Yesterday Man

"Yesterday Man"
"Yesterday Man"
Single by Chris Andrews
B-side	"Too Bad You Don't Want Me"
Released	September 1965
Genre	Pop
Length	2'20"
Label	Decca F11536
Songwriter(s)	Chris Andrews
Producer(s)	Ken Woodman
Chris Andrews singles chronology

"Yesterday Man" is a song written by Chris Andrews and was his first single as a solo singer, released in September 1965. It climbed to No. 3 in the UK Singles Chart,^[1] and No. 1 in Ireland, New Zealand, Germany and Austria.^[2] In the U.S., it reached #94 in 1966. The Cash Box trade paper reported in its 5 February 1966 issue that it had passed 300,000 sales in Germany alone, and later over 800,000 as a final tally in that country (28 May 1966).

In 1974, it was covered by Robert Wyatt (produced by Nick Mason) as the follow-up to his hit with Neil Diamond's "I'm a Believer" (Virgin Records).^[3] The song was also re-worked and released as "True Leicester Fan" by City People.^{[citation needed]}

Chart history[]

Chart (1965–66)	Peak position
Australia	12
Austria	1
Canada RPM Top Singles^[4]	1
Ireland (IRMA)^[5]	1
Germany	1
New Zealand	1
South Africa (Springbok)^[6]	1
UK (OCC)^[1]	3
US Billboard Hot 100^[7]	94
US Cash Box Top 100^[8]	85

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 24. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
^ Steffen Hung. "Chris Andrews - Yesterday Man". Austriancharts.at. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
^ "Robert Wyatt - Solo". Disco-robertwyatt.com. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1966-01-31. Retrieved 2018-01-20.
^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Yesterday Man". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
^ "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Retrieved 1 September 2018.
^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
^ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, January 22, 1966

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[British_Hit_Singles_&_Albums-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 24. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.

[2] Steffen Hung. "Chris Andrews - Yesterday Man". Austriancharts.at. Retrieved 2016-09-29.

[3] "Robert Wyatt - Solo". Disco-robertwyatt.com. Retrieved 25 March 2014.

[4] "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1966-01-31. Retrieved 2018-01-20.

[sc_Ireland2_-5] "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Yesterday Man". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved January 14, 2018.

[6] "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Retrieved 1 September 2018.

[7] Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X

[8] Cash Box Top 100 Singles, January 22, 1966

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