[12], As part of the running order, Peter Kay created an updated version of the music video. Tony Christie - Is This The Way To Amarillo (1971) 3:14; Tony Christie - Is This The Way To Amarillo. [citation needed], Having sold 1.2 million copies by the end of 2009, "(Is This the Way to) Amarillo" was the fourth best-selling single of the 2000s in the UK, behind "Anything Is Possible"/"Evergreen" by Will Young, "Unchained Melody" by Gareth Gates,[20] and "It Wasn't Me" by Shaggy featuring Rikrok. März 2005 auf Platz 1 der britischen Singlecharts, wo sie für sieben Wochen lang verblieb, und wurde schließlich zur meistverkauften Single des Jahres 2005. I played him Amarillo and he immediately liked it. Following the re-issue of Christie's version in 2005 in aid of the charity Comic Relief, promoted with a video featuring comedian Peter Kay, the song gained even greater prominence, reaching number 1 in the UK. 2:23; Tony Christie - Is This The Way To Amarillo (2005) HD 0815007. The video features Peter Kay, Tony Christie and other celebrities, including William Roache, Anne Kirkbride, Jim Bowen, Ronnie Corbett, Michael Parkinson and Geoffrey Hayes. However, Kay does not appear on the record, since it is a re-issue of the original version and not a re-recording. [3] Das Video mit dem Titel Is This The Way To Armadillo? Find album reviews, stream songs, credits and award information for My Life....Is This the Way to Amarillo - Tony Christie on AllMusic - 2005 Das Original des Songs stammt vom britischen Pop-Tenor Tony Christie, der den Titel von den britischen Erfolgsautoren Mitch Murray und Peter Callander produzieren ließ. [4] Ähnliche Parodien wurden daraufhin von niederländischen, deutschen und australischen Soldaten ins Netz gestellt. As Christie's version failed to make a major impact in the U.S., Sedaka released his own recording of the song in 1977, which narrowly missed the top 40 but was an easy listening hit in the U.S. and Canada. Born 1943, Yorkshire, UK, Christie started his musical life in 1960 in a duo called the Grant Brothers, and until 1969 he simply fronted bands. In 2003, Gala Bingo ran a series of adverts with a jingle based on the tune of "Is This The Way to Amarillo?". Vervollständigen Sie Ihre Tony Christie-Sammlung. Tony Christie - Is This The Way To Amarillo (1971) 3:14; Tony Christie - Is This The Way To Amarillo. Aufgrund des einfachen Refrains wurde das Lied europaweit bei Fußballfans als Stadiongesang beliebt, der englische Fußballklub Bolton Wanderers benutzt es sogar als Klubhymne,[5] ebenso wie der Lieblingsverein von Tony Christie, Doncaster Rovers. In Deutschland, Österreich, der Schweiz, Belgien, Schweden und Spanien indes erreichte die Single den ersten Platz der Charts und wurde im September 1972 mit einer Goldenen Schallplatte ausgezeichnet.[1]. Mai 2006 auf den Markt kam und noch einmal auf Platz 8 in seiner Heimat gelangte. The A-side was "Music Is the Voice of Love" composed by Terry Slater and Phil Everly. (Die Singleveröffentlichung erschien mit der irreführenden Interpretenangabe Tony Christie featuring Peter Kay, tatsächlich handelt es sich dabei aber nicht um eine Neuaufnahme, sondern die Version von 1971, ohne weiteres Zutun von Kay.). Das Original des Songs stammt vom britischen Pop-Tenor Tony Christie, der den Titel von den britischen Erfolgsautoren Mitch Murray und Peter Callander produzieren ließ. He explained: "It was originally a rough demo on a cassette. Another song called simply Amarillo was recorded by Emmylou Harris on her second album Elite Hotel. [13][14][15], This time around, the song peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart,[16] and remained there for seven weeks[17] before finally being knocked off by "Lonely" by Akon. 3:13; Tony Christie - Is This The Way To Amarillo - … Sha la la lala lalala Sha la la lala lalala Sha la la lala lalala When the day is dawning On a Texas Sunday morning How I long to be there In April 2020, British comedian Paddy McGuinness tweeted a video of him singing a parody version referring to Dominic Cummings, special political adviser to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, breaking the rules of the UK's COVID-19 pandemic lockdown rules when he travelled from his home in London to his father's home in Durham, later taking a day trip to Barnard Castle. Sha la la la la la la la Sha la la la la la la la Sha la la la la la la la When the day is dawning, On a Texas Sunday Morning How I long to [18] It went on to become the UK's best-selling single of 2005. [32] After the successful re-release of the song in the UK, Tony Christie re-recorded it with the Hermes House Band; this version charted in Germany in 2005. 