Pop Archives

Dinah Lee - I Can’t Believe What You Say (1965)

(Ike Turner)
New Zealand New Zealand
#38 Sydney #16 Melbourne #7 Brisbane #13 Perth

Single on Viking label (NZ).

Powerful, energetic New Zealand singer, known as ‘The Dynamic’ Dinah Lee, born Diane Jacobs in 1943, an admirer of Dee Dee Sharp and Millie Small. Her rocking versions of astutely chosen songs and her cutting-edge mod image made her extremely popular in New Zealand and Australia in the mid-60s.

Further reading: The comprehensive Dinah Lee page at Milesago.


Val McKenna - I Can’t Believe What You Say (1965)

(Ike Turner)
UK UK

Single on the Piccadilly label.


British pop/soul singer and guitarist managed in the 60s by songwriter-producers John Carter and Ken Lewis. (See All Music Guide entry.) She has sung on albums by Donovan, Rick Wakeman, Genesis and Phil Manzanera, and in the 90s she sang and played lead guitar with Scottish actor and singer Barbara Dickson.


Manfred Mann - I Can’t Believe What You Say (1965)

(Ike Turner)
UK UK

Single on HMV label, B-side of Poison Ivy.


Ike & Tina Turner - I Can’t Believe What You Say (1965)

(Ike Turner)
USA USA
Original version

On the 1965 album The Ike & Tina Turner Review Live, on the Kent label.