Fans may have a small optimism thanks to Robson Green that he and Jerome Flynn will get back together for the 30th anniversary of their popular song.
After their respective roles as Dave Tucker and Paddy Garvey on the ITV show Soldier Soldier sung a song of Unchained Melody, the actors came together to become the music duo Robson & Jerome. They played the record during a storyline in which fans attempted to purchase the music because the entertainment did not show up at a wedding. After noticing the interest, Simon Cowell persuaded them to record the song.
Their cover was issued as a double single with White Cliffs of Dover a few months later. It became the best-selling song of 1995 when it peaked at number one on the charts and remained there for seven weeks.
They then released number one hits with covers of I Believe and What Becomes of the Brokenhearted. They ended their career in 1997, having sold five million copies of their three issued singles and seven million copies of their two albums combined.
Fans naturally want to know if Unchained Melody will reunite as their 30th anniversary approaches.
As soon as Robson, 59, sat down on the Lorraine show sofa, Ranvir Singh questioned him directly if it was possible.
‘Money talks,’ he simply replied before laughing.
The host also enquired if Robson and Game of Thrones actor Jerome, 61, ever hum the song at each other during phone conversations.
‘We don’t no. We chat about it. It’s fond memories,’ he clarified.
‘We hung the microphone up a long time ago.’
Although the dabble in the music industry happened nearly three decades ago, Robson still recalls some of the impact. ‘People named their pets after Robson & Jerome,’ he stated.
A little audio snippet of Unchained Melody was played earlier in the show to hint to his impending arrival. Robson joked that he had done other things since the 1990s while promoting his trip series, Into the Amazon.
In addition to his roles in Grantchester and Wire in the Blood, Robson presents travel documentaries, such as Tales from the Coast, Tales from Northumberland, and Extreme Fishing, where he met up with Jerome again and had him show his former singing partner around Pembrokeshire.
Simon coordinated Robson & Jerome’s music release as a vision rather than a calculated career move. The 64-year-old has recently acknowledged that he received a legal letter since he was so fervent about getting the guys to record their cover.
‘It took me seven months to persuade these two to sign a recording contract with me,’ Simon said on Oprah Winfrey’s Masterclass show in 2011.
‘But I drove them so mad that I actually got a solicitor’s letter from one of them saying I had to stop harassing his client.
‘The reason I kept doing it was a) I knew I could persuade them to do it and b) I knew it would be successful.’
Lorraine airs weekdays from 9am on ITV1 and ITVX.
Source My Celebrity Life.
