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MATT FLINDERS
Butterfly (Danyel Gerard) Australia 1971 #11 Sydney* #4 Melbourne #5 Brisbane #3 Adelaide #17 Perth Single on Fable label. Co-charted with the original by Danyel Gerard. *Sydney chart book The Book also lists both versions as peaking at #4 in Sydney. Matt Flinders: singer, bassist, band leader and TV entertainer, born in Egypt of French-Italian-British background, in Australia since 1951. Formerly known as Louis Bonett, his adopted name would sound familiar to most Australians through the name of the explorer and chartmaker Matthew Flinders (1774-1814). David Neale in Belgium points out: ...the name "Flinders" is a corruption of the Dutch word "vlinders", the plural of "vlinder" which means... butterfly! Further reading: 1. Matt Flinders by Matt Flinders (site no longer online: archived page at Internet Archive) 2. Matt Flinders entry at Wikipedia.
DANYEL GERARD
Butterfly (Danyel Gerard) France 1971 Original version #11 UK #4 Melbourne #5 Brisbane #3 Adelaide #17 Perth Daniel Gerard: singer-songwriter, based in France, born Gèrard Daniel Kherlakian in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1941 (although de.wikipedia has him born in Paris but spending his childhood in Rio). His initial rock'n'roll and recording career began in late-50s France but was interrupted by service in the French army. Butterfly has been recorded in several languages. Gerard speaks fluent Portuguese and still has family in Brazil, where Butterfly was a big hit. Single on CBS label in Britain and Australia, Verve in USA. Co-charted with the Australian cover version by Matt Flinders. *Sydney chart book The Book also lists both versions as peaking at #4 in Sydney. Charted Top 100 in USA. References: German Wikipedia, Rockweb and Usenet post by Raoul Verolleman. Thanks to René Ferri for additional details.
DAISY CLOVER
Butterflies (Guzzardi - Hammond) Australia 1969 Red herring #27 Melbourne Similar title but not the same song as 'Butterfly' by Matt Flinders. First single by Melbourne band, B-side of Tell Me. Follow-up single Penny Brown Girl/Barbara (1969) charted #38 in Melbourne. A later, re-formed line-up included Chrissie Amphlett, later of The Di-Vinyls. Thanks to Alf Giarrusso of Daisy Clover.
Andy Williams - Butterfly (A. September [Kal Mann - Bernie Lowe]) Later versions:
GOLDIE HAWN
Butterfly (Danyel Gerard) USA 1972 Later version Single on Reprise by star of Laugh-in and the movies. Corrections or comments? Contact the writer. |
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