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Thread #97435   Message #3136829
Posted By: Allan Conn
17-Apr-11 - 09:48 AM
Thread Name: Folk Songs That Hit the Charts as Pop Songs
Subject: RE: Folk Songs That Hit the Charts as Pop Songs
"Someone had a hit with 'Wild Mountain Thyme' in 1992 but I do not know the artist who had the UK hit."

A Glaswegian band called The Silencers had a recording of it which was used in a commercial in the early 90s. It got lots of airplay but I don't think it made the charts as such!