(Alan David - Lionel Martin)
Australia
#9 Sydney #21 Melbourne #21 Brisbane #25 Australia #28 Perth | #27 Australia #3 NZ #4 Norway #20 Sweden
Single on Mercury April 1979 by singer and actor born in Britain in 1949, in Australia from 1963.
Jon English (1949-2016) was rarely absent from Australian stage or television from the early 70s. He was in
the Australian cast of Jesus Christ Superstar, the TV drama Against The Wind and the sitcom All Together Now. In later years he
star
red in popular Gilbert and Sullivan revivals and in a stage version of Dad’s Army.
He had several charting singles throughout the 70s and 80s, including Handbags and Gladrags (1973), Turn The Page (1974), Hollywood Seven (1976), Behind Blue Eyes (1977), Words Are Not Enough (by Garry Paige & Mark Punch, 1978), Six Ribbons (with Mario Millo, 1978) and Hot Town (1979).
Suggestion from Terry Stacey.
(Alan David - Lionel Martin)
UK
Original version
Single on EMI May 1977 by the song’s co-writer and producer Alan David, a British singer, songwriter, producer, and TV presenter. Co-writer Lionel Martin was in songwriting and producing from the 1970s, later moved on to other roles in business. David and Martin collaborated on songs recorded by a number of artists: for some examples, see the lists here and here at 45cat.com.
Get Your Love Right was also recorded in the US by Francour on the Janus label (1979). As a commenter at Discogs.com asks, Any information on this talented singer who had this very catchy song that went nowhere?
Sources: 1. Alan David article at Wikipedia. 2. Discogs: discographies and notes for Alan David and Lionel Martin.
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