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==Football==
Spiro loved football and was a [[season ticket]] holder at [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.]]. This led him to compose "Nice One Cyril",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Cockerel-Chorus-Nice-One-Cyril/release/3333368 |title=Cockerel Chorus - Nice One Cyril (Vinyl) at Discogs |publisher=Discogs.com |date= |accessdate=2013-01-13}}</ref> winning him an [[Ivor Novello Awards|Ivor Novello Award]].<ref name="Ivor"/> The song, performed by Cockerel Chorus, was inspired by [[Cyril Knowles]] who was widely regarded as the greatest left-back in the club's history.<ref>[http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1571/is_n28_v14/ai_21043941 J. Dettmer, Sports memories: are we all losers? in Insight on the News]</ref> The song peaked at number 14 in the UK singles charts in March 1973.
Spiro, with Jamie Philips singing the [[operatic]] introduction, fronted the group, known as Cockerel Chorus, who then went on to make an [[album]]. Throughout his life, Spiro wrote many other football songs, recorded by major teams, including "Here We Go" for [[Everton F.C.|Everton]];<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Everton-FC-Here-We-Go/release/2149060 |title=Everton F.C. - Here We Go (Vinyl) at Discogs |publisher=Discogs.com |date= |accessdate=2013-01-13}}</ref> and "Nice One Gazza" plus "Tribute to Ardiles and Villa" for [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Spurs]].<ref>{{cite web|author=|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/harold-spiro-mn0001766586 |title=Harold Spiro - Credits |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=2013-01-13}}</ref> Spiro also formed a partnership with [[Alan A. Freeman]], well known as a record producer and for establishing [[Pye Records]]. Together, they created Spiral Records and later on, a music publishing company, Trekfarm.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://company-director-check.co.uk/director/901213306 |title=Harold Jacob Spiro - Companies House Information |publisher=Company-director-check.co.uk |date=1994-10-17 |accessdate=2013-01-13}}</ref> Jointly they discovered [[Red Box (band)|Red Box]], who went on to have success with "Lean on Me (Ah-li-ayo)", a song which reached number three in the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref name="guinness">{{cite book | last = Guinness Publishing Limited | title = Guinness Book of British Hit Singles (7th edition) |year=1988 }}</ref>
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