Melanie Makes Me Smile

"Melanie Makes Me Smile"
Single by Tony Burrows
B-side"I'll Get Along Somehow Girl"
ReleasedApril 1970
GenrePop
Length3:04
LabelBell
SongwritersBarry Mason, Tony Macaulay
ProducerTony Macaulay
"Melanie Makes Me Smile"
Single by The Strangers
ReleasedJune 1970
GenrePop
LabelFable
SongwritersBarry Mason, Tony Macaulay
ProducerJune Productions

"Melanie Makes Me Smile" is a 1970 song written by English songwriters Barry Mason and Tony Macaulay. A version by Tony Burrows was released in April 1970,[1] and reached No. 87 in the US.[2][3] Macaulay also produced Burrows' single. Burrows had previously recorded Mason and Macauley's "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" (January 1970) as lead singer of Edison Lighthouse.[4]

A cover version of "Melanie Makes Me Smile" was released by Australian pop group The Strangers in June 1970,[5][6] and it became a top 10 hit there in September.[7][8]

Other versions

Former First Edition singer Terry Williams covered "Melanie Makes Me Smile" in 1972. It was released as a single and reached the top 10 on the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart during the winter of 1973. It also charted in the US.

Chart history

References

  1. ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 374. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
  2. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  3. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1970-09-13. Retrieved 2018-11-01.
  4. ^ "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)". Songfacts.com. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  5. ^ Kimball, Duncan. "Fable Records". MilesAgo. Archived from the original on 25 March 2008. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  6. ^ Nuttall, Lyn. "The Strangers - Melanie Makes Me Smile (1970)". Pop Archives. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  7. ^ Nimmervoll, Ed. "Go-Set Australian Charts – 19 September 1970". Go-Set. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  8. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  9. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1970-09-13. Retrieved 2018-11-01.
  10. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  11. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  12. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1973-01-13. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
  13. ^ Joel Whitburn's Bubbling Under the Billboard Hot 100 1959-2004
  14. ^ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, December 23, 1972". Archived from the original on February 2, 2015. Retrieved May 15, 2019.
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