People Open DS/UK/15028 The Bachelors (1957) The Bachelors 1957 Irish pop group Group (Male) The Harmonichords; The Harmony Chords Dublin, Ireland (formed) Irish Music Group; Pop Original Members: Conleth "Con" Cluskey (b.18 November 1941-d.April 2022), Declan "Dec" Cluskey (b. 23 December 1942), John Stokes, or Sean James Stokes (b. 13 August 1940). The Bachelors are a popular music group, originating from Dublin, Ireland. The band was first formed in 1957, under the name The Harmonichords, a classically styled instrumental harmonica-act. In 1960, they changed their name to the Bachelors. During the 1960s they had many successful songs in music charts in Europe, Australia, South Africa, South America, parts of the USSR, and the United States. Some of the most successful were "Charmaine" (1963); "Diane", "I Believe" (1964), "Ramona" and "I Wouldn't Trade You for the World" (1964); "Marie" (written by Irving Berlin) and "In the Chapel in the Moonlight" (1965). In 1965 they had the 'most played juke box track' with "The Stars Will Remember", from a film they made with then-current DJ Sam Costa. Their last big hit in the UK was a cover of the Paul Simon song "The Sound of Silence" which reached No. 3 in 1966. In 1984, the band split up. The Cluskey brothers appeared as "The New Bachelors" and Stokes as "Stokes & Coe"; Stokes allegedly also then appeared as "The New Bachelors" and the Cluskeys now perform as "Con & Dec, The Bachelors". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bachelors (2021) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 RAHdroberts 4/10/2014 RAHeharper 6/14/2022 96137167-ff11-4368-81fc-fb203109b2f9