Ha! Ha! Said the Clown

About Ha! Ha! Said the Clown

"Ha! Ha! Said the Clown" is a song by Manfred Mann from 1967, which held No.4 on the UK Singles Chart for 2 weeks, No.10 on the Australian Singles Chart, No.1 on the Austrian Singles Chart, No.1 on the West German singles chart, No.1 on the Netherlands Singles Chart, No.1 on the Norwegian Singles Chart, No.5 on the Swedish Singles Chart and, when covered by Keith Relf of the Yardbirds, made No.45 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song features one of the earliest appearances in pop music of the mellotron, played by Manfred Mann himself.  more »

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1967

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It's me, won't you write home?
Hope you're happy all alone
Now please take care
Love mum and dad

Dear Ronnie, why'd you leave us?
We hate to make a lot of fuss
What made you go?
Love mum and dad

They never understand
They never understand a single word we say
Their living's not for real
They're living for a deal too far away
Too far away, too far away

Love mum and dad

Like to know you're safe now
Wonder what's your fate now
What'd we do wrong?
Love mum and dad

They never understand
They never understand a single word we say
Their living's not for real
They're living for a deal too far away
Too far away, too far away

Love mum and dad
Love mum and dad

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The Yardbirds

The Yardbirds are an English rock band that had a string of hits in the mid 1960s, including "For Your Love", "Over Under Sideways Down" and "Heart Full of Soul". The group is notable for having started the careers of three of rock's most famous guitarists: Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Jimmy Page, all of whom were in the top five of Rolling Stone's 100 Top Guitarists list (Clapton at No. 2, Page at No. 3, and Beck at No. 5). A blues-based band that broadened its range into pop and rock, the Yardbirds had a hand in many electric guitar innovations of the mid-1960s, such as feedback, "fuzztone" distortion and improved amplification. Pat Pemberton, writing for Spinner, holds that the Yardbirds were "the most impressive guitar band in rock music". After the Yardb… more »

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