Anne & Johnny Hawker - Cinderella Rockefella (1968)

Esther & Abi Ofarim - Cinderella Rockefella (1968)

(Mason Williams - Nancy Ames)
 Germany
Original version
#1 UK #7 Sydney #2 Melbourne #4 Brisbane #4 Adelaide #4 Perth #12 NZ

This is the earliest released version of Cinderella Rockefella, although it had been aired previously on American TV (below).

Israeli husband and wife duo, born Esther Zaied and Abraham Reichstadt, popular in Europe from the mid-60s after moving to Germany. See Esther’s website for biography.

Co-charted in Australia with local cover version by Anne & Johnny Hawker.

Cinderella Rockefella is heard on the soundtrack of the critically acclaimed Israeli film Walk on Water (2004). It was also in Le ciel est à nous (1997).

Recorded by Esther & Abi Ofarim in 1967, but released early in 1968 (see The Guinness Book of 500 #1 Hits). Writer Mason Williams’s version was apparently released later, in November 1968, after the Ofarims' version had already become a hit (see Mason Williams’s website)

Thanks to Shimshon Shalev for additional details.

Esther Ofarim With The Smothers Brothers - Cinderella Rockefella (1967)

(Mason Williams - Nancy Ames)
 USA
Original version: live performance

This is the earliest known public performance of Cinderella Rockefella. Esther Ofarim sang it with the Smothers Brothers on their CBS-TV show The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour on 12 April 1967.

Thanks to Joop Jansen.