An elegiac tribute to painter L.S. Lowry penned by Michael Coleman therefore impressed his maker Kevin Parrott that both briefly recorded like a duo. ‘Matchstalk Males And Matchstalk Pet cats And Canines’ was a shock UK #1 1 in 1978, but Brian And Michael were not able to exploit its achievement having a follow-up strike. Coincidentally, the vocal support on the disk was supplied by the St. Winifred’s College Choir who later like a UK #1 1 of their personal in 1980 with ‘There’s No-One THAT CAN COMPARE WITH Grandma’. After splitting with ‘Brian’, Coleman continuing his writing profession, penning Ken Dodd’s 1981 strike, ‘Keep My Hands’.