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Raymond William Froggatt (13 November 1941 – 23 July 2023) was an English songwriter and singer.\n

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Biography

Froggatt (otherwise known as \"Froggy\") was born in Bordesley Green, Birmingham on 13 November 1941. He began performing rock and roll in the early 1960s before moving on to focus on Country and Western. His band, initially known as the Buccaneers, later Monopoly and ultimately The Raymond Froggatt Band with guitarist Hartley Cain (H Cain), drummer Len Ablethorpe and whose bassist was Louis Clark of Electric Light Orchestra and Hooked on Classics fame, were signed by Polydor in 1964. However chart success eluded them, although the Dave Clark Five had a No. 7 hit in the UK Singles Chart with Froggatt's \"The Red Balloon\" in 1968. His own original version of the song, under the title \"Callow-la-vita\", reached No. 3 in the Netherlands.\n

Another Froggatt song, \"Big Ship\", was a No. 8 UK Singles Chart hit for Cliff Richard in 1969, and in the same year Froggatt's composition \"Rachel\" became a popular song in Australia and New Zealand, when it was released by the Australian artist Russell Morris.\n

In the 1970s, the band was managed by Don Arden, hoping to break into the United States music scene, but the experience led to the collapse of the band.\n

Froggatt later became an internationally recognised country music performer, releasing Here's to Everyone (1993) on his Red Balloon record label. Froggatt's autobiography, Raymond Who, followed in 1995.\n

Froggatt's wife, Louise, died in a car crash. Raymond Froggatt died at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital on 23 July 2023, at the age of 81.\n

Discography

1969 – The Voice And Writings of Raymond Froggatt
1972 – Bleach
1974 – Rogues And Thieves
1978 – Southern Fried Frog
1979 – Songs From A Minstral
1980 – Stay With Me
1982 – Sooner Or Later
1984 – Why?
1988 – Is It Rollin' Bob
1991 – Here's To Everyone
1993 – At The London Palladium
1995 – Someday
1996 – The Collection
1997 – Moonshine
1980 – Runaway
1998 – Southern Fried Frog & Rogues And Thieves
1998 – In Concert at the Birmingham Town Hall
1998 – There Goes That Song Again
1999 – Now And Then
2002 – Milestones
2003 – Cold As A Landlord's Heart
2003 – Coast To Coast
2003 – Shantytown
2004 – The Voice And Writing of Raymond Froggatt
2004 – Songland 40
2004 – Adaos
2004 – Just One Night in Concert Symphony Hall Birmingham
2006 – Dream of You
2007 – Songwriter
2007 – The Lights of Amsterdam
2010 – Songs With Reasons
2010 – Warm Days Summer Nights
2011 – Blue And Gold
2011 – America
2011 – Fields of Rock And Roll
2012 – Movin' On
2013 – Birmingham Rain
2014 – Closer To You
2015 – The Classic Collection Vol 2
2018 – In Concert (Hunstanton & Birmingham)

References

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External links

Official website
H Cain
Raymond Froggatt discography at Discogs
Raymond Froggatt at IMDb

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