Belfast Boy
| "Belfast Boy" | ||||
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| Single by Don Fardon | ||||
| B-side | "Echoes of the Cheers" | |||
| Released | March 1970 | |||
| Genre | Pop rock | |||
| Length | 2:14 | |||
| Label | Young Blood | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Tony Colton, Johnny Harris & Raymond Barry Smith | |||
| Don Fardon singles chronology | ||||
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"Belfast Boy" is a song by the British singer Don Fardon. Released as a single in March 1970 it spent five weeks in the UK Singles Charts, peaking at number 32. It is a tribute to the Manchester United and Northern Ireland footballer George Best, then at the height of his career.[1] It was featured in a BBC documentary of the same year The World of Georgie Best.
Although less successful than another football-themed song of the same year "Back Home" by the England World Cup squad, it became established as a football anthem and was closely associated with the player. Following the death of Best in 2005, Fardon re-released the single which reached number 77 in the British charts.
References
[edit]- ^ Goldman p.90
Bibliography
[edit]- Lawrence Goldman. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2005-2008. Oxford University Press, 2013.
- Wayne Jancik. The Billboard Book of One-hit Wonders. Billboard Books, 1998.