Hollywood Seven (song)

"Hollywood Seven" is a song by Australian singer Jon English. The song was written by Gloria Sklerov and Harry Lloyd and produced by Rod Thomas, William Motzing. The song was the second single from English's third studio album, Hollywood Seven and became English's 3rd highest charting single, reaching No. 13 on the Australian Kent Music Report in 1976;[1] after "Words Are Not Enough", which reached No 6 on the Australian Kent Music Report in 1978 [2] and "Six Ribbons" credited to Jon English and Mario Millo, which reached No. 5 on the Australian Kent Music Report in 1979.[3]

"Hollywood Seven"
Single by Jon English
from the album Hollywood Seven
A-side"Hollywood Seven"
B-side"Sandcastles"
ReleasedApril 1976
RecordedArmstrong Studios, Melbourne
GenrePop rock, soft rock
Length4:27
LabelPolydor Records
Songwriter(s)Gloria Sklerov, Harry Lloyd
Producer(s)Rod Thomas, William Motzing
Jon English singles chronology
"Lovin' Arms"
(1975)		 "Hollywood Seven"
(1976)		 "Laid Back in Anger"
(1976)

Gloria Sklerov recalls the writing of "Hollywood Seven": "On the way home on the freeway, I passed a motel called "Hollywood Eight" which intrigued me. I started to think about who might be checking in there. When I got together with Harry Lloyd, we discussed it and decided to change the name to "Hollywood Seven" because it 'sang' better. We then plotted the story and it all sort of came to be like it was meant to. We were thrilled when we heard Jon's record because they used some of the synth riffs we had used on the demo and his vocal was great... As a writer, I was very proud of Jon's version." [4]

Track listing
7" Single
  • Side A "Hollywood Seven" - 3:58
  • Side B "Sandcastles" - 3:06

Charts

Weekly charts
Chart (1976/80) Peak
position
Kent Music Report[5] 13
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[6] 18

Year-end charts
Chart (1976) Position
Kent Music Report 79

Cover versions

References
  1. page 103, Australian Chart Book, David Kent, 1993, ISBN 0 646 119176
  2. page 103, Australian Chart Book, David Kent, 1993, ISBN 0 646 119176
  3. page 103, Australian Chart Book, David Kent, 1993, ISBN 0 646 119176
  4. "JON ENGLISH Hollywood Seven (Harry Lloyd - Gloria Sklerov)". pop archives. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  5. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  6. "Swedishcharts.com – Jon English – Hollywood Seven". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 12 October 2016.


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