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Thread #97435   Message #3225597
Posted By: GUEST,Bluesman
19-Sep-11 - 12:21 PM
Thread Name: Folk Songs That Hit the Charts as Pop Songs
Subject: RE: Folk Songs That Hit the Charts as Pop Songs
"Those Were the Days" by Mary Hopkin was always one of my favourites. The song was credited to Gene Raskin, who put English lyrics to the Russian song "Dorogoi dlinnoyu"

Just listening to another oldie here now, "Friday on My Mind" a great song by the Australian group The Easybeats. George Young and Harry Vanda wrote it.