Pop Archives

Miss Linda George - Our Day Will Come (1973)

(Bob Hilliard - Mort Garson)
Australia Australia
#32 Sydney #27 Melbourne #23 Brisbane #18 Adelaide #33 Perth

Single on Image.

Linda George (also billed as Miss Linda George): Soul influenced singer, formerly with Melbourne band Nova Express, who went into session work after a successful solo career in the 70s. She later became a voice teacher at the Victorian College of the Arts and in schools as well as privately.

See also the B-side Yesterday And You.

Further reading: 1. Milesago's Linda George page for discography and biography. 2. Linda George at Wikipedia

Suggestion from Mike Robbins.


Ruby & The Romantics - Our Day Will Come (1962)

(Bob Hilliard - Mort Garson)
USA USA
Original version
#1 USA #6 UK #14 Sydney #9 Melbourne #10 Brisbane #36 Adelaide #1 Perth

Single on Kapp, charted early 1963.

Ruby Nash joined male vocal group The Romantics (formerly The Supremes) in 1962. 

Other notable Ruby & The Romantics records:

• Hey There Lonely Boy (1963, #27 USA) the original version of Eddie Holman's Hey There Lonely Girl (1970, #2 USA);
• the original version of Van McCoy's When You're Young And In Love (1964), a #23 hit in the USA for The Marvellettes in 1967.

Our Day Will Come has been recorded by numerous artists, including Cher (1966), Herb Alpert (1966) and Esther Phillips (1979).


Isaac Hayes - Our Day Will Come (1970)

(Bob Hilliard - Mort Garson)
USA USA
Later version

On 1970 album To Be Continued on Enterprise label. Later sampled by Massive Attack (see below).


Frankie Valli - Our Day Will Come (1975)

(Bob Hilliard - Mort Garson)
USA USA
Later version
#11 USA

Single on Private Stock label by Four Seasons lead singer.


Massive Attack - Exchange (1998)

(Bob Hilliard - Mort Garson)
UK UK
Later version

On the 1998 album Mezzanine.

Samples the 1971 Isaac Hayes version of Our Day Will Come.