Les Vandyke
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Les Vandyke was a popular music
singer and later songwriter
in the 1950s and 1960s. He was also known as Johnny Worth (or John Worth) and John Worsley. Allmusic journalist
Bruce Eder states, "Vandyke is one of those rare talents in English
pop music
whose songwriting success crossed several genres and eras, from the end of the 1950s right into the 1970s".
he was usually known as John Skoradalides. After schooling, he began work as a draughtsman
prior to his compulsory two years national service
. Returning to civilian life, he determined to become a singer, changing his name for the purpose to Johnny Worth.
He worked in pubs
as a semi-professional until he managed to secure a television
appearance. Watching was the wife of well-known leader of the Oscar Rabin Band
, and Worth was signed to the band
, with whom he remained for five years, making a number of recordings
for Oriole Records
and Columbia Records
. He also recorded for the Embassy Records
label
, which produced cheap covers
of popular hits
, usually sold through Woolworth's
stores. He then joined The Raindrops vocal
trio
(together with Jackie Lee
and Vince Hill
), which appeared on the television program
me, Drumbeat
, and subsequent LP
. It was on this show that he met Oscar
winning composer
John Barry
, with whom he was soon to work, and the singer Adam Faith
.
Worth had aspirations to be a songwriter
, and though initial attempts had failed, he asked pianist
Les Reed
to arrange a demo
of his song
"What Do You Want?
". Faith and Barry liked it, and with Barry's arrangement
s, Faith took the song to number one in the UK Singles Chart
in November 1959, within which it remained for nineteen weeks. Worth's concern was that as he was still signed to Oriole, he should adopt a pseudonym
, and combined Reed's first name with his own telephone exchange
, to become Les Vandyke.
He provided Faith with his follow-up number one "Poor Me
", in January 1960, and for the next two years penned a further six Top Ten British
chart
hits for Faith: "Someone Else's Baby"; "How About That"; "Who Am I"; "The Time Has Come"; "As You Like It" and "Don't That Beat All". Worth also wrote another chart-topper
"Well I Ask You
" for Eden Kane
, a pseudonym for Richard, the eldest of the three Sarstedt brothers
, as well as Kane's two follow up hits, "Get Lost" (reached No. 10 - September 1961) and "Forget Me Not" (No. 3 - January 1962).
At least two Vandyke songs were covered by well-known Australian artists: "Doin' The Mod" by Ronnie Burns's band The Flies (1965, first recorded by Vandyke with British band The Bambis, 1964) and "Dance Puppet Dance" by Little Pattie
(also 1965, first recorded by Dave Duggan on Columbia in the UK, 1963), which reached number twelve in the Sydney
based pop
chart
s.
Vandyke also wrote music
and songs for a number of low-budget movies
during the sixties and seventies, including What a Whopper (1961 as Johnny Worth); The Kitchen (1961); Mix Me a Person (1962, as Johnny Worth); Some People (1962 as Johnny Worth - lyricist
); Johnny Cool (1963 as Les Vandyke); Psychomania (1971) and The Playbirds (1978).
Over the years Vandyke has penned songs that were recorded by various artists
, including Petula Clark
, Vince Hill
, Engelbert Humperdinck
, Anthony Newley
, Bobby Vee
, Shirley Bassey
, Herman's Hermits
, Marty Wilde
, Bobby Rydell
, Cleo Laine
, Barbra Streisand
, Jimmy Justice
, John Leyton
, Freddie and the Dreamers
, Sammy Davis, Jr.
and many more.
Vandyke penned more big hit record
s in the early 1970s. These included co-writing (as John Worsley) the 1971 UK Eurovision Song Contest
entry for singer Clodagh Rodgers
. That song "Jack in the Box
", reached number 4 in the UK chart
in March of that year. In addition, he wrote and produced "Gonna Make You an Offer You Can't Refuse" a number 8 UK hit in 1973 for the American
singer, and one-hit wonder
, Jimmy Helms
for Cube Records
.
During the 1970s Vandyke was one of the directors of the hotel and club venue, the Webbington Country Club, in the Mendips near Weston-super-Mare
, Somerset
.
In 1986, Vandyke married Catherine Stock, sister
of fellow songwriter, Mike Stock. Later that year Vandyke penned her a Top 20 UK hit, entitled "To Have and To Hold". However, it proved to be another one-hit wonder.
Popular music
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singer and later songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
in the 1950s and 1960s. He was also known as Johnny Worth (or John Worth) and John Worsley. Allmusic journalist
Music journalism
Music journalism is criticism and reportage about music. It began in the eighteenth century as comment on what is now thought of as 'classical music'. This aspect of music journalism, today often referred to as music criticism , comprises the study, discussion, evaluation, and interpretation of...
Bruce Eder states, "Vandyke is one of those rare talents in English
English people
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pop music
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
whose songwriting success crossed several genres and eras, from the end of the 1950s right into the 1970s".
Career
In his youthAdolescence
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he was usually known as John Skoradalides. After schooling, he began work as a draughtsman
Drawing
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prior to his compulsory two years national service
National service
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. Returning to civilian life, he determined to become a singer, changing his name for the purpose to Johnny Worth.
He worked in pubs
Public house
A public house, informally known as a pub, is a drinking establishment fundamental to the culture of Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. There are approximately 53,500 public houses in the United Kingdom. This number has been declining every year, so that nearly half of the smaller...
as a semi-professional until he managed to secure a television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
appearance. Watching was the wife of well-known leader of the Oscar Rabin Band
Oscar Rabin Band
The Oscar Rabin Band was a British Jazz dance band that was one of the most successful bands of the 1950s. Band leader Oscar Rabin played bass saxophone, an unusual instrument then as now. His friend Harry Davis, tall, elegant and good-looking, acted as compère and conductor.-Formation:Oscar...
, and Worth was signed to the band
Band (music)
In music, a musical ensemble or band is a group of musicians that works together to perform music. The following articles concern types of musical bands:* All-female band* Big band* Boy band* Christian band* Church band* Concert band* Cover band...
, with whom he remained for five years, making a number of recordings
Sound recording and reproduction
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for Oriole Records
Oriole Records
Oriole Records may refer to:* Oriole Records * Oriole Records...
and Columbia Records
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...
