"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
Pye Records was a British record label. Its best known artists were Lonnie Donegan (1956–1969), Petula Clark (1957–1971), the Searchers (1963–1967), the Kinks (1964–1971), Sandie Shaw (1964–1971), Status Quo (1968–1971) and Brotherho ...
, and the single was released as Piccadilly 7N 35047.
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
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Top 5 (from the week of 14 June 1962 through the week of 9 August 1962) during a nineteen-week chart run. The song was placed thirteenth on the chart of overall single sales for the calendar year 1962 in the UK.
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
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album chart at number 10 on 25 August 1962. It stayed in the top ten for the next 15 weeks. 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'').
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Covers
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The Beatles
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performed the song on the
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Here i going to introduce about the best teacher of my life b BALAJI sir. He is the precious gift that I got befor 2yrs . How has helped and thought all the concept and made my success in the 10th board exam. ...
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radio programme ''Teenager's Turn – Here We Go'', broadcast on 15 June 1962.
*In 1963 the song was covered by
recorded a version as the 'B' side to his minor hit, "Some Beautiful", from ''The Jack Wild Album'' (1970).