Excerpt from A Teenage Opera

"Excerpt from 'A Teenage Opera'"
The cover art for the single, featuring a black-and-white picture of West
Single by Keith West
B-side
  • "Theme From 'A Teenage Opera'"
  • by The Mark Wirtz Orchestra
Released28 July 1967
Recorded1967
GenrePsychedelic pop
Length4:25
LabelParlophone R 5623
Odeon O 23 597
Songwriter(s)Philwit/Hopkins
Producer(s)Mark Wirtz
Keith West singles chronology
"Excerpt from 'A Teenage Opera'"
(1967)
"Sam"
(1967)

"Excerpt from 'A Teenage Opera'" (also known as "Grocer Jack") is a 1967 single by Keith West, produced by Mark Wirtz. It was a big hit in Europe, peaking at number 2 on the UK Singles Chart.[1] The single was part of a bigger "A Teenage Opera" project. The song was written by Wirtz and West, credited as "Philwit / Hopkins".

  1. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 596. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.