Van McCoy Andrew Gold Leo Sayer Elkie Brooks Tavares Smokie David Bowie Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr. Stevie Wonder Dead End Kids Deniece Williams Berni Flint A former Royal Navy sailor and window cleaner, television viewers voted him the show's best act for 12 successive weeks in early 1977.
After being propelled to fame by the show, Flint enjoyed a degree of success for a number of years. In terms of record sales, the highpoint of his career was reached when his single, "I Don't Want to Put a Hold On You", rose over a period of six weeks to number three in the UK Singles Chart, in the week ending 23 April 1977. Further success came in the form of another hit, "Southern Comfort", and one gold and two silver selling albums. Billy Ocean ABBA
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