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"The Night Chicago Died" is a song by the #British group #PaperLace, written by #PeterCallander and #MitchMurray. The song reached number one on the #BillboardHot100 chart for one week in 1974, reached number 3 in the UK charts, and number 2 in Canada. It is about a fictional shoot-out between the #ChicagoPolice and members of the #AlCapone #Syndicate. The narrator retells his mother's anguish while awaiting news of the fate of her husband, a Chicago policeman.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2OFubG0dPo

"The Night Chicago Died" is a song by the #British group #PaperLace, written by #PeterCallander and #MitchMurray. The song reached number one on the #BillboardHot100 chart for one week in 1974, reached number 3 in the UK charts, and number 2 in Canada. It is about a fictional shoot-out between the #ChicagoPolice and members of the #AlCapone #Syndicate. The narrator retells his mother's anguish while awaiting news of the fate of her husband, a Chicago policeman.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR0gjl66PVs

"The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde" is a song, written by #MitchMurray and #PeterCallander, and recorded by the #BritishRhythmAndBlues musician #GeorgieFame. Released as a single, the song reached number one in the #UKSinglesChart for one week from 24 January 1968. The song reached number seven in the US #BillboardChart later the same year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i8mTAsv5cA

"Hitchin' a Ride" is a song written by #MitchMurray and #PeterCallander issued as a single by the English pop/rock band #VanityFare in late 1969. It reached number 16 on the #UKSinglesChart in February 1970 but was a bigger #hit in the United States, reaching number 5 on the #Hot100 on June 27, 1970. #Billboard ranked the record as the number 14 song of 1970. In Chicago, the record achieved even greater heights, topping the #WCFL Big 10 Countdown on 18–25 May 1970.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRlSFlnRX_M