| "A Picture of You" | |
|---|---|
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| Single by Joe Brown | |
| A-side | "A Lay-About's Lament" |
| Released | 8 June 1962 |
| Recorded | 1962 |
| Studio | The Workhouse Studio, London |
| Genre | Rock |
| Length | 2:20 |
| Label | Pye |
| Songwriter(s) |
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"A Picture of You" is a song by English entertainer Joe Brown. Written by John Beveridge and Peter Oakman, it was a number 1 UK hit single for Brown in the summer of 1962.[1] Brown recorded his version at Pye Records, and the single was released as Piccadilly 7N 35047.[2]
Although "A Picture of You" is designated as the B-side of "A Lay-About's Lament", it was this song which became the chart hit. The song spent nine weeks in the UK Singles Chart Top 5 (from the week of 14 June 1962 through the week of 9 August 1962) during a nineteen-week chart run. The song was placed thirteenth on the chart of overall single sales for the calendar year 1962 in the UK.[3]
The album A Picture of You, Joe Brown's first, was issued on Pye's budget Golden Guinea label (the records were marketed at the price of one Guinea, or one pound and a shilling) in 1962, and entered the NME album chart at number 10 on 25 August 1962. It stayed in the top ten for the next 15 weeks.[4] The album also included the smaller hits Shine (reached No 33 in the UK singles charts in 1961) and What A Crazy World We're Livin' In (reached number 37 in the UK singles charts in 1962, just prior to A Picture of You).[5]
Charts
Covers
- The Beatles performed the song on the BBC radio programme Teenager's Turn – Here We Go, broadcast on 15 June 1962.[8][9]
- In 1963 the song was covered by Johnny and his Cellar Rockers, the first band of the Dutch guitar-player Jan Akkerman.
- In 1970, Jack Wild recorded a version as the 'B' side to his minor hit, "Some Beautiful", from The Jack Wild Album (1970).[10]
- Robert Gordon included the song on his 1980 album Bad Boy.
References
- ↑ Osborne, Roger (1992). 40 Years of NME Charts. Boxtree Ltd. p. 115. ISBN 1852837462.
- ↑ "Joe Brown And The Bruvvers - A Lay-About's Lament". Discogs. April 1962. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- 1 2 "The 100 Best-Selling Singles of 1962 [in the U.K.]". sixtiescity.net.
- ↑ 30 Years of New Musical Express Album Charts (1993)
- ↑ British Hit Singles & Albums (18th ed.). Guinness World Records Ltd. 2005. p. 84. ISBN 978-1-904994-00-8.
- ↑ Rees, Dafydd; Lazell, Barry; Osborne, Roger (1992). Forty Years of "NME" Charts (1st ed.). Boxtree Ltd. p. 115. ISBN 1852837462.
- ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
- ↑ McCormick, Neil (2 October 2013). "Joe Brown on ukuleles and George Harrison". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ↑ "A Picture of You by Joe Brown & The Bruvvers". iTunes Store (Apple Inc.). 1 January 1962. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ↑ "Jack Wild - The Jack Wild Album". Discogs. 1970. Retrieved 28 November 2018.