Robert 'Bob' Fish (3 June 194922 August 2021) was a British
rock and roll
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and
doo-wop
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singer, most famous for being a member of the band
Darts
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Biography
Fish's musical career started out working in
Mickey Jupp’s band.
Darts
Fish joined the band Darts as a singer and performed on all their big hits.
After the Darts
After the band Darts disbanded, Fish became briefly the manager of the British pop band
Roman Holiday
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He also became a renowned player of the auto-harp, a stringed instrument and formed the duo White Doves with Ian Cal Ford.
Death
Fish died in August 2021 after an illness at his home in Narbeth, Pembokeshire, Wales. He was survived by his wife Heather and daughters Scarlett and China.
References
British rock singers
1949 births
2021 deaths
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