Russell Stone

English singer, songwriter, composer, psychotherapist, and teacher. Born in 1946 in Norwich. Died on 21 August 2024. Husband of Joanne Williams. He started work in show business at age 18, and was a choir boy in The Black And White Minstrel Show. He joined Brotherhood Of Man for a year in 1971. In that year he also joined the James Last Orchestra, and was a vocalist for the group until 1995.
With his American wife Joanne Ruby Stone, they were the pop duo R&J Stone, who had a hit with We Do It in 1976. Joanne died of a brain tumour in 1979, and the duo ended.