Single:
Silence is Golden entered the Australian singles chart* on 3 June 1967 and peaked at #5. It was the #46 song on the Top 100 of 1967.
Songwriters:
Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio
Producer:
Mike Smith
Record label of Australian release:
CBS
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Wikipedia:
The Tremeloes (formerly Brian Poole and The Tremeloes) are an English beat group founded in 1958. They initially broke through in the British Invasion era with lead singer Brian Poole, although they achieved their greatest success after Poole’s departure in 1966. Bassist Alan Howard also left, both of them replaced by bassist-singer Len “Chip” Hawkes.
Their biggest hit on the Australian charts was a sound-alike version of a song originally recorded by the Four Seasons, Silence is Golden (the B-side of Rag Doll). Guitarist Rick Westwood sang lead vocal on the Tremeloes version, which made #1 in the UK and #11 in the USA.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silence_Is_Golden_(song)
Lyrics:
Oh, don’t it hurt deep inside
To see someone do something to her
Oh, don’t it pain to see someone cry
Oh, especially when someone is her
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