The tune had been written by Mike Wilshaw and he and Lionel Morton and Fritz Fryer developed it into a song, named after Fryer's 2 year old niece.[2] It was performed by the band in 1963 as their winning entry in a talent contest, leading to a recording session for Philips Records.[3]
The ballad was originally released as the B-side to "Tell Me Girl", but after receiving airplay the single was reissued with the sides flipped.[1][3] "Juliet" was released as a single in the UK in February 1964 on the Philipslabel. Produced by Johnny Franz,[1] "Juliet" was the Four Pennies' second hit single.[4] It reached number one in the UK Singles Chart on 21 May 1964, stayed there for one week, but spent fifteen weeks in the chart.[4]
"Juliet" was the only 1964 number one by a UK group not to chart in the United States.[5]
"Juliet" proved to be the group's only Top 10 hit.[1] The Four Pennies reached the Top 20 three more times after this, but never had another really successful single. The group folded in the autumn of 1966, after their last single release, written by the ex-Springfields member Tom Springfield — "No More Sad Songs for Me" — failed to chart.[6]
juliet, four, pennies, song, juliet, song, made, famous, band, four, pennies, track, recorded, 1964, juliet, single, four, penniesb, side, tell, girl, releasedfebruary, 1964, 1964, recorded1964genrepoplength2, 18labelphilipssongwriter, lionel, morton, fritz, f. Juliet is a pop song made famous by the band The Four Pennies The track was recorded in 1964 1 Juliet Single by The Four PenniesB side Tell Me Girl ReleasedFebruary 1964 1964 02 Recorded1964GenrePopLength2 18LabelPhilipsSongwriter s Lionel Morton Fritz Fryer Mike WilshProducer s Johnny FranzThe Four Pennies singles chronology Do You Want Me To 1964 Juliet 1964 I Found Out the Hard Way 1964 Contents 1 History 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksHistory editThe tune had been written by Mike Wilshaw and he and Lionel Morton and Fritz Fryer developed it into a song named after Fryer s 2 year old niece 2 It was performed by the band in 1963 as their winning entry in a talent contest leading to a recording session for Philips Records 3 The ballad was originally released as the B side to Tell Me Girl but after receiving airplay the single was reissued with the sides flipped 1 3 Juliet was released as a single in the UK in February 1964 on the Philips label Produced by Johnny Franz 1 Juliet was the Four Pennies second hit single 4 It reached number one in the UK Singles Chart on 21 May 1964 stayed there for one week but spent fifteen weeks in the chart 4 Juliet was the only 1964 number one by a UK group not to chart in the United States 5 Juliet proved to be the group s only Top 10 hit 1 The Four Pennies reached the Top 20 three more times after this but never had another really successful single The group folded in the autumn of 1966 after their last single release written by the ex Springfields member Tom Springfield No More Sad Songs for Me failed to chart 6 See also editList of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1960sReferences edit a b c d Rice Jo 1982 The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits 1st ed Enfield Middlesex Guinness Superlatives Ltd p 78 ISBN 0 85112 250 7 Kutner Jon amp Leigh Spencer 2005 1000 UK Number One Hits Omnibus Press ISBN 978 1844492831 a b Dunsbee Tony 2015 Gathered From Coincidence A singular history of Sixties Pop M Y Books Limited a b Roberts David 2006 British Hit Singles amp Albums 19th ed London Guinness World Records Limited p 210 ISBN 1 904994 10 5 Roberts David 2001 British Hit Singles 14th ed London Guinness World Records Limited p 36 ISBN 0 85156 156 X Biography by Linda Seida Allmusic com Retrieved 2008 11 15 External links editSong lyrics at homepage ntlworld com Four Pennies discography at geocities com at the Wayback Machine archived October 29 2009 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Juliet The Four Pennies song amp oldid 993858634, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
