Artist: Bobby Darin
Author: Tim Hardin
Label: Atlantic
Year: 1966
Top 10 US.
Covers:
Tim Hardin [author, with Hang On To A Dream on the B-side]
Jody Miller [as If You Were A Carpenter]
Joan Baez [idem]
Rokes [as Se Io Fossi Povero]
Bob Dylan & The Band [Basement tape]
Cornelis Vreeswijk [as Om Jag Vore Arbetslös]
Four Tops [top 20 US & R&B]
Johnny Hallyday [as Si j'étais un charpentier]
Katja Ebstein [as Ohne Geld und Namen]
Michael Holm [as Wenn ich nur ein Maler wär]
Marie Fredriksson [as Om Jag Vore Arbetslös]
Meanwhile Tim Hardin had a minor hit with Bobby Darin's Simple Song Of Freedom. They attended each other's recording session and swapped. See also: Red Balloon.
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)