• "Billy Don't Be a Hero" is a 1974 pop song that was first a UK hit for Paper Lace and then, some months later, a US hit for Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods...
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    the subject matter of "Billy Don’t Be a Hero" assumed to be about the Vietnam War, it seemed logical that the song should become a hit there. But Bo Donaldson...
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  • American pop music group, known mainly for their 1970s hit singles, "Billy Don't Be a Hero" and "Who Do You Think You Are". The band was formed in Cincinnati...
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  • sound of a ticking clock, heard in the third verse. "The Night Chicago Died" was Paper Lace's follow-up single to "Billy Don't Be a Hero", a No. 1 hit...
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    (Le moribond)" by Terry Jacks came in second place. Paper Lace's "Billy Don't Be a Hero", "When Will I See You Again" from The Three Degrees and "Rock Your...
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    (November 1993). "Billy, Don't Be a Hero". Spin. Archived from the original on September 4, 2015. Retrieved April 27, 2024. Corgan, Billy (July 1, 2005)...
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    "Seasons in the Sun", "Theme from Billy Jack", "Run Joey Run" or "Billy Don't Be A Hero". 70s on 7 also uses bumpers that parody TV shows and commercial jingles...
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    This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 singles of 1974. The Top 100, as revealed in the Talent In Action section of Billboard dated December...
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  • That's Fit to Sing "Celia", B-side of the 1974 single "Billy Don't Be a Hero" by Paper Lace "Celia", a song by Camila Cabello on her 2022 album Familia Celia...
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    Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks, barred from the No. 1 spot by "Billy Don't Be a Hero" by Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods. In addition, it climbed to No...
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    1974 in music (category Articles to be expanded from December 2012)
    Eagles "Beyond the Blue Horizon" – Lou Christie "Billy Don't Be a Hero" – Paper Lace "Billy Don't Be a Hero" – Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods "The Bitch Is...
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  • believably set up as lifelong buddies". Ross's line, "Do the words 'Billy, Don't Be a Hero' mean anything to you?" is singled out as the best line of the episode...
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  • Mick Jones also named it the worst song ever written (along with "Billy Don't Be a Hero" by Paper Lace), as did Simon Burnton in The Guardian. "Ebony and...
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  • These are the Top 100 singles of 1974 from Cash Box magazine. A whopping 48 singles reached No. 1 in 1974. http://www.cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/1974...
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  • Don't Say No is the second studio album by Billy Squier, released on April 13, 1981. It stands as Squier's biggest career album, including the hits "Lonely...
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  • Overdrive, Billy Swan, Carl Douglas, and Harry Chapin. John Lennon, having already hit number one with The Beatles, earns his first number one song as a solo...
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  • ABBA, go on to be the top-selling act of the decade. 7 May – Led Zeppelin announce their new record label, Swan Song Records, with a lavish party at...
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  • Retrieved 28 November 2017. Kids on the Street > Overview AllMusic.com "Billy, Don't Be a Hero". Spin. Retrieved 19 August 2015. The Vanishing Point > Overview...
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  • Judge Dread (1975) "Billy Don't Be a Hero" – Paper Lace (1974) "The Blue Danube" – Spike Jones and His City Slickers (1945) "Boom Bang-a-Bang" – Lulu (1969)...
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    Be Happy". Addicted to Noise. Archived from the original on November 27, 2012. Retrieved March 4, 2012. Greer, Jim (November 1993). "Billy, Don't Be a...
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  • The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (soundtrack) (category Articles with music ratings that need to be turned into prose)
    Never Been to Me – Charlene (3:53) Go West – Village People (3:33) Billy, Don't Be a Hero – Paper Lace (3:43) My Baby Loves Lovin' – White Plains (2:44) I...
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    Success Has Come at a High Price for this Chicago Band". Rolling Stone. Greer, Jim (November 1993). "Billy, Don't Be a Hero". Spin. "Billy Corgan: Siamese...
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  • List of songs about the Vietnam War (category Lists of songs about a topic)
    000 Maniacs "Big Time in the Jungle" by Old Crow Medicine Show "Billy Don't Be a Hero" by Paper Lace "Black Flame" by Renaissance "Black Wall" by Dennis...
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  • recorded at the studios included Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods "Billy Don't Be a Hero" and the theme song for ABC's Happy Days television series. Donald...
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  • "Who Wants to Party" (Reilly) "Weeping On the Inside" (Reilly) "Billy Don't Be a Hero" (Reilly) "Walk Hard (All-Star Version)" (Ghostface Killah, Lyle...
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  • the Run" Apple 1 328 June 15, 1974 Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods "Billy, Don't Be a Hero" ABC 2 329 June 29, 1974 Gordon Lightfoot "Sundown" Reprise 1 330...
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    has roots at least as far back as the American Civil War, and can probably be traced to an older English song. "Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye" – Irish traditional...
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  • Week of June 15, 1974". Billboard. Retrieved May 21, 2022. 1 | "Billy, Don't Be A Hero" | Bo Donaldson And The Heywoods "Donovan". Billboard. "The Doobie...
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  • reached weeks at No. 1 1. "My Coo Ca Choo" Alvin Stardust 1 7 2. "Billy Don't Be a Hero" Paper Lace 1 8 3. "Evie" Stevie Wright 1 6 4. "The Night Chicago...
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  • during the year with "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road", "Bennie and the Jets", "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me", "The Bitch Is Back", and "Lucy in the Sky with...
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