Single:
Western Union Man entered the Australian singles chart* on 15 November 1969 and peaked at #15.
Album:
The song is on Max Merritt and the Meteors which entered the Australian albums chart* on 18 May 1970 and peaked at #7.
Songwriters:
Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, Jerry Butler
Producer:
Ron Wills
Record label of Australian release:
RCA
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Wikipedia:
Max Merritt was a New Zealand-born singer-songwriter and guitarist who was renowned as an interpreter of soul music and R&B. As leader of Max Merritt & The Meteors his best known hits are Western Union Man (1969) and Slipping Away (1976). Merritt rose to prominence in New Zealand from 1958, relocated to Sydney in 1964, then to Melbourne in 1967. He later lived and worked in the UK and USA.
Merritt was acknowledged as one of the best local performers of the 1960s and 1970s and his influence did much to popularise soul music/R&B and rock in New Zealand and Australia.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Merritt
Lyrics:
Hey western union man
Send a telegram to my baby
Send a telegram, send a telegram
Come on man, send it on to my baby
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