Sunday, March 11, 2018

BEFORE THE HIT VERSION
CXLIII: LOVE OF THE COMMON PEOPLE. Continues next week.
BEFORE IT WAS A
HIT SONG…
These songs are well known but you may not know about the earlier attempts to score a hit record with prior versions of the same song.
Love Of the Common People
 Paul Young Love of the Common People single cover.jpg
Paul Young's success began in the early 1980s. His debut album 'No Parlez' was issued in 1983. One of the tracks lifted as a single was "Love Of The Common People". That song reached #2 in Britain. It also went Top 10 in Europe, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. 
Among the previous versions of "Love Of The Common People" is a recording from 1967 by The Four Preps. The vocal group formed in Hollywood.
Image result for love of the common people four preps
Each new song will be added to the spotify playlist named: ‘Before It Was A Hit Song’.  You can check out the previous earlier / original versions of the hit songs you know and love.
The playlist and other Caffe` Latte` selections can be found at:
spotify:user:alanrosscaffelatte

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