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Not running, but leaping – a twenty-place Fab 40 jump for Kiki Dee, to #18. Kiki probably had to leap from the tender when she came aboard the Galaxy later in the year to film 'Dateline Diamonds'. (Our feature including full cast list, and photos taken during the filming, and at the preview, is here. Click on the photo (right) to buy the DVD. Click here to buy the VHS) Sadly, there was to be no National chart entry either for Kiki, or this song, until the Seventies, when ' Why Don't I Run Away From You' became a Top Ten hit in 1971 for Tami Lynn, retitled 'I'm Gonna Run Away From You'. Tami's version was reissued in 1975, when it entered the Nationals for a second time. A clip of Kiki's recording is here. |
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I Can't Let Go | Hollies |
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Lightnin' Strikes | Lou Christie |
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Backstage | Gene Pitney |
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Hold Tight | Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich |
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Woman | Peter & Gordon |
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Jenny Take A Ride | Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels |
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Make The World Go Away | Eddy Arnold |
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The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore | Walker Brothers |
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Barbara Ann | Beach Boys |
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Shapes Of Things | Yardbirds |
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Elusive Butterfly | Bob Lind |
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Elusive Butterfly | Val Doonican |
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Nowhere Man | Three Good Reasons / Settlers |
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Sha La La La Lee | Small Faces |
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Me And You | Diane Ferraz & Nicky Scott |
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Dedicated Follower Of Fashion | Kinks |
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I Met A Girl | Shadows |
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This Golden Ring | Fortunes |
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38
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Why Don't I Run Away From You? | Kiki Dee |
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Blue River | Elvis Presley |
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Uptight (Everything's Alright) | Stevie Wonder |
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Norwegian Wood | Frugal Sound |
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19th Nervous Breakdown | Rolling Stones |
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Hide And Seek | Sheep |
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What Now My Love | Sonny & Cher |
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Invitation | A Band Of Angels |
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Something I've Got To Tell You | Glenda Collins |
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Pop-Art Goes Mozart | Tornados |
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Working My Way Back To You | Four Seasons |
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Homeward Bound | Simon & Garfunkel / Quiet Five |
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The Sound Of Silence | Bachelors |
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You Don't Love Me | Gary Walker |
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I Got You (I Feel Good) | James Brown & the Famous Flames |
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In My Room | Julie Rogers / Verdelle Smith |
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There'll Be Another Spring | Frank Ifield |
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Tomorrow | Sandie Shaw |
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Stop Breaking My Heart | Tom Jones |
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Super Girl | Graham Bonney |
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So Much In Love | Herd |
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You've Come Back | P J Proby |
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A mint-condition copy of Something I've
Got To Tell You can command a price tag of around £60.
In fact, all of Glenda's Joe Meek-produced singles are highly collectable.
Like most Meek recordings, the backing would have been provided
by either the Outlaws or the
Tornados. The
Outlaws usually comprised
Ritchie Blackmore (gtr); Chas
Hodges (bass); Ken Lundgren
(gtr) and Mick
Underwood (drm) with Nicky Hopkins,
or sometimes
Paul Goddard, on piano. Scan of promo single courtesy of Bert Bossink |
The former Lugee Alfredo Giovanni Sacco started singing as a choirboy
in Glenwillar, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Renamed Lou
Christie, he reached #24 in the US Hot Hundred with his first
single, The Gypsy Cried, in 1963. Post-Big L, I'm Gonna Make You Mine (#2 in 1969) proved the biggest UK Lou Christie hit, although it peaked lower on the other side of the pond, at #10. Lou penned virtually all his releases with songwriting partner Twyla Herbert. (Right) On a visit to England, Lou contemplates whether lightnin' ever strikes Nelson's Column. Lou's website is here. |
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| Song Without End | Barbara Ruskin | Mike Lennox |
| Up And Down | McCoys | Tony Windsor |
| Climbers: | |
| That's Nice | Neil Christian |
| He Fought The Law | She Trinity |
| Ballad Of The Green Berets | Staff Sgt Barry Sadler / Alan Moorhouse Orchestra |
| I Put A Spell On You | Alan Price Set |
| Let's Run For Cover | Zoot Money's Big Roll Band |
| If It Don't Work Out | West Five |
| If You've Got A Minute Baby | Freddie & the Dreamers |
| Substitute | Who |
| Summer Love | Sounds Orchestral |
| Tijuana Taxi | Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass |
| Call My Name | Them |
| Ja-Da | Bunnies |
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| Blue Turns To Grey | Cliff Richard & the Shadows |