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| "The Young New Mexican Puppeteer" | ||||
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| Single by Tom Jones | ||||
| from the album Close Up | ||||
| B-side | "All That I Need Is Some Time" | |||
| Released | March 1972 | |||
| Label | Decca | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Earl Shuman and Leon Carr | |||
| Producer(s) | Gordon Mills | |||
| Tom Jones UKsingles chronology | ||||
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"The Young New Mexican Puppeteer" is a song written by Earl Shuman and Leon Carr, [1] and released as a single by Tom Jones. The guitarist on the single is Big Jim Sullivan.
The song tells the story of a puppeteer from New Mexico, who uses puppets to encourage social and political change. The melody of the song's chorus is adapted from the score of the 1940 Disney film Pinocchio .
It reached #6 on the UK Singles Chart, [2] and was a minor hit in the US, peaking at #14 on the Easy Listening chart and #80 on the Billboard Hot 100 [3] in May 1972.
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