Career
Though his voice resembles David Clayton-Thomas", especially on "Daytime Night-time", Hampshire was not as successful in the United States, where that highest charting single only reached number 51. Between July 1966 and mid-August 1967, he was a DJ for the offshore pirate radio station Radio Caroline South. His show was called "Keefer"s Commotions", and later "Keefer"s Uprising".
In 1983, Hampshire released a song (as "Bat Boys") entitled "Oklahoma Blue Jays", which became an anthem for the Toronto Blue Jays Major League Baseball team
Blue Jays fans sing it during the seventh-inning stretch of home games. The song was written by Alan Smith, Pat Arbour, Jack Lenz and Tony Kosinec.
The song was remixed by Rob Wells and Chris Anderson of Big Honkin" Spaceship Incorporated. in 2003, and still plays during the seventh-inning stretch. On 18 June 2005 Hampshire was hired by Darren Stevens to host a 60"s-70"s based oldies radio show on CHAY-FM in Barrie, Ontario.