Artist: Helen Shapiro
Author: John Gluck/Wally Gold/Herb Weiner
Label: Columbia
Year: 1963
On her Helen In Nashville album, cut in February. Lesley Gore's hit version was cut in March. There's an earlier (demo) version by The Blossoms.
Covers:
Lesley Gore [Quincy Jones producing, his first n°1 US]
Richard Anthony [as C'est ma fête and in '64 as La Mia Festa, n°1 It]
Jimmy Frey [as C'est ma fête]
Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin [n°1 UK; not the Eurythmic but the keyboard wizard in Hatfield & The North, the only band named after a traffic sign]
Melanie Martinez [as Pity Party]
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)