. He also recorded for the Embassy Records
Embassy Records
Embassy Records was originally a UK budget record label that produced cover versions of current hit songs that were sold exclusively in Woolworths shops at a cheaper price than the original recordings. As such, Embassy can be seen as the UK equivalent of U.S. labels such as Hit and Bell Records...
label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
, which produced cheap covers
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
of popular hits
Hit record
A hit record is a sound recording, usually in the form of a single or album, that sells a large number of copies or otherwise becomes broadly popular or well-known, through airplay, club play, inclusion in a film or stage play soundtrack, causing it to have "hit" one of the popular chart listings...
, usually sold through Woolworth's
Woolworths Group
Woolworths Group plc was a listed British company that owned the high-street retail chain, Woolworths, as well as other brands such as the entertainment distributor Entertainment UK and book and resource distributor Bertram Books...
stores. He then joined The Raindrops vocal
Human voice
The human voice consists of sound made by a human being using the vocal folds for talking, singing, laughing, crying, screaming, etc. Its frequency ranges from about 60 to 7000 Hz. The human voice is specifically that part of human sound production in which the vocal folds are the primary...
trio
Trio (music)
Trio is generally used in any of the following ways:* A group of three musicians playing the same or different musical instrument.* The performance of a piece of music by three people.* The contrasting section of a piece in ternary form...
(together with Jackie Lee
Jackie Lee
Jackie Lee is an Irish popular music singer, who has recorded under various names.-Career:Lee was a musical child prodigy. She won a scholarship and trained as a soprano for four years...
and Vince Hill
Vince Hill
Vince Hill is an English traditional pop music singer, songwriter and record producer.-Biography:...
), which appeared on the television program
Television program
A television program , also called television show, is a segment of content which is intended to be broadcast on television. It may be a one-time production or part of a periodically recurring series...
me, Drumbeat
Drumbeat (TV series)
Drumbeat was a BBC television series that aired every Saturday from 4 April to 29 August 1959. It was the BBC's answer and rival to ITV's TV series Oh Boy!, though as the latter finished on 30 May, for most of its run Drumbeat had no comparable competition.It launched the careers of singer Adam...
, and subsequent LP
Gramophone record
A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove...
. It was on this show that he met Oscar
Academy Awards
An Academy Award, also known as an Oscar, is an accolade bestowed by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers...
winning composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
John Barry
John Barry (composer)
John Barry Prendergast, OBE was an English conductor and composer of film music. He is best known for composing the soundtracks for 12 of the James Bond films between 1962 and 1987...
, with whom he was soon to work, and the singer Adam Faith
Adam Faith
Terence "Terry" Nelhams-Wright, known as Adam Faith was a Teen idol English singer, actor and later financial journalist. He was one of the most charted acts of the 1960s. He became the first UK artist to lodge his initial seven hits in the Top 5...
.
Worth had aspirations to be a songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
, and though initial attempts had failed, he asked pianist
Pianist
A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers.-Choice of genres:...
Les Reed
Les Reed
Les Reed O.B.E. is an English songwriter, musician and light orchestra leader.-Career:...
to arrange a demo
Demo (music)
A demo version or demo of a song is one recorded for reference rather than for release. A demo is a way for a musician to approximate their ideas on tape or disc, and provide an example of those ideas to record labels, producers or other artists...
of his song
Song
In music, a song is a composition for voice or voices, performed by singing.A song may be accompanied by musical instruments, or it may be unaccompanied, as in the case of a cappella songs...
"What Do You Want?
What Do You Want?
"What Do You Want?" was a 1959 song which became a number one hit in the United Kingdom for Adam Faith. It was written by Les Vandyke and produced by John Burgess and arranged by John Barry. It first appeared on the charts on 20 November 1959 and spent 19 weeks there...
". Faith and Barry liked it, and with Barry's arrangement
Arrangement
The American Federation of Musicians defines arranging as "the art of preparing and adapting an already written composition for presentation in other than its original form. An arrangement may include reharmonization, paraphrasing, and/or development of a composition, so that it fully represents...
s, Faith took the song to number one in the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
in November 1959, within which it remained for nineteen weeks. Worth's concern was that as he was still signed to Oriole, he should adopt a pseudonym
Pseudonym
A pseudonym is a name that a person assumes for a particular purpose and that differs from his or her original orthonym...
, and combined Reed's first name with his own telephone exchange
Telephone exchange
In the field of telecommunications, a telephone exchange or telephone switch is a system of electronic components that connects telephone calls...
, to become Les Vandyke.
He provided Faith with his follow-up number one "Poor Me
Poor Me (song)
"Poor Me" is a single released by the English singer, Adam Faith. On 10 March 1960, it reached number one in the UK Singles Chart, staying there for two weeks.-Song profile:...
", in January 1960, and for the next two years penned a further six Top Ten British
United Kingdom
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chart
Record chart
A record chart is a ranking of recorded music according to popularity during a given period of time. Examples of music charts are the Hit parade, Hot 100 or Top 40....
hits for Faith: "Someone Else's Baby"; "How About That"; "Who Am I"; "The Time Has Come"; "As You Like It" and "Don't That Beat All". Worth also wrote another chart-topper
Hit record
A hit record is a sound recording, usually in the form of a single or album, that sells a large number of copies or otherwise becomes broadly popular or well-known, through airplay, club play, inclusion in a film or stage play soundtrack, causing it to have "hit" one of the popular chart listings...
"Well I Ask You
Well I Ask You
"Well I Ask You" is a song by Eden Kane.Recorded in 1961 as the follow-up to his debut single, "Hot Chocolate Crazy" , "Well I Ask You" was also issued as a single in the UK and reached number one in the UK Singles Chart in August 1961...
" for Eden Kane
Eden Kane
Eden Kane is an early 1960s British pop singer.-Life and career:Like Cliff Richard, Pete Best, and Engelbert Humperdinck, Eden Kane was born in India, but returned to Britain as a child...
, a pseudonym for Richard, the eldest of the three Sarstedt brothers
Sibling
Siblings are people who share at least one parent. A male sibling is called a brother; and a female sibling is called a sister. In most societies throughout the world, siblings usually grow up together and spend a good deal of their childhood socializing with one another...
, as well as Kane's two follow up hits, "Get Lost" (reached No. 10 - September 1961) and "Forget Me Not" (No. 3 - January 1962).
