TOP 100 SONGS OF 1967 ― NUMBER 53

50 years ago this year these songs were released. I took the top 100 from Rolling Stone for 1967 and put them in the order in which I think they should have listed, since this was the decade of the music I grew up on. Enough of the formalities, here we go. Enjoy.

CARRIE ANNE ― THE HOLLIES

GENRE ― Power Pop / Pop Rock



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"Carrie Anne" is a song written by Allan Clarke, Graham Nash, and Tony Hicks and released by British pop rock group The Hollies. The song was recorded on 1 May 1967 and was released as a single in the same month by Parlophone Records in the United Kingdom and Epic Records in the United States. It became a hit in 1967, reaching #3 on the UK Singles Chart. It was also a hit in the US and Canada, peaking at #9 on both pop charts. It also reached No. 4 in the Irish charts.

Actress Carrie-Anne Moss was named (by her mother) in honor of the song, which was released three months before her birth.

Conception and recording ― 

According to Allan Clarke the song was written during a concert the group did with Tom Jones and the song was written mainly by Graham Nash and Tony Hicks with Allan Clarke supplying the lyrics for the middle eight. In 1995, Graham Nash revealed that he had written the song for Marianne Faithfull but was "too shy" to use her real name. The song features steel drums. The song was recorded in only two takes on 1 May 1967 at EMI's Abbey Road Studios. The first take was a false start and can be heard on the compilation The Hollies at Abbey Road: 1966 to 1970.

The song appeared on the soundtrack of Michael Apted's 1974 movie Stardust.

Cover Versions ― 

• The Slovak-language rendering "Je Môj Sen" was recorded in 1968 by Tatjana Hubinská.
• American singer-songwriter Tommy Keene recorded a version that was included on his 2004 rarities compilation, Drowning—A Tommy Keene Miscellany. It was also included on the 1995 Eggbert Records release Sing Hollies in Reverse
• Ali Campbell covered the song on his 2010 album 'Great British Songs'. It was released as a UK single on 8 November 2010
• The B-side "Signs That Will Never Change" was recorded first by the Everly Brothers, released in 1966 on the Two Yanks in England album.
• Shania Twain performed this song as a cover in her Las Vegas show, Shania: Still the One, running from December 2012 to December 2014.
• Game Theory recorded a live version of the song that was included on the 2016 reissue of their album Lolita Nation.

From Wikipedia and Google (image)