Australian singles charts:
The Fool on the Hill entered the Kent charts on 31 August 1968 and peaked at #14. Then came Scarborough Fair which entered the Kent charts on 7 December 1968 and peaked at #8. Scarborough Fair was #47 on the Australian Top 100 of 1969.
Mas Que Nada was released in the USA in 1966 but didn’t chart in Australia.
Album:
Scarborough Fair and The Fool on the Hill appeared on Fool on the Hill which entered the Kent album chart on 11 January 1969 and peaked at #6.
Songwriters:
Scarborough Fair: Traditional, arranged by Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel
The Fool on the Hill: John Lennon, Paul McCartney
Mas Que Nada: Jorge Ben
Producer:
Sérgio Mendes
Record label of Australian releases:
A&M
Scarborough Fair
The Fool on the Hill
Mas Que Nada
Wikipedia:
Sérgio Mendes was a Brazilian musician, whose career took off with worldwide hits by his band Brasil ’66. He had more than 55 releases and was known for playing bossa nova, often crossed with funk.
The fourth studio album by Sérgio Mendes and Brasil ’66, Fool on the Hill, was the first one to feature the second edition of Brasil ’66. Mendes replaced all of the original band members, with the exception of lead singer Lani Hall. This is also the first appearance of Gracinha Leporace, who he later married, on a Sérgio Mendes album. The 1968 album features two top 10 pop singles, the title track and Scarborough Fair.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fool_on_the_Hill_(album)
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