"Yesterday's Gone" is the title of a 1963 hit single by Chad & Jeremy. Although the English duo would have a string of successful records in the United States through the mid-1960s, this song was their only hit in their native land.
The song was written in 1962 by Chad Stuart, who comprised Chad & Jeremy with Jeremy Clyde; it is the first song Stuart wrote. Stuart shares the song's writing credit with Wendy Kidd, the manager of a band Stuart belonged to at the time of the song's writing. According to Stuart, Kidd was given the songwriting credit in return for allowing him to compose "Yesterday's Gone" on her piano.[1]
Kidd also facilitated the hiring of Stuart as a staff writer at Rogers Music, which published "Yesterday's Gone", although the song remained unrecorded until Stuart and Clyde began performing as a duo, eventually recording "Yesterday's Gone" in July 1963 in a session at Abbey Road Studios produced and arranged by John Barry, who had discovered Chad & Jeremy at a London club and signed them to Ember Records, a newly formed independent label in which Barry was a partner.[1]
According to Chad Stuart, John Barry was unhappy with the duo's first attempts to record their vocal for "Yesterday's Gone": "he told us...we sounded like a locker room full of football players...in the end in desperation he said: 'Whisper it', so we kind of backed off a bit and so that sort of slightly sotto voce sound came about".[2]
Chart performanceedit
"Yesterday's Gone" was the British duo's only UK hit.[3] Released 27 September 1963, "Yesterday's Gone" entered the UK top 50 on the chart dated 30 November 1963 and remained on the chart for seven weeks and peaked at No. 37. The follow-up single "Like I Love You Today" was released in January 1964 with no evident reaction. Chad Stuart would recall: "There was just no way a little independent label could compete in those days...John Barry bought himself out of his contract and we were stuck. I think we would've broken up then and there except for the fact that Noel Rogers, who published 'Yesterday's Gone' fenced it off to this other company in America called World Artists".[4] Stuart is referring to the Pittsburgh-based World Artists Records which released "Yesterday's Gone" in the US in March 1964 after label president Lou Guarino heard the single while visiting Great Britain in search of local tracks which World Artists might profitably release, the "British Invasion" of the US music scene then being in full swing.[5]
It rose to No. 21 on the Billboard Hot 100 in July 1964, the first of eleven singles to chart in America.[6] Chad & Jeremy would subsequently place three singles in the US top 20, but only their one top ten hit, "A Summer Song", rivals "Yesterday's Gone" as the duo's signature song.[7]
The American success of "Yesterday's Gone" occasioned a re-release of the track in Australia,[8] where it charted over the summer of 1964 with a No. 26 peak, and a major label cover in the UK, where in March 1964 Pye Records released a version of "Yesterday's Gone" recorded by the Overlanders with Tony Hatch producing; the Overlanders' version did not chart in the UK but was picked up by Hickory Records for US release in May 1964 and became a regional hit reaching No. 75 that July, marking the only Billboard Hot 100 appearance of the Overlanders which preceded that group's sole charting in their native UK (with the No. 1 "Michelle") by almost two years.[9]
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For other uses see Yesterday s Gone disambiguation Yesterday s Gone is the title of a 1963 hit single by Chad amp Jeremy Although the English duo would have a string of successful records in the United States through the mid 1960s this song was their only hit in their native land Yesterday s Gone A side label variant of UK vinyl releaseSingle by Chad amp Jeremyfrom the album Yesterday s GoneB side Lemon Tree Released27 September 1963 UK March 1964 US Recorded31 July 1963StudioAbbey Road StudiosGenrePopLength2 31LabelEmber RecordsWorld Artists 1021Songwriter s Chad Stuart Wendy KiddProducer s John BarryChad amp Jeremy singles chronology Yesterday s Gone 1963 A Summer Song 1964 Contents 1 History 2 Chart performance 3 Chart history 4 Cover version 5 References 6 External linksHistory editThe song was written in 1962 by Chad Stuart who comprised Chad amp Jeremy with Jeremy Clyde it is the first song Stuart wrote Stuart shares the song s writing credit with Wendy Kidd the manager of a