"Lady Barbara" is a song written by Totò Savio,

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, and Claudio Cavallaro and performed by Renato dei Profeti, founder of the group I Profeti at his first solo venture. The song won the

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festival and peaked at first place on the Italian hit parade. The same year the song also named a musicarello film, ''Lady Barbara'', directed by

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and starred by the same Renato dei Profeti. The same year the song was adapted into English by

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and Tony Wilson, and the cover version performed by Peter Noone and Herman's Hermits, reached #7 in

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and #13 in the

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in 1970. It was the last single of the Herman's Hermits that featured

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. This version was produced by

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.Herman's Hermits, "Lady Barbara" single release
Retrieved January 10, 2015

References

1970 songs 1970 singles Italian songs Number-one singles in Italy Songs written by Errol Brown Songs written by Giancarlo Bigazzi Herman's Hermits songs Song recordings produced by Mickie Most RAK Records singles Songs written by Totò Savio {{1970s-single-stub