A duo from West-Flanders, Charles Dumolin and Freddy Demeyere scored European hits with soft-rockers ‘America’ and ‘Sing Sing’ straight off the bat. In tune with the piano-led symphonics of third single A-side ‘Angela’ – a desperate plea to their lover not to leave – it’s lovelorn B-side suggested she’d endured enough of their incessant whinging and left them in the lurch at Christmas. Driven by a winding organ refrain with a hint of ‘Nights In White Satin’ about it, ‘If You Love Me?’ settles into a slow-pulsing jam after its spoken word introduction, Dumolin’s quavering voice pleading for his lover to come back: “Days are long/Full of loneliness/Nights are burdens/And a cage.” And while it was as mawkish as the A-side, the sheer emotional intensity made it too sincere to doubt. Although the duo’s chart tenure proved short-lived, Dumolin went on to pen hits for Micha Marah, Ann Christy and Art Sullivan before transitioning into a sculptor. By the early 80s he was sharing his Ostend house with Marvin Gaye – where the Motown legend wrote his final hit ‘Sexual Healing’ – and even created the bronze statue of Gaye that resides in Ostend’s Casino-Kursaal.