Pop Archives

Judy Stone - And The Trouble With Me Is You (1967)

(Kenny Young - Artie Resnick)
Australia Australia

Single on ATA, also on Monument in USA later in the year. YouTube

Judy Stone: popular Australian singer, a regular on the long-running TV pop show Bandstand, often on the charts in Australia from the early 60s to the mid-70s.

Further reading: Wikipedia article on Judy Stone.

Listen: All 4 versions mentioned on this page can be played at Probe is Turning-on the People.

 

Linda Flavell - And The Trouble With Me Is You (1966)

(Kenny Young - Artie Resnick)
UK UK

Single on Decca by Scottish pop singer from Airdrie near Glasgow, daughter of footballer Bobby Flavell.

Linda Flavell recorded later as Linda Scott and is also known as Linda Flavell Scott. She appeared at least once with Scottish beat band The Meridians, at the Pavilion Ballroom, Strathpeffer in February 1966.

Further reading: 1. Airdrie singer Linda Flavell dons outfit from local boutique whilst on TV1966 retrospective at Daily Record (Scotland). 2. Liner notes and photos [archived page] from the compilation CD The Girls Scene [Amazon].

 

Susan Rewis - And The Trouble With Me Is You (1966)

(Kenny Young - Artie Resnick)
USA USA

B-side of Columbia single. The A-side was the original of I'll Eat My Hat, recorded in Australia by Little Pattie (1967).

See I'll Eat My Hat for more about Susan Rewis.

Version alert from Terry Stacey.

 

Bernadette Peters - And The Trouble With Me Is You (1965)

(Kenny Young - Artie Resnick)
USA USA
Original version

Single on ABC by now-famous star of stage and screen. The timeline at fansite Bernadette-Peters.com shows the extent of her work over the years. Her official site is at BernadettePeters.com.

Songwriters Kenny Young and Artie Resnick were frequent collaborators. One of their notable compositions is The Drifters' Under The Boardwalk (1964), also recorded by The Rolling Stones.

Kenny Young wrote and recorded My Aim Is To Please You, well known in Australia through The Executives' version.

Further reading: Brent Cash's interview with Kenny Young at Spectropop which mentions this recording.


Hank Marvin - The Trouble With Me Is You (1983)

(Terry Britten - Sue Shifrin)
UK UK
Red herring

SIMILAR TITLE BUT NOT THE SAME SONG AS
'AND THE TROUBLE WITH ME IS YOU' BY JUDY STONE.

Single on Polydor by Shadows lead guitarist Hank B. Marvin, written by Terry Britten, formerly with Australia's Twilights, and Sue Linda Shifrin-Cassidy (wife of David Cassidy).

 And the trouble with red herrings… This song title (without And) has been recycled a few times since at least as long ago as 1937 (see below).


Mario Braggiotti Orchestra - The Trouble With Me Is You (1937)

(Tomlin - Tobias - Poe)
USA USA
Red herring

SIMILAR TITLE BUT NOT THE SAME SONG AS
'AND THE TROUBLE WITH ME IS YOU' BY JUDY STONE.

Release on Master label, recorded early 1937. Other USA releases with this title from 1937 were by Red McKenzie & His Rhythm Kings on Variety, and Charlie Applewhite on Decca.

Also recorded (for example) by Nat 'King' Cole in the late 40s, and sung by him in the film Rock 'n' Roll Revue (1955).

Reference: Label discographies at Online Discographies Project.


Johnny Bothwell & His Orchestra - The Trouble With Me Is You (1946)

(George Handy - Jack Segal)
USA USA
Red herring

SIMILAR TITLE BUT NOT THE SAME SONG AS
'AND THE TROUBLE WITH ME IS YOU' BY
 JUDY STONE.

Alto saxophonist who was with several bands during the war years and featured in Boyd Raeburn's orchestra from 1944.