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3
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1
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Come Tomorrow | Manfred Mann |
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4
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2
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Tired Of Waiting For You | Kinks |
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1
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3
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You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' | Righteous Brothers |
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6
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4
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Keep Searchin' (We'll Follow The Sun) | Del Shannon |
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9
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5
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Leader Of The Pack | Shangri-Las |
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7
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6
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Baby Please Don't Go | Them |
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13
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7
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I'll Never Find Another You | Seekers |
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10
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8
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The Special Years | Val Doonican |
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33
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9
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The Game Of Love | Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders |
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2
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10
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Go Now! | Moody Blues |
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8
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11
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You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' | Cilla Black |
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17
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12
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Getting Mighty Crowded | Betty Everett |
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21
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13
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Promised Land | Chuck Berry |
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15
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14
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Come See About Me | Supremes |
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5
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15
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Yeh Yeh | Georgie Fame & the Blue Flames |
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39
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16
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Funny How Love Can Be | Ivy League |
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17
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Soldier Boy | Cheetahs |
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18
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Yes I Will | Hollies |
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18
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19
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Three Bells | Brian Poole & the Tremeloes |
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12
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20
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Girl Don't Come | Sandie Shaw |
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21
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Paper Tiger | Sue Thompson |
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11
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22
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Cast Your Fate To The Wind | Sounds Orchestral |
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27
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23
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Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood | Animals |
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24
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It Hurts So Much | Jim Reeves |
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26
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25
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What In The World's Come Over You | Rockin' Berries |
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16
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26
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Ferry 'Cross The Mersey | Gerry & the Pacemakers |
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27
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Stop Feeling Sorry For Yourself | Adam Faith |
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28
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The Name Game | Shirley Ellis |
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29
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It's Not Unusual | Tom Jones |
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28
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30
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Thanks A Lot | Brenda Lee |
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29
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31
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The 'In' Crowd | First Gear / (–) Dobie Gray |
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24
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32
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I'm Lost Without You | Billy Fury |
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35
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33
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Everybody Knows | Dave Clark Five |
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31
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34
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Thou Shalt Not Steal | Dick & Dee Dee |
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36
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35
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Let The Sunshine In | Peddlers / Presidents |
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30
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36
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Shake | Sam Cooke |
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37
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I Must Be Seeing Things | Gene Pitney |
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–
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38
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Last Time You'll Walk Out On Me | Mike Hurst |
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39
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Can I Get To Know You Better | Mark Wynter |
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40
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Hawaii Tattoo | Waikikis |
Alan Field draws our attention to, "The rather unusual, but intentional, "/ (–)" at #31, which indicates where the First Gear version of The In Crowd went down from LW #29, to be joined by Dobie Gray's original version, new in."
The In Crowd, a #13 US hit for Gray, was followed up the chart later in the year by Ramsey Lewis's jazzy instrumental take, which reached #5. UK Mods saw the song lyrics as the story of their lives. Although the First Gear version did not impress them, Dobie Gray's original would climb to #25 in the Nationals. The Lewis instrumental (for years used as background music in 'Savile's Traviles' – sorry, 'Travels') failed to make it in the UK. Numerous cover versions of The In Crowd have been recorded by artists as diverse as the Ventures, Mamas and Papas and Joe Jackson. Brian Ferry finally took the song into UK Top Twenty (#13) in 1974.
The website dedicated to Dobie Gray, who died in December 2011, tells how the song was a Billy Page composition, arranged by Billy's Brother Gene, but reveals nothing more about the Page brothers.
Both Ramsey Lewis and Dobie Gray's versions of The In Crowd , along with this week's #15, Georgie Fame's Yeh Yeh can be found on the appropriately-named In Crowd 4-CD boxed set. The 100 tracks include a number of others which enhanced the Fab 40, Click here for the complete track list.
The Cast Your Fate to the Wind album is available as a CD. (Click on photo for details) The photo of the nude lady on the cover was considered controversial when it was first released. |
Cast Your Fate to the Wind was written by Californian Vince Guaraldi, who had played piano with Woody Herman and Cal Tjader. In 1962, the Vince Guaraldi Trio's version of Cast Your Fate... had spent 18 weeks in the US Hot Hundred, peaking at #22. Sounds Orchestral was a trio created and produced by John Schroeder and led by Johnny Pearson on keyboards, Kenny Clare, drums and Peter McGurk, bass. Producer John Schroeder has named Tony Reeves as the bass player on Cast Your Fate to the Wind, but Peter McGurk played on the B-side, To Wendy With Love and subsequent recordings. In the sleeve notes for the Cast Your Fate to the Wind album, John Schroeder explains how the musical project came about: "Sounds Orchestral was an ambition, an ambition envisaged three years ago to update, so to speak, orchestral music... and endeavor to bring it nearer to the understanding of the younger generation, keeping within commercial boundaries and retaining a teenage, yet adult appeal. This was no easy task, for to achieve this I firmly believed it was essential for a record to register on the current Hit Parade, and a great deal depended upon finding the right material." For 16 years from 1964, the Johnny Pearson Orchestra was the Top of the Pops house band. With many acts unable to recreate the studio-quality sounds of their singles that the public expected, the orchestra provided musical assistance. Johnny died in 2011 at the age of 85. |
