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The Writing on the Wall (Adam Wade song)

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"The Writing on the Wall"
Single by Adam Wade
B-side"Point of No Return"
ReleasedMay 1961
Recorded1961
Length2:27
LabelCoed
Songwriter(s)Mark Barkan
Sandy Baron
George Paxton
Producer(s)Craig Morgan, Phil O'Donnell
Adam Wade singles chronology
"Take Good Care of Her"
(1961)
"The Writing on the Wall"
(1961)
"Point of No Return"
(1961)

"The Writing on the Wall" is a 1961 song which was a Top 5 Billboard Hot 100 single for Adam Wade. The song was co-written by Mark Barkan, Sandy Baron and George Paxton.[1] Wade's B-side "Point Of No Return" also charted as #85 in Billboard.

Covers

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  • Adam Wade - The Writing On The Wall / "Point Of No Return" - Coed - USA - CO 550
  • Tommy Steele - The Writing On The Wall / Drunken Guitar - Decca - UK - F 11372
  • Dale Harris - The Writing On The Wall / Night Life - Meremac - USA - 101 1966
  • Gerd Böttcher, Decca, Germany, 7", Cat# D 19 229, 1961, Track A: Man geht so leicht am Glück vorbei (The Writing On The Wall)

References

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  1. ^ Peter Dunbavan An Avid's Guide to Sixties Songwriters 2017 - 1524633453 "Barkan started his career as a songwriter in New York's Brill Building and scored his first hit with a song co-written with Sandy Baron and George Paxton, titled 'The Writing on the Wall'. The original version was by US singer Adam Wade."