Australian singles charts:
Wishin’ and Hopin’ entered the Kent charts on 4 July 1964 and peaked at #2. It was #36 on the Top 100 of 1964.
Album:
The song is on A Girl Called Dusty which charted in Australia in 1964.
Songwriters:
Burt Bacharach, Hal David
Producer:
Johnny Franz
Record label of Australian release:
Philips
Songfacts:
Wishin’ and Hopin’ was written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David for Dionne Warwick, who released it as the B-side of her 1963 single This Empty Place which didn’t chart in Australia. Springfield recorded it later in 1963, and it became her first American Top-10. It also reached #2 in Australia.
Bacharach commented to Record Collector magazine: “I remember talking Dusty into putting the record out. Dusty was always very insecure, about what to release, about her voice. What a great singer. Powerful. She was a great girl. Wishin’ And Hopin’ was great and it was a big hit.”
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/dusty-springfield/wishin-and-hopin
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