| "A Picture of You" | |
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| Single by Joe Brown | |
| A-side | "A Lay-About's Lament" |
| Released | 8 June 1962 |
| Recorded | 1962 |
| Studio | The Workhouse Studio, London |
| Genre | Pop [1] |
| Length | 2:20 |
| Label | Pye |
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"A Picture of You" is a song by English entertainer Joe Brown. Written by two members of his backing band, guitarist John Beveridge and bassist Peter Oakman, it was a number 1 UK hit single for Brown in the summer of 1962. [2] Brown recorded his version at Pye Records, and the single was released as Piccadilly 7N 35047. [3]
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Although "A Picture of You" is designated as the B-side of "A Lay-About's Lament", it was the former song which became the chart hit. The song spent nine weeks in the UK Singles Chart Top 5 (from the week of 14 June 1962 through the week of 9 August 1962) during a nineteen-week chart run. The song was placed thirteenth on the chart of overall single sales for the calendar year 1962 in the UK. [4]
The album A Picture of You, Joe Brown's first, was issued on Pye's budget Golden Guinea label (the records were marketed at the price of one Guinea, or one pound and a shilling) in 1962, and entered the NME album chart at number 10 on 25 August 1962. It stayed in the top ten for the next 15 weeks. [5] The album also included the smaller hits Shine (reached No 33 in the UK singles charts in 1961) and What A Crazy World We're Livin' In (reached number 37 in the UK singles charts in 1962, just prior to A Picture of You). [6]
