Artist: Richie Barrett
Author: Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller/Richie Barrett
Label: Atlantic
Year: 1962
Not a hit in the US, but made the rounds on the British Beat Scene. Reissued on Kent cd At The Club. Inspired by Ray Charles' What'd I Say.
Covers:
Beatles [BBC session; John Lennon had the original on his personal jukebox]
Searchers [who also covered the B-side (Tricky Dicky)]
Lionceaux [as Un autre gars]
Dave Edmunds [in film Stardust with David Essex and Adam Faith]
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)