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Frank's little girl must have had ten-league boots made for jumping straight from a climber to the Fab Forty, at #22 |
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I Put A Spell On You | Alan Price Set |
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That's Nice | Neil Christian |
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You Don't Have To Say You Love Me | Dusty Springfield |
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The Pied Piper | Crispian St Peters |
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Alfie | Cilla Black |
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Substitute | Who |
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Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) | Cher |
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Daydream | Lovin' Spoonful |
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Somebody Help Me | Spencer Davis Group |
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(You're My) Soul And Inspiration | Righteous Brothers |
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Pretty Flamingo | Manfred Mann |
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Frankie And Johnny | Elvis Presley |
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Little Latin Lupe Lu | Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels |
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Homeward Bound | Simon & Garfunkel |
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Let's Run For Cover | Zoot Money's Big Roll Band |
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Twinkle Toes | Roy Orbison |
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Walkin' My Cat Named Dog | Norma Tanega |
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A Sign Of The Times | Petula Clark |
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Sloop John B | Beach Boys |
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Splendour In The Grass | Gulliver's People |
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Secret Agent Man | Johnny Rivers |
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How Does That Grab You Darlin' | Nancy Sinatra |
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A Legal Matter | Who |
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Super Girl | Graham Bonney |
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How Can I Tell Her | Forresters |
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I Feel A Cry Coming On | Hank Locklin |
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She Can Build A Mountain | Paul Dean & the Soul Savages |
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Come On Home | Wayne Fontana |
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Elusive Butterfly | Bob Lind |
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Cheat And Lie | Miki Dallon |
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Baby Don't Push Me | Alan Bown Set |
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The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore | Walker Brothers |
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I'm Coming Home Cindy | Trini Lopez |
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Together Again | Ray Charles |
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One Track Mind | Knickerbockers |
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You'd Better Make Up Your Mind | Koobas |
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Once | Geneveve |
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Take It Or Leave It | Searchers |
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Run For Your Life | Harbour Lites |
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I Take It That We're Through | Riot Squad |
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| Ain't That A Groove | James Brown & the Famous Flames | Tony Windsor |
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| The World You Left Behind | Larry Cunningham |
| Love Ya Illya | Angela & the Fans |
| Lies A Million | Roving Kind |
| Never Leave Your Baby's Side | Tony Jackson |
| I Could Make You Fall In Love | Rockin' Berries |
| I Love Her | Paul & Barry Ryan |
| Come Summertime | Gibsons |
| That's A Magic Moment | John Summers |
| Then So Do I | Johnny Carr |
| Come See Me | Pretty Things |
| Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart | Supremes |
| May My Heart Be Cast Into Stone | Toys |
| I Know You Don't Love Me No More | Felder's Orioles |
| I Can't Get Through | Bill Oddie |
| You've Got To Learn | Diane Ferraz & Nicky Scott |
| Behind The Door | St Louis Union |
| Shotgun Wedding | Roy C |
| What's Been Done | Wimple Winch |
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| Love Around The World | David Ballantyne |
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Wimple Winch's singles are extremely collectable, with mint copies of What's Been Done valued at over £160. (Click on the picture for an Amazon link to more information about the Record Collector Rare Record Price Guide.) The band's story is a classic one of a combination of sheer bad luck and unfortunate timing conspiring to keep a talented and popular outfit from fame and fortune. One of the original Merseybeat groups, Four Just Men relocated to Manchester, experienced numerous personnel changes and suffered an enforced name-switch to Just Four Men before evolving into Wimple Winch. Demetrius (Dee) Christopholus, John Kelman, Larry Arendes, aka King, and Keith Shepherd released three Fontana singles under that name. None of them were National chart successes, but none are currently valued at less than £100. For the full story of the band, see the Manchesterbeat
website. There is also a Wimple
Winch tribute site. |
On Weds, April 20th Dave Cash left Big L. This was the last day of the school Easter holidays, and Club Official and schoolfriend Mozz (#2) and I walked all the way from Wycombe to Slough (a distance of about 15 miles!) to check on the welfare of the knees of the newly-joined member #172, Alan Bown, and take him a copy of the latest Knees Monthly. When we finally turned up on his doorstep after walking all day, we suddenly discovered we could scarcely think of anything to say to him.