1972: Journey: Duncan Browne

This is what could quite easily be described as a lost hit from a time when the glam rock boom was in full flight in the UK in 1972. This is the sublime Journey by the much underrated singer, Duncan Browne.

It was the only hit by Browne of any substance: his only other foray into the UK chart was in 1984 with Travelling Man, a track used for a British TV programme of the same name. However, that one failed to breach The Top 40.

By contrast, Journey reached Number 23 and, in my opinion, should really have gone higher. Many have called it a timeless track and there is no doubting that statement.

Although Duncan Browne went on to move into the glam rock world with the band Metro, as well as co-writing the track Criminal World which was included on David Bowie’s album Let’s Dance, it is without doubt that Journey will be his most remembered song.

Sadly, Browne died at the age of 46 in 1993.

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