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The Pied Piper (1960s song)

"The Pied Piper"
Single by Crispian St. Peters
from the album Follow Me...
B-side "Sweet Dawn My True Love"
Released March 8, 1966
Genre Pop Rock
Length 2:30
Label Decca 12359 (UK)
Jamie 1320 (US)
London 2512 (Canada)
Songwriter(s) Steve Duboff, Artie Kornfeld
Producer(s) David Nicolson
Crispian St. Peters singles chronology
"You Were on My Mind"
(1966)
"The Pied Piper"
(1966)
"Changes"
(1966)
"You Were on My Mind"
(1966)
"The Pied Piper"
(1966)
"Changes"
(1966)

"The Pied Piper" is a pop song written by the duo of Steve Duboff and Artie Kornfeld, who first recorded the song in 1965 as The Changin' Times. Their version reached #87 on the Billboard Hot 100. British pop singer Crispian St. Peters scored a major hit with the song during the summer of 1966 when his single went to #4 in the United States, #5 in the United Kingdom and #1 in Canada.

The song's title came from The Pied Piper of Hamelin.

The song was used in an advertisement for the first-generation Toyota Echo in Australia and New Zealand.


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