Mary Hopkin was just 17 (you know what I mean) when she appeared on the long-running UK TV show “Opportunity Knocks,” a predecessor to “Britain’s Got Talent,” etc. The supermodel Twiggy spotted her and tipped off Paul McCartney, who signed Hopkin to the Beatles’ brand new Apple label. Mary’s first single was a re-arrangement of a traditional Russian folk song, and knocked “Hey Jude” from the top of the British charts. In America, she got stuck at #2 behind the Fab Four.
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For every great song that failed to even make the top-40, at least there are also terrific nuggets such as this one that DID manage to make not only into the top-40 but into the top-10 at that.
Always good to be reminded of a few worthy songs that succeeded.
"Those Were The Days" hit #1 on the Record World chart (4weeks), Cash Box (2 weeks) and Variety (1 week). In my view Billboard missed out on this one completely.
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