In 1970, who had a UK no.1 hit with An the Summertime'?
"in Canada in 1970 with 12 of the above tracks with a different running order. In the Summertime (album) In the Summertime is a 1970 album recorded by Mungo Jerry. It contains their biggest hit, ""In the Summertime"" and its B-side, ""Mighty Man"". Also included are the country hits, ""San Francisco Bay Blues"", recorded in 1954 by Jesse Fuller, Arthur Gunter's ""Baby Let's Play House"", also from 1954 and Woody Guthrie's ""Dust Pneumonia Blues"" which also appeared on the B-side of ""In the Summertime"". All other tracks were composed by Mungo Jerry's lead singer, Ray Dorset on his own or"
"""In the Summertime"" and—as a result of the 1970 radio ban, during which many Australian radio stations refused to play Australian and British music released by major labels—received much more airplay than had initially been expected for a group on a small record label. The single went to #1 in Australia for six weeks. They followed up with ""The Pushbike Song"" (produced by David Mackay), which went to #1 in Australia for two weeks, hit #2 in the UK Singles Chart, and went to #44 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in the U.S. after being released on Sire Records. The"
"1970 with a batch of five singles (all by Australian artists), and quickly became very successful - seven of its first twelve singles made the national Top 40, and of the forty-one singles Fable released between April and December 1970, seventeen became hits, including two national #1s - The Mixtures' ""In The Summertime"" and ""The Pushbike Song"" - as well as four other Top 10 hits by Hans Poulsen, Liv Maessen, Jigsaw and John Williamson. Liv Maessen's version of ""Knock, Knock, Who's There?"", which reached #2 nationally, was one of the most successful Australian singles of 1970, selling over 50,000"
"Summer (The First Time) ""Summer (the first time)"" is a song by American singer Bobby Goldsboro, released as a single in June 1973. It was written by Bobby Goldsboro, Ashley Abram and Timmy Tapan, and produced by Goldsboro and Bob Montgomery. The song was Goldsboro's second UK hit recorded on United Artists Records UP35558 and peaked at number nine in the UK Singles Chart, spending 10 weeks in the UK Top 50 singles chart. It reached number seven in the Australia, and became a Top 40 Pop and Adult Contemporary hit in both the U.S. and Canada. The song is"
"segments of the show were shot outside the big top, including one occasion when the Brotherhood of Man sang ""My Sweet Rosalie"" sitting in a particularly unstable looking lifeboat. The show's theme, ""Summertime City"", written and sung by Mike Batt, was a UK Top 10 hit in 1975. Very successful in its day, the show was briefly revived in the 1980s, but by then the tastes of the viewing public had moved on (see Variety shows history). 5 July 1975<br> Location - BBC1 Big Top at Blackpool.<br> The first of a new series of variety shows featuring artists appearing at"
"Summertime (1955 film) Summertime (released in the UK as Summer Madness) is a 1955 American/British Technicolor romance film directed by David Lean and starring Katharine Hepburn, Rossano Brazzi, Darren McGavin, and Isa Miranda. The screenplay by Lean and H.E. Bates is based on the play ""The Time of the Cuckoo"" by Arthur Laurents. The story focuses on Jane Hudson (Katharine Hepburn), a single, middle-aged elementary school secretary (she refers to her position as ""a fancy secretary"") from Akron, Ohio. She is on her summer vacation and is now enjoying her lifelong dream of a vacation in Venice after saving up"
"Summertime Blues ""Summertime Blues"" is a song co-written and recorded by American rockabilly artist Eddie Cochran. It was written by Cochran and his manager Jerry Capehart. Originally a single B-side, it was released in August 1958 and peaked at number 8 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 on September 29, 1958 and number 18 on the UK Singles Chart. It has been covered by many artists, including being a number-one hit for country music artist Alan Jackson, and scoring notable hits in versions by The Who, Blue Cheer and Brian Setzer, the latter of whom recorded his version for the 1987"
"bent (""Folk Song"" even quotes from Morrison's ""And It Stoned Me""). The couple had also been listening a lot to Frank Sinatra songs and 1960s French film music. Kevin Jamieson, who performed some percussion work on the album, also joined The Sundays during their UK and U.S. album support tour as a backup guitarist. He is perhaps best known for his prior work as the lead singer for Jim Jiminee. All songs written by David Gavurin and Harriet Wheeler. Lead single ""Summertime"" charted at No. 15 in the UK Singles Chart, making it their highest-charting single in their home country,"
