Vanessa Simmons

Album: Once Again (1971)
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Songfacts®:

  • According to the band's official biography, the John Lees composition "Vanessa Simmons" is "an acoustic guitar-led paean to an early girlfriend." In the UK it was released as the B-side of "Mocking Bird" on the Harvest label on March 19, 1971. >>>
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    Alexander Baron - London, England

Comments: 2

  • Vanessa Taylor(simmons) from ScotlandThis was the song written for me by John Lees of Barclay James Harvest after meeting me at The Heriot Watt University concert in Freshers week September 1970. It is absolutely beautiful!
  • Vanessa Simmons from ScotlandThis song was written for me on The night of September 30th 1970 after I met John Lees at the Herriot Watt Universities Freshers concert at The Eldorado venue in Leith Edinburgh
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