Which group had a no.5 hit with ‘Arms of Mary’ in 1976?
Arms of Mary Arms of Mary "Arms of Mary" is a 1976 hit single by the Sutherland Brothers and Quiver; group member Iain Sutherland wrote this mid-tempo ballad whose singer reminisces about the girl with whom he had his first intimate encounter. Iain Sutherland would recall writing "Arms of Mary" at the family farmhouse in the Stoke-on-Trent village of Stockton Brook, adding: "The stuff about 'the lights shine down the valley' [the opening line], I was looking down through Endon basically", citing the village of Endon situated in the Churnet Valley. "Arms of Mary" was introduced on the September 1975 album release "Reach
Arms of Mary Brothers the American hit in hopes of which they'd moved to CBS Records: the track did debut on the "Billboard" Hot 100 in April 1976 but failed to accrue enough interest to rise higher than No. 81. In 1978 Canadian band Chilliwack remade "Arms of Mary" for the group's seventh album release, which was entitled "Lights from the Valley" after the song's opening lyric. The album's lead single, "Arms of Mary" was recorded by Chilliwack at the suggestion of Marc Gilutin who had been recruited by Mushroom Records to co-produce the group after Mushroom had rejected two distinct sets of