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Single:
Snowbird entered the Australian singles chart* on 31 August 1970 and peaked at #13. The song was #80 on the Top 100 of 1970.
Album:
The song is on Live for Life which entered the Australian albums chart* on 5 July 1971 and peaked at #31.
Songwriter:
Gene MacLellan
Producer:
June Productions
Record label of Australian release:
Fable
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
BONUS CLIPS BELOW – Snowbird by Anne Murray and The Love Moth by Liz Maessen
Wikipedia – Snowbird:
Snowbird was written by Canadian singer-songwriter Gene MacLellan. Though it has been recorded by many performers, it is best known internationally through Anne Murray’s 1969 recording.
In Australia, the most successful version was by local singer Liv Maessen who released it in 1970 as a single, then in 1971 on her album Live for Life.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liv_Maessen
Wikipedia – Liv Maessen:
Australian pop singer Liv Maessen had hits in the early 1970s with The Love Moth, Knock, Knock Who’s There? and Snowbird. In 1969, Maessen finished second in the New Faces talent show. Her prize included a recording contract with Ron Tudor’s Fable Records which released her albums, Live for Life (1971) and Best of Liv Maessen (1974). She won the 1970 Logie Award for ‘Best New Talent’.
In the Go-Set Pop Poll, Maessen was voted in the top 5 as most popular female vocalist in both 1970 and 1971. For her single Knock, Knock Who’s There?, Maessen became the first Australian female artist to be awarded a gold record certificate. By the mid-1970s, Liv had turned to cabaret and club work.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liv_Maessen
Lyrics:
Beneath this snowy mantle cold and clean
The unborn grass lies waiting
For its coat to turn to green
The snowbird sings the song he always sings
And speaks to me of flowers
That will bloom again in spring
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BONUS SONGS
Snowbird by Anne Murray entered the Australian singles chart* on 19 October 1970 and peaked at #77.
The Love Moth by Liv Maessen entered the Australian singles chart* on 19 January 1970 and peaked at #30.
Liv’s is an English-language version of La Pioggia (“the rain”), an Italian song first performed by Gigliola Cinquetti at the 1969 San Remo Music Festival and recorded by her in the same year.
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
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