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The Congregation were a British pop ensemble. They were formed by Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway in England. In the USA their recordings were sold as The English Congregation. Their biggest hit was a cover of David and Jonathan's "Softly Whispering I Love You", which peaked at No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart. It also reached No. 29 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, No. 1 in South Africa and New Zealand and No. 10 in Germany. The group's lead singer was the former Plastic Penny vocalist, Brian Keith, who later became a session musician.〔 The lack of further top 40 hits left them as transatlantic one-hit wonders. The band changed their name on releases in the USA to avoid confusion with the The Mike Curb Congregation, who also recorded "Softly Whispering I Love You". "Softly Whispering I Love You" was also recorded by Paul Young (1990 single), with chart success.〔A supposed Australian version by Johnny Farnham & Allison Durbin never existed. See (" 'Softly Whispering I Love You': five versions and one that never existed" ) at ''Poparchives: The Blog''. Retrieved 16 February 2015〕 ==Discography== (all releases on ''Columbia'' of Columbia Graphophone Co./EMI, for USA release leased to Atco and Signpost) ;Singles *"Softly Whispering I Love You" (1971) *"Lovers of the World Unite" (1972) *"Jesahel" (1972) *"I Will Survive" (1972) *"It Didn't Matter" (1973) ;Albums *''Jesahel'' (1972) *''Softly Whispering I Love You'' (USA, Canada only, 1972) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Congregation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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