Who had a hit in 1966 with 'Pretty Flamingo'?
Pretty Flamingo released cover versions of 'Pretty Flamingo' on albums they recorded in 1966 (the Everly Brothers' "Two Yanks in England" and Pitney's "Backstage (I'm Lonely)" [which was titled "Nobody Needs Your Love" in the U.K.]). Darius covered the song on the 2002 charity album NME in Association with War Child Presents 1 Love. Pretty Flamingo "Pretty Flamingo" is a song written by Mark Barkan, which became a hit in 1966 when Manfred Mann's recording of it was released as a single. The single reached number one in the UK Singles Chart on 5 May 1966. Manfred Mann's recording was a minor
Pretty Flamingo speaker describes a woman—whom "all of the guys call [...] 'Flamingo', 'cause her hair glows like the sun and her eyes can light the sky"—for whom the singer has fallen, and his plans to win her affection. The recording features future Cream bassist Jack Bruce, who briefly joined the band in 1965. The original demo of the song was recorded by noted New York City vocalist Jimmy Radcliffe stylized for The Drifters, but songwriter Mark Barkan was dissatisfied with the overly produced results and had Radcliffe recut the song with a pared-down arrangement. Both the Everly Brothers and Gene Pitney