(Is This the Way to) Amarillo Christie re-recorded it with the Hermes House Band; this version charted in Germany in 2005. There is also a version by The Les Humphries Singers and a version in German by Roberto Blanco. There was also a 1971 version on the MGM label (K 14360) by a band called English House. It was produced by Terry Slater. The A-side was "Music Is The Voice Of Love" composed by Terry Slater and Phil Everly. The song has also been covered in Czech as "Kvítek mandragory" by Helena Vondráčková. and as "Napis Na Dverich" by Jiri Hromadka. The Finnish version, "Amarillo", with
Dinah Christie she starting singing while attending North Toronto Collegiate Institute (NTCI) and performed as a folk singer in her teens, taking voice lessons from Portia White. Christie reached Grade 13 at NTCI but did not graduate. In 1965, she was selected by Tom Kneebone to co-star in a stage revue, and the two would frequently work together for decades. The same year, she joined CBC Television's "This Hour Has Seven Days", for which she regularly sang satirical songs. She also appeared in an off-Broadway musical, "Your Own Thing", a rock musical of "Twelfth Night". Christie was a regular performer on the