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Terence Wilson. Co-founder of British reggae band UB40 Terence Wilson has died November 6, 2021, after a short illness. Wilson, whose stage name was Astro, was a member of UB40 for over thirty years. What exactly was wrong with Wilson has not been disclosed. Wilson started at UB40 as a roadie and was allowed to announce the band. He later became the second vocalist behind lead singer Ali Campbell. He also played trumpet and 2013, Wilson left the band, which scored hits such as ‘Red Red Wine’ and ‘Can’t Help Falling In Love’. He joined the previously disbanded Ali Campbell. Together they formed an offshoot of the band under the name UB40 featuring Ali Campbell and Astro. A new album and a tour were planned for early next original band also still exists. On Twitter, the members offer their condolences to the family of their former bandmate. ’Please Don’t Make Me Cry’ was UB40’s 12th single and became a big hit in Holland (#4 in the Top 40 and #1 in the Nationale Hitparade) in 1984. The single, taken from the group’s 1983 album ’Labour of Love’, was written by Winston Groovy and peaked at number 10 on the singles chart in the UK. The performance on Toppop features both leadsingers and brothers Ali Campbell and Robin Campbell. In January 2008 Ali left the band, later followed by rapper Astro. This recording was first broadcast on 16 December 1983 Watch our great music videos ❯ More TopPop? Subscribe here ❯ More info on Wikipedia ❯ Broadcast date: 16 December 1983 This is to let you know that the video recording of the video clip was originally recorded by AVROTROS Broadcasting. AVROTROS Broadcasting hereby warrants and represents that it is the sole and exclusive owner of the physical film and/or videotape footage in this video clip. The performance of the artist(s) in the clip was filmed and recorded with the written consent of the artist(s) and their representatives. AVROTROS is a Dutch radio and television broadcaster, founded in 2014 from a merger of AVRO and TROS. From January 1st, 2014 the name of the merged broadcaster was used in joint programmes. AVRO was founded in 1923 as the Netherlands first public broadcaster. TROS started broadcasting in 1964. Toppop was a weekly AVRO pop program that was aired between 1970 and 1988. AVROTROS Broadcasting PO Box 2 1200 JA Hilversum The Netherlands TopPop was the first regular dedicated pop music TV show in the Dutch language area. Dutch broadcaster AVRO aired the programme weekly, from 1970 to 1988. Presenter Ad Visser hosted the show for its first fifteen years. World famous music artists performed on TopPop: ABBA, 10CC, Bee Gees, The Jacksons, David Bowie, Earth & Fire, Boney M, Smokie, KC & The Sunshine Band, Chick, Donna Summer, Rod Stewart, and many many more.
