This cute sibling duet from 1975 slipped my mind completely. But it’s peak Seventies in all its faintly emetic glory.

Mac and Katie Kissoon – or, as they grew up, Gerald and Kathleen Farthing – were raised in the UK after their parents moved from Trinidad.

Back in 1965 they formed half of The Marionettes, a two man/two woman group produced by ’50s pop star Marty Wilde, and later became part of The Rag Dolls.

Katie also recorded a single called Do It Again under the name Peanut while Mac played in a band that toured European military bases in the late Sixties.

Upon his return he made a solo record, Souled Out (aka Sole Satisfaction) that included a medley merging Bobby Marchan and The Rolling Stones – Get Down With It Satisfaction – which became a minor hit in The Netherlands.

But family comes first and in 1971 Mac and Katie Kissoon made their first recording together, covering the Lally Stott song Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep.

It stalled just outside the Top 40 while Middle Of The Road went to No.1 but the Kissoons’ version was the bigger hit in America, reaching No.20.

Their cover of Neil Sedaka’s Love Will Keep Us Together was also eclipsed, not only by Sedaka but by Captain & Tennille, who had a huge hit with it in 1974.

Mac and Katie finally broke through in the UK when Sugar Candy Kisses reached No.3 in 1975, charming Top of the Pops viewers with their cute / glutinous performances.

In the Eighties the duo were in demand as backing singers and session musicians and were both regulars in the James Last Orchestra until the bandleader’s death.

Sine then Katie has sung backing vocals with Elton John, George Michael, Robbie Williams, Van Morrison, Eric Clapton, Pet Shop Boys and on Roger Waters’ world tour of The Dark Side Of The Moon.