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Louise Cordet (Louise Boisot) is the goddaughter of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. She toured with The Beatles, Paul & Paula and Gerry & The Pacemakers and Gerry Marsden initially wrote the song "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying" for

Composer and OBE recipient Albert Hammond is at least partially responsible for hits "99 MIles From L.A.", "It Never Rains in Southern California", "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now", "Moonlight Lady", "The Air That I Breathe", "One Moment in Time",

Anne (Patricia Jacqueline Sibley) Shelton's recording career began in 1943. After the war she sang with the Glenn Miller orchestra during the band's tour of the UK. Anne Recorded "The Village of St. Bernadette" in 1959. She was awarded the OBE in 1990.

Curly Putman has written or co-composed "The Green Green Grass of Home", "Elusive Dreams", "He Stopped Loving Her Today" and "D-I-V-O-R-C-E". The ex Mrs. George Jones, Tammy Wynette (Virginia Wynette Pugh) had the big hit of "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" in 1968.

"Those Were the Days" (Gene Raskin), is a Russian song called "Dorogoi dlinnoyu" (Boris Fomin, Konstantin Podrevskii). One of the first recordings from the twenties featured Alexander Vertinsky. Gene Raskin played the folk circuit in 1960s New York

"If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song)" composed by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays was written as a political statement in 1949. It was recorded first by The Weavers (Ronnie Gilbert, Lee Hays, Fred Hellerman, and Pete Seeger) but achieved little success.

Gary Usher co-wrote the Beach Boy classics "In my Room" and "409". It was Gary who composed "Don't Give in to Him" recorded by the British band Finders Keepers in 1967. Two years later it hit the top twenty for Gary Puckett and the Union Gap.

"I Just Fall in Love Again" (Herbstritt, Dorff, Lloyd, and Sklerov) was recorded by The Carpenters in 1977 and covered in 1979 by Dusty Springfield, whose version inspired Anne Murray to record it the same year. Anne Murray's version hit Billboard's

Flaming Star is a 1960 Western film starring Elvis Presley, based on the book Flaming Lance (1958) by Clair Huffaker. Critics agreed that Presley gave one of his best acting performances as the mixed-blood "Pacer Burton", a dramatic role. The film was

In 1966 Yugoslavian Berta Ambroz entered the Eurovision Song Festival with “Brez Besed” (Without Words) composed by Mojmir Sepe and Elza Budau. In 1973 Mocedades came second in the Spanish Eurovision Song with “Eres Tu” composed by Juan Carlos

Winchester Cathedral: a large Church of England cathedral in Winchester, Hampshire, England. This song won the 1966 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary (R&R) Recording. Don’t ask why, I don’t know, although it is a pleasing departure from the

Jim Lowe, singer-songwriter is best known for his 1956 hit "Green Door". He was also a radio personality in New York City. Jim composed "Gambler's Guitar", a hit for Rusty Draper in 1953. In 1957 he hit the top twenty with the original version of “Four

The Wellingtons performed the title songs for "Gilligan's Island" and "Davy Crockett." They also backed acts on "Shindig!!” The group started as a folk quartette with Kapp Records and were known as The Lincolns because they were from Illinois. They

P. F. Sloan (Philip Gary Schlein) co-wrote Round Robin’s "Kick That Little Foot, Sally Ann", “A Must to Avoid” for Herman’s Hermits, Johnny Rivers' "Secret Agent Man" the Turtles' "You Baby” and in 1965 Barry McGuire’s “Eve of Destruction”. Barry

"That's When Your Heartaches Begin"(Fisher, Raskin, Brown) by Shep Fields & His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra with vocalist Bob Goday was recorded in 1937. It was recorded by Elvis Presley three times, the first in July 1953, when it was one of the two

"Uno Tranquillo" (One Quiet Man) was composed by Daniele Pace, Lorenzo Pilat and Mario Panzeri and it was a 1967 Italian hit for Riccardo Del Turco. The British group The Tremeloes (originally back up band for Brian Poole) hit in 1968. Their version

"The Morning After" was composed by the gifted team of Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn. It was the Academy Award Winner for Best Original Song in 1972 for "The Poseidon Adventure". Renée Armand was dubbing the singing voice of Nonnie (Carol Lynley). Later

"Lily the Pink" was inspired by the American product: Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound circa 1875. The song was sung during the First World War in POW camps in Germany by Canadian prisoners. Oscar Brand was perhaps the first to record "The

Mieko Hirota is a Japanese popular singer. Her nickname is Mico (also spelled Miko). In 1965, Mieko became the first Japanese singer to appear at the Newport Jazz Festival. The same year she recorded “Sunny”. In 1966 Nashville singer/songwriter Bobby

In 1927 Columbia recorded Reverend J. C. Burnett's sermon "Gambler's Doom". T. Texas Tyler's styling hit the country charts in 1948. The most popular version hit the top ten and was recorded in 1959 by American radio personality and future game show

Written by the Greek composer Manos Hadjidakis (Never on Sunday) as part of the soundtrack to the 1959 film The Island of the Brave. Greek singer Nana Mouskouri recorded the French Version in 1962. This was the same year Brenda Lee had the