Dyan Birch

Dyan passed away peacefully in her sleep on 10 October 2020 after a battle with COPD. The world lost a beautiful spirit.
Arrival was formed when Dyan, Frank and Paddie got together in Liverpool in the mid-sixties and headed for London, hooking up with Tony. Dyan sang lead vocals on Arrival's two big hits in 1970, I Will Survive and Friends.

Frustrated by the record company encouraging them towards a pop-oriented sound, Arrival's members formed the nucleus of Kokomo.

In the various breaks in Kokomo's career, Dyan worked as a session and backing singer, often along with Frank and Paddie.
Dyan Birch discography

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Torrington Finchley, Xmas 1986

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Reviews in Capital M and Spalding Guardian for Moulton gigs

(note new member: Andy McHugh!)

Archive / Gigs

Poster for Dublin Castle show, 1985

Thanks to Anthony Carville

Archive / Interviews

Intervew with Dyan and Frank, Sounds

ON AND off group Kokomo have at last breached the charts with ‘A Little Bit Further Away’, in at number 68. The band have broken up and reformed more times …

Archive / Photos

The Venue, London, 1982

[Show slideshow] A blast from the past….. Early 1982 somewhere in London…probably The Venue, Victoria. With thanks to Anita Corbin

Video

A Little Bit Further Away

From the third album – a big hit in Holland