At least two Vandyke songs were covered by well-known Australian artists: "Doin' The Mod" by Ronnie Burns's band The Flies (1965, first recorded by Vandyke with British band The Bambis, 1964) and "Dance Puppet Dance" by Little Pattie
Little Pattie
Little Pattie is the stage name of Australian singer, Patricia Thelma Amphlett OAM later Patricia Thompson, who performed as a 1960s surf pop singer and then in adult contemporary music...
(also 1965, first recorded by Dave Duggan on Columbia in the UK, 1963), which reached number twelve in the Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
based pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
chart
Chart
A chart is a graphical representation of data, in which "the data is represented by symbols, such as bars in a bar chart, lines in a line chart, or slices in a pie chart"...
s.
Vandyke also wrote music
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
and songs for a number of low-budget movies
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
during the sixties and seventies, including What a Whopper (1961 as Johnny Worth); The Kitchen (1961); Mix Me a Person (1962, as Johnny Worth); Some People (1962 as Johnny Worth - lyricist
Lyricist
A lyricist is a songwriter who specializes in lyrics. A singer who writes the lyrics to songs is a singer-lyricist. This differentiates from a singer-composer, who composes the song's melody.-Collaboration:...
); Johnny Cool (1963 as Les Vandyke); Psychomania (1971) and The Playbirds (1978).
Over the years Vandyke has penned songs that were recorded by various artists
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
, including Petula Clark
Petula Clark
Petula Clark, CBE is an English singer, actress, and composer whose career has spanned seven decades.Clark's professional career began as an entertainer on BBC Radio during World War II...
, Vince Hill
Vince Hill
Vince Hill is an English traditional pop music singer, songwriter and record producer.-Biography:...
, Engelbert Humperdinck
Engelbert Humperdinck (singer)
Engelbert Humperdinck is a British pop singer, best known for his hits including "Release Me " and "After the Lovin'" as well as "The Last Waltz" .-Early life:...
, Anthony Newley
Anthony Newley
Anthony George Newley was an English actor, singer and songwriter. He enjoyed success as a performer in such diverse fields as rock and roll and stage and screen acting.-Early life:...
, Bobby Vee
Bobby Vee
Robert Thomas Velline , known as Bobby Vee, is an American pop music singer. According to Billboard magazine, Vee has had 38 Hot 100 chart hits, 10 of which hit the Top 20.-Career:...
, Shirley Bassey
Shirley Bassey
Dame Shirley Bassey, DBE , is a Welsh singer. She found fame in the late 1950s and was "one of the most popular female vocalists in Britain during the last half of the 20th century"...
, Herman's Hermits
Herman's Hermits
Herman's Hermits are an English beat band, formed in Manchester in 1963 as Herman & The Hermits. The group's record producer, Mickie Most , emphasized a simple, non-threatening, clean-cut image, although the band originally played R&B numbers...
, Marty Wilde
Marty Wilde
Marty Wilde is an English singer and songwriter. He was among the first generation of British pop stars to emulate American rock and roll, and is the father of pop singers Ricky Wilde, Kim Wilde and Roxanne Wilde.-Career:Wilde was performing under the name Reg Patterson at London's Condor Club in...
, Bobby Rydell
Bobby Rydell
Bobby Rydell is an American professional singer, mainly of rock and roll music. In the early 1960s he was considered a so-called "teen idol"...
, Cleo Laine
Cleo Laine
Dame Cleo Laine, Lady Dankworth, DBE is a jazz singer and an actress, noted for her scat singing and vocal range...
, Barbra Streisand
Barbra Streisand
Barbra Joan Streisand is an American singer, actress, film producer and director. She has won two Academy Awards, eight Grammy Awards, four Emmy Awards, a Special Tony Award, an American Film Institute award, a Peabody Award, and is one of the few entertainers who have won an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy,...
, Jimmy Justice
Jimmy Justice (musician)
James Anthony Bernard Little, better known by his stage name Jimmy Justice was an English pop singer. He scored three Top 40 hits in the UK in 1962.-Biography:...
, John Leyton
John Leyton
John Leyton is an English actor and singer. As a singer he is best known for his hit song, "Johnny Remember Me" , which reached Number 1 in the UK Singles Chart in August 1961.-Career:Leyton went to Highgate School and after completing his national service, he...
, Freddie and the Dreamers
Freddie and the Dreamers
Freddie and the Dreamers were an English band who had a number of hit records between May 1963 and November 1965. Their stage act was based around the comic antics of the 5-foot-3-inch-tall Freddie Garrity, who would bounce around the stage with arms and legs flying. The group remained active...
, Sammy Davis, Jr.
Sammy Davis, Jr.
Samuel George "Sammy" Davis Jr. was an American entertainer and was also known for his impersonations of actors and other celebrities....
and many more.
Vandyke penned more big hit record
Hit record
A hit record is a sound recording, usually in the form of a single or album, that sells a large number of copies or otherwise becomes broadly popular or well-known, through airplay, club play, inclusion in a film or stage play soundtrack, causing it to have "hit" one of the popular chart listings...
s in the early 1970s. These included co-writing (as John Worsley) the 1971 UK Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest 1971
The Eurovision Song Contest 1971 was the sixteenth Eurovision Song Contest and the first held in Dublin, Ireland. The new voting system that was introduced in this Eurovision did have one big problem: some juries gave fewer points out than others...
entry for singer Clodagh Rodgers
Clodagh Rodgers
Clodagh Rodgers is a singer and actress from Northern Ireland, best known for her hit single, "Jack in the Box".-Career:...
. That song "Jack in the Box
Jack in the Box (song)
"Jack in the Box", written by David Myers and composed by John Worsley, was the United Kingdom's entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1971, performed by the Northern Irish singer Clodagh Rodgers....
", reached number 4 in the UK chart
Record chart
A record chart is a ranking of recorded music according to popularity during a given period of time. Examples of music charts are the Hit parade, Hot 100 or Top 40....
in March of that year. In addition, he wrote and produced "Gonna Make You an Offer You Can't Refuse" a number 8 UK hit in 1973 for the American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
singer, and one-hit wonder
One-hit wonder
A one-hit wonder is a person or act known mainly for only a single success. The term is most often used to describe music performers with only one hit single.-Characteristics:...
