Vincent Paul Billington (aka Brahms Boy)

[Vincent Paul Billington (aka Brahms Boy) @vincentpb]

@JLFAWN @Ferdidol @BBCArchive Thanks - my memory as a toddler much better than now when I am much older!

[Vincent Paul Billington (aka Brahms Boy) @vincentpb]

@WellieNellie Thanks for the comment! Was recognised everywhere at the time but was early 80s and only shown once so surprised if many people remember the actual show! Immortalised on the internet now tho!

[Vincent Paul Billington (aka Brahms Boy) @vincentpb]

Someone was whistling something very fast going past the office today. Without thinking I said out loud ‘Barber’s Adagio for Strings’. My colleagues looked at me in astonishment- after showing them the BBC clip they said ahh he’s still got it! A strange tune to whistle though!!!

[Vincent Paul Billington (aka Brahms Boy) @vincentpb]

@Ferdidol @BBCArchive Yes I still remember bits from the day the video was filmed even though I was very young at the time

[Vincent Paul Billington (aka Brahms Boy) @vincentpb]

@4377Lisa @LimerickSage @BBCArchive Thanks for the message! Still amazed by the reaction this clip gets after all these years!

[Vincent Paul Billington (aka Brahms Boy) @vincentpb]

@JaneLow98868751 @paddybillington @ThisCoast @LoveLocalRadio_ Good deal on DAB+ radio adaptors for older cars on Amazon at the moment!

[Vincent Paul Billington (aka Brahms Boy) @vincentpb]

@AnneEga84433903 @salacata_v @Crofty @SaraLB1988 @BBCArchive Don’t thank me thank @BBCArchive for finding it and posting it! Was as much a surprise to me seeing it online after all these years as it was to everyone else seeing it for the first time!

[Vincent Paul Billington (aka Brahms Boy) @vincentpb]

@lotusbuds1000 Thanks but it wasn’t really as clever as it looked on the TV clip!

[Vincent Paul Billington (aka Brahms Boy) @vincentpb]

@salacata_v @Crofty @SaraLB1988 @BBCArchive It seems to have got a particularly big reaction this year as it is a world away from current events and has made a lot of people of smile. Little did I know back then when I was being filmed that it would be shared around the world on the internet nearly 40 years later!

[Vincent Paul Billington (aka Brahms Boy) @vincentpb]

Article from May 1993 in the world famous Scarborough Evening News...

[Vincent Paul Billington (aka Brahms Boy) @vincentpb]

@BehramD @LimerickSage @BBCArchive It was a talent for memory and a good ear rather than music so sorry to disappoint!

[Vincent Paul Billington (aka Brahms Boy) @vincentpb]

@BehramD @LimerickSage @BBCArchive Well I did perform piano duets with my Father all over the world which I guess you weren’t aware of before making your judgement but thanks for the comments anyway! I was only 3 and it was a memory gift more than a musical one!

[Vincent Paul Billington (aka Brahms Boy) @vincentpb]

@DastardlyDeano If you find the recording ‘Family Serenade’ I accompany him on one of the pieces on there..

[Vincent Paul Billington (aka Brahms Boy) @vincentpb]

@DastardlyDeano Yes you can find various recordings being sold on eBay at the moment!

[Vincent Paul Billington (aka Brahms Boy) @vincentpb]

@DastardlyDeano The Funny Side of Serious Music Vincent Billington https://t.co/c90DoouOc0 via @AmazonUK

[Vincent Paul Billington (aka Brahms Boy) @vincentpb]

@BBCArchive @paddybillington He had a unique very deep singing voice for a 6 year old and it caused a sensation at the time! The BBC made him a custom costume for the performance at the Scarborough Spa. Not sure how your clips are archived but I hope you can find it!

[Vincent Paul Billington (aka Brahms Boy) @vincentpb]

@BBCArchive Hi @BBCArchive thanks for releasing this clip of my Father and I again but you really need to release the clip of my brother @paddybillington as a six year old singing opera with Moira Anderson also on Thats Life in 1987. Filmed around April or May possibly aired later that year!

[Vincent Paul Billington (aka Brahms Boy) @vincentpb]

@janetelfer @Crofty @SaraLB1988 @BBCArchive Thanks, we were very lucky to go on Canberra with him many times in the 80s and 90s, back when cruising wasn’t that affordable or mainstream like it is now. We even performed concerts with him in the Meridian Room!

[Vincent Paul Billington (aka Brahms Boy) @vincentpb]

@BennerBarbara @ColletteWalsh @Crofty @SaraLB1988 @BBCArchive They must have some great stories!