The lovely Welsh chanteuse Mary Hopkin was born on this day in 1950. She was one of the first acts signed to The Beatles’ Apple record label; her first album (including this single) was produced by Paul McCartney. This performance is from The Ed Sullivan Show in 1969.
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Oh! My gosh I remember this great song 💜
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I remember the song and the singer. I guess she beat Sandie Shaw to represent the UK in the Eurovision song contest in ’70. That’s a feat in and of itself.
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Yes it was, she really had a beautiful voice .
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Love this song. Did Cher do it?? Never heard Dolly. Will need to look it up. Cute little girl. She looks so young.
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Mary was 19 or 20 when she did this. Cher did “These Days.”
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I love this song and she had such a beautiful voice. I love the instruments used…is one the balaleika? I don’t know how tobspell that. This was a time when many different instruments were used which I love. The mini skirt was big vack in the day.
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I think it’s a banjo. And yes, miniskirts were very popular and she looked mighty attractive in one…
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‘We thought they’d never end. And then we grew old
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And that sure ended them…
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This song was a big favorite of mine when it came out. Dolly Parton also did a nice version.
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Dolly’s version is very nice. She did an album called “Those were the days” and I think Mary Hopkin is on it.
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A great song and yes, those were the days! Please bring them back.
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Not much I can do other than wish with you…
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Hi John – yes they were the days …where have we in our free world got to … let’s hope the world comes to rights very soon – cheers Hilary
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I agree!
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One of the earliest chart songs I remember… Ah, those were the days! 🙂
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Yes, they were…
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