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Lynne Randell - Heart (1966)

(Petula Clark - Georges Aber - Tony Hatch)
Australia Australia
#15 Melbourne #24 Brisbane #39 Perth

Single on CBS March 1966.

Lynne Randell (1950-2007) was a former Melbourne hairdresser, born in Liverpool UK, who toured the US on the same bill as The Monkees and Jimi Hendrix.

For more details see her hit Ciao Baby.

Further reading: Lynne Randell page at Milesago.


The 2 Of Clubs - Heart (1966)

(Petula Clark - Georges Aber - Tony Hatch)
USA USA

Single on Fraternity August 1966.

Listen at YouTube

The 2 of Clubs were Linda Parrish from Cincinatti, Ohio and Patti Valentine from just over the river in Covington, Kentucky. They recorded five singles for Cincinatti label Fraternity, 1966-67.

Essential reading: Mick Patrick’s history of the 2 of Clubs at Spectropop.


Kenny Chandler - Heart (1965)

(Petula Clark - Georges Aber - Tony Hatch)
USA USA

This could be confusing
Kenny Chandler also recorded the original version of a different song called Heart (Mann-Weil) in 1963.

For more about that Heart, and Kenny Chandler, see under the Australian version Colin CookHeart (1964).


Single on Epic November 1965. Writer credit on label is to Hatch alone.

Arranged and produced by Bob Halley whose discography at BobHalley.com shows that he co-wrote Baby Washington’s masterpiece That’s How Heartaches Are Made, and that’s not all


Petula Clark - Heart (1965)

(Petula Clark - Georges Aber - Tony Hatch)
UK UK
Original version

B-side on Pye. The A-side is You’d Better Come Home (Hatch-Aber).

Petula Clark recorded the song in French as Le coeur qui bat (1965).

French songwriter Georges Aber collaborated with Clark and Hatch on many other songs, including You’re The One, covered in Australia by Yvonne Barrett and by Col Joye.

Sources: 1. Tony Hatch song list from Magic Town [archived page]. 2. Petula Clark discographies at PetulaClark.net.

Further reading: For more about Tony Hatch see One In A Million (Bev Harrell) at this site.

Merci à Gareth Jones de me signaler la version française.


The Remains - Heart (1966)

(Petula Clark - Georges Aber - Tony Hatch)
USA USA
Later version

On album The Remains November 1966.

Listen at YouTube

Admired by aficionados but unknown to many, this Boston band was formed with fellow university students by Barry Tashian after he visited England and experienced 60s Britpop first hand.

The Remains moved to New York, appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show and Hullabaloo, and toured with The Beatles in ’66, but never had a national hit. Barry Tashian published a book, Ticket To Ride: The Extraordinary Diary of the Beatles’ Last Tour, available through the official Remains website.

See also the Remains page from the Ready Steady Go site [archived page], which includes an interview with Barry Tashian. They appear again at this site under the song Diddy Wah Diddy.

… if the Remains were widely overlooked during their mid-’60s run, years later they would be celebrated by fans of ’60s garage rock as one of the greatest American bands of their era.

Marking Deming, Remains biography, at All Music

Not to be confused with The Re-mains, that fine Australian country rock band formed in 2002.


Colin Cook & The Strangers - Heart (1964)

(Cynthia Weil - Barry Mann )
Australia Australia
Red herring
#8 Melbourne

 Same title but not the same song as “Heart” by Lynne Randell.

See Colin Cook & The StrangersHeart for more details.