The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde

Infobox Single
Name = The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde


Artist = Georgie Fame
from Album =
B-side = "Beware of the Dog"
Released = 1967
Format = 7"
Recorded = 1967
Genre = R&B
Length = 1:59
Label = CBS (CBS 3124)
Writer = Mitch Murray
Peter Callander
Producer =Mike Smith
Certification =
Reviews =
Last single ="Try My World"
(1967)
This single ="The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde"
(1967)
Next single ="By the Time I Get to Phoenix"
(1968) "The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde" is a song recorded by the English R&B singer Georgie Fame. Released as a single, the song reached number one in the UK singles chart on January 24, 1968, remaining for one week. ["Song reached Number One in the UK" http://www.theofficialcharts.com/all_the_no1_songs.php?show=2 Retrieved 08/27/07]

The song also reached No. 7 in America in 1968. ["'The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde' in 1967, which was also a Top Ten hit in America in 1968." Retrieved 01/09/07 http://davidgilmour.musicblog.co.uk/2006/01/david_with_georgie_fame.html] ["The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde (which was also a Top Ten hit in the US)." (Billboard #7,1968)Retrieved 01/09/07 http://www.thepoint-online.co.uk/thepoint-702]

ong profile

The song was written by Mitch Murray and Peter Callander ["Song originally written by Mitch Murray and Peter Callander". http://www.sheetmusicwarehouse.co.uk/details.php?ref=5046 Retrieved 08/27/07]

Fame recorded the song after seeing the (then) controversial release of the now considered classic gangster genre film "Bonnie and Clyde" starring Warren Beatty (as Clyde Barrow) and Faye Dunaway (as Bonnie Parker). ["Bonnie & Clyde film also 1967" http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,2156135,00.html Retrieved 31/08/07]

References

External links

* [http://georgiefame.absoluteelsewhere.net/ Georgie Fame Fansite]