jackie ward sang the most wonderful summer of my life.
jackie ward sang the most wonderful summer of my life.
who sang the most wonderful summer of my life?
jackie ward
in 1963, songwriter-producer perry botkin jr. hired jackie ward to make a demo recording of "wonderful summer", a song he wrote with co-writer and co-producer gil garfield. the purpose of a demo is to persuade "name" singers to record a song by demonstrating how it might be done. after recording ward's vocal at gold star studios in los angeles, botkin thought it might sound better if her voice was higher-pitched, so he sped up the recording by wrapping splicing tape around the capstan of the machine. botkin realized the finished recording, with bird and surf sound effects added, was good enough to release as a pop music single. but because the sped-up singing sounded younger than 21-year-old jackie ward, she suggested using her daughter's first name robin on the record label. that fall, "wonderful summer" was released by dot records as a 45rpm single. sales exceeded one million copies in the united states, propelling the record to #14 on the billboard hot 100 chart of december 14–21, 1963.
robin ward (singer)
listed buildings in hammerwich









































hammerwich is a civil parish in the district of lichfield, staffordshire, england. the parish contains eight listed buildings that are recorded in the national heritage list for england. all the listed buildings are designated at grade ii, the lowest of the three grades, which is applied to "buildings of national importance and special interest". the parish contains the village of hammerwich and smaller settlements, and the surrounding area. the listed buildings include houses and farmhouses, a windmill converted into a house, a church, and a milepost.
listed buildings in hammerwich