Australian singles chart:
Flowers on the Wall entered the Kent charts on 18 December 1965 and peaked at #25.
Album:
The song is on the Statler Brothers album album Flowers on the Wall.
Songwriter:
Lew DeWitt
Producers:
Don Law, Frank Jones
Record label of Australian release:
CBS
BONUS CLIP BELOW: a version by talented singer & multi-instrumentalist Josh Turner and his friends
Wikipedia:
Flowers on the Wall, made famous by American country music group The Statler Brothers, was written by the group’s original tenor vocalist, Lew DeWitt.
The song won the 1966 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary (R&R) Performance – Group (Vocal or Instrumental).
A re-recorded version of the song is used in the soundtrack to the 1994 film Pulp Fiction.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flowers_on_the_Wall
Songfacts:
Flowers on the Wall is about a guy who has been left lonely and nearly catatonic by the one he loves. He’s in a pretty bad spot, counting flowers on the wall and playing solitaire with a deck that’s missing a card.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/the-statler-brothers/flowers-on-the-wall
Lyrics:
I keep hearin’ you’re concerned about my happiness
All that thought you’re givin’ me is conscience I guess
If I were walkin’ in your shoes, I wouldn’t worry none
While you and your friends are worried about me I’m havin’ lots of fun
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This song is also on our Spotify playlist Bang a Gong – the 60s
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BONUS CLIP:
A good version below by the talented singer and multi-instrumentalist Josh Turner, and his friends Carson McKee, Reina del Cid and Toni Lindgren:
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