Single:
Dreams are Ten a Penny entered the Australian singles chart* on 18 December 1972 and peaked at #4. The song was #46 on the Top 100 of 1973.
Songwriters:
John Carter, Gillian Shakespeare
Producer:
John Carter
Record label of Australian release:
Penny Farthing
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Wikipedia:
Kincade was an English band that recorded the hit single Dreams are Ten a Penny, although the band itself did not exist at the time. The song was written by John Carter and his wife Gill. Carter also sang all the vocals and played the guitar on the record.
To promote the song, the label recruited John Knowles as the frontman for Kincade since Carter was reluctant to tour. Knowles was successful as the frontman for Kincade and went on to change his name to John Kincade.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kincade_(band)
Lyrics:
When we were children we played in your backyard
And we pretended whenever times were hard
We built a house up in a tree
And dreamed of how our lives would be
But now the tree has died
So gotta say to you
Jenny, Jenny, dreams are ten a penny
Leave them in the lost and found
Jenny, Jenny, dreams are ten a penny
Get your feet back on the ground
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