A Picture of You (Joe Brown song)

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{{Infobox song

| name = A Picture of You

| cover = A Picture of You.jpeg

| alt = The label of the 1962 vinyl pressing of "A Picture of You"

| type = single

| artist = Joe Brown

| album =

| A-side = A Lay-About's Lament

| released = {{Start date|1962|6|8|df=yes}}

| recorded = 1962

| studio = The Workhouse Studio, London

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| genre = Pop{{cite book|title= Electric Shock: From the Gramophone to the iPhone - 125 Years of Pop Music|first=Peter|last=Doggett|date= 1 January 2015|chapter= Revolution in Reverse|page= 325|publisher=The Bodley Head|location= London|isbn=978-1-847-92218-2

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| length = 2:20

| label = Pye

| writer = {{hlist|John Beveridge|Peter Oakman}}

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"A Picture of You" is a song by English entertainer Joe Brown. Written by two members of his backing band, guitarist John Beveridge and bassist Peter Oakman, it was a number 1 UK hit single for Brown in the summer of 1962.{{cite book|last=Osborne|first=Roger|title=40 Years of NME Charts|isbn=1852837462|publisher=Boxtree Ltd|year=1992|page=115}} Brown recorded his version at Pye Records, and the single was released as Piccadilly 7N 35047.{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Joe-Brown-And-The-Bruvvers-A-Lay-Abouts-Lament/release/469348|title=Joe Brown And The Bruvvers - A Lay-About's Lament|website=Discogs|date=April 1962 |accessdate=28 November 2018}}

Although "A Picture of You" is designated as the B-side of "A Lay-About's Lament", it was this song which became the chart hit. The song spent nine weeks in the UK Singles Chart Top 5 (from the week of 14 June 1962 through the week of 9 August 1962) during a nineteen-week chart run. The song was placed thirteenth on the chart of overall single sales for the calendar year 1962 in the UK.{{cite web|url=http://www.sixtiescity.net/charts/62chart.htm#top100|title=The 100 Best-Selling Singles of 1962 [in the U.K.]|work=sixtiescity.net}}

The album A Picture of You, Joe Brown's first, was issued on Pye's budget Golden Guinea label (the records were marketed at the price of one Guinea, or one pound and a shilling) in 1962, and entered the NME album chart at number 10 on 25 August 1962. It stayed in the top ten for the next 15 weeks.30 Years of New Musical Express Album Charts (1993) The album also included the smaller hits Shine (reached No 33 in the UK singles charts in 1961) and What A Crazy World We're Livin' In (reached number 37 in the UK singles charts in 1962, just prior to A Picture of You).{{cite book|title=British Hit Singles & Albums|date=2005|publisher=Guinness World Records Ltd|isbn=978-1-904994-00-8|page=84|edition=18th}}