band Stuart belonged to at the time of the song s writing According to Stuart Kidd was given the songwriting credit in return for allowing him to compose Yesterday s Gone on her piano 1 Kidd also facilitated the hiring of Stuart as a staff writer at Rogers Music which published Yesterday s Gone although the song remained unrecorded until Stuart and Clyde began performing as a duo eventually recording Yesterday s Gone in July 1963 in a session at Abbey Road Studios produced and arranged by John Barry who had discovered Chad amp Jeremy at a London club and signed them to Ember Records a newly formed independent label in which Barry was a partner 1 According to Chad Stuart John Barry was unhappy with the duo s first attempts to record their vocal for Yesterday s Gone he told us we sounded like a locker room full of football players in the end in desperation he said Whisper it so we kind of backed off a bit and so that sort of slightly sotto voce sound came about 2 Chart performance edit Yesterday s Gone was the British duo s only UK hit 3 Released 27 September 1963 Yesterday s Gone entered the UK top 50 on the chart dated 30 November 1963 and remained on the chart for seven weeks and peaked at No 37 The follow up single Like I Love You Today was released in January 1964 with no evident reaction Chad Stuart would recall There was just no way a little independent label could compete in those days John Barry bought himself out of his contract and we were stuck I think we would ve broken up then and there except for the fact that Noel Rogers who published Yesterday s Gone fenced it off to this other company in America called World Artists 4 Stuart is referring to the Pittsburgh based World Artists Records which released Yesterday s Gone in the US in March 1964 after label president Lou Guarino heard the single while visiting Great Britain in search of local tracks which World Artists might profitably release the British Invasion of the US music scene then being in full swing 5 It rose to No 21 on the Billboard Hot 100 in July 1964 the first of eleven singles to chart in America 6 Chad amp Jeremy would subsequently place three singles in the US top 20 but only their one top ten hit A Summer Song rivals Yesterday s Gone as the duo s signature song 7 The American success of Yesterday s Gone occasioned a re release of the track in Australia 8 where it charted over the summer of 1964 with a No 26 peak and a major label cover in the UK where in March 1964 Pye Records released a version of Yesterday s Gone recorded by the Overlanders with Tony Hatch producing the Overlanders version did not chart in the UK but was picked up by Hickory Records for US release in May 1964 and became a regional hit reaching No 75 that July marking the only Billboard Hot 100 appearance of the Overlanders which preceded that group s sole charting in their native UK with the No 1 Michelle by almost two years 9 Chart history editChart 1963 64 PeakpositionAustralia 26Canada CHUM Hit Parade 10 23Canada RPM Adult Contemporary 11 19UK Singles OCC 12 37U S Billboard Hot 100 13 21U S Record World 27U S Cash Box Top 100 28Cover version editTranslated as Pas Aujourd hui Yesterday s Gone charted in France at No 94 for Les Missiles citation needed References edit a b Chad amp Jeremy Official Site Retrieved 7 April 2010 Stuart Chad October 18 2010 Steel Pier Radio Show Interview Interviewed by Ed Hurst WBIG AM UK Official Charts Official Charts Company 2019 Retrieved 31 January 2019 Interview with Chad Stuart Classicbands com Retrieved 6 June 2014 The Pittsburgh Press 21 November 1972 Record Businesses Spinning Here p 38 Hot 100 Chad amp Jeremy Billboard 2018 Retrieved 6 December 2018 Perrone James E 2009 Mods Rockers amp the Music of the British Invasion Westport CT Praeger Publishers pp 152 153 ISBN 978 0 275 99860 8 Billboard 6 June 1964 vol 76 No 23 p 29 Pye Records Discography Globaldogproductions info Retrieved 7 April 2010 CHUM Hit Parade July 6 1964 Item Display RPM Library and Archives Canada Collectionscanada gc ca 1965 01 11 Retrieved 2021 01 18 Official Charts Company Officialcharts com a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a Missing or empty url help Joel Whitburn s Top Pop Singles 1955 1990 ISBN 0 89820 089 XExternal links editLyrics of this song Chad amp Jeremy Yesterday s Gone on YouTube Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Yesterday 27s Gone song amp oldid 1181111975, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
