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"Hello Hooray" is a song written by Canadian singer-songwriter Rolf Kempf, and first recorded by
Judy Collins Judith Marjorie Collins (born May 1, 1939) is an American singer-songwriter and musician with a career spanning seven decades. An Academy Award-nominated documentary director and a Grammy Award-winning recording artist, she is known for her ec ...
on her 1968 album ''
Who Knows Where the Time Goes "Who Knows Where the Time Goes?" is a song written by the English folk-rock singer and songwriter Sandy Denny. Denny originally recorded the song as a demo in 1967, singing and playing guitar on the track. Later that year, she briefly joined the ...
''. Its most famous rendition was by the band
Alice Cooper Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier, February 4, 1948) is an American rock singer whose career spans over five decades. With a raspy voice and a stage show that features numerous props and stage illusions, including pyrotechnics, guillot ...
, who covered it on their 1973 album ''
Billion Dollar Babies ''Billion Dollar Babies'' is the sixth studio album by American rock band Alice Cooper, released on February 25, 1973, by Warner Bros. Records. The album became the best selling Alice Cooper record at the time of its release, hit number one on th ...
''.Australian charts: * * The Alice Cooper version was released as a single (now spelled "Hello Hurray"), and reached #35 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. "Alice Cooper - Charts & Awards - Billboard Singles"''
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''. Retrieved on August 10, 2009."
It also saw success internationally, reaching #6 on the
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, #6 in the
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on the
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, #13 on Germany's Media Control Chart, #14 on the Ireland chart,""Irish Singles Charts Search for Alice Cooper""
''irishcharts.com''. Retrieved on August 11, 2009."
#16 on the Austria chart, and #95 on
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. The Alice Cooper version appeared in the film '' X-Men: Days of Future Past''.


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Meg Christian Meg Christian (born 1946 in Lynchburg, Virginia) is an American folk singer associated with the women's music movement. Early life and career Christian was born in Tennessee in 1946 and raised in Lynchburg, Virginia. She has spoken about bei ...
released a version of the song on her
1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ...
album, ''I Know You Know''. *
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released a version on his
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album, '' A Stroll in the Pork''. *
Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13 Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13 was an American horror punk band from North Carolina. The band was formed in 1996 by Wednesday 13, who recruited friends and former Maniac Spider Trash bandmates Seaweed and Sicko Zero. The band's histor ...
released a version on their
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box set, ''
Little Box of Horrors ''Little Box of Horrors'' is a box set released by North Carolina horror punk band Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13 on May 9, 2006, on Restless Records in the USA and People Like You Records in Europe on May 29, 2006. However, the Europe ve ...
''.Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13, ''Little Box of Horrors''
Retrieved November 03, 2014.


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1973 singles Alice Cooper songs Judy Collins songs Warner Records singles Song recordings produced by Bob Ezrin {{1970s-single-stub