(Teddy Randazzo - Bobby Weinstein)
Australia
#12 Melbourne #4 Brisbane #30 Perth
Lynne Randell (1950-2007), born in Liverpool UK, was an aspiring singer working as a hairdresser in Melbourne when she got her first big break. She toured the US on the same bill as The Monkees and Jimi Hendrix and recorded Ciao Baby (1967), her biggest Australian hit, in New York.
Further reading: 1. Milesago’s Lynne Randell page. 2. The Lynne Randell entry at Wikipedia is comprehensive and well-sourced.
(Teddy Randazzo - Bobby Weinstein)
UK
#39 UK
Single on Decca by British singer Dodie
West, real name Doreen Bull, from the South Tyneside town of Hebburn in North East England.
She sang with local band The Cougars before going solo and moving to London. She released singles
on Decca, Piccadilly and Philips 1964-69.
IMDb lists some appearances on British TV 1965-1966, including one on the major pop show Ready, Steady, Go! She was something of a regular on Stars and Garters, an ATV variety show.
References: 1. Discography and label shots at 45cat.com. 2. Dodie West at IMDb. 3. Dodie West at Discogs.com.
Some 60s appearances: 1. Supporting Del Shannon and others, Feb & March 1965. 2. At The Pack nightclub, Portsmouth, 1968.
Not to be confused with the US country singer Dottie West. And The Cougars that Dodie West sang with are probably not the band of “Saturday Nite at the Duck Pond” fame who were from Bristol.
(Teddy Randazzo - Bobby Weinstein)
USA
Original version
#6 USA
Group from Brooklyn led by Anthony Gourdine, formed in 1958 as The Chesters. They had a hit in 1958 with Tears On My Pillow (#4 USA), broke up in 1960, and re-formed with three original members in 1964.
Song also recorded in the sixties by Stu Phillips, Cilla Black, Petula Clark, Wes Montgomery, The Zombies, Sergio Mendes & Brazil ’66, Long John Baldry and Frank Sinatra (from a longer list by Arnold Rypens at The Originals website).
(Teddy Randazzo - Bobby Weinstein/Bob Crewe - Bob Gaudio)
USA
Later version
#7 USA #37 Melbourne
The Little Anthony & the Imperials song paired with a Frankie Valli hit, recorded by easy listening harmony trio who first charted in 1961 with The Way You Look Tonight and When I Fall In Love.
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