Mary Hopkin "Goodbye"

[ZackyDog]

Written by Paul McCartney.

Personnel​

• Mary Hopkin – lead vocals, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
• Paul McCartney – acoustic guitar (intro and solo), bass, drums, piano, ukulele, lap-slapping percussion, backing vocals
• Richard Hewson – orchestra arrangement

Goodbye (Mary Hopkin song) - Wikipedia

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[RodeoTex]

I must have played that 45 about a thousand times as a kid.
I had completely forgotten. Thanks

 

[SnidelyWhiplash]

A great artist & song.

 

[brookdalebill]

Was she the first artist signed to Apple?
Mary or Badfinger or Jackie Lomax?
Anyone know?

 

[Tricone]

Badfinger. Advertised as "the next Beatles."

 

[brookdalebill]

Badfinger. Advertised as "the next Beatles."

Thanks!

 

[Tricone]

Thanks!

My mom is a Beatles fan. Fan club member and all that. She didn't agree with "The Next Beatles" comparison at all.

 

[brookdalebill]

My mom is a Beatle fan. Fan club member and all that. She didn't agree with "The Next Beatles" comparison at all.

Those guys “held their own” very well, though.
Tragic story.

 

[SnidelyWhiplash]

Was she the first artist signed to Apple?
Mary or Badfinger or Jackie Lomax?
Anyone know?

James Taylor was an Apple artist. They didn't have the best business acumen...

 

[brookdalebill]

James Taylor was an Apple artist. They didn't have the best business acumen...

They (Paul, actually) very graciously let him out of his contract with Apple.
I think perhaps JT may have been the first artist signed to Apple.
I was pretty young, but already a rabid Beatles fan.