, Jimmy Helms
Jimmy Helms
James H. Helms is an American soul singer.-Early days:Helms' first release "Ragtime Girl" was put out on Pye Records in 1963...
for Cube Records
Cube Records
Cube Records was launched on 26 May 1972 by independent music publisher David Platz, and was based at his UK offices for Essex Music.-History:...
.
During the 1970s Vandyke was one of the directors of the hotel and club venue, the Webbington Country Club, in the Mendips near Weston-super-Mare
Weston-super-Mare
Weston-super-Mare is a seaside resort, town and civil parish in the unitary authority of North Somerset, which is within the ceremonial county of Somerset, England. It is located on the Bristol Channel coast, south west of Bristol, spanning the coast between the bounding high ground of Worlebury...
, Somerset
Somerset
The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...
.
In 1986, Vandyke married Catherine Stock, sister
Sibling
Siblings are people who share at least one parent. A male sibling is called a brother; and a female sibling is called a sister. In most societies throughout the world, siblings usually grow up together and spend a good deal of their childhood socializing with one another...
of fellow songwriter, Mike Stock. Later that year Vandyke penned her a Top 20 UK hit, entitled "To Have and To Hold". However, it proved to be another one-hit wonder.
Songwriting credits
| Year | Title | Artist | UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
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| 1960 | "Johnny Rocco" | Marty Wilde Marty Wilde Marty Wilde is an English singer and songwriter. He was among the first generation of British pop stars to emulate American rock and roll, and is the father of pop singers Ricky Wilde, Kim Wilde and Roxanne Wilde.-Career:Wilde was performing under the name Reg Patterson at London's Condor Club in... |
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| 1959 | "What Do You Want? What Do You Want? "What Do You Want?" was a 1959 song which became a number one hit in the United Kingdom for Adam Faith. It was written by Les Vandyke and produced by John Burgess and arranged by John Barry. It first appeared on the charts on 20 November 1959 and spent 19 weeks there... " |
Adam Faith Adam Faith Terence "Terry" Nelhams-Wright, known as Adam Faith was a Teen idol English singer, actor and later financial journalist. He was one of the most charted acts of the 1960s. He became the first UK artist to lodge his initial seven hits in the Top 5... |
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| 1959 | "What Do You Want? What Do You Want? "What Do You Want?" was a 1959 song which became a number one hit in the United Kingdom for Adam Faith. It was written by Les Vandyke and produced by John Burgess and arranged by John Barry. It first appeared on the charts on 20 November 1959 and spent 19 weeks there... " |
Johnny Worth | |
| 1960 | "What Do You Want? What Do You Want? "What Do You Want?" was a 1959 song which became a number one hit in the United Kingdom for Adam Faith. It was written by Les Vandyke and produced by John Burgess and arranged by John Barry. It first appeared on the charts on 20 November 1959 and spent 19 weeks there... " |
Bobby Vee Bobby Vee Robert Thomas Velline , known as Bobby Vee, is an American pop music singer. According to Billboard magazine, Vee has had 38 Hot 100 chart hits, 10 of which hit the Top 20.-Career:... |
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| 1960 | "Poor Me Poor Me (song) "Poor Me" is a single released by the English singer, Adam Faith. On 10 March 1960, it reached number one in the UK Singles Chart, staying there for two weeks.-Song profile:... " |
Adam Faith Adam Faith Terence "Terry" Nelhams-Wright, known as Adam Faith was a Teen idol English singer, actor and later financial journalist. He was one of the most charted acts of the 1960s. He became the first UK artist to lodge his initial seven hits in the Top 5... |
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| 1964 | "Bee-Bom" | Sammy Davis, Jr. Sammy Davis, Jr. Samuel George "Sammy" Davis Jr. was an American entertainer and was also known for his impersonations of actors and other celebrities.... |
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| 1961 | "Bee-Bom" | Anthony Newley Anthony Newley Anthony George Newley was an English actor, singer and songwriter. He enjoyed success as a performer in such diverse fields as rock and roll and stage and screen acting.-Early life:... |
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| 1973 | "Gonna Make You an Offer You Can't Refuse" | Jimmy Helms Jimmy Helms James H. Helms is an American soul singer.-Early days:Helms' first release "Ragtime Girl" was put out on Pye Records in 1963... |
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| 1962 | "Ain't That Funny" | Jimmy Justice Jimmy Justice (musician) James Anthony Bernard Little, better known by his stage name Jimmy Justice was an English pop singer. He scored three Top 40 hits in the UK in 1962.-Biography:... |
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| 1961 | "Well I Ask You Well I Ask You "Well I Ask You" is a song by Eden Kane.Recorded in 1961 as the follow-up to his debut single, "Hot Chocolate Crazy" , "Well I Ask You" was also issued as a single in the UK and reached number one in the UK Singles Chart in August 1961... " |
Eden Kane Eden Kane Eden Kane is an early 1960s British pop singer.-Life and career:Like Cliff Richard, Pete Best, and Engelbert Humperdinck, Eden Kane was born in India, but returned to Britain as a child... |
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| 1961 | "All These Things" | Adam Faith Adam Faith Terence "Terry" Nelhams-Wright, known as Adam Faith was a Teen idol English singer, actor and later financial journalist. He was one of the most charted acts of the 1960s. He became the first UK artist to lodge his initial seven hits in the Top 5... |
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| 1962 | "As You Like It" | Adam Faith Adam Faith Terence "Terry" Nelhams-Wright, known as Adam Faith was a Teen idol English singer, actor and later financial journalist. He was one of the most charted acts of the 1960s. He became the first UK artist to lodge his initial seven hits in the Top 5... |
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| 1962 | "Baby Take a Bow" | Adam Faith Adam Faith Terence "Terry" Nelhams-Wright, known as Adam Faith was a Teen idol English singer, actor and later financial journalist. He was one of the most charted acts of the 1960s. He became the first UK artist to lodge his initial seven hits in the Top 5... |
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| 1962 | "Butter Wouldn't Melt in Your Mouth" | Adam Faith Adam Faith Terence "Terry" Nelhams-Wright, known as Adam Faith was a Teen idol English singer, actor and later financial journalist. He was one of the most charted acts of the 1960s. He became the first UK artist to lodge his initial seven hits in the Top 5... |
