THE LONDON BOYS: A Terrible Tragedy | An AMTV Documentary 

His son stevie is my best friend ❤️❤️one of the greatest guy I ever met! He’s got the same passion as his dad! London boys RIP!

Unlike so many singers today, these guys worked so hard for many years. An absolute tragedy.

I'm a 52-year-old woman living in Korea, and the London Boys are a song I loved and enjoyed as a kid. I'm so sorry they died in an accident.

27 years ago today! Such a horrible, deeply tragic accident. Their first album is superb. Sleep tight boys ❤

2023 and still Loving their music. What a fantastic tribute. R.i.p. to them all.

I'm Brazilian in my country, I grew up listening to these songs, I didn't understand the lyrics but they have a really good energy.

Omg I used to absolutely love them.. There music was far beyond the 80s.. I used to cry whenever they came on the radio or TV and when they died I was grief stricken ... These guys should of gone down in history yet they are no mentioned today sadly 😢... RIP guys you were brilliant...

I saw them live at Hastings pier back in 89 and bought their LP which was signed by them both.... It took a lot of years until I understood their tradgedy in 96... that news never reach Sweden... Still love the "12 commandments of dance" album.... It's fantastic :)

I can't believe this,I listened to their music all the time as a kid but I never ever heard that they had died and in such a tragic way. I'm shocked. So so sad R.I.P.😢

Wow listening to this made me tear up, these 2 men deserved so much more. Its such a shame that they’re lives were cut short 😿

Remember these guys breaking through in the charts when I was a boy. Despite the trappings of the era there is great synergy and energy in their work. A tragic loss of two talented and hardworking men.

I remember in interviews both were so incredibly friendly and polite aswell. Simply loving what they were doing and the fans.

I remember the video of "Sat in Your Lap" by Kate Bush, the masked roller skaters were The London Boys before they became famous.

A fantastic tribute to The London Boys and what they achieved 👏🏻 A huge well done on this documentary too, my love! A very enjoyable watch and it was fascinating to hear about how much music was changing around the time of The London Boy's releases! 🎶

A wonderful and moving well deserved tribute. Well done Adam, you've done them proud. RIP Dennis and Edem along with all who died in that awful crash.

1m 52 yrs old and still so enjoy there music even today iv been playing there album

I had no idea how epic and sad their story was. Thanks for presenting this so well

Not my type of music at all but I always like listening to the stories of rises and falls from fame. Really brought a tear to my eye hearing how they passed. Lives cut cruelly short not giving them the opportunity to continue with their music or simply live their lives with their wives and children.

nicely done, a sensitive tribute to two great guys. Gave me lots of joy growing up and listening to them and watching their energetic routines. RIP guys

Soooo glad I found this documentary. Really refreshing to see time and effort being put into these guys. So thank your for doing this it’s about bloody time they got the recognition they deserved. Can still remember the day reading in the daily star about their sad passing 😢 Been a fan of these 2 legends since seeing them on top of the pops as a kid. Instant connection and received the 12 commandments album on ye olde cassette for Xmas. My first album ever Always had a soft spot for these guys and recall hearing chapel of love on the radio one evening to never be heard again and no more of their music Until working away one day and being in a work car with a load of cassette tapes. This was around 1999. Chucked on of these tapes on and low and behold freedom came on 😀 I was absolutely buzzing to hear it lol. Fast forward a couple more years and I dropped onto a copy of sweet soul music at a music shop that was closing down. Naturally I ordered love for unity once I new it was out there. My fave album of the latter releases The religious cross over album just didn’t work for me but I do have a soft spot for gospel train to London Thanks again for doing this. You smashed it out of the park

I missed them so much I love their music to this very day and Requiem is my favorite song.

