"Sunday Mornin'" is a song written by Margo Guryan, and was recorded by Guryan as "Sunday Morning" and it appeared on her 1968 album '' Take a Picture'', as well as on the

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to her single "Spanky and Our Gang." "Sunday Mornin'" was made famous by

Spanky and Our Gang Spanky and Our Gang was an American 1960s sunshine pop band led by Elaine "Spanky" McFarlane. The band derives its name from Hal Roach's ''Our Gang'' comedies of the 1930s (known to modern audiences as ''The Little Rascals''), because of the s ...

included on the album '' Like to Get to Know You'', and Oliver. Spanky and Our Gang's version became a hit single, reaching No. 30 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, No. 39 on the easy listening chart in early 1968, and No. 23 in the Canadian RPM Magazine chart. Oliver's 1969 version was also released as a single, which reached No. 35 and No. 14 on the same charts, (plus No. 20 in Canada). "Sunday Mornin'" was listed as one of the "102 most performed songs in the BMI repertoire during 1968".

Background

In the Spanky and the Our Gang version, the song also appears on an album in a long unedited version, including the group warming up their harmonies in the beginning (albeit for a different song), as well as an extended ending, where the sounds of a tape machine rolling back, plus the sounds of the group's joking until the fade is completed, causing one of the members to state that they need to get a new producer, resulting in laughter. This version lasted over six minutes in length.

Chart history

;Spanky and Our Gang single ;Oliver single

Other recordings

"Sunday Mornin'" was recorded by many others. Other contemporary recordings include those by: *1968: Bobbie Gentry and

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, on the album '' Bobbie Gentry and Glen Campbell'' *1968: Baja Marimba Band, on the album ''Do You Know the Way to San Jose?'' *1968: Marie Laforêt (as "Et Si Je T'Aime", with French lyrics by Michel Jourdan), on ''Album : 4''. She also recorded "E se ti amo", a version with Italian lyrics by

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. *1969:

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, on '' Yummy, Yummy, Yummy''. *1969: Richard "Groove" Holmes, on ''Welcome Home'' *1969: *A Hebrew version, was recorded by Shula Chen (as "Bo Habayta" (Come Home), with Hebrew lyrics by Avinoam Koren), on the album ''Yours, Shula Chen''. *1969: Sue Raney, on ''With A Little Help From My Friends'' *2000: Linus of Hollywood, on ''Your Favorite Record'' *2001:

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, on ''Music Is My Life''

Popular culture

*Shula Chen's version became synonymous with Tnuva

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after being used in a commercial for the product.

References

{{Oliver 1968 singles Spanky and Our Gang songs Bobbie Gentry songs Glen Campbell songs Oliver (singer) songs 1967 songs Mercury Records singles Songs written by Margo Guryan