(Bob Hilliard - Mort Garson)
Australia
#32 Sydney #27 Melbourne #23 Brisbane #18 Adelaide #33 Perth
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.
(Bob Hilliard - Mort Garson)
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).
(Bob Hilliard - Mort Garson)
USA
Later version
#11 USA
Single on Private Stock label by Four Seasons lead singer.
(Bob Hilliard - Mort Garson)
USA
Later version
On 1970 album To Be Continued on Enterprise label. Later sampled by Massive Attack (see below).
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