My One and Only (Bones song)
"My One and Only" is a song written by Lynsey de Paul and first recorded by the female vocal trio Bones.[1][2] It was released as a single in 1974 in the UK on Jet Records (the second release from the label),[3] and on Polydor in France, Germany and Italy.[4] The recording was produced by de Paul.[5] The song is about a summer holiday romance and is influenced by the style of 1960s girl groups such as the Shangri-Las.[6] It received favourable reviews from the U.K. press,[7] with comments such as "are tipped as the girlie trio most likely to succeed in 1975 they've got everything in their favour"[8]
Bones performed the song on British television as guests on the Granada TV programme, Rock On With 45, on 16 January 1975. The B-side of the single, “Baby Don’t Make Me Cry”, was a doo-wop sounding song co-written by de Paul and Barry Blue,[9] and again it was produced by de Paul.[5] The single was re-released in September 1976,[10] again to favourable reviews.[11]
Bones had three members – American Jacquie Sullivan, Suzanne Lynch (born Sue Donaldson, originally half of the Chicks duo with sister Judy) and Joy Yates (the latter two both from New Zealand).[12] They performed with Neil Sedaka at the Royal Festival Hall in his 1970s comeback concert, which was later released as a live album.[5] Bones provided back-up vocals on the UK pop TV programme Get It Together for some of the UK's biggest stars of the 1970s, and they appeared on the show singing the song.[6] De Paul also recorded a version of the song for her shelved 1976 album, Before You Go Tonight,[13] and it was finally released on this album in 1990,[14] as well as on her album Best of Lynsey de Paul.[15]
References
[edit]- ^ "Bones [1970s] - My One And Only". Ultratop.be. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
- ^ "Songs for Other Artists". Lynseydepaul.com. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
- ^ "Jet Records | Mediander | Topics". Mediander.com. 2017-04-06. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
- ^ "Bones (6) - My One And Only (Vinyl)". Discogs.com. 1975. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
- ^ a b c "Bones [UK] - My One And Only / Baby Don't Make Me Cry - Jet - UK - JET 748". 45cat.com. 1976-09-24. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
- ^ a b "Bones (6) - My One And Only (Vinyl)". Discogs.com. 2016-02-12. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
- ^ page 6, Birmingham Mail, Saturday 25 January 1975
- ^ page 32, Daily Record, Friday 24 January 1975
- ^ "Offizielle Deutsche Charts - Offizielle Deutsche Charts". Offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
- ^ page 9, The Stage, Thursday 23 September 1976
- ^ page 8, Market Harborough Advertiser and Midland Mail, Thursday 30 September 1976
- ^ Birmingham Mail, 25 January 1975, p. 6
- ^ "Original versions of My One and Only by Lynsey De Paul". SecondHandSongs.com. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
- ^ "Lynsey De Paul - Before You Go Tonight (CD, Album)". Discogs.com. 1990-11-21. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
- ^ "Lynsey De Paul - Best of Lynsey De Paul (CD, Album)". Discogs.com. 1993. Retrieved 2017-06-06.