Can't wait for this. I remember them from when I was a little kid, around four. Didn't know they had both died until years later

I remember Pete Waterman promoting the London Boys on The Hitman & Her before they hit the charts (we used to watch it after a night out!) - and I loved the Hi-NRG sound of their earlier hits. Wasn't aware of their later stuff (probably not promoted as well, sounds like they had to battle with record companies throughout). By the 1990s it was considered quite a dated sound (by some! though I have a soft spot for eurodisco and Hi-NRG and still loved it). What a tragic ending.

Wow Adam, what a fantastic tribute. I have a 7 inch copy of London Nights. I’ll check out the box set. Thanks for creating this!!

Es el único video sobre su biografía que encontré, nose por qué muchos no le han hecho un video, gracias por eso! Sin duda fue un duo increíble y mucha energía ⚡ alguna vez quisiera ser tan fuerte, bailarín y ágil como lo eran ellos dos y claro sin dejar de lado sus voces impecables !!! Me gustó mucho tu video ! 🙌🏻

RIP to these guys

Discovered them 3 years ago and listen to them every day. my favourite song changes every few weeks , right now it’s : Sandra , the saxophone at the end makes you feel something 🌟 lol but seriously 😂. Requiem is the first song I discovered and not much tops that for me, I always go back to it and pump it in the car while screaming the lyrics 😂

How did I not know about this? Thanks for making this video Adam. I'm thankful to now know of these people.

Loved this. Tragic how the story ends but their classic pop lives on. Wonderful memories of copying the London Nights dance at school. Thank you for the documentary Adam

RIP to the two of them. They sadly had a terrible tragedy.

Thank you from Spain. London Boys 4ever.

What an amazing documentary! Thank you so much. ❤

I discovered the london boys by the Spotify algorithm and i was absolutely fascinated by them!! I knew they had something different and unique and when i saw their music videos their dances were something i haven't seen much in the whole 80s scene. Its sad to see that so much of the potential they had couldn't be archived due to fundings, specially at the time advertising was a whole different thing, those dances would go viral if it happened in this decade!! It broke my heart to see that they died so early through their careers... RIP the boys... their music will never get old!!

I saw them after they had game in the 90’s when they gave a private party for disabled people in at Helen’s. We had a chance to chat with them and they were really nice guys.

Thank you for posting such a great tribute. I love the London Boys and was fortunate enough to see them several times back in the day. The album Twelve Commandments of Dance is definitely in my top ten albums of all time and brings back such fantastic memories of many friends who have also long since gone. RIP to them and thank you for your post.

Very fascinating and I didn't realised they had released 3 albums. I do have The Twelve Commandments of Dance, but will look for their other albums.

they were great loved their music was so sad when they sadly left us they made such great music

I absolutely love the London boys fav songs requiem London nights my love and Chinese radio rest in peace guys. 😢

I have heard of them, and I have also heard of their terrible tragedy, can't wait to see this Adam! BTW It's lovely that you do these documentaries, are you considering the idea of doing one about Simply Red?

thank you so much for this. I was a big LB fan back in the day. I was so sad when I found out on MTV they died

Absolutely brilliant doc. Love hearing these kinds of stories - keep it up!

I have to confess, I had no idea these guys had died in 1996 until a couple of weeks ago, don't know how I missed that terrible news at the time

This is superb, really well researched and presented. Excellent tribute to them.

As someone who grew up Anglican, I can definitely imagine their 90’s dance mix cover of he’s got the whole world in his hands playing at a harvest disco at the village hall

Incredible…. Love requiem and London nights. Remember getting the single back in 1989 and I was 13… loved the euro disco pop beat

Brilliant documentary, very interesting to hear about a band I was aware of, but didn't know much about

Loved these guys still do❤

Totally forgot about London Boys, brought back memories from primary school days....they were kind of similar to Milli Vanilli as they also were models turned singers ( except London Boys really sang I think) ...RIP to both and the wife of one

Wow...Fantastic tribute Adam 👏I loved these two..always have and my heart would sing at hearing London Nights at my local disco..I was just 17 and dancing to it every time..😃🤩Totally awesome 👌 and fond memories of my current boyfriend at the time whom I met up with there each week. Crikey my eyes filled up 😢😢at the end..so sad..Thanks for these memories..Bless their dancing shoes 🙏😇😍❤❤

I remember watching top of the tops before I went to bed one night and they were on. I remarked that I liked the song and then Santa brought me the album 😃. It's still on heavy rotation via Spotify now.

