Harold "Lally" Stott (died 1977) was a British songwriter from Prescot, Lancashire, who scored a hit with his song "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep". He wrote the song, which became a number 1 hit for the Scottish band Middle of the Road in the UK in 1971, and number 20 in the US for Mac and Katie Kissoon the same year. Stott's own version was a hit in Italy, went to number 1 in Australia for one week, and charted at number 92 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. The song has been covered in many languages, including Vietnamese, Korean, Estonian, Spanish and German.
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Lally Stott circa 1962
He released other minor hits, "Jacaranda" and "Love Is Free, Love Is Blind, Love Is Good". Stott also wrote "My Summer Song", which was recorded by Engelbert Humperdinck, Semolita and Jerry Reed. Stott co-wrote "Bottoms up", "Samson and Delilah", "Sacramento", "Tweedle Dee, Tweedle Dum" and other songs for Middle of the Road, all reaching the top 10 in several European countries between 1971 and 1973.
Stott was killed in an accident in 1977, whilst riding a Harley Davidson motorcycle close to his home town of Prescot.
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“Write to the point: say immediately what you want to say most, even if it doesnt come first. There are three reasons for doing this. First, you will then have said it, even if nothing else gets said. Second, your readers will then have read it, even if they read no more. Third, having said it, you are likely to have to say something more, because you will have to explain and justify what you chose to say.”
—Bill Stott (b. 1940)