Australian singles charts:
Abergavenny entered the Kent charts 20 July 1968 and peaked at #8. The song was #57 on the Top 100 of 1968.
Songwriters:
Frere Manston, Jack Geller
Record label of Australian release:
Philips
Wikipedia:
Singer-songwriter Marty Wilde was among the first generation of British pop stars to emulate American rock and roll. He is the father of pop singers Ricky, Kim and Roxanne Wilde.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marty_Wilde
Songfacts:
Abergavenny, the gateway to Wales, is known in Welsh as Y Fenni (mouth of the River Gavenny); it began its existence as a Roman fort and was later a medieval walled town.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/marty-wilde/abergavenny
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