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The Pied Piper (song)

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Released
  
March 8, 1966

Length
  
2:30

Genre
  
Pop Rock

B-side
  
"Sweet Dawn My True Love"

Label
  
Decca 12359 (UK) Jamie 1320 (US) London 2512 (Canada)

Writer(s)
  
Steve Duboff, Artie Kornfeld

"The Pied Piper" is a pop song written by the duo of Steve Duboff and Artie Kornfeld, who first recorded the song in 1965 as The Changin' Times. Their version reached #87 on the Billboard Hot 100. British pop singer Crispian St. Peters scored a major hit with the song during the summer of 1966 when his single went to #4 in the United States, #5 in the United Kingdom and #1 in Canada.

The song's title came from The Pied Piper of Hamelin.

Other versions

  • In Italy a well-known cover version was made, with the title "Bandiera gialla" ("Yellow flag"), sung by local artist Gianni Pettenati and theme of a popular radio program of that era targeted to the young people.
  • Jamaican reggae duo Bob and Marcia had a Top 20 hit with their version, taking the song to UK #11 in July 1971.

    • References

    The Pied Piper (song) Wikipedia
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