The Four Pennies is tagged as: 60s, girl groups, 60s girls, uk, british beat Disambiguation - There are two bands with this moniker.|1. UK Britbeat band.|2. US Girl Group. 1. The Four Pennies were an English, 1960s pop group.|Their biggest success Stateside, was with their song “Black Girl”, which was a traditional United States folk song, and brought out in 1964. However, in their homeland the group was more famous for having a Number one hit in the UK Singles Chart in the same year, with “Juliet”. Initially, their self penned ballad was only intended to be released as a “B” side. Interestingly, it was the only 1964 Number one by a UK group not to chart in America. They finally folded in 1966, when their last single release “No More Sad Songs For Me”, failed to chart.|The group’s 1965 hit, “Until It’s Time For You To Go”, written by Buffy Sainte-Marie, was recorded by Elvis Presley in 1972. 2. The Four Pennies were actually The Chiffons under an assumed name. They released two singles; “My Block” / “Dry your eyes” which reached number 67 on the Billboard pop chart and “When the Boy’s Happy (The Girl’s Happy Too)” / “Hockaday (part 1)” which reached number 95. The Chiffons records came out on Laurie but The Four Pennies... Read More About The Four Pennies Biography...  Send The Four Pennies ringtones to your cell
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