Mary Hopkin
Mary Hopkin (cleckit 3 Mey 1950) is a Welsh sangster.
| Mary Hopkin | |
|---|---|
 Mary Hopkin at the Eurovision Song Contest 1970 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 3 Mey 1950[1] |
| Oreigin | Pontardawe, Wales |
| Genres | Folk |
| Thrift | Sangster, sangwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, piano |
| Years active | 1968–present |
| Labels | Apple, Bell Records, Mary Hopkin Music |
| Associate acts | Paul McCartney, Tony Visconti, David Bowie, Ralph McTell, Benny Gallagher, |
| Wabsteid | Maryhopkin.com |
| Notable instruments | |
| Acoustic guitar | |
Hopkin wis cleckit in Pontardawe. She begoud till hir career as a fowk sangster. She lowsed her first record on the label Cambrian at wis frae hir cauf kintra.
Efter winnin ITV's Opportunity Knocks, Hopkin wis ane o the first airtists tae sign tae Apple Records.
She wis mairrit on Tony Visconti 1971-1981. Their bairns includes Jessica Lee Morgan an Morgan Visconti.
Discografie
eeditSeleckit albums
eedit- 1969: Postcard
- 1971: Earth Song, Ocean Song
- 1972: Those Were The Days
- 1976: The Welsh World of Mary Hopkin (compilation)
- 1989: Spirit
- 1996: Y Caneuon Cynnar (The Early Recordings) (compilation)
- 2005: Live at the Royal Festival Hall (live)
- 2007: Valentine
- 2008: Recollections
- 2008: Now and Then
- 2009: Blodeugerdd: Song of the Flowers - An Anthology of Welsh Music and Song (compilation)
- 2010: You look familiar (arrangit bi Morgan Visconti)
Chairt singles
eedit| Year | Teetle | Chairt poseetions | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK[2] | GER[3] | SUI | US Billboard Hot 100[4] | US Adult Contemporary[5] | ||||||
| 1968 | "Those Were The Days" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 1969 | "Goodbye" | 2 | 15 | 3 | 13 | 6 | ||||
| 1970 | "Temma Harbour" | 6 | 39 | 4 | ||||||
| "Knock, Knock Who's There?" | 2 | 12 | 92 | 11 | ||||||
| "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)" | 77 | 7 | ||||||||
| "Think About Your Children" | 19 | 87 | 27 | |||||||
| 1971 | "Let My Name Be Sorrow" | 46 | ||||||||
| 1972 | "Water, Paper & Clay" | 113 | ||||||||
| 1976 | "If You Love Me (I Won't Care)" | 32 | ||||||||
See an aw
eeditReferences
eedit- ↑ maryhopkin.com
- ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 259. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ↑ Günter Ehnert (ed.): Hit Bilanz. Deutsche Chart Singles 1956-1980. Hamburg: Taurus Press 1990, p. 101
- ↑ "Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2002"
- ↑ "Joel Whitburn's Top Adult Contemporary 1961-2001"
Freemit airtins
eedit| Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Mary Hopkin. |
| Precedit bi Lulu with "Boom Bang-a-Bang" |
UK in the Eurovision Song Contest 1970 |
Succeedit bi Clodagh Rodgers wi "Jack in the Box" |