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	\| align="left" \|"[[A-round the Corner (Beneath the Berry Tree)]]" <small>(with [[w:Harry Bidgood\|Primo Scala]] and His Banjo and Accordion Band)</small><br /><small>b/w "Dance Me Loose"</small>		\| align="left" \|"[[w:A-round the Corner (Beneath the Berry Tree)\|A-round the Corner]]" <small>(with [[w:Harry Bidgood\|Primo Scala]] and His Banjo and Accordion Band)</small><br /><small>b/w "Dance Me Loose"</small>
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	\| align="left" \|"[[I See the Moon]]"<br /><small>b/w "[[Eh, Cumpari!\|Eh Cumpari]]"</small>		\| align="left" \|"[[w:I See the Moon\|I See the Moon]]"<br /><small>b/w "[[w:Eh, Cumpari!\|Eh Cumpari]]"</small>
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	\| rowspan="6" \|1954		\| rowspan="6" \|1954
	\| align="left" \|"[[The Happy Wanderer]]"<br /><small>b/w "Till We Two Are One"</small>		\| align="left" \|"[[w:The Happy Wanderer\|The Happy Wanderer]]"<br /><small>b/w "Till We Two Are One"</small>
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	\| align="left" \|"[[Look at That Girl]]" <small>(with [[Dennis Lotis]]; Australia-only release)</small><br /><small>b/w "I See the Moon"</small>		\| align="left" \|"[[w:Look at That Girl\|Look at That Girl]]" <small>(with [[w:Dennis Lotis\|Dennis Lotis]]; Australia-only release)</small><br /><small>b/w "I See the Moon"</small>
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	\| align="left" \|"[[The Finger of Suspicion (Points at You)\|The Finger of Suspicion]]" <small>(with [[Dickie Valentine]])</small><br /><small>b/w "Who's Afraid (Not I, Not I, Not I)"</small>		\| align="left" \|"[[w:The Finger of Suspicion (Points at You)\|The Finger of Suspicion]]" <small>(with [[w:Dickie Valentine\|Dickie Valentine]])</small><br /><small>b/w "Who's Afraid (Not I, Not I, Not I)"</small>
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	\| rowspan="6" \|1955		\| rowspan="6" \|1955
	\| align="left" \|"Somebody" <small>(with Sonny Farrar and His Banjo Band)</small><br /><small>b/w "[[(My Baby Don't Love Me) No More]]"</small>		\| align="left" \|"Somebody" <small>(with Sonny Farrar and His Banjo Band)</small><br /><small>b/w "[[w:(My Baby Don't Love Me) No More\|(My Baby Don't Love Me) No More]]"</small>
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	\| rowspan="4" \|1956		\| rowspan="4" \|1956
	\| align="left" \|"[[(Love Is) The Tender Trap]]"<br /><small>b/w "When the Swallows Say Goodbye"</small>		\| align="left" \|"[[w:(Love Is) The Tender Trap\|(Love Is) The Tender Trap]]"<br /><small>b/w "When the Swallows Say Goodbye"</small>
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	\| align="left" \|"[[Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)]]"<br /><small>b/w "Rockin' and Rollin'"</small>		\| align="left" \|"[[w:Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)\|Hot Diggity]]"<br /><small>b/w "Rockin' and Rollin'"</small>
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	\| align="left" \|"[[John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt\|John, Jacob, Jingleheimer Smith]]"<br /><small>b/w "She Loves to Rock"</small>		\| align="left" \|"[[w:John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt\|John, Jacob, Jingleheimer Smith]]"<br /><small>b/w "She Loves to Rock"</small>
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	\| rowspan="4" \|1957		\| rowspan="4" \|1957
	\| align="left" \|"You Won't Be Around"<br /><small>b/w "[[Mangos (song)\|Mangos]]"</small>		\| align="left" \|"You Won't Be Around"<br /><small>b/w "[[w:Mangos (song)\|Mangos]]"</small>
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	\| align="left" \|"[[Honky Tong Song\|Honky Tonk Song]]"<br /><small>b/w "Golly!"</small>		\| align="left" \|"[[w:Honky Tong Song\|Honky Tonk Song]]"<br /><small>b/w "Golly!"</small>
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	\| align="left" \|"[[Big Man (The Four Preps song)\|Big Man]]"<br /><small>b/w "Lonely for a Letter"</small>		\| align="left" \|"[[w:Big Man (The Four Preps song)\|Big Man]]"<br /><small>b/w "Lonely for a Letter"</small>
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	\|1959		\|1959
	\| align="left" \|"[[My Blue Heaven (song)\|My Blue Heaven]]"<br /><small>b/w "How Ja Lika"</small>		\| align="left" \|"[[w:My Blue Heaven (song)\|My Blue Heaven]]"<br /><small>b/w "How Ja Lika"</small>
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	\| align="left" \|"Three Beautiful Words"<br /><small>b/w "[[Manhattan Spiritual]]"</small>		\| align="left" \|"Three Beautiful Words"<br /><small>b/w "[[w:Manhattan Spiritual\|Manhattan Spiritual]]"</small>
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{{Short description|British vocal group}}
{{for|the band formed in the 1980s|The Stargazers (1980s group)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox musical artist
|name= The Stargazers
|origin= United Kingdom
|genre= [[Traditional pop|Pop]], [[folk music|folk]]
|years_active = 1949–c. 1960
}}
'''The Stargazers''' were a British [[human voice|vocal]] [[musical ensemble|group]], jointly founded in 1949 by [[Cliff Adams Singers|Cliff Adams]] and [[Ronald E.J. Milne|Ronnie Milne]].<ref name="Larkin50">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Fifties Music]]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=2002|edition=Third|isbn=1-85227-937-0|page=418}}</ref> Other original members were Marie Benson, Fred Datchler and [[Dick James]].<ref name="Larkin50"/>

