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Sunny Honey Girl
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Wikipedia article
"'Sunny Honey Girl'" is a song by the British musical group the Pipkins. It was written by Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway, John Goodison and Tony Hiller and was released as a single only in New Zealand in August 1970, charting for one week at number 18 on the 'New Zealand Listener' Pop-O-Meter chart. The song appeared on the Pipkins' 1970 album 'Gimme Dat Ding'.
Cliff Richard version
In January 1971, British singer Cliff Richard released his own version of the song as a non-album single. His version peaked at number 19 on the UK Singles Chart.
Release
Richard recorded "Sunny Honey Girl" in November 1970 at EMI Studios (later renamed Abbey Road) and was arranged by and features the orchestra of the Shadows drummer Brian Bennett. It was released with two B-sides. The first, "Don't Move Away", was written by Valerie Avon and Harold Spiro and is a duet with Olivia Newton-John. The second, "I Was Only Fooling Myself", was written by Jimmy Campbell.Reviewing for 'Disc and Music Echo', David Hughes described "Sunny Honey Girl" as "undoubtedly Cliff's most blatantly commercial song for months" and that "it has all the ingredients for instant success a catch tune, a good infectious beat, a title that's sung often enough to get inside your brain and a good arrangement by ex-Shadow Brian Bennett".
Track listing
'7": Columbia / DB 8747'# "Sunny Honey Girl" 2:55
# "Don't Move Away" 3:05
# "I Was Only Fooling Myself" 3:03
Charts
References
Category:The Pipkins songs
Category:Cliff Richard songs
Category:1970 singles
Category:1971 singles
Category:1970 songs
Category:Songs written by John Goodison (musician)
Category:Songs written by Roger Cook (songwriter)
Category:Songs written by Roger Greenaway
Category:Songs written by Tony Hiller
Category:Columbia Graphophone Company singles
Category:Song recordings produced by Norrie Paramor
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