Jennifer Eccles
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| "Jennifer Eccles" | |
|---|---|
| Song | |
| B-side | UK: "Open Up Your Eyes" US: "Try It" |
"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 |
| songid field is MANDATORY FOR GERMAN CHARTS | 8 |
| Netherlands (Dutch Singles Chart)[5] | 17 |
| Norway (VG-Lista)[6] | 5 |
| United Kingdom (UK Singles Chart)[7] | 7 |
| Billboard Hot 100[8] | 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.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "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.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ 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.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "The Hollies - Carrie-Anne". Chart Stats. Retrieved 2011-12-28.
- ^ Jennifer Eccles at AllMusic
External links
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