Won't be able to watch live, but look forward to catching up with it later. I saw the London Boys along with Jason Donovan and other Stock Aitken Waterman acts back in 1989.

Their music is danceable.

Thanks for this. The London Boys were indeed a force majeur in 1989, with Requiem being one of the best songs of that year. Their deaths were a shock to us all at the time, and posthumously raised their profile for a brief period, as ghoulish as it sounds. In fact, their demise was very close to a similar accident suffered by Bucks Fizz. Although all four survived, singer Mike Nolan was severely injured, with massive trauma to his brain. He still performs, but even now he has difficulty with his memory. The history of Bucks Fizz is fascinating in itself, culminating with the majority of the band (Nolan, Cheryl Baker and Jay Aston) not being allowed to use the name Bucks Fizz, because former bandmate Bobby Gee won the rights to own the name, despite the fact he's the only original member of it. It's weird, quite honestly, but fascinating, as I said.

Fucking brilliant documentary. Wonderful work, Adam.

Pre-internet celeb deaths fell under the radar so quickly. From the 90s, the London Boys and actor Barry Evans have stuck the most in my mind (London Boys because of the tragedy and Evans because of the mysterious circumstances), thankfully the internet has opened up belated tributes to lesser-known celebs.

Nicely put together.

Requiem was boosted by a pwl 12inch remix called london remix. it was massive in the gay clubs and the boys did a tour of nightclubs.

Two very talented guys... Great passion.... Great rhythm.... Great music...... Danced till dawn in many a club here to there amazing tunes. Still play them often. Very sad that they were taken so young and so cruel... Well dance again one day guys!!!! Regards from South Africa Andrew 🇿🇦

Nice one, great tribute 👍

Well done. You're good at these. It's amazing how the mind plays tricks. I was convinced Requiem hit the top for one week only in the UK but evidently not. Didn't realise Harlem Desire was an oldie at the time either. I liken these guys to Modern Talking style wise with the addition of acrobatic dancing.

Another awesome documentary adam

Just found the twelve commandments of dance cd in a charity shop. Great find.. Thought of you and this documentary.

Rest up now boys. Thankyou for the brillant songs snd dance moves.

Good documentary Adam, especially the part where you trolled us all! Or should I say that…..YOU JUST AMTV-ROLLED ME!

Очень жаль. Скорбим, помним, любим! Спасибо за полученные положительные эмоции от ваших песен!

Always refreshing seeing the more ephemeral and transient end of pop given proper apprecation!

I only found out that they'd been killed back in 1996 a few years ago. A real gut punch. What a fantastic musical legacy though. They worked hard and never gave in and they reaped their just rewards. They shined for a while very bright. London Nights and Chinese Radio remain standout tracks for me. Such energy and both were exciting and charismatic performers. I have their album. RIP guys. A great documentary by the way. Very heartfelt and a wonderful tribute.

NGL almost shead a tear towards the end I must say

damn there music is groooovy! sadly I was born in 2012 (cry about me being young) so I didn’t see anything related to them. I wish time travel was real so I could meet them before they died, R.I.P chain here

I met them in Southampton hmv. They were lovely to talk to . Miss them xx❤😢

Blimey, didn't realise they were local to me! Greenwich borough. Bless em

Great job and very interesting. Incredibly sad. Not heard of here in Australia, however I think I'll dive into the Cherry Red Box set.

