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"Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose" is a 1973 song by the American pop music group Tony Orlando and Dawn. The song was written by Irwin Levine (lyrics) and L. Russell Brown (music) and was included on the group's 1973 album, ''Dawn's New Ragtime Follies''. The songwriting duo of Levine and Brown had also penned other Tony Orlando and Dawn hit songs, including "Knock Three Times" and "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree". According to Orlando, Levine was a fan of singer Al Jolson and proposed the concept of "Say, Has Anybody Seen..." to producer Hank Medress. Orlando is quoted as saying: "Irwin Levine, the lyricist of the two, had this love for Jolson. He said, 'Hank, I'd like to write some songs that could have been written in the early 1900s.'"〔Hyatt, Wesley (1999). ''The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits'' (Billboard Publications), page 127.〕 With this concept in mind, the songwriters, producers and musicians began creating ''Dawn's New Ragtime Follies''. Officially credited as being performed by ''Dawn featuring Tony Orlando'' and released as the lead single from the aforementioned album, "Say, Has Anybody Seen..." became the group's fourth top ten single on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in September 1973, peaking at #3.〔Whitburn, Joel (2004). ''The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits'', 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 472.〕 The song spent three weeks atop the ''Billboard'' adult contemporary chart in August and September of that year.〔 It reached #12 on the UK Singles Chart at roughly the same time,〔(UK Singles Chart info ) Chartstats.com. Retrieved 16 June 2009.〕 and made it to #2 on the Australian pop chart. It is now used as the intro song for a section called "Gipsy Rose Dick" as part of the CBBC programme "Dick and Dom's Hoopla" Also in 1973, a version of the song by country-pop singer Terry Stafford was included on the 7" single release of Stafford's hit, "Amarillo by Morning". David Alan Grier covered the song for a sketch in ''Amazon Women on the Moon''. ==See also== *List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1973 (U.S.) *List of Top 25 singles for 1973 in Australia 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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