Clive Robin Sarstedt born 21 January 1944

Clive Robin Sarstedt (21 January 1944 – 22 January 2022), who also recorded as Clive Sands, Wes Sands, and Robin Sarstedt, was a British pop singer and instrumentalist active from the late 1950s. 

Clive, Eden Kane & Peter 

He was best known for his 1976 UK hit "My Resistance Is Low", a version of a song written and originally recorded by Hoagy Carmichael. He was the younger brother of singers Richard Sarstedt (also known as Eden Kane) and Peter Sarstedt and has recorded and played guitar on Sarstedt Brothers records. 

Clive Sarstedt was born in Ajmer, British India, now in Rajasthan, to parents who were British civil servants working there during the Second World War. Both had trained as classical musicians. After Indian independence from Britain in 1947, they remained in India and managed a tea plantation, and their sons went to school there. In 1954, Sarstedt's father died, and the family moved to Britain, settling in south London. 

Sarstedt was the youngest brother of Peter Sarstedt and Eden Kane and with them formed a skiffle group, the Fabulous Five. They played at church halls and coffee bars around the Croydon area before metamorphosing into a beat group, the Saints, with Richard Sarstedt as the featured singer. 

Clive appeared on many live music shows including Top of The Pops. He initially recorded under the names "Wes Sands" (recorded by his manager, Joe Meek) and "Clive Sands" He joined The Deejays in Sweden in 1966 and 1967. They had two big hits on "Tio i Topp" in Sweden: "Dum Dum (Marble Breaks And Iron Bends)" and "Baby Talk".

                                    

In 1972, Eden Kane re-emerged with brothers, Clive and Peter, as the Sarstedt Brothers, recreating the line-up of their skiffle group, the Fabulous Five, featuring tea-chest bass-player Peter’s “All Together Now” recalling those early days! For the album ‘Worlds Apart Together.’  Bowie-producer Tony Visconti assembled a constellation of star session players, including his wife modestly appearing as Mary ‘Opkins. 

Clive finally had a hit in 1976, with a cover version of the Hoagy Carmichael penned song, "My Resistance Is Low", using his middle name and billed as Robin Sarstedt. It reached Number 3 in the UK Singles Chart. Without other chart success, he remained a British one-hit wonder. However, in the Benelux countries he hit the charts later in 1976 with his version of "Let's Fall in Love", thus prolonging his short chart career there. From the late 1990s Sarstedt lived in the Almería area of Spain. In 2016 he released the album “TU” that, technically, could be considered the follow-up to his 1980 release, You Must Remember This. 

Aside from his musical talents, Clive was an accomplished cook, and was particularly good at making curries, a legacy from his childhood in India. He never missed his daily walk in the wild mountains of Almeria, Spain, where he lived for the last third of his life. He was a true animal lover and was adored by the many devoted dogs that accompanied him down life’s road across the years. Clive continued his musical career until his untimely death from a heart attack on 22 January 2022, at the age of 78. 

(Edited from Wikipedia & The British Heart Foundation)