The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde

Not to be confused with The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde (song).
"The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde"
Single by Georgie Fame
B-side"Beware of the Dog"
Released1 December 1967
Recorded1967
StudioDe Lane Lea, London[1]
Genre
Length3:03
LabelCBS (CBS 3124)[3]
Songwriter(s)Mitch Murray
Peter Callander[3]
Producer(s)Mike Smith[1][3]
Georgie Fame singles chronology
"Try My World"
(1967) 		"The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde"
(1967) 		"By the Time I Get to Phoenix"
(1968)
Performance video
"The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde" at Beat-Club on YouTube

"The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde" is a song, written by Mitch Murray and Peter Callander,[4] and recorded by the British rhythm and blues musician Georgie Fame.[3] Released as a single, the song reached number one in the UK Singles Chart for one week from 24 January 1968.[5] The song reached number seven in the US Billboard Chart later the same year.[6]

  1. ^ a b "DI's Chart Fax" (PDF). Beat Instrumental (3): 17. March 1968.
  2. ^ "Georgie Fame – The Ballad Of Bonnie And Clyde / Beware Of The Dog (Vinyl) at Discogs". discogs.com. 1967. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 113. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
  4. ^ "Details for Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde - featuring Georgie Fame". The Sheetmusic Warehouse. Retrieved 2014-04-06.
  5. ^ "Official Singles Chart UK Top 100". Theofficialcharts.com. Retrieved 2014-04-06.
  6. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 219.