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"Ciao Baby" is a song written by Larry Weiss and Scott English, and recorded by several artists. It was most successful in Australia and New Zealand, where a prominent local artist in each country released a hit version.

Toys version
The original release of "Ciao Baby" was on a single by American female vocal group The Toys in February 1967, followed soon after on singles by The Montanas and by Lynne Randell, both in March 1967.

Montanas version
The version by English band The Montanas was produced by the notable British composer, arranger and producer Tony Hatch. It was heard on Radio London, a pirate radio station where it was highlighted as a "climber" or predicted hit by disc jockey John Peel. It appeared once on Radio London's weekly playlist chart the The Fab 40, at Number 31 on 19 March 1967, alongside the original version by The Toys.

The Montanas' version fared better in Australia, where it co-charted with Lynne Randell's version in three capital cities.

Lynne Randell version
Lynne Randell was an Australian singer, but the song was recorded in New York, produced by Ted Cooper and arranged and conducted by notable American producer-arranger-conductor Herb Bernstein. It was released in the United States on an Epic single, and the Australian release on CBS was a Top 10 single in the country overall. See: Lynne Randell:Charted Singles

Craig Scott version
In 1971, a local version by Craig Scott charted at Number 4 in New Zealand.

Other versions
The Eternal Flame (USA, not the Dutch hard rock band) Ray Rivera And Orchestra Group Check Lena Junoff Nola York Long John Baldry Mel Tormé Catherine McKinnon Lello Tartarino Emma Birdsall in Love Child (TV series)

Selected songs
Co-writers' names are in brackets.


 * "Dream on Little Dreamer" - Perry Como hit (1965) (Jan Crutchfield)
 * "How High's the Watergate, Martha?" - David Allan Coe (Bob Robison)
 * "PT-109" - Jimmy Dean hit (1962) (Marijohn Wilkin)
 * "Tragedy" - Thomas Wayne hit (1959), Fleetwoods hit (1961), Brenda Lee (on album), Paul McCartney (album bonus track), others (Gerald Nelson)
 * "He Made a Woman Out of Me" - Bobbie Gentry, Bettye LaVette (Don Hill)
 * "Snakes Crawl at Night" - Charley Pride (Mel Tillis)
 * "Sing You Children" - Elvis Presley (Gerald Nelson)
 * "The Love Machine" - Elvis Presley (Chuck Taylor, Gerald Nelson)
 * "Yoga is as Yoga Does" - Elvis Presley (Gerald Nelson)
 * "Atlantic Coastal Line" - Burl Ives, Charley Pride (Mel Tillis)
 * "Strange"- Patsy Cline (Mel Tillis)
 * "Big Big World" - Johnny Burnette (Red West, Gerald Nelson)

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