C'mon Marianne
"C'mon Marianne" | ||||
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"C'mon Marianne" | ||||
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Single by Donny Osmond | ||||
from the album Disco Train | ||||
B-side | "Old Man Auctioneer" | |||
Released | May 1977 | |||
Genre | Pop, Pop rock | |||
Label | Kolob | |||
Songwriter(s) | L. Russell Brown, Raymond Bloodworth | |||
Producer(s) | Mike Curb | |||
Donny Osmond singles chronology | ||||
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"C'mon Marianne" is a song composed by
"C'mon Marianne" hit the charts less than a month after lead singer
This song begins with Acapella in B-Flat Major, with the first verse beginning in G Minor. After the repeated refrains, which ends in a descending vocal repeat of "Marianne", making it sound like a psychedelic song, the key of the song descends to the second verse that begins in F-Sharp Minor, with the repeated refrains in A Major, before the song's fade out.
The song sported a riff which The Doors also appropriated in their 1968 single "Touch Me".
In the following year, 1968, the song was covered by Grapefruit, a London-based group headed by Glaswegian George Alexander (b. Alexander Young), who was the older brother of George Young (from The Easybeats) and of Malcolm and Angus Young of AC/DC. The single, their third, also appeared on their first album, Around Grapefruit (1968).
In 1976,
Songwriter L. Russell Brown would compose (or co-compose) a string of hit records in the 1970s, including several recorded by
Chart history
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References
- ^ The Four Seasons; Frankie Valli (1991), Greatest Hits, Volume 2, Internet Archive, Warner Special Products, retrieved 2023-01-30
- ^ Allmusic. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 238.
- ^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. June 3, 1967. p. 22. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 187.
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- ^ Flavour of New Zealand, 25 August 1967
- ISBN 0-89820-089-X
- ^ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, July 29, 1967". Archived from the original on June 17, 2019. Retrieved June 17, 2019.
- ISBN 0-89820-089-X
- ^ "RPM Top 100 Singles - August 7, 1976" (PDF).
- ^ "RPM Top 100 Singles - January 6, 1968" (PDF).
- ^ "Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 23, 1967". Archived from the original on September 30, 2018. Retrieved June 17, 2019.