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"Chirpy Chirpy, Cheep Cheep" is a song recorded in 1970 by its composer Lally Stott, [4] and made popular in 1971 by Scottish band Middle of the Road, for whom it was a UK #1 chart hit. [5] That version is one of fewer than fifty singles to have sold more than ten million physical copies worldwide.
Harold "Lally" Stott Jr. (16 January 1945 – 6 June 1977) [1] was an English singer-songwriter and musician who wrote the song "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" which became a UK number one hit for the Scottish band Middle of the Road in 1971, [2] and charting at number 20 in the U.S., and number 41 in the UK the same year for Mac and Katie Kissoon.
The band had their first and biggest hit record in the United Kingdom with their debut UK single, "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep". The song reached No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart in June 1971 and stayed there for four more weeks. In all, Middle of the Road had five hit singles in the UK in 1971 and 1972. The band had especially strong success in ...
Stott had also written and first recorded the band's previous single "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" and he would go on to write other hits for Middle of the Road with the Capuano brothers. The song is about a clan rivalry between the MacDougalls and the MacGregors. [2] It was first released as a single in Italy in March 1971. [3]
"Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 — 1 Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep: 1971 "Lo Schiaffo" (with Jordan; Italy-only release) — — — — — — — — — — Non-album single "Tweedle Dee, Tweedle Dum" 2 15 7 16 1 15 7 6 5 — Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep "Soley Soley" 5 23 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 Acceleration "Sacramento (A Wonderful Town ...
In 1971, the group Middle of the Road was formed, and Carr had success with songs such as "Soley Soley" and "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep". Following the death of her mother Cecilia, Carr found it difficult to sing the lines "Where's your Mama gone?" and "Woke up this morning and my Mama was gone" from that song. [5]
The Carpenters had three songs on the Year-End Hot 100, the most of any artist in 1971. This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 singles of 1971. [1] The Top 100, as revealed in the year-end edition of Billboard dated December 25, 1971, is based on Hot 100 charts from the issue dates of January 2 through November 27, 1971.
Mac and Katie Kissoon made their first collaborative recording covering the Lally Stott song "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" for the UK market. Released July 1971, the Kissoons' version of "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" lost out in the UK to another cover by Middle of the Road, who scored a number 1 hit in the UK Singles chart, while the Kissoons ...