When (The Kalin Twins song)

"When"
Single by Showaddywaddy
Released	1977
Recorded	1976
Genre	Rock & Roll
Length	3:27
Label	Arista Records[2]
Songwriter(s)	Paul Evans, Jack Reardon
Producer(s)	Mike Hurst[2]
Showaddywaddy singles chronology

"When" is a popular song written by Jack Reardon and Paul Evans and published in 1958.

The Kalin Twins version

The biggest hit version was recorded by The Kalin Twins in 1958, a chart-topper in the UK Singles Chart for five weeks,[1][3] and No. 5 in the US Billboard Hot 100. In French 1958 single charts it spent 18 weeks as number 1, and in the Netherlands the song charted for 30 weeks and was also a number one for 5 weeks.[4]

In 1958, a German version of "When" was recorded as "Wenn" by German Schlager music group Die James Brothers.[5]

In 1977, Showaddywaddy had a UK No. 3 hit with the song.[6]

The song was revived in 2004 by Daniel O'Donnell in his album of songs from the 1950s and 1960s, The Jukebox Years.

Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
"Showaddywaddy - When (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2014-04-04.
Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 88–9. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
"Dutch Charts". Retrieved 2015-07-23.
"Die James Brothers - Wenn (When) (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 497. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.