i did what i did for maria

photograph by marc riboud.

"Tony Christie (born Antony Fitzgerald; April 25, 1943) is an English male singer from Conisbrough, South Yorkshire. His mother was English and his father came from Ireland.

He had two top twenty hits in the UK charts in 1971 with "I Did What I Did For Maria" which reached #2 and "Is This the Way to Amarillo" which reached #18. He also had a minor hit with "Avenues and Alleyways" which reached #37, the theme to the television series The Protectors."

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▼ TONY CHRISTIE: I DID WHAT I DID FOR MARIA from "I Did What I Did For Maria b/w Give Me Your Love Again" 45 (MCA) 1971 (UK)

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