"former EMI house producer David Mackay, and he optioned songs he thought would be suitable for his Fable acts. He had already scored a hit with the Liv Maessen version of Mary Hopkin's ""Knock, Knock, Who's There?"", and when he offered The Mixtures ""In The Summertime"", a song that had recently been a UK hit for Mungo Jerry. the band jumped at the chance to record it—although lead vocalist Idris Jones declined to sing on it, feeling it was too 'poppy', so bassist Mick Flinn performed the lead vocal. For several weeks in the period from July–October 1970, at the"
"(the first time)"", a 1973 reminiscence about a 17-year-old boy's first sexual experience with a 31-year-old woman, was a Top 25 hit in the U.S. and reached number 9 in the UK. Using a repeating piano riff, 12-string guitar, and an orchestral string arrangement, the song was suggestive enough to spark some controversy. A follow-up, ""Hello Summertime"", was written by Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway and hit No. 14 in the UK in September 1974. From 1973 to 1975, Goldsboro hosted the successful syndicated television variety series ""The Bobby Goldsboro Show"". In the 1990s, he composed the music for the"
"birthday. Summertime (1955 film) Summertime (released in the UK as Summer Madness) is a 1955 American/British Technicolor romance film directed by David Lean and starring Katharine Hepburn, Rossano Brazzi, Darren McGavin, and Isa Miranda. The screenplay by Lean and H.E. Bates is based on the play ""The Time of the Cuckoo"" by Arthur Laurents. The story focuses on Jane Hudson (Katharine Hepburn), a single, middle-aged elementary school secretary (she refers to her position as ""a fancy secretary"") from Akron, Ohio. She is on her summer vacation and is now enjoying her lifelong dream of a vacation in Venice after saving"
"Summertime (Brian Melo song) ""Summertime"" is a song written by Greg Johnston and Andy Stochansky, and recorded by Brian Melo for his first album ""Livin' It"" (2007). It was released as the album's third single in Canada in 2008. This is Brian's third single from his debut album. However, the song failed to chart on the Canadian Hot 100. The fourth single from the album, ""Back to Me,"" also failed to chart. Australian singer Shannon Noll covered the song in 2008 and released it as the first single from his first compilation album """" (2008). It was released as a"
"Summertime Dream Summertime Dream is Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot's twelfth original album, released on the Reprise Records label in 1976. It peaked at #1 on the Canadian ""RPM"" national album chart, and #12 on the US ""Billboard"" pop chart. The album marked Lightfoot's commercial zenith in a remarkable period of popularity which had begun with the 1970 hit, ""If You Could Read My Mind"". He would never again achieve the same level of commercial success. The album shot to popularity on the back of the haunting ballad, ""The Wreck of the ""Edmund Fitzgerald"""", which told the story of the final"
"band retained much of the same sound that they developed on previous albums, they added horns to a number of tracks for ""Static & Silence"". The album was not as successful as ""Reading, Writing and Arithmetic"", however the single ""Summertime,"" became their most successful hit to date on the UK charts and achieved a top 10 spot on the US Alternative Rock charts. It was The Sundays' third most successful single, lagging significantly behind ""Here's Where the Story Ends"" (which made it to number 1 on the US Alternative Rock charts) and ""Love"" (which made it to number 2). In"
"the Gimme Ted tribute and benefit concert for fellow 1970s artist, Ted Mulry. Summer Love (Sherbet song) ""Summer Love"" is a song by Australian pop group Sherbet which was released on 20 March 1975. It became their first number-one hit on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart. The band had had a string of top 40 hits in the early 1970s with ""Can You Feel It Baby"" in 1971. ""Summer Love"" spent 2 weeks at number one in May 1975. The song was written by band members, Garth Porter and Clive Shakespeare. It was promoted on the newly aired"
"1970 at American Sound Studio in Memphis, with ""Let Me Be the One"" being afforded a UK single release in November 1970 with the singer credited mononymously as Nanette. The song was also recorded by Anne Murray for her 1971 album ""Talk It Over in the Morning"" with the track being issued as the B-side of Murray's 1972 UK single ""Destiny"" which spent 4 weeks in the UK Top 50 with a #41 peak on November 4, 1972. Murray also recorded the song as a duet with Glen Campbell on the 1971 Glen Campbell/ Anne Murray album ""Anne Murray -"
"55 in the UK and at number 18 in the US in March 1990. In mid-1990 English DJ Steve Wright began playing the song on BBC Radio 1, soon followed by many more radio DJs. The song was then re-released as a double A-side single, along with ""Healing Hands"", and reached number one in the UK in June 1990. Thus, it became John's first solo number-one single in the UK Singles Chart, remaining on the top spot for five weeks. With this re-release, Elton John also got his first number one in France and stayed on the chart for 26"
