Single:
Melting Pot entered the Australian singles chart* on 19 January 1970 and peaked at #10. It was #48 on the Top 100 of 1970.
Album:
The song is on Melting Pot which entered the Australian albums chart* on 3 August 1970 and peaked at #19.
Songwriters:
Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway
Producers:
Blue Mink
Record label of Australian release:
Philips
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Wikipedia:
Melting Pot is the 1969 debut single from UK pop group Blue Mink. The song was written by Blue Mink’s lead singer Roger Cook and long-time songwriter partner Roger Greenaway. It became the opening track on the group’s 1969 debut album, also titled Melting Pot.
The song is generally considered to be a plea for racial harmony.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melting_Pot_(song)
Lyrics:
Take a pinch of white man
Wrap him up in black skin
Add a touch of blue blood
And a little bitty bit of Red Indian boy
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