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The Springfields Think U.S. 'Stunning'

Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 28 September 1962

SAID TOM Springfield (of the Springfields): "You've no idea how stunned we were when 'Silver Threads And Golden Needles' got into the U.S. Hot 100. We recorded it for Britain... and we kind of gave up hope when it didn't make the charts here.

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