瑪莉霍普金 (Mary Hopkin)

瑪莉霍普金 (Mary Hopkin)的生平,我想呢到會寫得幾詳細: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Hopkin

她的官網: http://www.maryhopkin.co.uk/index.html

感想: 咁後生就香消玉殞, 真是可惜~_~

Mary Hopkin Wiki

Mary was born in Pontardawe, Wales to a Welsh-speaking family and began her musical career as a folk singer with a local group called the Selby Set and Mary. She released an EP of Welsh language songs for a local record label called Cambrian who were based in her home town, before signing to the Beatles' Apple Records. The model Twiggy saw her winning the British ITV television talent show Opportunity Knocks and recommended her to Paul McCartney. She became one of the first artists to record on the Beatles' Apple record label.
Early singing career

Her debut single, Those Were the Days, produced by Paul McCartney, was released in the UK on August 30, 1968 (catalogue number APPLE 2). Despite competition from a well-established star, Sandie Shaw, who released her version of the same song as a single that same year, Hopkin's version became a number one hit in the UK singles chart, and reached #2 in the United States. On 2 October 1968 Hopkin appeared at St Pauls Cathedral, London for the "Pop Experience" where she sang "Morning Of My Life," "Turn Turn Turn," and "Plaisir D'amour." On 21 February 1969 her debut album, Postcard, also produced by McCartney, was released. It included covers of three songs from Donovan, who also played on the album, and one song each from George Martin and Harry Nilsson. It reached number three on the UK Albums Chart, although it proved to be her solitary success story in that particular chart.

The next single was Goodbye, written by Paul McCartney (but credited to Lennon-McCartney)[citation needed], released on 28 March 1969 (APPLE 10); it reached #2 in the UK singles chart. It was kept off the top of the charts by the Beatles' single Get Back. Goodbye has never been officially released by the Beatles, although a demo version can be found on some of the Beatles' bootlegs.