Denim and Lace
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{{Infobox song
| name = Denim and Lace
| cover =
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Marty Rhone
| album = Denim and Lace
| released = {{start date|1975|7||df=y}}
| recorded = 1975
| studio = Alberts
| venue =
| genre = Pop
| length = {{Duration|m=5|s=19}}
| label = M7/EMI
| writer = {{flatlist|
- Laurence Lister
- Francis Lyons}}
| producer = {{flatlist|
- Laurence Lister
- Francis Lyons}}
| prev_title = Goodbye in May
| prev_year = 1973
| next_title = Star Song
| next_year = 1976
}}
"Denim and Lace" is a song by Australian pop singer Marty Rhone. It was released in July 1975 as the lead single from his debut studio album, of the same name. It is co-written by Laurence Lister and Francis Lyons, who also produced it for EMI Music. "Denim and Lace" peaked at number eight on the Australian Kent Music Report singles chart.
Background
Marty Rhone, an Australian-based pop singer, signed with M7 Records a sub-label of EMI Music in mid-1975.McFarlane, {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040828074705/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=687 |date=28 August 2004 |title='Marty Rhone' entry }}. Archived from [http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=687 the original] on 28 August 2004. Retrieved 9 June 2013. Rhone had spent the previous year or two as an actor – both in music theatre and TV dramas. "Denim and Lace" was used to re-launch his singing career.{{cite web | url=http://www.howlspace.com.au/cn/rhonemarty/rhonemarty.htm | title=Marty Rhone and the Soul Agents | first=Ed | last=Nimmervoll | author-link=Ed Nimmervoll | website=HowlSpace | via=National Library of Australia | archive-url=http://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20090920020758/http://www.howlspace.com.au/cn/rhonemarty/rhonemarty.htm | archive-date=20 September 2009 | access-date=3 November 2022 | url-status=live }} It was co-written by Laurence "Roy" Lister and Francis "Shad" Lyons.{{cite web | publisher = APRA AMCOS (Australasian Performing Right Association, Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society) | title = Song Catalogue Search Results for 'Denim and Lace' | url = https://www.apraamcos.com.au/works-search?works=true&title=Denim%20and%20Lace&writer=&performer=Marty%20Rhone | access-date = 3 November 2022 }}{{cite web | archive-url=http://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20090915034117/http://www.poparchives.com.au/feature.php?id=2033 | title='Denim and Lace' – Marty Rhone (1975) | first=Lyn | last=Nuttall | work=Pop Archives | archive-date=15 September 2009 | access-date=3 November 2022 | url=http://www.poparchives.com.au/feature.php?id=2033 | url-status=live }} Lister was an A&R agent for Leeds Music while Lyons was a country music artist. Both also produced the single.
Reception
Cash Box magazine said "Marty Rhone sets an aggressive vocal against a choppy strut beat, sounding a bit like the Everly Brothers at times and Neil Sedaka at other points. A very simple story, equally simple catchy melody line, clean production and a good, high echoing hook combine for almost assured AM airplay."{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1976/Cash-Box-1976-01-24.pdf|title=Single Reviews |magazine=Cash Box|via=World Radio History|page=19|date=24 January 1976|access-date=21 November 2021}}
Track listing
7" single (MS-115)
- Side A "Denim and Lace" (Laurence Lister, Francis Lyons) - 5:19
- Side B "Take Me" - 3:36
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |
| Chart (1975)
!Peak |
|---|
| scope="row"|Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=250}}
| style="text-align:center;"|8 |
= Year-end charts =
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
!Chart (1975) !Position |
| scope="row"|Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite web|url=https://imgur.com/a/8a2fnGs|title= National Top 100 Singles for 1975|publisher= Kent Music Report |issue= 79 |via= Imgur |date= 29 December 1975 |access-date= 15 January 2022 }}
|align="center"|45 |
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