.....and following on from the wonderful "Theme One", here's some cheesy trumpet stuff from Nigel Hopkins (actually I love it really )

Check out the video - starts with Nige as fresh-faced 14-year-old ending up as (pause while counting on fingers) a 56-year-old man.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ek_G-nHuAM

Another Barbara Lynn track, why she was not a superstar is a mystery. A cover of What'd I Say

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oO6fe...watch_response

Came across this by accident , never knew they recorded this, tweaked a bit from the original, but an interesting cover.

Louie Louie - The Beach Boys


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGocDWh07c8

How about this for a power ballad by the Quo? Vintage stuff
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5m5V_ESHAE

Oh, that is excellent! It's very reminiscent of Richard Berry's fantastic 1955 doo-wop original.

I love this song, so many brilliant covers in so many different styles. A reggae version by Toots and the Maytals from the early seventies is particularly good. I have to say, though, that my favourite version is still the best known one by the Kingsmen.

Agree it's a great song , was checking on Wiki , and The FBI were asked to investigate the record as being obscene even interviewing a member of The Kingsmen nothing came of it of course.

I love all the many versions of Louie Louie too.


The following tracks first featured in posts that I made to Pages 8, 9 and 10 of this thread. However, the original clips have now been removed from Youtube, so here are some alternative clips.

Louise Cordet - I’m Just A Baby (1962)

The Newbeats - Bread and Butter (1964)

The Lovin’ Spoonful - Do You Believe In Magic? (1965)

The Ad Libs - The Boy From New York City (1965)

The Outsiders - Girl In Love (1966)

Three from 1960 and one from the following year.

Joe Jones - You Talk Too Much (1960)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBrKDpNAVSU

Complete with skip!

The Bobbettes - I Shot Mr Lee (1960)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-YAfMCaW2Y

Charlie Rich - Lonely Weekends (1960)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkKvVdsu0dc

Wanda Jackson - Riot In Cellblock #9 (1961)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saOao738n1s

Someone once described Wanda Jackson as ' an atom bomb with lipstick'.

I absolutely love that track!

try this vid for that track...the lead makes me pmsl, he looks like 'alan tracy'... from thunderbirds!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8m1cP...ist=QL&index=1

... and you can almost see the strings!

The following tracks first featured in posts that I made to Pages 11, 12 and 13 of this thread. However, the original clips have now been removed from Youtube, so here are some alternative clips.

The Flamingoes - I Only Have Eyes For You (1959)

The Drifters - On Broadway (1963)

Bessie Banks - Go Now (1964)

The Dave Clark Five - Because (1964)

The Beatles - "Wait" from the Rubber Soul album
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6O5w5h2T87c

To my eternal shame, I didn't know this was a Beatles song until I heard it by chance, years after it was covered by none other than Frankie Vaughan! Have tried to get hold of his version without success, would be interesting to hear it again but never mind.
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Original version of Seasons in the Sun - so much better than Terry Jacks' awful bubblegum cover.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aj22NNLVMvw&feature=fvst

Definitely one of their better lesser known tracks imho. Great choice!



That's not really the original, which would have been sung in French by the song's Belgian composer, Jacques Brel, but it may be the original English language version. And yes, I have to agree, it's very much better than the version by Terry Jacks.

Do you know, as soon as said that I had a feeling I would be wrong!! I'm learning so much from this thread and the 70's one

me too keep it up guys!

Here's a great tune that deserved better...
Patti & The Emblems - Mixed Up, Shook Up Girl (1963)

Here's another of what I consider to be one their better lesser known tracks, although when you think about it there can't be too many Beatles tracks than can be described as "lesser known".

The Beatles - She Said She Said
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wp91YPGnLw




Here is the original 1961 version from Belgium's greatest ever songwriter:-

Jacques Brel - Seasons In The Sun (Le Moribond)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Jl-R2NhUiI


Curiosity got the better of me since my last post and I decided to check online to discover who actually did do the first English language version. It wasn't the 1968 version by the Fortunes, it was this one from 1964:-

The Kingston Trio - Seasons In The Sun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLfRtK0oxYE

Thanks Johnny but I do prefer the Fortunes version even though it's not the original

Here's another rarely-heard Beatles song, this time off the Help album. I bet you can tell me who did a cover version - at least I hope so because I can't remember!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIVx2dbWzvY

Love that one too!

Brian Ferry covered it in 1976.
Gary US Bonds in 1981.
Peter Cetera in 2001.

Confession:-
I cheated, I looked up who covered it on Wikipedia!

BIB: That's the one i was thinking of - what a voice! I'll let you off the cheat for that

Could someone please re-post the link to the program that converts youtube clips to MP3's? I'm too lazy to search for it, sorry

OK last one tonight, this lot were best known for "Yesterday Has Gone" but this follow-up was outstanding:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCvCkZDLQJc

tbh im abit funny about 'yesterday has gone'... because its lyrics are anti-retro! lol...and i love my retro!..good track though.

Love that track, fantastic

In the same kind of mood Jimmy Radcliffe,
Long After Tonight Is Over

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnd6Z...eature+related