Island of Dreams — The Springfields

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1962 was The Springfields’ year. They had released a few singles the year before, but hadn’t yet made much of a dent in the charts…

But moving into 1962, they hit the big time. Their cover of the country standard “Silver Threads and Golden Needles” hit the Top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 that year.

As the UK hasn’t traditionally had much of an appetite for country music in the…