Four Jacks and a Jill

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Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Master Jack
  US 155 06/22/1968 (6 weeks)
Singles
Master Jack
  ZA 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 05/01/1968 (21 weeks)
  US 18th 03/30/1968 (14 weeks)
  DE 33 09/14/1968 (3 weeks)
Mister Nico
  US 96 08/10/1968 (2 weeks)

Four Jacks and a Jill was a South African pop band .

Band history

The four members of the band founded the group Nevada in their native South Africa in 1964 , but remained relatively unsuccessful. After changing her image, hairstyle and name, she was more successful as a zombies . With the singer Glenys Lynne they named their band Four Jacks & a Jill , which was internationally successful around 1968.

Their increasing popularity gave them a record deal. With the title Timothy they had their first hit in their homeland in 1967. The song Master Jack followed . This title was not only a success in South Africa, the band even made it into the US charts at number 3 on the easy listening charts and in the top 20 of the official charts.

The follow-up single Mister Nico and the album Master Jack were also minor successes in the USA. The Four Jacks and a Jill remained popular in their homeland . The band disbanded in 1983 and was re-established in 2000.

Band members

  • Glenys Lynne Mynott (born May 5, 1945), singer
  • Bruce Bark, guitar, saxophone, harmonica
  • Till Hannamann, guitar, keyboard
  • Clive Harding, bass guitar
  • Anthony Hughes, drums

Discography

Albums

  • Lists, Lists (1966)
  • Four Jacks and a Jill (1967)
  • The House with the White Washed Gables (1967)
  • Master Jack (1968)
  • Fables (1968)
  • The Sunny Side of Four Jacks and a Jill (1968)
  • Now! (1969)
  • Jill (1970)
  • 4 Jacks and a Jill Live (1975)
  • Sell ​​a Million (1976)
  • On the Move (1977)
  • Boy On the Border (1978)
  • Sweet Sweet Love (1981)
  • Shawman (1982)

Singles (selection)

  • Timothy (1967)
  • Master Jack (1968)
  • Mister Nico (1968)
  • Grandfather Dugan (1968)
  • Sell ​​a Million (1975)

literature

  • Julia Edenhofer: The great oldie lexicon. Bastei Lübbe, 1991, pp. 232-233.

swell

  1. ↑ US singles: Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2006. Billboard Books, New York 2007, ISBN 0-89820-172-1 . / US albums: The Billboard Albums by Joel Whitburn , 6th Edition, Record Research 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7 .
  2. ^ Günter Ehnert (Ed.): Hit-Bilanz, Deutsche Chart Singles 1956-1980 . Taurus-Press, Hamburg 1990, ISBN 3-922542-24-7 , p. 76.
  3. ↑ About Master Jack (English)
  4. ↑ Billboard chart placements (English)
  5. ↑ About us. 4jacksandajill.co.za, accessed June 20, 2018

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