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#11/1969 Written by Paul McCartney. After Hopkin signed with Apple, … About . Mary Hopkin was born in Pontardawe, Wales on 3 May 1950. She was most famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Mary Hopkin's 1968 debut single of "Those Were the Days", which was produced by Paul McCartney of the Beatles, became a number one hit on the UK Singles Chart and on the Canadian RPM Magazine charts. Mary Hopkin (born 3 May 1950) is a Welsh folk singer. 'Those Were The Days' is a song that has been associated with Mary Hopkin for 50 years. She was born in Pontardawe. “Sparrow” is the B-side of Mary Hopkin’s second single, “Goodbye“. Spread the love! Discovered on a British TV show by Twiggy, Mary Hopkin was promptly signed to Apple Records by Paul McCartney himself. 21 February 1969 saw the release of Mary Hopkin's debut Apple album Post Card, produced by Paul McCartney, who oversaw her No. Recorded in May and released on August 30th, it shot to number one with several … “Sparrow” was lovely, because that’s when my friendship with [songwriters] Benny Gallagher and Graham Lyle started. 1 single Those Were The Days. From Wikipedia: Mary Hopkin (born 3 May 1950), credited on some recordings as Mary Visconti (from her marriage to Tony Visconti), is a Welsh folk singer best known for her 1968 UK number one single “Those Were the Days“. 2 in the UK Singles chart. Her first and biggest hit was "Those Were The Days" in 1968. Moreover, it's the song that prevented Beatles' "Get Back" from reaching the top spot. Model Twiggy, a friend of the band, recommended her. She was one of the first to sign … The song also reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100, behind "Hey Jude" by the Beatles. Mary long ago retired from live performances, and she grants no interviews—excepting this one only, by email, to discuss her music. It was number one in the very first edition of the foreign singles sales chart launched by the Centre … The song was written by Benny Gallagher and Graham Lyle, songwriters signed to Apple Publishing ; and was produced by Paul McCartney. In her teens she made some modest success as a Welsh folk singer until one day, on 4 May, 1968, one day after her 18th birthday, she appeared on the television talent show Opportunity Knocks (1956), a show which featured talented (and sometimes not-so-talented) up-and-coming show business personalities who competed with one … Forty years later, Paul McCartney is still the most famous musician alive, and Mary Hopkin is still content away from the public eye. She also expressed dissatisfaction with her manager at this time, Terry Doran. Mary McCartney. When The Beatles started their own record label called Apple Records, they were looking for new artists to sign up. Mary Hopkin est une chanteuse galloise, la première à avoir signé chez Apple (label des Beatles) et, dans les années 1970, Manticore (label d'Emerson, Lake and Palmer). Released on March 28, 1968, "Goodbye" place no. Hopkin said she interpreted “Goodbye” as McCartney pledging to stop “micromanaging” her career, since she was uncomfortable with his positioning of her as a pop chanteuse. Buy the new version here. Paul McCartney 167; The Beatles 7; Denny Seiwell 3; Laurence Juber 3; David Kahne 1; Denny Laine 1; Eirik Wangberg 1; George Martin 1; Giles Martin 1; Howie Casey 1; Mary Hopkin 1; Steve Holley 1; Steve Howard 1; Related to album.