# Lady Eleanor

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{{short description|1971 single by Lindisfarne}}
{{use British English|date=May 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2014}}

{{Infobox song
| name    = Lady Eleanor
| type      = single
| artist     = [Lindisfarne](/source/Lindisfarne_(band))
| A-side   = Lady Eleanor
| B-side    = Nothing But The Marvellous Is Beautiful
| released   = 1971
| recorded   = 1970
| genre     = [Folk rock](/source/Folk_rock)<ref name= "Stanley 2013">{{cite book|first=Bob |last=Stanley|title=Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop|chapter= An English Pastoral: Folk Rock|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9emZAAAAQBAJ&pg=PT7|date=13 September 2013|publisher=Faber & Faber|isbn=978-0-571-28198-5|page=303}}</ref>
| label   = [Charisma](/source/Charisma_Records) (UK), [Philips](/source/Philips_Records) (Eire, Continental Europe & Australasia), [Elektra](/source/Elektra_Records) (North America)
| writer    = [Alan Hull](/source/Alan_Hull) (both sides)
| producer   = [John Anthony](/source/John_Anthony_(record_producer))
}}

'''"Lady Eleanor"''' is a song written by [Alan Hull](/source/Alan_Hull), featured on the first [Lindisfarne](/source/Lindisfarne_(band)) album, ''[Nicely Out of Tune](/source/Nicely_Out_of_Tune)''. Initially released as a single in May 1971,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.spookyisles.com/lindisfarne-lady-eleanor-1971/ | title=Lady Eleanor (1971) Rockets Lindisfarne to Top of Charts &#124; Spooky Isles | date=11 August 2018 }}</ref> it failed to chart. In 1972, following the success of the band's single "Meet me on the Corner" (which reached No. 5 in the UK), and the highly successful second album ''[Fog on the Tyne](/source/Fog_on_the_Tyne)'', it was re-released and became their second consecutive hit single, reaching Number 3 in the UK charts. Its B-Side was "Nothing But the Marvellous is Beautiful".<ref>[https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/Me%20And%20Mrs%20Jones Official Charts Company - Lindisfarne - Lady Eleanor]</ref>

The song features the [folk rock](/source/folk_rock) band Lindisfarne's characteristic combination of [mandolin](/source/mandolin) playing (by [Ray Jackson](/source/Ray_Jackson_(musician))) and [close harmony](/source/Close_and_open_harmony) singing. Its lyrics are inspired by [Edgar Allan Poe](/source/Edgar_Allan_Poe)'s short stories "[Eleonora](/source/Eleonora_(short_story))" and "[The Fall of the House of Usher](/source/The_Fall_of_the_House_of_Usher)".<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-alan-hull-1582853.html OBITUARY: Alan Hull - The Independent]</ref>

The verse is in the key of [B minor](/source/B_minor), while the chorus is in the [relative key](/source/relative_key) of [D major](/source/D_major). [Simon Cowe](/source/Simon_Cowe)'s lead guitar work betrays the influence of [Peter Green](/source/Peter_Green_(musician)), while the song's instrumental coda - like Green's hit composition "[Man of the World](/source/Man_of_The_World_(song))" - ends on a D [major sixth](/source/major_sixth) chord.

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Chart (1971/72)
!Peak<br/>position
|-
|UK ([Official Charts Company](/source/Official_Charts_Company))
| style="text-align:center;"|3
|-
|Australia ([Kent Music Report](/source/Kent_Music_Report))<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|authorlink=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=178}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|45
|-
|Canada ([RPM](/source/RPM_(magazine)))<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.8257.pdf| title=RPM Top 100 Singles - October 21, 1972}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|68
|-
|USA ([Billboard 100](/source/Billboard_100))
| style="text-align:center;"|83
|-
|}

==Cover versions==
The song has been covered by a number of acts, including [Caterina Caselli](/source/Caterina_Caselli), [American Gypsy](/source/American_Gypsy) and Lemon.<ref>[http://www.lindisfarne.co.uk/archives/misc/covered_songs.htm Lindisfarne songs covered by other artists] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725034734/http://www.lindisfarne.co.uk/archives/misc/covered_songs.htm |date=25 July 2011 }} ''lindisfarne.co.uk''</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Lindisfarne}}
{{The Fall of the House of Usher}}

Category:1972 singles
Category:Lindisfarne (band) songs
Category:Music based on works by Edgar Allan Poe
Category:Charisma Records singles
Category:Philips Records singles
Category:Elektra Records singles
Category:Works based on The Fall of the House of Usher
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