The 1000 best songs in the world ever.
692-Mary Hopkin-Those Were The Days.
1968-Number 1 single.
Best Bit-At 0.40. ‘Don’t look back in anger,i heard you say.’
The song is credited to Gene Raskin who put English lyrics to the Russian song ‘Dorogoi Dinnoyu (By The Long Road,) composed by Boris Fomin in the early 1920s.Having been impressed by seeing Mary Hopkin perform on the TV talent show ‘Opportunity Knocks’ supermodel ‘Twiggy’ recommended her to Paul McCartney who had been looking for someone to record the song on his new ‘Apple Records’ label.
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‘Once upon a time there was a tavern where we used to raise a glass or two.’