Career
Born in Ajmer, Rajasthan in Northern India to parents who were British civil servants, he is the youngest brother of Peter and Eden Kane/Richard Sarstedt and has recorded on Sarstedt Brothers records. Sarstedt has appeared on many, many live music shows including Top of The Pops. He initially recorded under the names Wes Sands (recorded by his manager, Joe Meek), and Clive Sands.
He joined The Deejays in Sweden in 1966 and 1967.
They had two big hits on "Tio i Topp" in Sweden: "Dum Dum (Marble Breaks And Iron Bends)" and "Baby Talk". He finally had a hit in 1976, with a cover version of the Hoagy Carmichael penned song, My Resistance Is Low, using his middle name and billed as Robin Sarstedt.
lieutenant reached Number 3 in the United Kingdom Singles Chart. Without tangible other chart success, he remains a British one-hit wonder.
In the Benelux countries (Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg) however he hit the charts later in 1976 with his cover version of "Let"s Fall in Love", a song written by Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler and published in 1933.
Musical activity from 1996 onwards can be found here – As of 2008, he is living in Los Pinos near Bédar, a village in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Certainly in 2009 he was a regular on Mojacar Playa during the summer season, most people unaware of who they were watching.
