Playboys of Edinberg's version is just slightly better than this one.
13 years ago
TheWerewolf64
Aside from " The Night Has A Thousand Eyes ", THIS is My Favorite Bobby Vee Tune. Thanks
14 years ago
rslitman
@sclm046 One of my subscriptions just posted the Playboys of ... version this weekend. I probably hadn't heard that one since hearing it on the radio in the mid-1960s. I had not heard or heard of the Bobby Vee version until, in 2005, I played one of the few "Where the Action Is" shows available in the Paley Media Museum in NYC at that time. Show date is Aug. 12, 1966. I've seen this clip on YouTube since then. Playing both back-to-back just now, I think I do like the Vee one a little more.
14 years ago
Matthew Davidson
Bought this @ Merle's Record Rack/New Haven, Ct, 1966. His best since "Rubber Ball ", in some ways even better. Played the grooves off it through the years. Thanks for posting it---I've used links to this song-page on some flickr pages of 1960s movie stars, like this one: flickr.com/photos/48220121@N06/4416994892/
14 years ago
Archiebell68
...and the Strangers!
14 years ago
larrynealwaxmuseum
This particular song was also covered by a group called THE PLAYBOYS OF EDINBURGH. The year 1966. Larry N. Boyington, aka Larry Neal, former curator of the Wax Museum on the big 1520 KOMA
15 years ago
ivanack
WOW ! Never heard this one before, and it's AWESOME ! Very well done. Many thanks for posting.
15 years ago
IDLERACER
I like the minimalist approach of this. Drums, bass, a single guitar playing the same riff throughout, and an extremely loud tambourine.
15 years ago
sclm046
Thanks for the posting! I had not heard this one since the 60's. Originally recorded by the Playboys Of Edinburg, written by one of their band members. The original was only a regional hit, not much heard outside of Texas. If anyone has the original, I hope they post it. Copies are quite rare.
16 years ago
kvssgh
Great! Can't remember when I heard this last. Thanks! KVS Class of '61
16 years ago
davesharon1
Song hit #52 in 1966; but the music style changed and Americans are too fickle to accept great music. Always gotta move on to the next "great" thing.