Very shortly after the group made their first broadcasts with [[BBC Radio]] on such programs as ''[[Workers' Playtime (radio programme)|Workers' Playtime]]'' and ''[[The Goon Show]]'', Dick James decided to resume his career as a [[solo (music)|solo]] [[singing|vocalist]], left the group, and was replaced by Bob Brown. Ronnie Milne took care of the musical [[arrangement|arranging]], while Cliff Adams became their [[management|manager]], in addition to contributing scores for the group. In September 1953, Milne left the Stargazers to [[emigration|emigrate]] to Canada, and was replaced in the group by Dave Carey. The group served as [[backing vocalist]]s for [[Petula Clark]] on her first [[sound recording and reproduction|recordings]].<ref name="Larkin50"/>

==Commercial success==
Recording for Decca, The Stargazers enjoyed considerable commercial success during the 1950s, including two United Kingdom number one [[hit record|hit]] [[single (music)|singles]] on their own, "[[Broken Wings (1953 song)|Broken Wings]]",<ref name="Larkin50"/> which was the first recording by a native British act to top the [[UK Singles Chart]] (all previous number one singles were by American artists),<ref name="British Hit Singles">{{cite book
| first= David
| last= Roberts
| year= 2001
| title= British Hit Singles
| edition= 14th
| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited
| location= London
| page= 28
| isbn= 0-85156-156-X}}</ref> and "[[I See the Moon]]", along with a third number one hit with [[Dickie Valentine]] on "[[Finger of Suspicion|The Finger of Suspicion]]", and were much in demand for back-up work and broadcast work.<ref name="Larkin50"/><ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/>

In 1954, The Stargazers recorded "[[The Happy Wanderer]]" by F.W. Möller with Syd Dean and His Band, which reached number 12 in April of that year.<ref name="Larkin50"/><ref>{{Cite web|title=Chart Log UK 1952-1962: S|url=http://www.zobbel.de/cluk50/CLUK5_S.HTM|access-date=2021-06-26|website=www.zobbel.de}}</ref> Other UK [[record chart|chart]] hits included "[[Close the Door (song)|Close the Door]]", which reached number 6 in September 1955, and "Twenty Tiny Fingers", which reached number 4 in November 1955.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book
| first= David
| last= Roberts
| year= 2006
| title= British Hit Singles & Albums
| edition= 19th
| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited
| location= London
| isbn= 1-904994-10-5
| page= 524}}</ref> They were voted "most popular vocal group" by readers of the ''[[NME|New Musical Express]]'' for five years running.