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| 1962 | "Don't That Beat All" | Adam Faith Adam Faith Terence "Terry" Nelhams-Wright, known as Adam Faith was a Teen idol English singer, actor and later financial journalist. He was one of the most charted acts of the 1960s. He became the first UK artist to lodge his initial seven hits in the Top 5... |
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| 1961 | "Don't You Know It" | Adam Faith Adam Faith Terence "Terry" Nelhams-Wright, known as Adam Faith was a Teen idol English singer, actor and later financial journalist. He was one of the most charted acts of the 1960s. He became the first UK artist to lodge his initial seven hits in the Top 5... |
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| 1962 | "Face to Face" | Adam Faith Adam Faith Terence "Terry" Nelhams-Wright, known as Adam Faith was a Teen idol English singer, actor and later financial journalist. He was one of the most charted acts of the 1960s. He became the first UK artist to lodge his initial seven hits in the Top 5... |
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| 1960 | "Fare Thee Well My Pretty Maid" | Adam Faith Adam Faith Terence "Terry" Nelhams-Wright, known as Adam Faith was a Teen idol English singer, actor and later financial journalist. He was one of the most charted acts of the 1960s. He became the first UK artist to lodge his initial seven hits in the Top 5... |
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| 1963 | "Forget Me Not" | Adam Faith Adam Faith Terence "Terry" Nelhams-Wright, known as Adam Faith was a Teen idol English singer, actor and later financial journalist. He was one of the most charted acts of the 1960s. He became the first UK artist to lodge his initial seven hits in the Top 5... |
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| 1962 | "Going Up" | Adam Faith Adam Faith Terence "Terry" Nelhams-Wright, known as Adam Faith was a Teen idol English singer, actor and later financial journalist. He was one of the most charted acts of the 1960s. He became the first UK artist to lodge his initial seven hits in the Top 5... |
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| 1960 | "How About That!" | Adam Faith Adam Faith Terence "Terry" Nelhams-Wright, known as Adam Faith was a Teen idol English singer, actor and later financial journalist. He was one of the most charted acts of the 1960s. He became the first UK artist to lodge his initial seven hits in the Top 5... |
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| 1963 | "Just Mention My Name" | Adam Faith Adam Faith Terence "Terry" Nelhams-Wright, known as Adam Faith was a Teen idol English singer, actor and later financial journalist. He was one of the most charted acts of the 1960s. He became the first UK artist to lodge his initial seven hits in the Top 5... |
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| 1962 | "Knocking on Wood" | Adam Faith Adam Faith Terence "Terry" Nelhams-Wright, known as Adam Faith was a Teen idol English singer, actor and later financial journalist. He was one of the most charted acts of the 1960s. He became the first UK artist to lodge his initial seven hits in the Top 5... |
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| 1962 | "Mix Me a Person" | Adam Faith Adam Faith Terence "Terry" Nelhams-Wright, known as Adam Faith was a Teen idol English singer, actor and later financial journalist. He was one of the most charted acts of the 1960s. He became the first UK artist to lodge his initial seven hits in the Top 5... |
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| 1961 | "My Last Wish" | Adam Faith Adam Faith Terence "Terry" Nelhams-Wright, known as Adam Faith was a Teen idol English singer, actor and later financial journalist. He was one of the most charted acts of the 1960s. He became the first UK artist to lodge his initial seven hits in the Top 5... |
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| 1960 | "Piper of Love" | Adam Faith Adam Faith Terence "Terry" Nelhams-Wright, known as Adam Faith was a Teen idol English singer, actor and later financial journalist. He was one of the most charted acts of the 1960s. He became the first UK artist to lodge his initial seven hits in the Top 5... |
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| 1961 | "Second Time" | Adam Faith Adam Faith Terence "Terry" Nelhams-Wright, known as Adam Faith was a Teen idol English singer, actor and later financial journalist. He was one of the most charted acts of the 1960s. He became the first UK artist to lodge his initial seven hits in the Top 5... |
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| 1960 | "Someone Else's Baby" | Adam Faith Adam Faith Terence "Terry" Nelhams-Wright, known as Adam Faith was a Teen idol English singer, actor and later financial journalist. He was one of the most charted acts of the 1960s. He became the first UK artist to lodge his initial seven hits in the Top 5... |
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| 1962 | "Swimming in Tears" | Adam Faith Adam Faith Terence "Terry" Nelhams-Wright, known as Adam Faith was a Teen idol English singer, actor and later financial journalist. He was one of the most charted acts of the 1960s. He became the first UK artist to lodge his initial seven hits in the Top 5... |
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| 1961 | "This is It!" | Adam Faith Adam Faith Terence "Terry" Nelhams-Wright, known as Adam Faith was a Teen idol English singer, actor and later financial journalist. He was one of the most charted acts of the 1960s. He became the first UK artist to lodge his initial seven hits in the Top 5... |
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| 1961 | "The Time Has Come" | Adam Faith Adam Faith Terence "Terry" Nelhams-Wright, known as Adam Faith was a Teen idol English singer, actor and later financial journalist. He was one of the most charted acts of the 1960s. He became the first UK artist to lodge his initial seven hits in the Top 5... |
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| 1963 | "What Have I Got" | Adam Faith Adam Faith Terence "Terry" Nelhams-Wright, known as Adam Faith was a Teen idol English singer, actor and later financial journalist. He was one of the most charted acts of the 1960s. He became the first UK artist to lodge his initial seven hits in the Top 5... |
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| 1962 | "While I'm Away" | Adam Faith Adam Faith Terence "Terry" Nelhams-Wright, known as Adam Faith was a Teen idol English singer, actor and later financial journalist. He was one of the most charted acts of the 1960s. He became the first UK artist to lodge his initial seven hits in the Top 5... |
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| 1961 | "Who Am I" | Adam Faith Adam Faith Terence "Terry" Nelhams-Wright, known as Adam Faith was a Teen idol English singer, actor and later financial journalist. He was one of the most charted acts of the 1960s. He became the first UK artist to lodge his initial seven hits in the Top 5... |
