Who Sang "Yellow River"?
Maurizio Codogno
David J. Coyle <dco...@bright.net> states:
% I heard a song on an oldies station tonight that I vaguely recall
% getting a lot of oldies airplay a few years back. Part of the chorus
% goes:
%
% "Yellow river,
% Yellow river,
% Is in my mind,
% Is in my eye..."
Christie, _Yellow River_, beginning of 1970 (April?)
.mau.
Miste Mink
David J. Coyle wrote:
>
> I heard a song on an oldies station tonight that I vaguely recall
>
> "Yellow river,
> Yellow river,
> Is in my mind,
> Is in my eye..."
>
> It has a folk-rock type sound, and is most likely from the mid to late
> 60s, but it may be from the very early 70s (in which case it would be
> out of range for this group...).
>
> I seem to recall it was a well-known group, who I can't place at the
> moment. In any case, I'd like to know whether anything else by the group
> is available and worth checking out...
I like this song! It's by an English group, Christie (Jeff Christie,
Vic Elms and Mike Blakey), and reached #23 in July of 1970. I've read
that besides "Yellow River," Christie had another song called "San
Bernadino" in January of 1971 that hit #100, but I never heard this
tune. --Miste Mink
Malcolm Brown
"David J. Coyle" <dco...@bright.net> wrote:
>"Yellow river,
>I seem to recall it was a well-known group, who I can't place at the
>moment. In any case, I'd like to know whether anything else by the group
>is available and worth checking out...
It was Geoff Christie and his band "Christie". They released a number of
singles in the early '70s that were fairly successful. I should remember
others, but for the life of me can come up with only one more, "Iron horse"
I looked in the sky, where an elephant's eye
was looking at me, from a bubblegum tree
Alan
One hit wonder from 1970 by English trio called Christie
Rodney Jewett
In article <566kbl$3...@cletus.bright.net>, "David J. Coyle"
<dco...@bright.net> wrote:
> I heard a song on an oldies station tonight that I vaguely recall
> getting a lot of oldies airplay a few years back. Part of the chorus
> goes:
>
> "Yellow river,
> Yellow river,
> Is in my mind,
> Is in my eye..."
>
> It has a folk-rock type sound, and is most likely from the mid to late
> 60s, but it may be from the very early 70s (in which case it would be
> out of range for this group...).
Well.... The copyright date is 1969, even though it was a hit in late 1970.
The song is "Yellow River" by the British group Christie.
It's available on one of the Columbia Rock Artifacts disc (vol 1 or 2) and
Rhino's Have a Nice Day vol. 4.
There was also a French version recorded by Joe Dassin, called L'Amerique.
Regina Litman
David J. Coyle wrote:
>
> I heard a song on an oldies station tonight that I vaguely recall
> getting a lot of oldies airplay a few years back. Part of the chorus
> goes:
>
> "Yellow river,
> Yellow river,
> Is in my mind,
> Is in my eye..."
>
> It has a folk-rock type sound, and is most likely from the mid to late
> 60s, but it may be from the very early 70s (in which case it would be
> out of range for this group...).
>
> moment. In any case, I'd like to know whether anything else by the group
> is available and worth checking out...
Others have answered here, but I'll tie together a bit of trivia, which I really
shouldn't be doing here because I'm spilling into the 1970s.
The song is "Yellow River" by Christie. It was a hit in about 1970. The group or
artist is English. I say "group or artist" because at the time, I also heard the name
Jeff or Geoff (a more English spelling used by other responders here) Christie as the
artist. Now I see that he was just one band or group member.
I heard a follow-up song called "San Bernardino".
Now, the trivia. I got Christie confused with Tony Christie until recently. Tony
Christie is another English artist whose one hit (if you can call a bubbling-under entry
a hit) was also in the early 1970s. I recently learned more about this song,
"Amarillo", when it was included on the "Bubblegum Classics Volume Three" CD. And just
like "San Bernardino", this song that got some airplay in the Washington area but not
enough to propell to the status of a hit, and it mentions a Southwestern U.S. city
despite being done by a British act. ("Amarillo", however was written by American
songwriters Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield.)
Max Crittenden
It was sung by I. P. Freeley, wasn't it?
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Max Crittenden Menlo Park, California
David J. Coyle
F Meulbroek
Yellow river was a hit in 1970, by the group Christie.
In Holland we had one followed up, named Iron Horse in 1972.
Floor Meulbroek
Philip M Healy
David,
It's "Yellow River" by the English band Christie, a hit in 1970.
larad...@eos.csdco.com
In article <01bbcffd$b24718e0$bfa0aec7@default>, "Alan" <alan...@sprynet.com> writes:
>One hit wonder from 1970 by English trio called Christie
>
Steve
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Max, you are surely mistaken.