Stargazers' member Fred Datchler went on to form the Polkadots, who enjoyed success in their own right.<ref name="Larkin50"/> Beyond their own hit singles and [[album]]s, which included a [[cover version]] of "[[April in Paris (song)|April in Paris]]", the group recorded extensively with [[Jo Stafford]], [[Peggy Lee]] and [[Frank Sinatra]]. One of Datchler's sons is [[Clark Datchler]] of [[Johnny Hates Jazz]].<ref name="Larkin50"/>

== Discography ==

=== Albums ===
* ''Presenting the Stargazers'' ([[Decca Records|Decca]], 1954)
* ''South of the Border'' (Decca, 1959)
* ''Songs of [[Harry Lauder]]'' (with [[George Elrick]]) (London, 1960)
* ''The Very Best of the Stargazers'' ([[Universal Music Group|Universal/Spectrum]], 1999)
* ''South of the Border and a Singles Compilation 1953–58'' (Vocalion, 2003)

=== Singles ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="2" |Year
! rowspan="2" |Single
! colspan="2" |Peak chart positions
|-
![[UK Singles Chart|AUS]]
![[UK Singles Chart|UK]] <ref>{{Cite web|title=STAR GAZERS {{!}} full Official Chart History {{!}} Official Charts Company|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/11031/stargazers/|access-date=2021-03-11|website=www.officialcharts.com}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="8" |1950
| align="left" |"[[Music! Music! Music!|Music, Music, Music]]" (with [[Petula Clark]]; Australia-only release) b/w "Blossoms on the Bough"
|—
|—
|-
| align="left" |"Bamboo" (by The Organ, The Dance Band and Me; vocals by the Stargazers) b/w "The French Can Can Polka"
|—
|—
|-
| align="left" |"Brumas Brumas Brumas" (by The Organ, The Dance Band and Me; vocals by the Stargazers) b/w "A Load of Hay"
|—
|—
|-
| align="left" |"Ashes of Roses" (with Steve Conway) b/w "[[Mona Lisa (Nat King Cole song)|Mona Lisa]]"
|—
|—
|-
| align="left" |"The Trouble with Love, Is Love" b/w "Me and My Imagination"
|—
|—
|-
| align="left" |"Ferry Boat Inn" (with [[Benny Lee]] and Mary) b/w "[[I Taut I Taw a Puddy-Tat|I Taut I Taw a Puddy Tat]]"
|—
|—
|-
| align="left" |"[[Red Silk Stockings and Green Perfume|Red Silken Stockings]]" b/w "Oh Babe"
|—
|—
|-
| align="left" |"Silver Dollar" (with Petula Clark; Australia-only release) b/w "Talky, Talky, Talky"
|—
|—
|-
| rowspan="6" |1951
| align="left" |"You're the Sweetest in the Land" (with Petula Clark) b/w "You Are My True Love"
|—
|—
|-
| align="left" |"Beloved Be Faithful" (with Petula Clark) b/w "Fly Away Peter, Fly Away Paul"
|—
|—
|-
| align="left" |"Mary Rose (Bloesem Van Seringen)" (by [[Stanley Black]] and His Orchestra; vocals by [[Dick James]], the Stargazers and the [[George Mitchell (Scottish musician)|George Mitchell Choir]]) b/w "Eleanor"
|8
|—
|-
| align="left" |"[[In the Pines|Black Girl]]" (with [[Josh White]]) b/w "[[On Top of Old Smoky]]"
|—
|—
|-
| align="left" |"The King's Horses" (by [[Ted Heath (bandleader)|Ted Heath and His Music]]; vocals by [[Dennis Lotis]] and the Stargazers) b/w "[[Prince of Denmark's March|Trumpet Voluntary]]"
|—
|—
|-
| align="left" |"Silver Dollar" (with Marie Benson) b/w "Look Mamma"
|—
|—
|-
| rowspan="6" |1952
| align="left" |"Rollin' Stone" b/w "[[Greensleeves|Gleensleeves]]"
|—
|—
|-
| align="left" |"I Never Was Loved By Anyone Else (Until I Was Loved By You)" b/w "The Lie-De-Lie Song"
|—
|—
|-
| align="left" |"Saturday Rag" (with Les Howard) b/w "Bless Your Heart"
|
|
|-
| align="left" |"It's a Long Way (From Your House to My House)" b/w "To Think You've Chosen Me"
|—
|—
|-
| align="left" |"[[A-round the Corner (Beneath the Berry Tree)]]" (with [[Harry Bidgood|Primo Scala]] and His Banjo and Accordion Band) b/w "Dance Me Loose"
|—
|—
|-
| align="left" |"The Day of Jubilo" b/w "[[Sugar Bush (song)|Sugarbush]]"
|—
|—
|-
| rowspan="3" |1953
| align="left" |"[[Broken Wings (1953 song)|Broken Wings]]" b/w "Make It Soon"
|—
|1
|-
| align="left" |"[[Vaya con Dios (song)|Vaya con Dios (May God Be with You)]]" b/w "[[You, You, You|You You You]]"
|—
|—
|-
| align="left" |"[[I See the Moon]]" b/w "[[Eh, Cumpari!|Eh Cumpari]]"
|—
|1
|-
|
