Vince Hill was an English traditional pop music singer and songwriter best known for his recording of the Rodgers and Hammerstein show tune "Edelweiss" (1967), which reached No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart (staying on the chart for 17 weeks). Along with a successful recording career in the 1960s, Hill hosted several hit TV shows during the 1970s and 1980s, including They Sold a Million (BBC), Musical Time Machine (BBC) and his own chat show Gas Street (ITV). Outside of his work in show business, Hill was a Patron of The Macular Society, a UK charity for anyone affected by central vision loss.
Hill was born in Holbrooks, Coventry, on 16 April 1934. He died on 21 July 2023, in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, aged 89.