It's I.P. Daily !
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"David J. Coyle" <dco...@bright.net> wrote:
>I heard a song on an oldies station tonight that I vaguely recall
>getting a lot of oldies airplay a few years back. Part of the chorus
>goes:
>"Yellow river,
>Yellow river,
>Is in my mind,
>Is in my eye..."
>It has a folk-rock type sound, and is most likely from the mid to late
>60s, but it may be from the very early 70s (in which case it would be
>out of range for this group...).
>I seem to recall it was a well-known group, who I can't place at the
>moment. In any case, I'd like to know whether anything else by the group
>is available and worth checking out...
David,
You're probably thinking about the song recorded by a group called
Christie. They were an English trio: Jeff Christie, Vic Elms and
Mike Blakely (brother of Alan Blakely of the Tremeloes).
The song entered the Top 40 on 10/24/70 and peaked at number 23.
Hope this helps.
David Faciane
Huey P. Long?
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Max Crittenden
In article <3287FB...@philly.infi.net>, Regina Litman
<rsli...@philly.infi.net> wrote:
> Now, the trivia. I got Christie confused with Tony Christie
> until recently. Tony Christie is another English artist whose
> one hit ... "Amarillo" ...
And Amarillo means yellow! (cue the Twilight Zone theme)
Brenda Cornelius
Yellow River by English Group "Christie" - leader Jeff Christie.
Label Epic 10626. Hit top 40 Oct. 70, highest position #23. 8 wks on
chart . No
further info.
David J. Coyle <dco...@bright.net> wrote in article
<566kbl$3...@cletus.bright.net>...
xstr...@iwl.net
da...@nws.fsu.edu (David Faciane) wrote:
>Huey P. Long?
I was wondering how long it would take. Okay, I'll get it over with:
It was I.P. Freely who sang "Yellow River".
Sorry, it had to be done : )
Ricky Cheatwood
Antman
>I like this song! It's by an English group, Christie (Jeff Christie,
>Vic Elms and Mike Blakey), and reached #23 in July of 1970. I've read
>that besides "Yellow River," Christie had another song called "San
>Bernadino" in January of 1971 that hit #100, but I never heard this
>tune. --Miste Mink
The 45 was one of the first records I ever bought! On the flip side is
a song called "Down the Mississippi Line", also a kind of folk rocker,
with lots of American references and feelings. Don't know if it ever
charted, but I played the hell out of it!
Antman
Tim & Ronna Verthein
Actually it was "Christie" who sang Yellow River. Was an English group,
Jeff Christie was the band leader.
Song includes the line "Yellow River, running thru my mind"
we usta sing "Yellow River is running down my pants"
Real intellectuals we were back then...
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"David J. Coyle" <dco...@bright.net> wrote:
>I heard a song on an oldies station tonight that I vaguely recall
>getting a lot of oldies airplay a few years back. Part of the chorus
>goes:
>"Yellow river,
>Yellow river,
>Is in my mind,
>Is in my eye..."
Vanity Fare
And if you like that, you'd like their collection.
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"David J. Coyle" <dco...@bright.net> wrote:
>
> >I heard a song on an oldies station tonight that I vaguely recall
> >getting a lot of oldies airplay a few years back. Part of the chorus
> >goes:
>
> >"Yellow river,
> >Yellow river,
> >Is in my mind,
> >Is in my eye..."
>
> Vanity Fare
...BUZZ! That's wrong, but thanks for playing our game..."Yellow River"
was the only U.S. Top 40 hit for the British band Christie...Vanity
Fare's hits (around the same period) were "Early in the morning" and
"Hitchin' a ride"...
paix au naturel.
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Ed Rothstein
Just a listing for a CD by this group, Christie. It's on Collectables.
Ed Rothstein
erot...@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us
Ron Maher
>
>"David J. Coyle" <dco...@bright.net> wrote:
>
>>I heard a song on an oldies station tonight that I vaguely recall
>>getting a lot of oldies airplay a few years back. Part of the chorus
>>goes:
>
>>"Yellow river,
>>Yellow river,
>>Is in my mind,
>>Is in my eye..."
>
>Vanity Fare
The group was NOT Vanity Fare, it was "Christie"....it IS available on CD.
Look it up!
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neil
John Yeager
ervin...@aol.com
"Yellow River" was sung by "Christie" an English band whose leader was
Jeff Christie. It was recorded on Epic #10626 and reached #23 on the
Billboard charts in July of 1970.
EG