Lay Down Your Arms (1956 song)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| "Lay Down Your Arms" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by The Chordettes | ||||
| B-side | "Teen Age Goodnight" | |||
| Released | September 1956 | |||
| Genre | Traditional pop | |||
| Length | 2:36 | |||
| Label | Cadence | |||
| Songwriters | Åke Gerhard, Leon Landgren, Paddy Roberts | |||
| The Chordettes singles chronology | ||||
| ||||
"Lay Down Your Arms" is a 1956 popular music song with music by Åke Gerhard and Leon Landgren and lyrics by Gerhard (originally titled "Anne-Caroline" in Swedish) and Paddy Roberts (for the English lyrics).[1]
- In the United States, the biggest hit version was recorded by The Chordettes, reaching No. 16 on the Billboard chart.[1]
- In the United Kingdom, forces sweetheart Anne Shelton had the major hit with the song, reaching No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart, and staying in the Top Twenty for 14 weeks.[1][2] Initially, the BBC took a dim view of the song as it might have encouraged British troops to 'lay down their guns', at a difficult time of the post-Suez Crisis and the conflict in Cyprus with EOKA. The ban was soon lifted when many requested it on Two-Way Family Favourites, a popular Sunday lunchtime radio show.[citation needed] Another UK version was recorded by Billie Anthony.[3]
