Don Fardon

Don Fardon ( born August 19, 1943 in Coventry, real name Donald Maughn ) is an English pop singer.

Career

His biggest hit parade success was a cover version of the song Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian) by John D. Loudermilk in the U.S. charts was first in 1968 ranked 20th and the end of 1970 in the UK singles chart at # 3 came. In Germany, the single reached the beginning of 1971 the top ten of the charts.

With this success, he was a singer in the Freakbeat band The Sorrows, who came in 1965 with Take A Heart in the UK Singles Chart at # 21. Don Fardon had already represented a small hit in Germany with his version of the Box Tops - The Letter title and in April 1970 he was again in the UK singles charts with Belfast Boy end of 1967. In 1973, Fardon was with the song Delta Queen, originally from a formation called " Proudfoot ", recorded at No. 86 one last chart success in the U.S. charts. He has published more cover versions, including Lola by The Kinks, but they were not very successful.

Discography

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