Artist · chart history
Mary Hopkin
Solo artist Pontardawe United Kingdom
Mary Hopkin is an artist from Pontardawe. Mary Hopkin has 2 chart appearances on 2 radio countdowns from 1 station on RockLists, spanning 2009–2020. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Those Were the Days”, which appears on 2 lists with a best position of #366. The station that charted Mary Hopkin most often is WXPN (Philadelphia, PA), with 2 appearances.
Mary Hopkin, born in 1950 and from Pontardawe in Wales, was a teenage folk singer with an acoustic guitar and a voice as clear as spring water when she landed on the Beatles' Apple label, one of the very first artists they signed. In 1968 "Those Were the Days" went all the way to number one in the UK, a lilting, wistful sing-along that sounds far older than the girl singing it.
Her records also turned up on Manticore, Numero Uno and her own Mary Hopkin Music label, and some of them carry the name Mary Visconti, from her marriage to Tony Visconti. Her catalog dips into pop and even progressive rock, but traditional folk sits at the heart of it.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Mary Hopkin on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Those Were the Days | 2 | #366 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 993 | Those Were the Days | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time |
| 2009 | 366 | Those Were the Days | WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009) |
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