Former The Voice singer who is Hearts' 12th man in title bid
Bilbo Baggins and The Tremeloes singer Colin Chisholm says appearances on Top Of The Pops and The Voice have been eclipsed by singing "The Hearts Song" to a packed Tynecastle as his favourites chase a first Scottish title since 1960. The 73-year-old season-ticket holder sang an updated version of the song in 1986 that reached number 92 on the UK Singles Chart. He was invited down from his seat to sing on the pitch before Aberdeen's visit on 28 February, it went down so well he did likewise for wins over Motherwell and Rangers - and he will do so again as Falkirk visit on Wednesday.
"I've done a lot, I've done Top of the Pops, Supersonic, Sunday Night at the London Palladium with Don Williams, I've done The Voice, when Tom Jones hit his button and invited me on to his team in 2013, but it's nothing in comparison to what I'm going through on the pitch - the euphoria," Chisholm told BBC Sport Scotland's YouTube channel. What is it like for players in a title race? Trusty hails 'insane' atmosphere and hopes for 'magical' end to season Celtic eye own fairytale as Hearts' story continues to captivate "The first one was against Aberdeen and they've incrementally got better every time I've done it and the last one against Rangers, I could hardly believe the volume.
I couldn't hear the in-ear monitor and the backing track, which is quite important. "It's like the Colosseum at Tynecastle, you're surrounded. It's an incredible feeling.
" Bilbo Baggins, named after the famous literary hobbit, had the same manager as the Bay City Rollers, peaked at number 42 on the UK charts in 1978 with "She's Gonna Win" but had their hopes of a revival thwarted in 2014 by Lord Of The Rings writer JRR Tolkien's estate. Now, though, Chisholm is enjoying his own personal return to the spotlight. "I've sat in the stand all these years, but I'd been fairly much under the radar as far as being recognised as the singer of the 1986 Hearts Song," he said.
"But now it's like 'local celebrity's come good'. Everybody's been absolutely fantastic with me, it's been a joy. I don't know how many selfies I've done – it's well into the hundreds since the Aberdeen game.