Jennifer Eccles
| "Jennifer Eccles" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by The Hollies | ||||
| B-side |
UK: "Open Up Your Eyes" US: "Try It" | |||
| Released | 22 March 1968 (UK) | |||
| Format | 7" | |||
| Recorded |
3 February 1968 Chappell Studio, London [1] | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length |
2:40 (album version) 3:04 (single version) | |||
| Label |
UK: Parlophone R5680 US/Can: Epic 10298 | |||
| Songwriter(s) |
Graham Nash Allan Clarke | |||
| Producer(s) | Ron Richards | |||
| The Hollies singles chronology | ||||
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"Jennifer Eccles" is a 1968 single by the Hollies. It was released with the B-side Open Up Your Eyes on the Parlophone label, Catalogue number R5680. The song reached #7 on the UK singles chart in March 1968. Around the same time, it was released in the US with a different B-side, "Try It", and reached #40 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was written by members of the band with input from their wives after criticism of "King Midas in Reverse" and was a return to the popular format that had been commercially successful though not necessarily lyrically sophisticated.
Jennifer Eccles (who had "terrible freckles") also features in the song "Lily the Pink" by The Scaffold; the reference is an in-joke, as Graham Nash, who left the Hollies in December 1968, sang backing vocals on this recording; Nash had been married to Rose Eccles from 1964 until 1966.[2]
Charts
| Chart (1968) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (Go-Set)[3] | 10 |
| Austria (Austrian Singles Chart)[4] | 5 |
| Canada (RPM Magazine) | 19 |
| Germany (Official German Charts)[5] | 8 |
| Netherlands (Dutch Singles Chart)[6] | 17 |
| Norway (VG-Lista)[7] | 5 |
| United Kingdom (UK Singles Chart)[8] | 7 |
| Billboard Hot 100[9] | 40 |
Other versions
- The independent rock artist E | released a cover on The Hollies tribute album Sing Hollies in Reverse, later rereleasing it on Eels single "Souljacker Part I" (CD 2) and on Useless Trinkets, a collection of Eels (and E) B-sides and rarities.
References
- ↑ The 30th Anniversary Collection (CD). The Hollies. EMI Records. 1993. D 202205.
- ↑ "Lily The Pink by The Scaffold". Songfacts.com. Retrieved 2008-01-17.
- ↑ "Go-Set Australian Charts –22 May 1968". Pop Archives. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
- ↑ Steffen Hung. "The Hollies - Jennifer Eccles". austriancharts.at. Archived from the original on 2012-11-04. Retrieved 2011-12-28.
- ↑ "Musicline.de – Hollies, The Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
- ↑ Steffen Hung. "The Hollies - Jennifer Eccles". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2011-12-28.
- ↑ Steffen Hung. "The Hollies - Jennifer Eccles". norwegiancharts.com. Archived from the original on 2012-11-04. Retrieved 2011-12-28.
- ↑ "The Hollies - Carrie-Anne". Chart Stats. Retrieved 2011-12-28.
- ↑ Jennifer Eccles at AllMusic
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