Australian singles charts:
Little Green Bag first entered the Kent charts on 6 April 1970 and peaked at #12. The song was #62 on the Top 100 of 1970.
Album:
The song is on the album Little Green Bag.
Songwriters:
Jan Visser, Hans Bouwens
Producer:
Luke Wiley
Record label of Australian release:
Parlophone
Wikipedia:
Little Green Bag was written by Dutch musicians Jan Visser and George Baker (Hans Bouwens), and released as the George Baker Selection’s debut single by Dutch label Negram.
In 1992, the song was used in Quentin Tarantino’s film Reservoir Dogs.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Green_Bag
Songfacts:
Little Green Bag was supposed to be called “Little Greenback,” like in money, but the seven-inch single debut was misprinted by publisher label Negram. Wouldn’t you know it, it became their top hit, and so became known by the wrong name. Worse yet, they had to change the name of the album to reflect that. If you listen to the vocals, “greenback” is actually the word sung.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/george-baker-selection/little-green-bag
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