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Mary Hopkin (born May 3 1950) is a British singer. Born in Pontardawe, Wales, she grew up Welsh-speaking and began her musical career as a folk singer. She was "discovered" by Twiggy, and as a result became one of the first artists to record on The Beatles' " Apple" record label. Her debut LP, produced by Paul McCartney and featuring covers of two songs by Donovan (who played on the album) also included her best-known hit, "Those Were The Days", the melody of which had been appropriated from a Russian folk song.
Despite competition from a well-established star, Sandie Shaw, who recorded the same single at the same time, Mary had a number one hit with "Those Were the Days", and represented the United Kingdom in the 1970 Eurovision Song Contest with "Knock, Knock, Who's There?". After marrying record producer Tony ViscontiTony Visconti is a record producer, and often an instrumentalist or singer, who has had a long and illustrious career working with some of the best known popular music artists from the late 1960s onwards, notably T. Rex, David Bowie, Thin Lizzy and Sparks, she withdrew from the pop music scene in order to have a family. One of her last recorded performances was her backing vocals for the 1977 David BowieDavid Robert Jones (born January 8, 1947), better known as David Bowie is a profoundly influential British rock and roll musician, actor and artist, from the 1960s to the present. Early Years Bowie was born in Brixton, an area of London, but grew up in th album Low.
Hopkin and Visconti have subsequently divorced.
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