#PeterCallander

"The Night Chicago Died" is a song by the #British group #PaperLace, written by #PeterCallander and #MitchMurray. The song reached number one on the #BillboardHot100 chart for one week in 1974, reached number 3 in the UK charts, and number 2 in Canada. It is about a fictional shoot-out between the #ChicagoPolice and members of the #AlCapone #Syndicate. The narrator retells his mother's anguish while awaiting news of the fate of her husband, a Chicago policeman.
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"The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde" is a song, written by #MitchMurray and #PeterCallander, and recorded by the #BritishRhythmAndBlues musician #GeorgieFame. Released as a single, the song reached number one in the #UKSinglesChart for one week from 24 January 1968. The song reached number seven in the US #BillboardChart later the same year.
youtube.com/watch?v=0i8mTAsv5cA

"Hitchin' a Ride" is a song written by #MitchMurray and #PeterCallander issued as a single by the English pop/rock band #VanityFare in late 1969. It reached number 16 on the #UKSinglesChart in February 1970 but was a bigger #hit in the United States, reaching number 5 on the #Hot100 on June 27, 1970. #Billboard ranked the record as the number 14 song of 1970. In Chicago, the record achieved even greater heights, topping the #WCFL Big 10 Countdown on 18–25 May 1970.
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"Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast" is a song written by #PeterCallander and #GeoffStephens and performed by #WayneNewton. It appeared on Newton's 1972 album, Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast. In the lyrics, the singer is leaving his family after falling out of love with his wife. When his daughter tries to catch up with him, saying "Daddy, don't you walk so fast," it makes him change his mind about ending his marriage.
youtube.com/watch?v=Kh8hviz6iaU

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