"the hits ""It's Not Unusual"" (Tom Jones), ""I Can't Explain"" (The Who), ""Hi Ho Silver Lining"" (Jeff Beck), ""(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me"" (Sandie Shaw), ""Excerpt From A Teenage Opera"" (Keith West), and ""Out of Time"" (Chris Farlowe). In the summer of 1974, Carter and Shakespeare wrote the song ""Beach Baby"". Carter immediately created a studio band, enlisting musicians Burrows and Mills, to record the song for Jonathan King's UK Records record label – under the name The First Class. In 1974 the song became a hit in the UK (where it peaked at #13), and in the"
"her big-selling cover. The Everly Brothers followed in 1963, along with Jerry Wallace (1966), Dean Martin (1967), Engelbert Humperdinck (1967) who was number one on the UK Singles Chart and many others in the years after. The Humperdinck version has the distinction in the UK of holding the number one slot on the chart for six weeks during March and April 1967, and preventing The Beatles' ""Penny Lane"" / ""Strawberry Fields Forever"" from reaching the top spot. Humperdinck's ""Release Me"" was also the highest selling single of 1967 in the UK, recording over one million in sales, eventually becoming one"
"had relatively few hit singles. In the UK, his only chart singles were ""The Seduction"", a cover version of the theme from ""American Gigolo"" (1980) composed by Giorgio Moroder, and ""Biscaya"" from the album ""Biscaya"". His single ""Mornings at Seven"" became a familiar tune in Britain after the BBC used it as the theme music for an ice skating program. It was released on 7"" vinyl in 1968 and has been included on ""By Request"" and ""Eighty Not Out"". In the US, where ""The Seduction"" became a Top 40 hit, peaking at No. 28 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and"
"Summertime in England ""Summertime in England"" is the longest song on Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison's 1980 album, ""Common One"", and is approximately fifteen minutes long. Although the album on which the song appeared was not critically or commercially successful, the song would be performed by Morrison in concert for almost two and one-half decades, taking on new meaning when performed live. A truncated version of the song with an early fade-out was also released as the B-side of the 1983 single ""Cry for Home"". Morrison started rehearsing ""Summertime in England"" in November and December 1979 along with ""Haunts of"
"include the Tams' 1964 recording ""Hey Girl Don't Bother Me"" (UK No. 1, July 1971) - which was popularised by Midlands DJ Carl Dene - the Fascinations' 1966 single ""Girls Are Out to Get You"" (UK No. 32, 1971), the Elgins' ""Heaven Must Have Sent You"" (UK No. 3 July 1971), the Newbeats' 1965 American hit ""Run Baby Run"" (UK No. 10, Oct 1971), Bobby Hebb's ""Love Love Love"" which was originally the B-side of ""A Satisfied Mind"" (UK No. 32 August 1972), Robert Knight's ""Love On a Mountain Top"" of 1968 (UK No. 10, November 1973) and R. Dean"
"Criticized by many for its similarity to ABBA's ""Fernando"", the song was released in the Summer of 1977 and was an instant success. The song rose to Number one in the UK Charts and became one of the biggest hits of the year as well as ending up among the 50 best selling singles of the decade. The group were invited to appear at the 1977 Royal Variety Performance, where they elected to sing ""Angelo"", rather than their then current single ""Highwayman"". Deprived of this vital promotion, the single failed to enter the chart (although was 'bubbling under' the top"
"and went on to become internationally known. Irish success in this period on a more commercial basis was led by Waterford born pop singer/songwriter Gilbert O'Sullivan, whose achievements included two UK No. 1 singles (""Clair"" and ""Get Down"") and one United States No. 1 (""Alone Again (Naturally)"") In the mid-70s, with a roots revival of traditional music burgeoning, folk rock fusion groups such as Planxty and Moving Hearts as well as singer-songwriters like Christy Moore and Paul Brady rose to prominence. The late 1970s saw the height of the punk rock movement. Irish bands such as Northern Ireland's Stiff Little"
"five consecutive weeks until it was knocked off by The World by Brad Paisley. Summertime (Kenny Chesney song) ""Summertime"" is a song written by Craig Wiseman and Steve McEwan and recorded by American country music artist Kenny Chesney. It was released in April 2006 as the third single from Chesney’s 2005 album ""The Road and the Radio"". The song reached number one on the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot Country Songs chart. Co-writer Craig Wiseman told The Boot that he and McEwan had been working on ""My Old Friend"" for Tim McGraw until he took a break from writing and went out"
