Posted on 04/29/2021 4:57:27 PM PDT by simpson96
"Yellow River" was recorded by the British band Christie, written by band leader Jeff Christie. Released on April 23, 1970, it became an international hit, reaching number one on the UK Singles Chart for one week in June 1970. In the US, it reached number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.
The actual location of Yellow River in this song is not specified, although the author, Jeff Christie, is on record as saying that it was inspired by the idea of a soldier going home at the end of the American Civil War.
Christie - "Yellow River" (1970)
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I thought it was written by I.P. Daley, and I thought Jeff Christie was an obscure Pittsburgh disk jockey from the early 70s.
You learn something knew every day.
This song is one of a few, Sutter’s Mill being another, that have gained immortality in Thailand, where I’ve heard each hundreds of times. I’ve never heard either one in the US, and didn’t even know of them until I heard them in Thailand.
Bet you were in a Rush to make that post.
Here is a music video of that song.
Yes, a full 10 years before MTV, we had a music video of this song and not a bad one either. Many of the trees along the riverbank of that video are still alive today. Even some of the people.
They had a follow up hit called "San Bernardino" which also featured a video. Only the video was shot in London, not San Bernardino!
Nah; was written by I.P. Frehley, the obscure brother of the Kiss guitarist.
And RIP Jeff Christie of golden microphone fame.
I remember sitting in the Bourbon and Beefsteak in the King’s Cross in Sydney and singing along with a dozen other Yanks on R&R.
‘C’mon boy you can take my place
Got my papers and got my pay’
WOW! Thats a BLAST from my PAST!!
I thought they were singing about the Red Chinese river Huang Ho, which means Yellow River, as far as I know.
Discovered this gem recently.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egwARrX1ik8
Music
John Miles
a classic — it grow on you
In 1971 or 1972 rosebowl game, Stanford playing in the game, for haltime...the band played YELLOW RIVER, and marched and formed the outline of an “outhouse” with the halfmoon cutout in the door. Not sure everyone got the connection...
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