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“Billy Don’t Be a Hero”, Paper Lace (1974)
“Billy Don’t Be a Hero”, Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods (1974)
The Paper Lace version of this song went to number 1 in the U.K. in March of 1974. They had planned to release it in the U.S., but in the meantime, Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods had rushed it out and it had already gone to number one in the U.S. by June of 1974. The Bo Donaldson version sold over three and half million copies and was awarded gold record in June of 1974.
