Les Humphries Singers was a multinational pop group formed in 1969 in Hamburg, West Germany by English singer Les Humphries. Over the span of their career they underwent several lineup changes and achieved huge success in Germany and in other European countries, performing songs that drew inspiration from gospel, country, folk, R&B and psychedelic. They released over a dozen studio albums, live albums, compilation albums and singles.
They are best known internationally for representing Germany as a six-piece in the Eurovision Song Contest 1976 in The Hague with the song "Sing Sang Song", which finished in 15th place with 12 points, just 5 points behind the entry by Jürgen Marcus of Luxembourg. They had originally been the runner up in the national final behind singer Tony Marshall who was later disqualified.
Post-Contest, they disbanded but enjoyed a short-lived comeback from 1991 to 1993 as a live act. In 2006, the original band members formed "The Original Singers" without Humphries, but with new members Chris Dakota, David Tobin, Jay Jay van Hagen and Willi Meyer, re-recording their old hits and also releasing new material. Les Humphries died in December of the following year of a heart attack after a severe bout of pneumonia, which effectively ended the band.
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