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To date, Foster and Allen have achieved album and video sales in excess of 25 million worldwide. [4] Foster and Allen celebrated their 30th Anniversary together in the music industry with the release of their album, Foster and Allen Sing the No. 1's, which was a Top 30 hit in the UK Albums Chart during Christmas 2005. Their "World Concert Tour ...
In 1983, Irish duo Foster and Allen reached number one in New Zealand, [11] number six in Ireland, 27 in the UK singles chart and 17 in Australia [12] with their version. [13] It was also recorded by De Dannan on the album Star-Spangled Molly, by Josef Locke on Let there be Peace, and by James Galway and The Chieftains on In Ireland.
The song went on to be recorded by many artists, including the Alexander Brothers, Judy Collins, Phil Coulter, Floyd Cramer, Carlene Davis, Florida Boys, Roger Whittaker, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Foster and Allen, Bill Gaither, Lynda Randle, Ivan Parker, The King's Heralds, Don Gibson, Arthur Greenslade, Lee Greenwood, Roy Drusky, George Hamilton ...
Foster and Allen recorded A Bunch of Thyme as a single in 1979 and released an album of the same name in 1980. Roberts and Barrand recorded "Garners Gay" on their 1983 Live at Holstein's! Jim Moray performed Seeds Of Love on his 2003 album Sweet England
"Forty Shades of Green" has also been recorded by Dexys Midnight Runners, Daniel O'Donnell, Foster and Allen, Roger Whittaker and Ruby Murray, among others. [2] Irish guitarist Gary Moore quoted the song in the title track of his 1987 album, Wild Frontier, as a reference to a once innocent Ireland "before the wars began": "The victims you have ...
"The Old Rustic Bridge by the Mill" – written by Thomas P. Keenan from Castletownroche, recorded by Foster and Allen, among others [70] " Peigín Leitir Móir" – an Irish-language song from Galway. [72] "The Rose of Inchicore" – written by Dublin singer/songwriter Mick Fitzgerald
In 2004, Irish duo Foster and Allen covered the song on their album Sing the Sixties. [ 16 ] In 2011, Scottish singer Rab Noakes covered the song on his album Standing Up Again .
The song was the most frequently recorded song of the acoustic recording era, starting with its first known recording by Richard Jose in 1903. [4]Later 20th-century recordings of the song include those of John McCormack, Bing Crosby (recorded November 8, 1947), [5] Jerry Lee Lewis (1956 and 1973), Georg Ots (in Estonian and Finnish, 1958), Tapio Rautavaara (in Finnish, 1967) and Jo Stafford ...