Mary Hopkin

Mary Hopkin

singer

BIRTHDAY May 3, 1950
BIRTH SIGN Taurus
BIRTHPLACE Pontardawe, Wales
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ABOUT MARY HOPKIN

Welsh singer whose 1968 song "Those Were the Days" was a #1 hit single in the U.K. She released albums like Earth Song, Ocean Song in 1971.

She was recommended to Paul McCartney by British model Twiggy.

She was one of the first singers to sign to the Beatles' label, Apple Records.

She married Tony Visconti in 1971 and they divorced ten years later.

Hopkin sang Pete Seeger's song "Turn! Turn! Turn!" for the 1968 Pop Experience show in a London cathedral.