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Although they released twelve singles on the Pye record label between 1963 and 1966, the Overlanders' only British hit was a cover version of the Beatles' "Michelle". [2] It reached number one in the UK Singles Chart in January 1966 and beat off a rival recording by David and Jonathan , whose version was produced by George Martin and featured ...
This is a list of cover versions by music artists who have recorded one or more songs written and originally recorded by English rock band The Beatles.Many albums have been created in dedication to the group, including film soundtracks, such as I Am Sam (2001) and Across the Universe (2007) and commemorative albums such as Sgt. Pepper Knew My Father (1988) and This Bird Has Flown (2005).
Paul Brett (20 June 1947 – 31 January 2024) [1] was an English classic rock guitarist.He played lead guitar with Strawbs (although he was never actually a member), The Overlanders, [2] The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera, The Velvet Opera, Tintern Abbey, Fire, Roy Harper, Al Stewart, and Lonnie Donegan. [3]
McMicking was the leader of the famed "Overlanders of '62" which traversed the continent in 1862 from Queenston, Canada West in search of gold in the Cariboo region of British Columbia. [3] The party, including McMicking's 2nd youngest brother, Robert Burns McMicking (July 7, 1843 - Nov 27, 1915). [4] [5] left Queenston in April 1862. Having ...
The American success of "Yesterday's Gone" occasioned a re-release of the track in Australia, [8] where it charted over the summer of 1964 with a No. 26 peak, and a major label cover in the UK, where in March 1964 Pye Records released a version of "Yesterday's Gone" recorded by the Overlanders with Tony Hatch producing; the Overlanders' version ...
Gary Rhett Shearston (9 January 1939 – 1 July 2013) was an Australian singer-songwriter and Anglican priest. He was a leading figure of the folk music revival of the 1960s and performed traditional folk songs in an authentic style.
James George Tomkins (14 February 1941 – 2 October 2012), [1] known professionally as Big Jim Sullivan, was an English guitarist.. Best known as a session guitarist, he was one of the most in-demand studio musicians in the UK in the 1960s and 1970s, and performed on around 750 charting singles over his career, including 54 UK number one hits.
Hickory Records is an American record label founded in 1954 by Acuff-Rose Music, [1] which operated the label up to 1979. Sony Music Publishing (then Sony/ATV) revived the label in 2007.