| align="left" |"It's Christmas All Over the World" b/w "The Little Fir Tree"
|—
|—
|-
| rowspan="6" |1954
| align="left" |"[[The Happy Wanderer]]" b/w "Till We Two Are One"
|—
|12
|-
| align="left" |"The Man With the Banjo" b/w "Good Wholesome Beer"
|—
|—
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| align="left" |"[[Look at That Girl]]" (with [[Dennis Lotis]]; Australia-only release) b/w "I See the Moon"
|—
2
|—
|-
| align="left" |"I Need You Now" b/w "365 Kisses"
|—
|—
|-
| align="left" |"[[The Finger of Suspicion (Points at You)|The Finger of Suspicion]]" (with [[Dickie Valentine]]) b/w "Who's Afraid (Not I, Not I, Not I)"
|3
|1
|-
| align="left" |"Rose of the Wildwood" b/w "Came the Morning"
|—
|—
|-
| rowspan="6" |1955
| align="left" |"Somebody" (with Sonny Farrar and His Banjo Band) b/w "[[(My Baby Don't Love Me) No More]]"
|—
|20
|-
| align="left" |"Hey Mr. Banjo" b/w "The Crazy Otto Rag"
|6
10
|—
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|-
| align="left" |"Red Roses (For My Lady Fair)" (with Roy Smith) b/w "The Devil's in Your Eyes"
|—
|—
|-
| align="left" |"At the Steamboat River Ball" (with Sonny Farrar and His Banjo Band) b/w "I Love You a Mountain"
|—
|—
|-
| align="left" |"Close the Door" b/w "I've Got Four Big Brothers"
|—
|6
|-
| align="left" |"Twenty Tiny Fingers" b/w "An Old Beer Bottle"
|—
|4
|-
| rowspan="4" |1956
| align="left" |"[[(Love Is) The Tender Trap]]" b/w "When the Swallows Say Goodbye"
|—
|—
|-
| align="left" |"Zambesi" b/w "When the Swallows Say Goodbye"
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|—
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| align="left" |"[[Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)]]" b/w "Rockin' and Rollin'"
|—
|28
|-
| align="left" |"[[John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt|John, Jacob, Jingleheimer Smith]]" b/w "She Loves to Rock"
|—
|—
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| rowspan="4" |1957
| align="left" |"You Won't Be Around" b/w "[[Mangos (song)|Mangos]]"
|—
|—
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| align="left" |"[[Honky Tong Song|Honky Tonk Song]]" b/w "Golly!"
|—
|—
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| align="left" |"Who Is It? (It's the Milkman)" b/w "Sorry, You'll Have to Wait"
|—
|—
|-
| align="left" |"The Skiffling Dogs" b/w "Out of This World"
|—
|—
|-
|1958
| align="left" |"[[Big Man (The Four Preps song)|Big Man]]" b/w "Lonely for a Letter"
|—
|—
|-
|1959
| align="left" |"[[My Blue Heaven (song)|My Blue Heaven]]" b/w "How Ja Lika"
|—
|—
|-
| rowspan="2" |1960
| align="left" |"Secret Star" (US-only release) b/w "Three Beautiful Words"
|—
|—
|-
| align="left" |"Three Beautiful Words" b/w "[[Manhattan Spiritual]]"
|—
|—
|-
| colspan="4" style="font-size:8pt" |"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.
|}

==See also==
*[[List of artists under the Decca Records label]]
*[[List of artists who reached number one on the UK Singles Chart]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Stargazers, The}}
[[Category:Musical groups established in 1949]]
[[Category:English pop music groups]]
[[Category:English vocal groups]]
[[Category:English session musicians]]
[[Category:Decca Records artists]]
[[Category:1949 establishments in England]]

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	~~==See also==~~
	*[[w:List of artists under the Decca Records label\|List of artists under the Decca Records label]]
	*[[w:List of artists who reached number one on the UK Singles Chart\|List of artists who reached number one on the UK Singles Chart]]

	==References==		==References==

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	*[[List of artists under the Decca Records label]]		*[[w:List of artists under the Decca Records label\|List of artists under the Decca Records label]]
	*[[List of artists who reached number one on the UK Singles Chart]]		*[[w:List of artists who reached number one on the UK Singles Chart\|List of artists who reached number one on the UK Singles Chart]]

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