Australian singles chart:
St. Louis entered the Australian singles chart* on 19 July 1969 and peaked at #21.
Album:
The song is on Friends, the sixth and final studio album by The Easybeats. It was released in early 1970 as part of the group’s new recording contract with Polydor Records. It would be the only album Polydor released of the band, as they broke up before its release.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friends_(Easybeats_album)
Songwriters:
Harry Vanda, George Young
Producer:
Ray Singer
Record label of Australian release:
Polydor
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Milesago:
In 1969, Harry Vanda and George Young took over a flat in London that had previously been used as a recording studio for radio jingles. With modifications, it became a 4-track home studio and Vanda & Young began churning out demos, working mostly on their own. It was here they recorded the last Easybeats single, the powerful St Louis.
Read more: www.milesago.com/artists/easybeats.htm
Lyrics:
Countrymen, friends, lend me your ears
I′ll tell you a tale of fifteen years
I’m an old man that′s so forlorn
I wanna see the city where I was born
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