“The Writing on the Wall” is a 1961 song which was a Top 5 Billboard Hot 100 single for Adam Wade. The song was co-written by Mark Barkan, Sandy Baron and George Paxton.[1] Wade’s B-side “Point Of No Return” also charted as #85 in Billboard.
Covers
- Adam Wade – The Writing On The Wall / “Point Of No Return” – Coed – USA – CO 550
- Tommy Steele – The Writing On The Wall / Drunken Guitar – Decca – UK – F 11372
- Dale Harris – The Writing On The Wall / Night Life – Meremac – USA – 101 1966
- Gerd Böttcher, Decca, Germany, 7″, Cat# D 19 229, 1961, Track A: Man geht so leicht am Glück vorbei (The Writing On The Wall)
References
- ^ Peter Dunbavan An Avid’s Guide to Sixties Songwriters 2017 – 1524633453 “Barkan started his career as a songwriter in New York’s Brill Building and scored his first hit with a song co-written with Sandy Baron and George Paxton, titled ‘The Writing on the Wall’. The original version was by US singer Adam Wade.”