A Picture of You (Joe Brown song)

"A Picture of You" is a song by English entertainer Joe Brown. Written by John Beveridge and Peter Oakman, it was a number 2 UK hit single for Brown in the summer of 1962. Brown recorded his version at Pye Records, and the single was released as Piccadilly 7N 35047.[1]

"A Picture of You"
Single by Joe Brown
A-side"A Lay-About's Lament"
Released8 June 1962 (1962-06-08)
Recorded1962
StudioThe Workhouse Studio, London
GenreRock
Length2:20
LabelPye
Songwriter(s)
  • John Beveridge
  • Peter Oakman

Although "A Picture of You" is designated as the B-side of "A Lay-About's Lament", it was this song which became the chart hit. The song spent nine weeks in the UK Singles Chart Top 5 (from the week of 14 June 1962 through the week of 9 August 1962) during a nineteen-week chart run. It was kept from the top spot by Mike Sarne's "Come Outside" during the weeks of 28 June and 5 July 1962.[2] The song was placed thirteenth on the chart of overall single sales for the calendar year 1962 in the UK.[3]

The album A Picture of You, Joe Brown's first, was issued on Pye's budget Golden Guinea label (the records were marketed at the price of one Guinea, or one pound and a shilling) in 1962, and entered the NME album chart at number 10 on 25 August 1962. It stayed in the top ten for the next 15 weeks.[4] The album also included the smaller hits Shine (reached No 33 in the UK singles charts in 1961) and What A Crazy World We're Livin' In (reached number 37 in the UK singles charts in 1962, just prior to A Picture of You).[5]

Charts

Covers
  • The Beatles performed the song on the BBC radio programme Teenager's Turn – Here We Go, broadcast on 15 June 1962.[6][7]
  • In 1963 the song was covered by Johnny and his Cellar Rockers, the first band of the Dutch guitar-player Jan Akkerman.
  • In 1970, Jack Wild recorded a version as the 'B' side to his minor hit, "Some Beautiful", from The Jack Wild Album (1970).[8]
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References
  1. "Joe Brown And The Bruvvers - A Lay-About's Lament". Discogs. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  2. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  3. "The 100 Best-Selling Singles of 1962 [in the U.K.]". sixtiescity.net.
  4. 30 Years of New Musical Express Album Charts (1993)
  5. British Hit Singles & Albums (18th ed.). Guinness World Records Ltd. 2005. p. 84. ISBN 978-1-904994-00-8.
  6. McCormick, Neil (2 October 2013). "Joe Brown on ukuleles and George Harrison". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  7. "A Picture of You by Joe Brown & The Bruvvers". iTunes Store (Apple Inc.). 1 January 1962. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  8. "Jack Wild - The Jack Wild Album". Discogs. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
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