Who had a hit in 1967 with The Last Waltz?
The Last Waltz (song) The Last Waltz (song) "The Last Waltz" is a British easy listening ballad written by Barry Mason and Les Reed. It was one of Engelbert Humperdinck's biggest hits, spending five weeks at number 1 on the UK Singles Chart, from September 1967 to October 1967, and has since sold over 1.17 million copies in the United Kingdom. In Australia, "The Last Waltz" spent nine nonconsecutive weeks at number one. In the United States, "The Last Waltz" reached number 25 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart and made the top ten of the easy listening chart. The song is associated with
The Last Waltz (song) the English football clubs, Peterborough United F.C. and Gillingham F.C. The title of the song is something of a double entendre as it refers to both the narrator's first and last dances with the woman he loves: the first dance was the "last waltz" played at the party where the two met, and the final dance signified the end of their relationship after their romance had cooled. French-language versions, titled "La Dernière Valse", were released by Mireille Mathieu and Petula Clark in 1967. Mireille Mathieu's version spent three weeks at number one in the French pop charts, and also was