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 There is no stamp | What the CD-booklet says: Ray Brown and the Whispers started out as the house band at Sydney's Surf City and the Beach House in 1964, at a time that surfmusic was still "hot". It was not uncommon that their gigs drew 2,000 stompers to the beach on a Friday or Saturday night. Until Ray Brown joined the band the Whispers were an instrumental group that had already made some singles, but Brown's arrival led to instant success. They still hold the record of three number one hits from the first three singles in a six month period. In January 1965 they made their debut with Chubby Checker's "20 Miles", followed by "Pride" an obscure Billy J. Kramer song in April. In July 1965 they scored with an almost nursery rhyme treatment of Roosevelt Greer's "Fool, Fool, Fool". In a little over two years the group made nine singles, ten EP's and five albums. What I think of this song: This is the first of six "real" sixties songs on the CD. The main ingredients are all there: lyrics about a girl and unrewarded love (great story about a guy who buys his girlfriend expensive presents and is constantly sent back for more, while his friends and family shout out "fool, fool, fool", don't do it! At the end of the song he is in prison because he had to steal to keep his girl happy...), a singer whose voice is so typically sixties and can carry such desperation, music that is original, yet immediately recognizable as part of the sixties-beat tradition. By now you must know I really like this song! |
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