Single:
Everlasting Love entered the Australian singles chart* on 9 December 1974 and peaked at #22.
Songwriters:
Buzz Cason, Mac Gayden
Producer:
Wayne DeGruchy
Record label of Australian release:
Atlantic
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Live version from ABC TV show Rock & Roll Ballroom of the Air, 1974:
Wikipedia:
Everlasting Love was originally a 1967 hit for Robert Knight and has since been remade numerous times by artists including Love Affair, Carl Carlton, and Australia’s The Town Criers.
Doug Parkinson led the bands Strings and Things/A Sound (1965), the Questions (1966–1968), Doug Parkinson in Focus (1968–1970, 1971), Fanny Adams (1970–1971), the Life Organisation (1973), Southern Star Band (1978–1980) and Doug Parkinson Band (1981–1983). Parkinson also released solo material and performed in musical theatre productions.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everlasting_Love and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Parkinson
Lyrics:
Hearts go astray, leaving hurt when they go.
I went away just when you needed me so.
Filled with regret I come back beggin′ you,
Forgive, forget. Where’s the love we once knew?
Open up your eyes, then you′ll realise here I stand
With my everlasting love
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Also on Bang a Gong: Everlasting Love by Australian group The Town Criers
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