"Dieter Bohlen in hard cases ) but Edem's voice is much stronger then Bohlen's. He sang without any help in many later LB songs. shame on those who spread such lies about honest but alas dead people ! comparing them with infamous Milli Vanilli

[@AmbiguousMotion]

One need to understand 12 Commandments Of Dance were fully produced and partially sung by people behind Modern Talking, namely Rolf Kohler, Rolf Stemmann and most importantly - Louis Rodriguez.

[@leemo2000]

I saw them live at several gay clubs around Sheffield, UK back in 1988/1989 I was 18. I then moved to Australia and hadn't thought about the London Boys until this popped up in my YT feed. So sad to hear how they left us.

[@ВалерийИванов-ш1г]

Очень жаль. Скорбим, помним, любим! Спасибо за полученные положительные эмоции от ваших песен!

[@qwerqwer-bf6mf]

LONDON BOYS 2023 super music respekt/ Rolf Kohler

[@aryafarn]

btw- they were very popular across USSR in Perestroika times. RIP.

[@mickyboy7586]

Thank you for posting such a great tribute. I love the London Boys and was fortunate enough to see them several times back in the day. The album Twelve Commandments of Dance is definitely in my top ten albums of all time and brings back such fantastic memories of many friends who have also long since gone. RIP to them and thank you for your post.

[@knmonlinemedia]

Great documentary. I'm sure if London Boys had lived, Gospel Dance would have been huge.

[@darrennobbs3488]

London boy biggest fan too

[@Oleg-Frol]

Одно враньё и фальш.Они просто танцоры.Погибли в 1996 году. А вокал был Рольфа Кёлера.Который умер от инсульта в 2007 году. Друг был Дитер Болен.Вместе писали музыку.

[@louisbeerreviews8964]

Stop lying no you didn’t

[@fiesta00]

❤💚💙💛💜🧡

[@oddsandwindsocks5905]

Nicely put together.

[@robertwilloughby8050]

So, do the tragic story of Susan Fassbender, then. And if you do, remember to tell Kay that I suggested it!

[@eroloden5611]

What is the title of the music in the first minutes you hear in the background?