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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.
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]
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 ...
1971 Middle of the Road: Released: March 1971; Label: RCA; Italy-only release; Later released internationally with a different track listing as Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep; 7 — — — — 3 1972 Acceleration: Released: January 1972; Label: RCA; 6 15 13 24 2 2 1973 Drive On: Released: April 1973; Label: RCA; 8 — 48 — — — Music Music ...
Middle of the Road's "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep", "Knock Three Times" from Tony Orlando and Dawn and "Hot Love" by T. Rex made up the top five. Singles by The Mixtures , The New Seekers , Diana Ross , The Tams and T. Rex (" Get It On ") were also in the top ten best-selling singles of the year.
Carr's first group was The Southerners. [3] 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".
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.