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| - Winchester Cathedral est une chanson écrite en 1966 par (en) et à l'origine de son groupe New Vaudeville Band. Titre éponyme de leur premier album, il se vend à plus de 3 millions d'exemplaires dans le monde et obtient un Grammy Award en 1967. (fr)
- "Winchester Cathedral" is a song by the New Vaudeville Band, a British novelty group established by the song's composer, Geoff Stephens, and was released in late 1966 by Fontana Records. It reached number 1 in Canada on the RPM 100 chart, co-charting with the Dana Rollin version, and shortly thereafter in the U.S. on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Stephens was a big fan of tunes from the British music hall era (or what Americans would call "vaudeville"), so he wrote "Winchester Cathedral" in that vein, complete with a Rudy Vallée soundalike(John Carter) singing through his hands to imitate a megaphone sound. Although the song was recorded entirely by session musicians, when it became an international hit, an actual band had to be assembled, with Fontana trying unsuccessfully to recruit the B (en)
- "Winchester Cathedral" è un singolo realizzato nel tardo 1966 e pubblicato dalla Fontana Records. Esso raggiunse il n. 1 in Canada nella classifica RPM 100 della rivista RPM e di lì a poco il Billboard Hot 100 negli Stati Uniti. Era stato inciso dalla The New Vaudeville Band, un nuovo gruppo musicale messo insieme dal compositore britannico di canzoni Geoff Stephens. Stephens era un appassionato di music hall britannico (ciò che gli statunitensi chiamano "Vaudeville"), e così compose "Winchester Cathedral". La canzone fu registrata utilizzando un Rudy Vallée (sorta di megafono che trasforma la voce umana in maniera simile a quanto fa la sordina con le trombe) e John Carter cantò con questo apparecchio imitando il suono di un megafono. Poiché fu registrata da un gruppo di session-man, quand (it)
- Winchester Cathedral is een single van The New Vaudeville Band. Dit is in feite niet juist, het lied was er eerder dan de muziekgroep. Het nummer is gecomponeerd door , die toen het klaar was nog op zoek moest gaan naar mensen die het moesten uitvoeren. Later zou uit dat gezelschap een band ontstaan, die buiten dit nummer weinig succes had. Ze hadden wel een management dat stond. Peter Grant gaf leiding aan het geheel; hij ondersteunde ook The Yardbirds en Led Zeppelin. Naar aanleiding van het succes noemde Stephens hun eerste elpee ook Winchester Cathedral. (nl)
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