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| 1961 | "Wonderin'" | Adam Faith Adam Faith Terence "Terry" Nelhams-Wright, known as Adam Faith was a Teen idol English singer, actor and later financial journalist. He was one of the most charted acts of the 1960s. He became the first UK artist to lodge his initial seven hits in the Top 5... |
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| 1960 | "Piper of Love" | Al Saxon | |
| 1962 | "What a Mess" | The Allisons Allisons The Allisons were an English pop duo consisting of:*Bob Day *John Alford... |
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| 1966 | "Before The Good Thing (Ain't No Good No More)" | Antoine | |
| 1966 | "Elephant's Lookin' at You" | Antoine | |
| 1964 | "Come and Join Us" | Bob Leaper & The Prophets | |
| 1967 | "Thanks To You" | Bobby Hanna | |
| 1963 | "Hey Everybody" | Bobby Rydell Bobby Rydell Bobby Rydell is an American professional singer, mainly of rock and roll music. In the early 1960s he was considered a so-called "teen idol"... |
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| 1963 | "It's Time We Parted" | Bobby Rydell Bobby Rydell Bobby Rydell is an American professional singer, mainly of rock and roll music. In the early 1960s he was considered a so-called "teen idol"... |
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| 1961 | "Who Am I" | Bobby Stevens | |
| 1961 | "Who Am I" | Bobby Vee Bobby Vee Robert Thomas Velline , known as Bobby Vee, is an American pop music singer. According to Billboard magazine, Vee has had 38 Hot 100 chart hits, 10 of which hit the Top 20.-Career:... |
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| 1962 | "Forget Me Not" | Bobby Vee Bobby Vee Robert Thomas Velline , known as Bobby Vee, is an American pop music singer. According to Billboard magazine, Vee has had 38 Hot 100 chart hits, 10 of which hit the Top 20.-Career:... |
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| 1966 | "Do I Worry" | Brenda Lee Brenda Lee Brenda Mae Tarpley , known as Brenda Lee, is an American performer who sang rockabilly, pop and country music, and had 37 US chart hits during the 1960s, a number surpassed only by Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Ray Charles and Connie Francis... |
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| 1963 | "Blue Girl" | The Bruisers Tommy Bruce Tommy Bruce was an English rock 'n' roll singer who had most success in the early 1960s.-Life and career:He was born Thomas Charles Bruce, in Stepney, London... |
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| 1963 | "Your Turn to Cry" | The Bruisers Tommy Bruce Tommy Bruce was an English rock 'n' roll singer who had most success in the early 1960s.-Life and career:He was born Thomas Charles Bruce, in Stepney, London... |
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| 1962 | "Some People" | Carol Deene Carol Deene Carol Deene was an English pop singer.After appearing on Joan Regan's BBC TV programme 'Be My Guest' in 1961, when she was 16, Deene was signed to the HMV label, and scored three Top 40 hits on the UK Singles Chart in 1962... |
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| 1962 | "Instant Love" | Chance Gordon | |
| 1963 | "Not Too Little Not Too Much" | Chris Sandford | |
| 1963 | "What Do Ya Say" | Chubby Checker Chubby Checker Chubby Checker is an American singer-songwriter. He is widely known for popularizing the twist dance style, with his 1960 hit cover of Hank Ballard's R&B hit "The Twist"... |
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| 1966 | "Time Marches On" | Corby & The Champagne | |
| 1960 | "What Do You Want? What Do You Want? "What Do You Want?" was a 1959 song which became a number one hit in the United Kingdom for Adam Faith. It was written by Les Vandyke and produced by John Burgess and arranged by John Barry. It first appeared on the charts on 20 November 1959 and spent 19 weeks there... " |
Craig Douglas Craig Douglas Craig Douglas is an English pop singer, who was popular in the late 1950s and early 1960s... |
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| 1964 | "Put Your Arms Around Me" | The Cresters | |
| 1960 | "Boston Tea Party" | The Dallas Boys | |
| 1962 | "Sad But True" | Danny Storm | |
| 1982 | "Johnny Rocco" | Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin Barbara Gaskin Barbara Gaskin is a British singer who, with her musical partner, the keyboardist Dave Stewart, formed a duo in 1981. In September of that year they had a number one single in the UK with a cover version of the song "It's My Party"... |
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| 1963 | "Broken Hearts" | David MacBeth | |
| 1962 | "A Brother Like You" | David MacBeth | |
| 1961 | "Keep on Walking" | David MacBeth | |
| 1962 | "Little Heart" | David MacBeth | |
| 1960 | "Pigtails in Paris" | David MacBeth | |
| 1962 | "It's All Happening Here" | Don Arrol | |
| 1961 | "Forget Me Not" | Eden Kane Eden Kane Eden Kane is an early 1960s British pop singer.-Life and career:Like Cliff Richard, Pete Best, and Engelbert Humperdinck, Eden Kane was born in India, but returned to Britain as a child... |
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| 1961 | "Get Lost" | Eden Kane Eden Kane Eden Kane is an early 1960s British pop singer.-Life and career:Like Cliff Richard, Pete Best, and Engelbert Humperdinck, Eden Kane was born in India, but returned to Britain as a child... |
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| 1962 | "House to Let" | Eden Kane Eden Kane Eden Kane is an early 1960s British pop singer.-Life and career:Like Cliff Richard, Pete Best, and Engelbert Humperdinck, Eden Kane was born in India, but returned to Britain as a child... |
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| 1962 | "Music for Strings" | Eden Kane Eden Kane Eden Kane is an early 1960s British pop singer.-Life and career:Like Cliff Richard, Pete Best, and Engelbert Humperdinck, Eden Kane was born in India, but returned to Britain as a child... |
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| 1963 | "Someone Wants to Know" | Eden Kane Eden Kane Eden Kane is an early 1960s British pop singer.-Life and career:Like Cliff Richard, Pete Best, and Engelbert Humperdinck, Eden Kane was born in India, but returned to Britain as a child... |
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| 1963 | "Sounds Funny to Me" | Eden Kane Eden Kane Eden Kane is an early 1960s British pop singer.-Life and career:Like Cliff Richard, Pete Best, and Engelbert Humperdinck, Eden Kane was born in India, but returned to Britain as a child... |
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| 1961 | "Well I Ask Yew!" | Fred Walking-Stick | |
| 1963 | "What Have I Done to You" | Freddie and the Dreamers Freddie and the Dreamers Freddie and the Dreamers were an English band who had a number of hit records between May 1963 and November 1965. Their stage act was based around the comic antics of the 5-foot-3-inch-tall Freddie Garrity, who would bounce around the stage with arms and legs flying. The group remained active... |
