Single:
I Thank You entered the Australian singles chart* on 22 December 1969 and peaked at #2. It was #27 on the Top 100 of 1970.
Album:
The song is on the album I Thank You.
Songwriter:
Johnny Young
Producer:
Johnny Young
Record label of Australian release:
Festival
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
BONUS SONG BELOW – the B-side, Pick Me Up on Your Way Down
Wikipedia:
In 1968, Lionel Rose MBE won the world bantamweight boxing title from Japanese fighter Masahiko ‘Fighting’ Harada in Tokyo. He became the first Indigenous Australian to win a world title and to be named Australian of the Year.
During time off from boxing in the early 1970s, Rose embarked on a short, modest singing career, having hits with I Thank You and Please Remember Me, produced and written by Johnny Young.
Lionel retired from professional boxing in 1975, having compiled a record of 42 wins and 11 losses, with 12 wins by knockout.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Rose
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BONUS SONG
The B-side of I Thank You is a song written by Harlan Howard called Pick Me Up on Your Way Down. Both songs are on Lionel’s 1970 album I Thank You, produced by Johnny Young:
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