I didn't realise that this had words to it! Just found them after a google.

Why certain tunes/songs become hits can be a bit of a mystery - Terry Wogan's abysmal performance of "The Floral Dance" left a lot to be desired but it reached no 27 in the charts.

Air play by certain DJs have given songs a boost that they wouldn't normally have and once they hit the charts I think there's a requirement to put them on the playlist (may be wrong here - don't quote me)- Chart placing would almost certainly guarantee an appearance on TV progs like "Top of the Pops". I'm sure Jasper Carrott and Mike Harding wouldn't disagree with that. I gather "Funky Moped" by Carrott charted because of the record being bought for the "B" side - "Magic Roundabout" rather than the "A" side.

Richard Clayderman had a hit with "Ballade pour Adeline" which made his name - never heard of him before then!

Cheers
Mark

A Walk in the Black Forest*
Words & Music by Kal Mann & Horst Jankowsky
Recorded by Horst Jankowski, 1965 (#12)
Vocal recorded by Salena Jones, 1966


      A          D9    Bm7-5      A
The trees join hands and say, "Hello,"

Fdim A       D9   Cdim    A
And suddenly ev'rywhere we go

Edim D9 Bm7-5 E7 Cm7-5   E7   Fdim A   F#m D9 E7
The sun          beams through in fun.


Fdim A          D9      Bm7-5    A
The leaves form patterns like a heart

Fdim A       D9   Cdim    A
And whisper forever "Never part."

Edim D9 Bm7-5 E7 Cm7-5 E7 Fdim A    C#7
Be true,       'cause I love you.


Bridge:

A9      Am       A9    Am Bm7-5 Am7 Cdim Am   E7
Shadows    write words of love   a - cross our path;

F#7 Gdim F#7   
Birds sing,

    C#7 Gdim D9   Bm7-5 E   Cdim   E   D9    A    E7
"How luck - y those whose love just grows to - geth - er."


A         D9       Bm7-5    A
Blades of grass stand on and on

Fdim A       D9   Cdim   A
And chatter together in a calm

C#m7-5 D9 Bm7-5 E7 Cm7-5 E7 Fdim F#7
That's green         and   so ser - ene,

Edim E7    D9 E7 D9 Bm7-5 E7/6 A
A   mem - 'ry of our walk   of love.



A      D9    Bm7-5       A
In a dream, a stream goes by

Fdim   A            D9    Cdim    A
Re - flec - ting a message from the sky

Edim D9 Bm7-5 E7 Cm7-5   E7   Fdim A   F#m D9 E7
A - bove

Fdim A       D9      Bm7-5 A
And here and there we look around

Fdim A       D9   Cdim       A
To see other lovers who have found

Edim D9 Bm7-5 E7 Cm7-5 E7 Fdim A    C#7
Their way.


Bridge 2:

A9          Am A9   Am Bm7-5 Am7 Cdim Am E7
Crick - ets tap out their sym - pho - ny in code;

F#7 Gdim F#7   
Rab - bits

C#7 Gdim D9 Bm7-5    E Cdim    E   D9    A   E7
Run hel - ter skel - ter find - ing shel - ter here.


    A       D9   Bm7-5    A
And flowers swaying in the breeze

Fdim A         D9    Cdim    A
Look up to the branches of the trees

C#m7-5 D9 Bm7-5 E7 Cm7-5 E7   Fdim F#7
And sing            as birds take wing --

Edim E7 D9 E Edim E7   D9 Bm7-5 E7/6 A
All this is true       'cause I   love you.



*Originally titled "Schwarzwaldenfahrt," this song has also been recorded as "I Walk With You." Dual attribution on performer is more than appropriate here, as is dual attribution of the title. Jankowski's instrumental version even now is certainly the best-remembered of the two; but Jones' version, though much less well-known, is one of the few I've found that actually includes a vocal. Officially, this melody has two titles (both shown above in the title area) because only the version named "I Walk With You" actually has lyrics.

From www.theguitarguy.com/awalkint.htm