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| 1961 | "Big Wheel" | Gerry Dorsey Engelbert Humperdinck (singer) Engelbert Humperdinck is a British pop singer, best known for his hits including "Release Me " and "After the Lovin'" as well as "The Last Waltz" .-Early life:... |
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| 1964 | "I'm Gonna Spend My Christmas with a Dalek" | The Go-Go's The Go-Go's (1960s) The Go-Go's were a British group from Newcastle. The group is known for their 1964 novelty Christmas single, "I'm Gonna Spend My Christmas With A Dalek".... |
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| 1966 | "Dial My Number" | Herman's Hermits Herman's Hermits Herman's Hermits are an English beat band, formed in Manchester in 1963 as Herman & The Hermits. The group's record producer, Mickie Most , emphasized a simple, non-threatening, clean-cut image, although the band originally played R&B numbers... |
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| 1962 | "Wishful Thinking" | Jackie Lynton | |
| 1960 | "But No One Knows" | Jacquai Chan | |
| 1961 | "Cry Wolf" | The Jags | |
| 1961 | "The Hunch" | The Jags | |
| 1963 | "I Know You" | Jess Conrad Jess Conrad Jess Conrad OBE is an actor and singer from England.-Career:Having started his career as a repertory actor and film extra, Jess Conrad was cast in a television play "Bye, Bye Barney" as a pop singer... |
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| 1963 | "Take Your Time" | Jess Conrad Jess Conrad Jess Conrad OBE is an actor and singer from England.-Career:Having started his career as a repertory actor and film extra, Jess Conrad was cast in a television play "Bye, Bye Barney" as a pop singer... |
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| 1962 | "Some People" | Jet Harris Jet Harris Jet Harris, MBE was an English musician. He was the bass guitarist of The Shadows until April 1962, and had subsequent success as a soloist and as a duo with the drummer Tony Meehan.... |
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| 1963 | "Applejack" | Jet Harris Jet Harris Jet Harris, MBE was an English musician. He was the bass guitarist of The Shadows until April 1962, and had subsequent success as a soloist and as a duo with the drummer Tony Meehan.... and Tony Meehan Tony Meehan Daniel Joseph Anthony "Tony" Meehan was a founder member of the British group The Shadows with Jet Harris, Hank Marvin and Bruce Welch... |
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| 1963 | "Cupboard Love" | John Leyton John Leyton John Leyton is an English actor and singer. As a singer he is best known for his hit song, "Johnny Remember Me" , which reached Number 1 in the UK Singles Chart in August 1961.-Career:Leyton went to Highgate School and after completing his national service, he... |
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| 1963 | "I'll Cut Your Tail Off" | John Leyton John Leyton John Leyton is an English actor and singer. As a singer he is best known for his hit song, "Johnny Remember Me" , which reached Number 1 in the UK Singles Chart in August 1961.-Career:Leyton went to Highgate School and after completing his national service, he... |
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| 1966 | "After Yvonne" | John Worth Orchestra | |
| 1962 | "All These Things" | Johnny Worth | |
| 1962 | "You Know What I Mean" | Johnny Worth | |
| 1961 | "Well I Ask You Well I Ask You "Well I Ask You" is a song by Eden Kane.Recorded in 1961 as the follow-up to his debut single, "Hot Chocolate Crazy" , "Well I Ask You" was also issued as a single in the UK and reached number one in the UK Singles Chart in August 1961... " |
Kay Starr Kay Starr Kay Starr is an American pop and jazz singer who enjoyed considerable success in the 1940s and 50s. She is best remembered for introducing two songs that became #1 hits in the 1950s, "Wheel of Fortune" and "The Rock And Roll Waltz".... |
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| 1963 | "Aladdin's Lamp" | Mark Wynter Mark Wynter Mark Wynter is an English actor and former singer, who had four Top 20 singles in the 1960s, including "Venus in Blue Jeans" and "Go Away Little Girl"... |
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| 1963 | "Oh What a Guy" | Maureen Evans Maureen Evans Maureen Evans is a Welsh pop singer who achieved fame briefly in the 1960s.-Career:Evans career began as a singer with Waldini's Gypsy Band in the mid 1950s, mainly doing summer seasons at UK holiday resorts such as Llandudno.She released her first singles in 1958 on the Embassy Records label.... |
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| 1970 | "Bouzouki" | Penny Lane | |
| 1962 | "You Can Do It If You Try" | Peter Gordeno Peter Gordeno Peter Gordeno is a British songwriter and producer who in his time has also been a live and session musician, and has, since 1998, toured with Depeche Mode. He plays keyboard parts in lieu of departed Alan Wilder, and occasional backing vocals. He and Andrew Phillpott went as backing musicians... |
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| 1962 | "Jumble Sale" | Petula Clark Petula Clark Petula Clark, CBE is an English singer, actress, and composer whose career has spanned seven decades.Clark's professional career began as an entertainer on BBC Radio during World War II... |
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| 1962 | "Too Late" | Petula Clark Petula Clark Petula Clark, CBE is an English singer, actress, and composer whose career has spanned seven decades.Clark's professional career began as an entertainer on BBC Radio during World War II... |
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| 1959 | "Italian Style" | The Raindrops | |
| 1962 | "Don't That Beat All" | Rikki Henderson | |
| 1960 | "One Thousand Nine Hundred and When" | Robb Storme | |
| 1967 | "In My Love Mind" | Ronnie Jones | |
| 1962 | "Hully Gully Slip 'n' Slide" | The Roulettes The Roulettes The Roulettes were a British rock and roll group formed in London in 1962. They started out as the group playing behind Adam Faith, who enjoyed a run of chart hits in the 1960s. In 1963 they signed to EMI and began releasing their own material, and in addition they would continue to work with Faith... |
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| 1962 | "La Bamba" | The Roulettes The Roulettes The Roulettes were a British rock and roll group formed in London in 1962. They started out as the group playing behind Adam Faith, who enjoyed a run of chart hits in the 1960s. In 1963 they signed to EMI and began releasing their own material, and in addition they would continue to work with Faith... |
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| 1967 | "All I Want is You" | Scott McKenzie Scott McKenzie Scott McKenzie is an American singer. He is best known for his 1967 hit single and generational anthem, "San Francisco ".-Life and career:... |
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| 1963 | "Don't Do That" | Shane Fenton Alvin Stardust Alvin Stardust is an English pop singer and stage actor.-Career:... |
