Scotland's greatest showman: Remembering Sydney Devine's life in pictures
HE WAS the greatest showman, and in the eyes of his many millions of fans, the closest thing Scotland had to Elvis.
Sydney Devine, revered by audiences all over the country and especially here in Glasgow at the Pavilion, died on Saturday.
SINGER SYDNEY DEVINE WITH HIS GOLD CASSETTE. 1975. Pic: Herald and Times
Sydney Devine. 15th March 1990. Pic: Herald and Times
Born in 1940 in Cleland in Lanarkshire, the young would-be star chose performing over following his father down the mines and at the age of 15, was talent-spotted by impresario Robert Wilson, who invited him on his White Heather Club tour as a “whistler, programme seller and curtain puller.”