Juliet (The Four Pennies song)
| "Juliet" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by The Four Pennies | ||||
| B-side | "Tell Me Girl" | |||
| Released | February 1964 | |||
| Recorded | 1964 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 2:18 | |||
| Label | Philips | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Lionel Morton, Fritz Fryer, Mike Wilsh | |||
| Producer(s) | Johnny Franz | |||
| The Four Pennies singles chronology | ||||
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"Juliet" is a pop song made famous by the band The Four Pennies. The track was recorded in 1964.[1]
History
The tune had been written by Mike Wilshaw and he and Lionel Morton and Fritz Fryer developed it into a song, named after Fryer's 2 year old niece.[2] It was performed by the band in 1963 as their winning entry in a talent contest, leading to a recording session for Philips Records.[3]
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"Juliet" was the only 1964 number one by a UK group not to chart in the United States.[5]
"Juliet" proved to be the group's only Top 10 hit.[1] The Four Pennies reached the Top 20 three more times after this, but never had another really successful single. The group folded in the autumn of 1966, after their last single release, written by the ex-Springfields member Tom Springfield — "No More Sad Songs for Me" — failed to chart.[6]
See also
- List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1960s
References
- ^ ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
- ISBN 978-1844492831
- ^ a b Dunsbee, Tony (2015) Gathered From Coincidence: A singular history of Sixties' Pop, M-Y Books Limited
- ^ ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ISBN 0-85156-156-X.
- ^ "Biography by Linda Seida". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2008-11-15.
External links
- Song lyrics at homepage.ntlworld.com
- Four Pennies discography at geocities.com at the Wayback Machine (archived October 29, 2009)