First, let me say how much I have enjoyed watching your content Adam. You are mistaken about Horst Fascher's role in The Beatles' Hamburg bookings though. Horst was a waiter at the Star Club, where they often played and Horst would often pull double duty, looking after the Star Club bands (ie. prootecting them from physical harm) Bruno Koshmeider was the guy who first booked The Beatles for a Hamburg residency.

Great documentary. I'm sure if London Boys had lived, Gospel Dance would have been huge.

I saw them live at several gay clubs around Sheffield, UK back in 1988/1989 I was 18. I then moved to Australia and hadn't thought about the London Boys until this popped up in my YT feed. So sad to hear how they left us.

I loved their music at the time and still do.. great disco stuff. If they where marketed now they would be huge within the gay community. Not being gay I just love them for their music and energy. Very tragic what happened to them and their relatives

Thanks for doing this .

One need to understand 12 Commandments Of Dance were fully produced and partially sung by people behind Modern Talking, namely Rolf Kohler, Rolf Stemmann and most importantly - Louis Rodriguez.

En mi país seguimos bailando sus hermosas músicas, igualando sus buenos pasos 💃🕺Delajaron buenas canciones para la humanidad😊 😊😊😊😊😊

Good on Pete Waterman!

Adam a great fitting tribute here to two of the very best

6:43 RICKROLLED!

Chlopcy wracajcie z powrotem ja tesknie za wami 💕💕😭💕💕 nie mam sily plakac za wami 💕💕😭 nigdy sie z tym nie pogodze ze odeszli tak szybko 😭😭ale gdzie sa pochowani gdzie?

Ok….. massive hand slaps for Adam…. Sheer mastery as usual…..

Great documentary

Great documentary! Put together really well. I can feel your passion in the two videos I have watched so far. I'm gonna watch more. You made me root for the London Boys. But why another tragic ending?!?! Dislike that part.

Never heard of them but I've watched all there videos and listen to their music ❤

I can hear influence from Bad Boys Blue and also Modern Talking

Twelve Commandments of Dance!🙌🙌 Bought that album when it came out. Still, to this day....their songs are on my regular Spotify rotation.👍👍

Best band ever. Better than the Beatles. Tragic 😥

Светлая память великим певцам лондон бойс

13:38 Whys the outFits remind me of Dont copy that Floppy.

RIP The London Boys.. ❤❤

I enjoyed listening to them in the early 90s. That was when I discovered them, totally by accident living in New Zealand at t the time. I was right into 80/ 90s pop dance music in those days, Had never heard of The London Boys. Never even heard of their music. I don't think any thing of theirs got air play in New Zealand - but not sure about that. I might have missed something. But one day I was in a record shop and came across a 'cassingle' - who remembers those? of Sweet Soul Music' .. and thought it might be something 'up beat' so decided to buy it. When I got it home and played it was delighted with it and played it non stop end to end for ages. I wondered why I hadn't come across this great catchy tune before. I then went and bought their CD when I came across it in a record shop. I was a fan from that point on. I was shocked and saddened when I heard of their car crash - which I did not find out about until many many years after the crash. I looked them up one day on the internet after wondering why they didn't seem to be around anymore and that was when I read about their tragic accident.

Never knew this. How awful, RIP x

What is the title of the music in the first minutes you hear in the background?

R.I.P Boys. 23:03

I am a Korean. In my memory, I'm gonna give... & Harlem desire can be ranked number 1 in my regional several unofficial chart. But I wonder what you mean three chart toppers? Who said like that? Which chart you refer? And who said My Love ranked no.1 in my territory? My love is my favorite song of theirs, but I'm very curious what chart you're talking about because I don't think it was popular enough to top the Korean charts.

beautiful songs fantastic men gone to soon rip edem and dennis

Спасибо автору за документальный кадры о Дондон Бойс ! Большое дело вы сделали РЕСПЕКТ ВАМ ! Я давно интересуюсь о жизни Эдема и Денниса Всех благ вам 👍👍👍💕