Vince Hill

Vince Hill (born Vincent Hill in Coventry on 16 April 1934; died 22 July 2023) was an English pop singer and songwriter best known for his 1967 recording of the Rodgers and Hammerstein show tune "Edelweiss", which reached No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart (staying on the chart for 17 weeks). Along with a successful recording career in the 1960s, Hill hosted several hit UK TV shows during the 1970s and 1980s. Hill first sang professionally in a public house called The Prospect in Margate, Kent, when he was seventeen years old.