 The latter became a signature hit for Dolan, topping the Irish charts twice, in 1970 and 1997 when he re-recorded it with Dustin the Turkey.Hazlewood also wrote the song "Southern Lady", which was recorded by Rita Coolidge.During the late 1980s, Hazlewood held the theatrical rights to Mervyn Peake's novel "Mr. Pye", and completed a musical theatre version of the book in collaboration with Howard Lee Sloan, the American-born pianist and composer.