3:13; Tony Christie - Is This The Way To Amarillo - Live TOTP 2005. Jetzt kann er sich kaum mehr daran erinnern. Tony Christie - Is This The Way To Amarillo (2005) HD 0815007. Eine tschechische Version (Kvitek Mandragory) gab es von Helena Vondráčková (1972)[2] und Karel Gott. Duration: 3 minutes This clip is from. The lyrics of the song were changed to "Is this the way to Barnard Castle? (IS THIS THE WAY TO) AMARILLO - Tony Christie written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield A D A E Sha la la lala lala la. D … However, it was a substantially bigger hit at that time across Continental Europe, notably in Germany and Spain, where it made number one. [citation needed], In the United States, Neil Sedaka, the writer of the song and a man who had recently returned to prominence as a pop singer in the mid-1970s after a decade of relative obscurity, recorded his own version of the song, released under a shortened title of "Amarillo". This page was last edited on 7 March 2021, at 15:24. "Amarillo" (originally by Tony Christie) When the day is dawning On a Texas Sunday morning, How I long to be there With Marie who's waitin' for me there. [1] The song was originally to be titled "Is This the Way to Pensacola" referring to Pensacola, Florida, but Sedaka felt that Amarillo worked better than Pensacola. Lesen Sie Rezensionen und informieren Sie sich über beteiligte Personen. Is This The Way To Amarillo chords by Tony Christie. 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There is also a version by the Les Humphries Singers and a version in German by Roberto Blanco. Die wiederveröffentlichte Single erreichte daraufhin am 14. Tony Christie (AKA Anthony Fitzgerald), has had an illustrious career spanning over 40 years. Das ursprünglich nur für Freunde und Verwandte gedachte Video wurde so häufig per E-Mail weitergeleitet, dass dadurch zwischenzeitlich ein Server des britischen Verteidigungsministeriums zum Erliegen kam. Tony Christie – (Is This The Way To) Amarillo. Sha la la lala lala la. In 1969 he signed up with MCA Records. [29] According to the Evening Standard, the crashing of the server caused systems to go down at various British military establishments, and the MoD was forced to issue instructions to delete all instances of the video. 2:22; Tony Christie - Is This The Way To Amarillo. When they revived it in 2005, I thought it was amusing. Ad. [2], The song was recorded by Tony Christie and released in the UK in November 1971, initially reaching number 18 in the UK Singles Chart. The original version remains on YouTube. Der Tenor Tony Christie veröffentlichte bereits im November 1967 Schallplatten, jedoch brachte ihm erst die im Januar 1971 bei MCA Records erschienene Single Las Vegas, komponiert und produziert vom Autorenteam Mitch Murray und Peter Callander, den Durchbruch.Viele der nachfolgenden Singles und LPs wurden von diesem Team komponiert und produziert. Complete your Tony Christie collection. Mit der Frage nach dem Weg nach Amarillo schaffte er den Durchbruch. In October 2012, a series of revelations showed Savile to be a prolific repeated child sex offender, thus his appearance in the video which helped raise funds for disadvantaged children in Africa and the UK was edited out for future broadcasts. Other artists to have recorded the song include Daniel O'Donnell and James Last. The Finnish version, "Amarillo", with lyrics by Pertti Reponen, was first recorded by Johnny Liebkind in 1972, then by Kari Tapio in 1979 and most recently by Danny (Ilkka Lipsanen) in 1987; the latter made the song a staple of Finnish pop music. In the U.S., however, Christie's record stalled at #121 on the Bubbling Under the Hot 100. The version of Neil Sedaka’s song most well-known to British listeners, as well as across Europe where it topped the charts in Spain and Germany. Tony Christie's manager came to see me, saying he had a new singer who sounded a bit like Tom Jones. [6] Für Werder Bremen gibt es eine deutsche Version von den Original Deutschmachern und den Ostkurven-Fans mit dem Titel Weserstadion.[7].
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