Paul Gambacini tells Claudia Winkleman about the recording which in 1976 spent the shortest time at the top of the UK singles chart..
27- a good age to die. Live fast die young goes the saying. Some of the more famous musicians to have died at the tender age of 27 are:- Robert Johnson, Janis Joplin, Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Pigpen (Grateful Dead), Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, Pete Ham (Badfinger), Hank Williams and Amy Winehouse.