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Australian singles chart:
Boom Sha La La Lo entered the Kent charts on 11 May 1970 and peaked at #5. The song was #41 on the Top 100 of 1970.
Album:
The song is on Natural High which entered the Kent album charts on 7 June 1971 and peaked at #37.
Songwriters:
Bruce Woodley, Hans Poulsen
Record label of Australian release:
Fable
BONUS CLIP BELOW: Hans Poulsen’s Light Across the Valley
Wikipedia:
Poulsen had hits with Boom Sha La La Lo and Light Across the Valley (both in 1970) and had success as a songwriter with Rose Coloured Glasses for Johnny Farnham and Monty and Me for Zoot.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Poulsen
Milesago:
Hans’ greatest success as a writer was It’s Only A Matter of Time, which was selected as the B-side of Russell Morris’ breakthrough hit The Real Thing, which shot to #1 in May 1969 and went on to become one of the biggest hits of the decade. Thanks to the massive success of the A-side, and Russell’s superb vocal performance, Hans’ fine love song took its place alongside The Real Thing as one of the enduring classics of Australian 60s pop, and it was included on several of Russell’s Greatest Hits anthologies.
Read more: www.milesago.com/Artists/poulsen.htm
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BONUS CLIP
Hans also charted with Light Across the Valley. It entered the Kent charts on 23 November 1970 and peaked at #39.
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