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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. He was best known for his 1976 UK hit "My Resistance Is Low", a version of a song written and originally recorded by . He was the younger brother of singers and .


Early life
Sarstedt was born in , British India, now in , to parents who were British 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 and and with them formed a skiffle group, the Fabulous Five.


Career
Sarstedt appeared on many live music shows including Top of The Pops. He initially recorded under the names "Wes Sands" (recorded by his manager, ) and "Clive Sands". He joined The Deejays in 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". He finally had a in 1976, with a 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.
(2025). 9781904994107, Guinness World Records Limited.

Without other success, he remained a British . However, in the countries he hit the charts later in 1976 with his version of "Let's Fall in Love", a song written by and and published in 1933, thus prolonging his short chart career there.


Later life and death
From the late 1990s Sarstedt lived in the Almería area of Spain.

Sarstedt died from a heart attack on 22 January 2022, at the age of 78. Clive Robin Sarstedt, Facebook, 23 January 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022 "Clive Robin Sarstedt", British Heart Foundation. Retrieved 6 April 2022


Album discography
  • Clive Sarstedt – 1970 –
  • Freeway Getaway – 1971 – RCA
  • In a Dream – 1971 – RCA


See also
  • List of performers on Top of the Pops
  • One-hit wonders in the UK


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