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| 1961 | "The 'Ooter Song" | Sid James Sid James Sid James was an English-based South African actor and comedian. He made his name as Tony Hancock's co-star in Hancock's Half Hour and also starred in the popular Carry On films. He was known for his trademark "dirty laugh" and lascivious persona... |
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| 1962 | "You Don't Have a Heart" | Sylvia Sands | |
| 1964 | "Who Will It Be" | Tommy Scott | |
| 1962 | "Butter Wouldn't Melt in Your Mouth" | Tommy Steele Tommy Steele Tommy Steele OBE , is an English entertainer. Steele is widely regarded as Britain's first teen idol and rock and roll star.-Singer:... |
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| 1966 | "Dial My Number" | Tony Field | |
| 1962 | "Some People" | Valerie Mountain | |
| 1962 | "Too Late" | Valerie Mountain | |
| 1962 | "Yes, You Did" | Valerie Mountain | |
| 1963 | "Day at the Seaside" | Vince Hill Vince Hill Vince Hill is an English traditional pop music singer, songwriter and record producer.-Biography:... |
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| 1962 | "The River's Run Dry" | Vince Hill Vince Hill Vince Hill is an English traditional pop music singer, songwriter and record producer.-Biography:... |
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| 1962 | "There You Go" | Vince Hill Vince Hill Vince Hill is an English traditional pop music singer, songwriter and record producer.-Biography:... |
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| 1961 | "Dear Mary Brown" | The Viscounts The Viscounts (UK) The Viscounts were a British pop group from London. Its members had formerly been part of a TV ensemble called Morton Fraser's Harmonica Gang. They quit the group and formed The Viscounts in 1958, playing local shows and eventually attracting the attention of manager Larry Parnes... |
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| 1964 | "Doin' The Mod" | Vandyke & the Bambis | |
| 1965 | "Doin' The Mod" | The Flies | |
| 1963 | "Dance Puppet Dance" | Dave Duggan | |
| 1965 | "Dance Puppet Dance" | Little Pattie Little Pattie Little Pattie is the stage name of Australian singer, Patricia Thelma Amphlett OAM later Patricia Thompson, who performed as a 1960s surf pop singer and then in adult contemporary music... |
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| 1960 | "You Can Do It If You Try" | John Barry John Barry (composer) John Barry Prendergast, OBE was an English conductor and composer of film music. He is best known for composing the soundtracks for 12 of the James Bond films between 1962 and 1987... |
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| 1960 | "Rum-Dee-Dum-Dee-Dah" | John Barry John Barry (composer) John Barry Prendergast, OBE was an English conductor and composer of film music. He is best known for composing the soundtracks for 12 of the James Bond films between 1962 and 1987... |
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| 1960 | "My Last Wish" | John Barry John Barry (composer) John Barry Prendergast, OBE was an English conductor and composer of film music. He is best known for composing the soundtracks for 12 of the James Bond films between 1962 and 1987... |
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| 1961 | "Boston Tea Party" | John Barry John Barry (composer) John Barry Prendergast, OBE was an English conductor and composer of film music. He is best known for composing the soundtracks for 12 of the James Bond films between 1962 and 1987... |
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| 1961 | "Big Wheel" | John Barry John Barry (composer) John Barry Prendergast, OBE was an English conductor and composer of film music. He is best known for composing the soundtracks for 12 of the James Bond films between 1962 and 1987... |
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| 1961 | "All These Things" | John Barry John Barry (composer) John Barry Prendergast, OBE was an English conductor and composer of film music. He is best known for composing the soundtracks for 12 of the James Bond films between 1962 and 1987... |
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| 1969 | "Does Anybody Miss Me" | Shirley Bassey Shirley Bassey Dame Shirley Bassey, DBE , is a Welsh singer. She found fame in the late 1950s and was "one of the most popular female vocalists in Britain during the last half of the 20th century"... |
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| 1974 | "Life Is a Wheel" | Cleo Laine Cleo Laine Dame Cleo Laine, Lady Dankworth, DBE is a jazz singer and an actress, noted for her scat singing and vocal range... |
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| 1970 | "I'll Be Near You" | Jackie Trent Jackie Trent Jackie Trent is an English singer, songwriter, and actress.-Career:Trent's first stage appearance was as a ten-year-old ingenue in the pantomime Babes In The Wood, but her primary interest was a career in pop music... |
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| 1970 | "I Can Do It" | Barbra Streisand Barbra Streisand Barbra Joan Streisand is an American singer, actress, film producer and director. She has won two Academy Awards, eight Grammy Awards, four Emmy Awards, a Special Tony Award, an American Film Institute award, a Peabody Award, and is one of the few entertainers who have won an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy,... |
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| 1971 | "Jack in the Box Jack in the Box (song) "Jack in the Box", written by David Myers and composed by John Worsley, was the United Kingdom's entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1971, performed by the Northern Irish singer Clodagh Rodgers.... " |
Clodagh Rodgers Clodagh Rodgers Clodagh Rodgers is a singer and actress from Northern Ireland, best known for her hit single, "Jack in the Box".-Career:... |
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| 1986 | "To Have and To Hold" | Catherine Stock | |
| 1967 | "Baby, I Couldn't See" | The Foundations The Foundations The Foundations were a British soul band, active from 1967 to 1970. The group, made up of West Indians, White British, and a Sri Lankan, are best known for their two biggest hits, "Baby Now That I've Found You" , written by Tony Macaulay and John MacLeod; and "Build Me Up Buttercup" The Foundations... |
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External links
- www.45rpm.org.uk - "Pretty Blue Eyes" by Johnny Worth
- PopArchives: The Flies - "Doin' The Mod"
- PopArchives: Little Pattie - "Dance Puppet Dance"
- [ List of songs composed by Vandyke] at Allmusic websiteWebsiteA website, also written as Web site, web site, or simply site, is a collection of related web pages containing images, videos or other digital assets. A website is hosted on at least one web server, accessible via a network such as the Internet or a private local area network through an Internet...
- Fansite with well researched listing of Vandyke/Worth compositions
- John Barry Website (with complete Drumbeat listings)