ON THIS DATE (48 YEARS AGO) October 10, 1966 - The Seekers: Georgy Girl b/w When The Stars Begin To Fall (Capitol 5756) 45 single is released in the US. Georgy Girl, written by Tom Springfield (music) and Jim Dale (lyrics), is the title song performed by The Seekers for the film of the same name. Across late 1966 and early 1967, the song became a #1 Australian hit and a #3 British hit. In the United States, it proved to be the Seekers highest charting single in the USA, reaching #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and prompting the Seekers British album Come the Day to be retitled Georgy Girl for its American release. It was listed at 36 on Rolling Stone magazines 500 Greatest Pop Songs of all time in 2002. The song is heard at both the beginning and end of the film, with markedly different lyrics (and with different lyrics again to those in the commercially released version). It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song. The Seekers
Posted on: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 18:50:01 +0000
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