Debbie Byrne - He’s A Rebel (1974)

Pat Carroll - He’s A Rebel (1966)

(Gene Pitney)
 Australia

Single on W&G.

Pat Carroll (b. 1946) was a popular Melbourne singer in the late 60s, often seen on TV variety and pop shows. For a while she performed with Olivia Newton-John as Pat & Olivia [YouTube], and she married John Farrar, the ex-Strangers guitarist and vocalist who wrote and produced for Olivia.

See also: All Kinds Of Everything.

Reference: Ian McFarlane, Encyclopedia of Australian Rock & Pop (1999), pp.98-99 [digitalised copy online at Internet Archive]

Thanks to Terry Stacey.

Jacques Revaux - J’attendais (1963)

(Gene Pitney - Jacques Revaux - Billy Nencioli)
 France

Single on Columbia by singer and songwriter Jacques Revaux (b.1940 as Revaud). The French lyrics are by Revaux with singer-songwriter-film composer Billy Nencioli (1932-1997). Also on Columbia EP On va danser as J’attendais (He’s a rebel), along with three other Revaux–Nencioli lyrical collaborations.

Revaux is known by many as the composer of Comme d’habitude, the song Paul Anka turned into My Way. French singer Michel Sardou recorded numerous Jacques Revaux compositions, many of which were Revaux–Sardou collaborations.

Red herring: This is not the Celine Dion song with the same title.

Further reading: 1. Jacques Revaux at Les Auteurs et Compositeurs de la Chanson Francaise [Google English translation]. 2. Billy Nencioli filmography at IMDb, discography at Encyclopédisque.fr

Merci à Philippe de me signaler cette version.

The Breakaways - He’s A Rebel (1962)

(Gene Pitney)
 UK

They distinguished themselves as the ultimate, consummate, professionals. Highly respected by virtually all producers, arrangers, engineers, artists and fellow musicians alike…
Producer-musician Mark Wertz on The Breakaways as session singers.

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Single on Pye October 1962 by three former members of Liverpool’s Vernon Girls, a women’s vocal ensemble recruited from employees of the Vernon Football Pools company (Sunday Pictorial, 8 Feb 69). They released a number of singles from the late 50s to the mid-60s.

The Breakaways broke away in late 1960 and established themselves as a backing group, initially at Pye Records in London where major producer Tony Hatch used them in many of his sessions.

After some disruptions to the line-up of Vicki Haseman, Margo Quantrell and Betty Prescott, the group continued with Vicki and Margo joined by Jean Ryder, another ex-Vernon Girl. They backed numerous prominent artists across several labels, and toured with Sam Cooke and Little Richard.

The Breakaways’ first session was for A Picture Of You, a #2 UK hit for Joe Brown And His Bruvvers. (1962, #2 UK). Joe Brown and Vicki Haseman later married and became the parents of 1980s pop star and session vocalist Sam Brown.

Vicki Brown (nee Haseman) recorded a version of From The Inside, known in Australia through the original hit by Marcia Hines.

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Maggie Stredder of The Ladybirds and Samantha Jones (see Don’t Come Any Closer) were also former Vernon Girls.

Source, essential reading: The detailed account of The Breakaways by Ian Chapman and Mick Patrick at Spectropop which takes in future personnel changes through to the 1970s.

Further reading: Mark Wertz, “Luvverly! The Breakaways” at Spectropop.

Thanks to Phil Chapman.