{"id":19594,"date":"2026-09-07T10:56:46","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T10:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/?p=19594"},"modified":"2026-09-07T10:56:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T10:56:46","slug":"%f0%9f%8e%b5-60s-pop-icon-craig-douglas-dies-at-85-fans-remember-his-beloved-only-sixteen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/?p=19594","title":{"rendered":"\ud83c\udfb5 60s Pop Icon Craig Douglas Dies at 85 \u2014 Fans Remember His Beloved \u201cOnly Sixteen\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A beloved voice from the golden age of pop music has fallen silent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">British singer <strong>Craig Douglas<\/strong>, famously known as the \u201cSinging Milkman,\u201d has died peacefully at his home on the Isle of Wight at the age of 85 following a short illness, his family confirmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Douglas became a major star in the late 1950s and early 1960s, with his unforgettable version of <strong>\u201cOnly Sixteen\u201d<\/strong> reaching No. 1 on the UK charts. He went on to sell more than 10 million records worldwide and continued performing for decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His remarkable journey began when he was working as a milkman and farm worker before a local talent contest helped launch his music career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He even performed at an early major show featuring The Beatles and appeared in the 1962 film <em>It\u2019s Trad, Dad!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although he eventually stepped away from the spotlight, his music never disappeared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For countless fans, the opening notes of \u201cOnly Sixteen\u201d still bring back memories of another era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Craig Douglas may be gone, but his voice will continue to live on. \u2764\ufe0f\ud83c\udfb6<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=jsbf_qVLe9M%3Fautoplay%3D1%26feature%3Doembed\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A beloved voice from the golden age of pop music has fallen silent. British singer Craig Douglas, famously known as the \u201cSinging Milkman,\u201d has died peacefully at his home on the Isle of Wight at the age of 85 following a short illness, his family confirmed. Douglas became a major star in the late 1950s &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19596,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19594"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19597,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19594\/revisions\/19597"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}