"The House With the Whitewashed Gable" | ||||
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Single by Joe Dolan | ||||
B-side | "Work Day Blues" | |||
Released | 10 February 1967 | |||
Genre | country | |||
Length | 2:15 | |||
Label | Pye | |||
Songwriter(s) | Neil Levenson | |||
Joe Dolan singles chronology | ||||
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"The House With the Whitewashed Gable" is a 1967 country song written by Neil Levenson and performed by Irish showband singer Joe Dolan and his band, the Drifters. [1] [2]
The song is based on the Ron Dante song "221 East Maple," with the typically American street address changed to the rural Irish setting of a farmhouse with a gable covered in whitewash. [3]
"The House With the Whitewashed Gable" was released on 10 February 1967, reaching number one in the Irish Singles Chart on 20 February 1967. [4]
"The House With the Whitewashed Gable" | ||||
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Single by Joe Dolan | ||||
B-side | "Work Day Blues" | |||
Released | 10 February 1967 | |||
Genre | country | |||
Length | 2:15 | |||
Label | Pye | |||
Songwriter(s) | Neil Levenson | |||
Joe Dolan singles chronology | ||||
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"The House With the Whitewashed Gable" is a 1967 country song written by Neil Levenson and performed by Irish showband singer Joe Dolan and his band, the Drifters. [1] [2]
The song is based on the Ron Dante song "221 East Maple," with the typically American street address changed to the rural Irish setting of a farmhouse with a gable covered in whitewash. [3]
"The House With the Whitewashed Gable" was released on 10 February 1967, reaching number one in the Irish Singles Chart on 20 February 1967. [4]