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"Silence Is Golden" is a song initially recorded by the American rock band the Four Seasons. Written by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio , Philips Records released it in 1964 as the B-side of the U.S. number 1 single " Rag Doll ", which was also written by Crewe and Gaudio.
The Tremeloes (formerly Brian Poole and The Tremeloes) are an English beat group founded in 1958 in Dagenham, England. [2] They initially found success in the British Invasion era with lead singer Brian Poole, scoring a UK chart-topper in 1963 with "Do You Love Me". The band achieved their greatest success after Poole's departure in 1966.
The Tremeloes releases: Here Come the Tremeloes: Released: 19 May 1967 [5] Label: CBS, Epic; Formats: LP, MC, 8-track; Released in North America as Here Comes My Baby; 15 4 119 — Even the Bad Times Are Good / Silence Is Golden: Released: October 1967; Label: Epic; Formats: LP, 8-track; North America release — — — — Alan, Dave, Rick ...
After this, the song was quickly picked up by the Tremeloes who first released their version in May 1967 on their album Here Comes the Tremeloes. Following the number-one success of " Silence Is Golden ", "Even the Bad Times Are Good" was released as a single with the B-side, "Jenny's Alright", written by the Tremeloes' Len "Chip" Hawkes and ...
Speech is silver, silence is golden is a proverb. Silence Is Golden may also refer to: "Silence Is Golden" (song), a song recorded by The Four Seasons and The Tremeloes; Silence Is Golden, a 2006 short film by Chris Shepherd; Man About Town, originally Le Silence est d'or (Silence is golden), a 1947 film by René Clair and Robert Pirosh
The Tremeloes had success in the early/mid 1960s with beat songs such as their versions of "Twist and Shout" and "Do You Love Me".Following the departure of lead singer Brian Poole in 1966, the group's music changed to producing pop records, perhaps better defined as sunshine pop, and success continued with further hits such as "Silence Is Golden" and "Even the Bad Times Are Good".
Richard Westwood (born 7 May 1943), also known as Rick West or Ricky West, [1] is a British retired musician, known for being a member of the Tremeloes from 1961 to 2012. Westwood was the lead guitarist for the group and the original falsetto singer on the band’s only number one, Silence Is Golden. Hearing problems in the 70s robbed him of ...
The Tremeloes' version is slightly different, lyrically, from the original, with the beginning lyrics altered and the final verse left out. [3] Stevens' lyrics begin "In the midnight moonlight I'll / Be walking a long and lonely mile", whereas in the Tremeloes' version, this has been changed to "In the midnight, moonlight hour / he's walking ...