Silence Is Golden (song)
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"Silence Is Golden" is a song initially recorded by the American rock band the Four Seasons. Written by
Bob Crewe Robert Stanley Crewe (November 12, 1930 – September 11, 2014) was an American songwriter, dancer, singer, manager, and record producer. Crewe co-wrote and produced a string of Top 10 singles with Bob Gaudio for the Four Seasons. As a songw ...
and
Bob Gaudio Robert John Gaudio (born November 17, 1942) is an American songwriter, singer, musician, and record producer, and the keyboardist and backing vocalist of the pop/rock band the Four Seasons. Gaudio wrote or co-wrote the vast majority of the ban ...
,
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released it in 1964 as the
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of the U.S. number 1 single "
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", which was also written by Crewe and Gaudio.
The Tremeloes The Tremeloes (formerly Brian Poole and The Tremeloes) are an English beat group founded in 1958 in Dagenham, England. They initially found success in the British Invasion era with lead singer Brian Poole, scoring a UK chart-topper in 1963 with ...
' 1967 cover version reached number 1 on the UK Singles Chart and number 11 on the US charts.


The Tremeloes version

In 1967 British band
The Tremeloes The Tremeloes (formerly Brian Poole and The Tremeloes) are an English beat group founded in 1958 in Dagenham, England. They initially found success in the British Invasion era with lead singer Brian Poole, scoring a UK chart-topper in 1963 with ...
recorded their sound-alike version, using the same arrangement as the original. It reached the top position on the UK chart on 18 May 1967, where it stayed for three weeks. Band member Len "Chip" Hawkes remembered getting up in the middle of the night, going to London with the rest of the band, and walking down The Strand, on the night the song reached number one. Guitarist Rick Westwood sang lead vocal on "Silence Is Golden". In the U.S.,
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released the single, which reached number 11 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart and was one of the top 100 songs of 1967. The record sold one million copies globally, earning
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status. The song was also covered in 1967 by The Plus Four, and by Swedish singer Jim Jidhed (in English) in 1989. The Tremeloes recorded an Italian version, "E in silenzio".


Chart history


Weekly charts


Year-end charts


Personnel

*
Rick Westwood Richard Westwood (born 7 May 1943), also known as Rick West or Ricky West, is a British retired musician, known for being a member of the Tremeloes from 1962 to 2012. Early life Richard Westwood was born in Dagenham, East London on 7 May 1943. ...
– falsetto vocals, lead guitar * Alan Blakley – vocals, rhythm guitar (died 1996) * Len Hawkes – vocals, bass guitar * Dave Munden – vocals, drums (died 2020)


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The Tremeloes information (unofficial)
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