"Arms of Mary" is a 1976 UK hit single by the British soft-rock combo Sutherland Brothers & Quiver. Sutherland Brothers member Iain Sutherland wrote the ballad about reminiscing about a girl with whom there was a first intimate encounter. He would recall writing "Arms of Mary" at the family farmhouse in the Stoke-on-Trent village of Stockton Brook. "Arms of Mary" featured on the September 1975 album release Reach for the Sky. Released as a single in March 1976, it reached #5 in the UK singles charts.
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Sutherland Brothers (Gavin and Iain Sutherland) originally performed as a folk / rock duo in the field of British music in the early 1970s, and then joined with Quiver to record and tour as The Sutherland Brothers and Quiver. The Sutherland Brothers began their career in 1968 as A New Generation, having some early success with the single "Smokie Blues Away" (which used a melody based on the main theme of Dvorak's, New World Symphony). Subsequently re-billed as The Sutherland Brothers Band, they won a new recording contract with Island Records and put out two albums in… read more
Sutherland Brothers (Gavin and Iain Sutherland) originally performed as a folk / rock duo in the field of British music in the early 1970s, and then joined with Quiver to record and tour as… read more
Sutherland Brothers (Gavin and Iain Sutherland) originally performed as a folk / rock duo in the field of British music in the early 1970s, and then joined with Quiver to record and tour as The Sutherland Brothers and Quiver. The Suthe… read more