While researching an article on Eric Clapton, I came across a name that has stuck in my memory for the last 30 years. Partly this is because I loved the song, but mostly it is the face of this woman that has stayed in my mind — a face that looked like mine.

I have never harboured any desires to be a singer, but this woman showed me that people who looked like me could be real people doing normal things (as far as singing on the telly can be considered “normal”).

Ladies and Gentlemen: Yvonne Elliman!