Australian singles charts:
My Canary Has Circles Under His Eyes entered the Kent charts on 18 September 1972 and peaked at #33.
Album:
The song is on Smoke Dreams which entered the Kent album charts on 9 July 1973 and peaked at #23.
Songwriters:
Ted Koehler, Eddie Pola, Jack Golden
Producer:
HA Milton
Record label of Australian release:
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Wikipedia:
The Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band was an Australian jug band, formed in 1969 by Mic Conway (“Captain Matchbox”) on lead vocals, washboard and ukulele; and his brother, Jim Conway, on harmonica, kazoo and vocals. They issued four studio albums, Smoke Dreams (1973), Wangaratta Wahine (1974), Australia (1975) and Slightly Troppo (1978), before they disbanded in September 1980.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Captain_Matchbox_Whoopee_Band
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