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Mary Hopkin

Mary Hopkin

Mary Hopkin

Last updated: 13 August 2009

Mary Hopkin was the Welsh teenager who became an internationally successful folk singer after signing to The Beatles' Apple label.

She came to the public's attention with her wonderful voice on Opportuntiy Knocks.

Read the full Mary Hopkin biography.

Key works

  • Post Card cover

    Post Card (1969)

    The debut album on the Beatles' Apple Records, released in 1969
  • Earth Song cover

    Earth Song/Ocean Song

    Hopkin's favourite, and her last LP for Apple
  • Live At Royal Festival Hall 1972 cover

    Live At Royal Festival Hall 1972

    Mary Hopkin's "farewell" concert from 1972

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