"Vee, The Crickets, Buck Owens, James Taylor, Joan Jett and The Blackhearts, The Ventures, Dick Dale, Robert Gordon with Link Wray, Skid Row, T. Rex, Brian Setzer, MC5, Alex Chilton, and Marty Wilde have also covered the song. Summertime Blues ""Summertime Blues"" is a song co-written and recorded by American rockabilly artist Eddie Cochran. It was written by Cochran and his manager Jerry Capehart. Originally a single B-side, it was released in August 1958 and peaked at number 8 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 on September 29, 1958 and number 18 on the UK Singles Chart. It has been covered"
"1972 and this version reached No. 1 on the UK single chart in February 1972. Since its release, the tune of the chorus of ""Son of My Father"" has been regularly used on the terraces of British football grounds for football chants. A copy of Giorgio's version found its way to studio manager Roger Easterby who then persuaded the British band Chicory Tip to record it. The song, produced by Easterby and Des Champ, was recorded on Christmas Eve 1971 in the studio of George Martin. The song is notable as the first UK number one single to prominently feature"
"first period of British success in the late 1960s started with ""New York Mining Disaster 1941"" and the band added drummer Colin Petersen and guitarist Vince Melouney to their line up. They toured Europe in 1967 and 1968 as well as the US in August 1968. The band's first UK No. 1 was ""Massachusetts"" which features Gibb on lead vocal. On the day it reached number one, 5 November 1967, Robin Gibb recalled to ""The Mail on Sunday"" on 1 November 2009: On 13 June 1968, Gibb recorded demos for seven songs, accompanying himself on guitar. The tape listed Robin"
"and ""Sitting in the Park"" (#4 R&B, #24 Pop). His idiosyncratic improvisational technique of doubling-up, scatting his words and trilling his lips made his style unique in the 1960s. In 1966, Stewart recorded the LP ""Unbelievable"". The first single released from that album was Stewart's radical interpretation of the George Gershwin song, ""Summertime"", a Top 10 hit on both the pop and R&B charts. The follow-up single was Stewart's cover version of the Doris Day hit ""Secret Love"", which reached the Pop Top 30 and just missed the Top 10 on the R&B chart. Stewart continued to record throughout the"
"Hot Fun in the Summertime ""Hot Fun in the Summertime"" is a 1969 song recorded by Sly and the Family Stone. The single was released in the wake of the band's high-profile performance at Woodstock, which greatly expanded their fanbase. The song peaked at number 2 on the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot 100 pop singles chart, kept out of the number 1 spot by I Can't Get Next to You by The Temptations. ""Hot Fun in the Summertime"" also peaked at number 3 on the U.S. ""Billboard"" soul singles chart in autumn 1969. It is ranked as the seventh biggest U.S."
"Hot Fun in the Summertime ""Hot Fun in the Summertime"" is a 1969 song recorded by Sly and the Family Stone. The single was released in the wake of the band's high-profile performance at Woodstock, which greatly expanded their fanbase. The song peaked at number 2 on the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot 100 pop singles chart, kept out of the number 1 spot by I Can't Get Next to You by The Temptations. ""Hot Fun in the Summertime"" also peaked at number 3 on the U.S. ""Billboard"" soul singles chart in autumn 1969. It is ranked as the seventh biggest U.S."
"Someone Somewhere in Summertime ""Someone Somewhere In Summertime"" is a song by Simple Minds released as the third single from the album ""New Gold Dream (81–82–83–84)"" in November 1982. Its performance in the UK Singles Chart was significantly poorer than the band's two previous hits, peaking at no. 36 and charting for 5 weeks. Nonetheless, it has become a live favourite. and acclaimed as one of the album's most popular tracks. The song also charted in Ireland, peaking at number 19. Mel Gaynor was the drummer for the song, with Kenny Hyslop and Mike Ogletree being the other session drummers"
"Seasons in the Sun ""Seasons in the Sun"" is an English-language adaptation of the song ""Le Moribond"" by Belgian singer-songwriter Jacques Brel with lyrics rewritten by American singer-poet Rod McKuen. It became a worldwide hit in 1974 for Canadian singer Terry Jacks and became a Christmas number one in the UK in 1999 for Westlife. Jacks's version is one of the fewer than forty all-time singles to have sold 10 million copies worldwide. Terry Jacks recorded ""Seasons in the Sun"" in Vancouver in 1973 with his then-wife Susan Jacks. They made the decision to record the song when The Beach"